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Mornings with Jones and Melbourne
Saturday 24 October 2026 · 06:00 BST · 30m · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (79%)
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Sky News reported that Storm Austin brought gusts of up to 80mph, huge waves and disruption, with power restored to 60,000 homes but nearly 6,000 still without it, part of Brighton's West Pier collapsing and more than 200 emergencies reported on the roads. A second storm, Storm Boulud, was expected to bring amber wind warnings and a danger-to-life alert to Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, with rail lines in western and northern Scotland set to close and other trains running at reduced speeds.
In Oregon, Caleb Germanco described shooting a 16-year-old former pupil who killed three students and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary, saying he regretted not arriving sooner after hearing children pleading and gunfire. The FBI said it would assist Philippine authorities investigating allegations that Thomas Markle possessed child sexual abuse images; he denied the claims, calling them sick lies, while Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said she had been made aware of disturbing allegations eight years ago and was deeply distressed, and the Met was said to be holding an internal inquiry into a letter. The Chancellor announced £600m of investment for cyber and AI-enabled threats, including up to £300m public-private backing for a new AI security lab, and promised workers would not be left behind, while the Conservatives criticised the plans as a shopping list rather than a coherent strategy and attacked reported HMRC powers to deduct money from tax evaders' bank accounts. The safeguarding minister said a Sky News investigation into the online network known as the com was beyond her worst nightmares and left her in tears, and discussed platform responses and Ofcom's powers.
France prepared for weekend protests with 70,000 police and security forces, as businesses boarded up in Paris and authorities sought to avoid a repeat of last week's violence and looting. The White House said the US first lady had secured a temporary Russia-Ukraine ceasefire for Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid in and civilians out. A feature examined why disruptive climate protests had largely disappeared from headlines, citing public backlash, tougher sentencing and a shifting news focus.
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Caleb Germanco, whose daughters attended the school
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John Healey, the Chancellor
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Satve Kaur, safeguarding minister
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Daisy Wyatt, former campaigner
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raj chardha, lawyer
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Charged quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
Hello, very good morning. Thanks for joining me this morning So a second storm in as many days is approaching the UK bringing with it an amber alert for Damaging winds and a danger to life warning Storm Boulud is expected to hit much of Scotland parts of the Northern Ireland and Northern England later on this morning
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 1:53-1:55
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Claim Bend school shooting: armed father says he regrets not reaching gunman sooner
An armed civilian chased the suspect into the school and shot him.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 4:05-4:12
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
The FBI said it was aware of the allegations and ready to assist the investigation, including examining possible US law violations.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 5:00-5:15
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Thomas Markle denied the allegations in a Daily Mail interview, calling them false and denying possession of child abuse images.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 5:10-5:18
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Charged quote Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
When a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and that she's deeply distressed by the newly reported claims our Royal Correspondent Laura Bundock reports Do We now know the dark reason Meghan fell out with her father? Thomas Markle senior is being investigated over Allegations he possessed child sex abuse images in a significant and strongly worded
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 5:35-5:40
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Meghan said she was distressed by reports of allegations against her father and had been told about them by police in 2018.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 5:58-6:12
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Charged quote Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
He found hundreds of images on devices in their father's home in the Philippines the authorities They're confirming they are investigating Meghan's statement continues although the breadth of what's now been uncovered is more sickening than one could ever imagine My sincerest hope is that justice will be fully served and that the priority
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 7:29-7:36
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
The Metropolitan Police said it was making internal inquiries into reports that its royalty protection command passed on a letter in 2018.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 7:59-8:04
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
The Metropolitan Police had not opened an investigation into the allegations.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 7:59-8:08
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Charged quote France protests: 135 arrested as 70,000 police deployed
Morphing together and I think the other question is whether or not that delivers a more Politically coherent message so this raises of course Huge questions for the dying days of president Macron's presidency. He can he stands stood for two terms He can't seek a third term. There are elections next year and what we are seeing with this mobilization on the streets
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 18:02-18:09
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Contested quote Melania Trump announces localised Oleshky ceasefire from 29 October
And of course we'll keep an eye on what's going on in France throughout the day with those protests planned again today Now the White House says the US First lady has successfully secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for the city of Oleshky Donald Trump says Melania wants to save babies and rescue children in the russian controlled city where there's a growing humanitarian crisis
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 18:54-19:00
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Claim Melania Trump announces localised Oleshky ceasefire from 29 October
Melania Trump said she secured a localised ceasefire in Oleshky between Russia and Ukraine, and the White House said both sides agreed to pause military action on 29 October to allow humanitarian aid.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 18:54-19:03
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Charged quote Melania Trump announces localised Oleshky ceasefire from 29 October
Now the White House says the US First lady has successfully secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for the city of Oleshky Donald Trump says Melania wants to save babies and rescue children in the russian controlled city where there's a growing humanitarian crisis Well, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to temporarily stop all military action there to allow humanitarian aid in and civilians out
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 19:03-19:10
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Claim Melania Trump announces localised Oleshky ceasefire from 29 October
Melania Trump said she secured a localised ceasefire in Oleshky between Russia and Ukraine, and the White House said both sides agreed to pause military action on 29 October to allow humanitarian aid.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 19:11-19:19
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Charged quote Melania Trump announces localised Oleshky ceasefire from 29 October
Well earlier this week our chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay gained rare access to Ukraine's brigade operating around Oleshky And he spoke to residents about the extremely harsh conditions that they're facing Can I ask you a specific question? We've been told people are actually is it's so bad that they're eating grass or boiling grass. Is that true? Do you know that is a fact? Is
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 24 October 2026, 19:33-19:39
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