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Sky News
Sunday 18 October 2026 · 03:00 BST · 1h · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 35 of 60 min on news stories (58%)
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Violence erupted across France as an estimated half a million people protested over the cost of living, with the Interior Ministry saying 1,200 people were arrested. In Paris police used water cannon and tear gas as fireworks and missiles were thrown near Place de la République, fires were set and police cars attacked; unrest also spread to Lyon, Lille, Marseille, Montpellier, Toulouse and Rennes, including a tourism office set alight and city halls vandalised. President Emmanuel Macron said there was no room for violence and that those who attacked or looted public buildings and businesses would be prosecuted, while expressing support for law enforcement; the report linked the unrest to wider discontent after student protests over school budget cuts and to anger over inequality ahead of presidential elections next April.
Ukraine's president criticised Donald Trump after the US president paused a sanctions package that would have imposed tariffs on Russian goods and penalties for buying Russian oil and gas, saying the decision helped only Russia and would not stop the war. The report said Trump had also criticised Zelensky and called for Ukraine to have a new president, while military-grade Starlink and intelligence on incoming attacks had been slowed or stopped before resuming. US senators Thom Tillis and Chuck Schumer criticised the pause, and former CIA director David Petraeus called for increased sanctions and continued support for Ukraine; European partners were said to be rallying around Kyiv amid concern about Russian attacks on energy infrastructure over winter.
Later, the broadcast reported that a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man were killed and 11 others injured when a vehicle drove through a children's football match in Wichita, Kansas; that No Kings rallies were held across the US to encourage early voting in the midterms; and that thousands protested in Lisbon over living costs and housing. It also reported that a man and a woman appeared in court charged over an arson attack in Waterford, Ireland, that killed four members of the English family and were remanded in custody; that Pope Leo returned to the Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery; and that young people in Mogadishu were reviving Somalia's musical and artistic heritage despite the war. In business, attacks on Riyadh's airport disrupted flights and an investment summit, the IMF sharply downgraded Middle East forecasts, OPEC figures showed Saudi and Iraqi output rebounding, and Dubai announced projects worth more than 570 billion dollars. A later segment reported UK preparations to join France and Germany for drills in Poland as part of planning for a possible Ukraine peacekeeping mission after any ceasefire.
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President Macron, French President
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President Zelensky, President of Ukraine
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Thom Tillis, Republican North Carolina Senator
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Chuck Schumer, leader of the Democrats in the Senate
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David Petraeus, former head of the CIA
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Ferdowsa Hessen, Somali Kenyan photographer
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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, Ruler
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Victor Glover, astronaut
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Jeremy Hansen, astronaut
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Reid Wiseman, astronaut
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Charged quote Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
will be prosecuted and punished. To the law enforcement forces, guarantors of the right to demonstrate, I express the support of the nation. He says we will all stand united against the sewers of chaos who seek only to bring down our institutions and prevent those who peacefully express their demands from doing so.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 2:24-2:29
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Charged quote Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
There's another, Sam, if you turn around here, there's another kiosk on fire over there. French police have not got control of this whatsoever. Look at this, this is just wanton violence. At times, the sky went dark with the thick smoke from the fires. Cars and kiosks were set alight. The police used tear gas and water cannon
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 3:42-3:44
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Charged quote Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
It was similar elsewhere. In Lyon, the tourist office was set alight. There were clashes in Marseille too. The anger that has built up over years of inequality is now uncontained. Today is a coming together of various protest movements, but they've got their energy and they've got their inspiration from the student protests that have been taking place regularly across France over recent weeks.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 4:46-4:52
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Contested quote Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Presidential elections next April are stirring the unrest. Emmanuel Macron's time is up and people want to change. It's now night time and in this part of Paris More lovely. It's basically anarchy. The shops are being looted. The police cars, every time they drive past, are being pounced upon by the protesters, beaten, hurling objects at it.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 6:33-6:34
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Claim Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 7:27-7:36
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Claim Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 7:27-7:36
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Contested quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
for attacking the oil production facilities in Russia, saying that was the reason why the price of diesel was going through the roof. And of course, most analysts will tell you that it's actually the war in Iran that's the real problem here, rather than what's happening in Ukraine. President Trump attacked President Zelensky personally.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 8:11-8:19
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Claim Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 8:48-8:54
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Contested quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
has provoked widespread criticism here in the United States and also in Ukraine, of course. These sanctions, they were passed by Congress. It is the will of the people in the United States, and yet it has been countermandated by a president acting unilaterally. It will be no coincidence that it comes after a week
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 10:59-11:11
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Contested quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
I think the diesel deal and the move regarding the Lindsey Graham Acts are not the end of it, unfortunately. And now the decision to undo all of this, to block all of it seems wrong to me, and it definitely helps only the Russians. He goes on, it only fuels their satisfaction and their desire to keep killing people.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 11:53-12:00
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Charged quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
And now the decision to undo all of this, to block all of it seems wrong to me, and it definitely helps only the Russians. He goes on, it only fuels their satisfaction and their desire to keep killing people. This certainly does not stop the war. On Capitol Hill, the criticism is to be found on both sides of the aisle.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 12:03-12:06
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Charged quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
does the President and his advisors not understand? It's unconscionable, he says, that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day. That's echoed amongst Democrats, leader of the Democrats in the Senate Chuck Schumer. He had this to say,
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 12:36-12:39
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Charged quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
That's echoed amongst Democrats, leader of the Democrats in the Senate Chuck Schumer. He had this to say, Trump just gave Putin the best birthday gift he'll get this year. By giving the Russian economy life support, Trump's deal with the devil keeps getting dirtier. He goes on, there is nothing America first about Trump
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 12:46-12:50
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Charged quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
Trump just gave Putin the best birthday gift he'll get this year. By giving the Russian economy life support, Trump's deal with the devil keeps getting dirtier. He goes on, there is nothing America first about Trump caving into Putin and exempting Russia from US sanctions. Strong criticism of a US President in Washington and in Kiev.
Sky News, 18 October 2026, 12:53-12:56
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Charged quote Trump stands by blocking Russia sanctions as Zelensky urges pressure
By giving the Russian economy life support, Trump's deal with the devil keeps getting dirtier. He goes on, there is nothing America first about Trump caving into Putin and exempting Russia from US sanctions. Strong criticism of a US President in Washington and in Kiev. But it's nothing really that Trump hasn't heard before
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