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The Wrap With Gillian Joseph
Saturday 31 October 2026 · 22:00 GMT · 30m · 3 stories · 11 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (94%)
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An internationally weighted bulletin led with a third weekend of cost-of-living protests across Europe, which took 10 minutes 27 seconds. A UK immigration rule change took 9 minutes 52 seconds and the slavery apology debate took 7 minutes 58 seconds. The three main stories filled the running order, with the European protests getting the most airtime.
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- 1:49
- 2:14
- 1:26
- 1:26
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Around 320,000 people took to the streets in towns and cities across France.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 1:26-1:40
- 1:49
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
A BBC ONE West correspondent reported that the movement had grown and broadened to cover more issues and France's future direction.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 1:49-2:03
- 2:14
Charged quote Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Yeah. Henry? Yeah. I think we're seeing an increasingly dangerous gulf between what Gen Z expects from their politicians and what these ministers in all these countries are able to deliver. Yeah. Well, we'll discuss that at length soon. But first, this from our Europe correspondent, who was among those protesters in Paris.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 2:14-2:22
- 3:21
Charged quote Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
My suspicion is that elements here decided to take on the police a bit more. A lot of people, as I say, have left. They don't want to be part of the violence, but there is a core here who have come here for violence. Right now, you're looking at a part of eastern Paris, which is rather the march ended about an hour and a half, two hours ago, and we're being a very …
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 3:21-3:26
- 4:10
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Tear gas was used again in Paris.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 4:10-4:21
- 4:24
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Youth-led protests organised by Gen Z's Got This took place in more than 30 German cities.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 4:24-4:34
- 4:51
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Protesters in Tirana demonstrated over corruption and government accountability.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 4:51-5:07
- 5:07
Claim Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
Thousands protested in Lisbon against proposed rental legislation, which they said would worsen the housing crisis.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 5:07-5:22
- 7:22
Charged quote Europe-wide cost-of-living protests in Paris, Berlin and Tirana
we are just not getting the inheritance we were promised. And I don't think there's an easy answer for that because, as you say, it's manifesting in several different ways across Europe. It is kind of a failure of capitalism, it's kind of a failure of liberal democracy. Yeah, I agree with all of that. And you can boil it down to, well, what's the point?
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 7:22-7:26
- 11:53
- 11:53
Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years
Shabana Mahmood was reported to be backing down from plans to make migrants wait longer for benefits, with social care workers potentially exempt.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 11:53-12:00
- 21:45 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
- 24:02
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
No speeches were planned during the Guyana visit, and the King was expected to address slavery at the Commonwealth heads of government summit in Antigua and Barbuda the following week.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 31 October 2026, 24:02-24:12
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