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Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Thursday 8 October 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (86%)
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A serving Royal Navy member, 24-year-old Teddy Young, has been charged with spying, and Sky News understands Russia will be named in court documents after a counter-terror police investigation. Commander Helen Flanagan called the charges very serious and said speculation should be avoided. The British consulate in Jerusalem has been downgraded to a UK mission, with 20 diplomats told to leave Israel. Israel ordered the change in retaliation for the UK government's trade ban on goods from illegal West Bank settlements. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building will not close and will now be known as the UK Mission Jerusalem, while Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said the UK Labour government's actions brought the situation about. Sky News's Adam Parsons reported that 20 of 27 diplomats are leaving, the Consul General has already left, and the remaining staff will not be able to provide the full range of services. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is travelling to Berlin for talks with the German chancellor on security, cooperation against hostile activity especially from Russia, intelligence sharing and economic growth, with discussion also expected around closer UK links to the European Union. France's finance minister said he would like Britain to rejoin the EU at some point, and Burnham has left open the long-term prospect of doing so while saying there will be no general election before 2029.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's legal action against Thames Valley Police has begun with a private High Court hearing; he is challenging search warrants issued at Windsor and Sandringham that led to his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and he denies wrongdoing. At least 22 people died in an overnight Russian strike in Ukraine's Cherniv region, including five children, with more than 54 wounded and rescue teams still searching. An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain has died; Marie Kamen Abaskal was removed from her Madrid home last month after being unable to afford a rent increase but was allowed to return after public backlash, and the cause of her death has not been announced. A special report examined what would happen if Britain ran out of gas, describing a planning exercise in which exports to mainland Europe would be cut first, followed by power stations, and noting that UK and European gas storage is at record lows for this time of year and that a small team at National Gas would have authority to decide who is cut off. Donald Trump was repeatedly heckled by protesters at a rally in Texas aimed at boosting Republican support before the midterm elections; he mocked the protesters and said they were paid by enemies of the United States.
Breaking news from Russia via the TASS state news agency said reports of a second case of pneumonic plague were false, following a fake social media post; the WHO has been in contact with Russian authorities, contact tracing and isolation have taken place, and the US said it was ready to support Russia if required. Lawyers for Christa Pike, the American woman who survived two lethal injections on death row, said she woke up in hospital angry and confused. A judge ordered Tennessee authorities to preserve evidence from the failed execution, lawyers have asked Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life without parole, and they may argue double jeopardy. In Texas, 46-year-old Jamal Howard became the first inmate put to death by lethal injection despite the botched execution in Tennessee, using the same drug.
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Claim Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young remanded in custody on spying charges
A serving Royal Navy member, Teddy Young, 24, has been charged with spying and is due in court accused of obtaining protected information that could benefit a foreign power.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 1:04-1:07
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Claim Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young remanded in custody on spying charges
A serving Royal Navy member, Teddy Young, 24, has been charged with spying and is due in court accused of obtaining protected information that could benefit a foreign power.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 1:07-1:15
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Claim Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young remanded in custody on spying charges
Russia is expected to be named in court documents following a counter-terror police investigation.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 1:15-1:21
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Charged quote Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young remanded in custody on spying charges
and the justice process not be impeded in any way. Our Defence and Security Editor, Deborah Haynes, has more. It's a hugely significant story. Very, very serious. This junior sailor charged with spying for a foreign power in the statement that's been released by the counter-terrorism police this morning.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 1:53-1:56
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Charged quote Royal Navy sailor Teddy Young remanded in custody on spying charges
It's alleged that he obtained, recorded, retained protected information that could benefit a state to the detriment of the UK and contrary to the National Security Act. Hugely serious charges as the police have come out and said today and clearly a very serious case. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a serving member of the Royal Navy
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 3:21-3:25
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Contested quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
Details there from Deborah Haynes. Stick with us for more on that story. Plenty more on the Sky News app to follow. The British consulate in Jerusalem has been downgraded to a UK mission and 20 diplomats have been told to leave Israel. Israel ordered the change in retaliation to the UK government's trade ban
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 3:52-3:57
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Claim Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
The Times reported that Israel is to close the UK consulate amid a new low in relations.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 3:52-3:59
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Claim Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
The Times reported that Israel is to close the UK consulate amid a new low in relations.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 3:59-4:05
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
Their latest decision in this series was to initiate a range of far-reaching sanctions against the communities in Judea and Samaria, as well as additional sanctions on defence exports to Israel. All this was accompanied by hostile rhetoric, including false accusations against Israel, such as accusations of ethnic cleansing.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 4:31-4:34
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
against the communities in Judea and Samaria, as well as additional sanctions on defence exports to Israel. All this was accompanied by hostile rhetoric, including false accusations against Israel, such as accusations of ethnic cleansing. This decision adds to a growing and escalating series of unilateral measures against Israel adopted by the Labour government
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 4:34-4:36
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
as well as additional sanctions on defence exports to Israel. All this was accompanied by hostile rhetoric, including false accusations against Israel, such as accusations of ethnic cleansing. This decision adds to a growing and escalating series of unilateral measures against Israel adopted by the Labour government
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 4:36-4:39
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Claim Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
The Times reported that Israel is to close the UK consulate amid a new low in relations.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 5:08-5:14
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
we are still able to work alongside Palestinians, and the truth is, it's probably somewhere in between. But, A, I think we have to come back to the fundamentals. Relations between Britain and Israel are terrible at the moment. The foreign secretaries stood up in the House of Commons and accused Israel of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 8:46-8:50
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
But, A, I think we have to come back to the fundamentals. Relations between Britain and Israel are terrible at the moment. The foreign secretaries stood up in the House of Commons and accused Israel of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Well, that has further exacerbated the anger here. Of course, the British government feels that it,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 8:53-8:57
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Charged quote Israel allows UK consulate building to stay open as smaller UK Mission Jerusalem
Well, that has further exacerbated the anger here. Of course, the British government feels that it, as well as many other nations, has to call out what it seems is the unacceptable behaviour of the Israelis. And the most important factor, probably in all of this diplomacy, is that there is a general election here in Israel
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 8 October 2026, 9:08-9:13
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