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The Wrap With Gillian Joseph
Friday 16 October 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 4 stories · 10 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (94%)
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Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky a disgrace and later claimed a good relationship with him, while Zelensky attended an EU meeting in Brussels and thanked EU leaders as real leaders. Asked whether he was being treated as a scapegoat for Trump's problems, Zelensky did not answer. The broadcast reported that Trump had signed a deal to buy Russian diesel, limited Ukraine's capabilities with Starlink, and said Zelensky should resign. Discussion on the programme focused on Zelensky's difficult position, the EU's constraints as a donor, US weapons and funding uncertainty, and the possible impact of the US midterm elections.
The rape and sexual assault trial of Russell Brand continued, with a second accuser giving evidence. The court heard that the woman, who worked at MTV in 2001, alleged Brand asked where the bathrooms were, then grabbed her forearm and tried to pull her into a toilet while telling her to come in with him; she said he had a wild look in his eyes and she wrenched her arm away. She was cross-examined by Brand's defence lawyer Ian Winter KC. Brand denies the charges, and the trial is expected to continue for five or six weeks. Photographs were also released of Brand in a cow-pattern costume at a Labour Conference event in 1999, where the first alleged victim met him; she reported an alleged rape in 2023.
Iran's oil minister threatened an immediate and appropriate response to any US threat to Iranian energy facilities, as Tehran continued attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and there were Houthi attacks on targets in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The broadcast reported from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, describing its role in US operations and the scale of the fleet. A US fighter jet from the carrier disabled the engine of a commercial vessel leaving Iranian waters, according to US Central Command. The programme also reported that Tesla had unveiled a new Roadster developed with SpaceX, which it said could drive up a vertical track, go upside down, launch and land using thrusters, and accelerate from zero to 60mph in under a second, with production planned by 2028.
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
Donald Trump called the Ukrainian leader a disgrace over strikes on Russian energy sites.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 1:40-1:50
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
Trump made contradictory comments about Zelensky, saying Ukraine needed a new president and calling him a disgrace before later claiming a good relationship.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 1:40-1:50
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
Zelensky will meet NATO chief Mark Rutte and EU leaders in Brussels.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 1:50-1:55
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
Sky News analysis said Europe could struggle to cover shortfalls in weapons and funding if US support became unreliable.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 1:55-2:05
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
CNN reported that Ukraine had run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 4:52-5:00
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Claim Zelensky courts EU support as Trump calls him a disgrace then claims they get on well
Donald Trump was reported to have signed a deal to buy Russian diesel, restricted Ukraine's Starlink capabilities, and said Zelensky should resign.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 5:13-5:24
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Contested quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
it'll go into production by 2028. Susie shaking her head. I take it you won't be on the list for the first one to roll off the production line. Flying pillocks, who asked for that? Nobody, right? I would say bring on the apocalypse, but I think it has arrived. We've got wars, we've got oil running out,
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 27:53-27:55
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Contested quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
The only people who are going to want to buy those things are Tom Cruise, and that'll be the touch of death, and that'll be the end of that. I just, honestly, I think humanity, it's done. Someone stick a fork in it. It's done. What century are you living in? You sound like there's a, I know you're from Kent, I know you're from Kent,
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 28:12-28:17
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Charged quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
and the car will automatically go flip and get you over it. But, Kwasi, just a moment. The person behind that idiot Tesla driver is not going to avoid the pile up because they're going to go, oh, look, a flying car, whack, straight in. So I think that's an incredible innovation. And it wouldn't surprise me if, you know,
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 29:19-29:27
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Charged quote Tesla shows Roadster that can briefly fly with SpaceX thrusters
and when they were introduced, people thought your brain would fry because we couldn't go faster than 40 miles an hour. People like you were saying that. We don't need flying cars, Kwasi. We don't need railways. We don't need flying cars. We don't need railways. What do you think they would do if we all had flying cars?
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 16 October 2026, 29:58-30:02
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