Sky News Daily
1,914 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★ - 63 ratingsThe Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.
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Credit Suisse: Are we teetering on the edge of a banking crisis?
March 21, 2023 01:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBCredit Suisse, one of Switzerland's largest banks, has been swallowed up by its rival UBS for £1bn. The shotgun merger happened less than a week after the UK financial authorities saved the British arm of Silicon Valley Bank which had collapsed in the US. These troubles either side of the Atlantic have spooked investors - the concern now is other banks could follow. On the Sky News Daily Sally Lockwood speaks to economics and data editor Ed Conway about what this means for investors and wh...
Cost of living: Why are more women turning to gambling?
March 20, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBPandemic lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis have driven more people to gambling to help ease financial struggles - with support helplines this year receiving a record-breaking number of calls for help. A third of those calls are now from women. On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard speaks to former gambler Lisa Walker about her story, who now works as a peer support worker for the charity BetKnowMore and runs their women-only programme New Beginnings. Also, Lisa Patton, a tr...
The real cost of childcare
March 17, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBChancellor Jeremy Hunt has expanded free childcare for working parents in England to cover all children under five. The move could allow 60,000 more parents of young children to enter the workforce according to the government’s independent forecaster. While the move has been welcomed by parents, there's been criticism from the childcare sector, which is struggling with a workforce shortage and financial pressures that are forcing businesses to close. On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leon...
Budget: Sky's Beth Rigby and Ed Conway on what it means
March 15, 2023 20:40 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThe Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his spring budget, telling MPs his priority is to get people back to work. Free childcare for working parents in England, pensions breaks and tax cuts for businesses were among the announcements made. On the Sky News Daily Liz Bates is joined by Sky’s Political Editor Beth Rigby and Economics and Data Editor Ed Conway to go through the budget and assess what it means. Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott Editor: Philly Beaumont
A new Cold War? Rising tensions between the US and China
March 15, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBThe UK, USA, and Australia announced a joint programme to build more nuclear submarines, and declared that China poses the biggest threat to the world economy of any country. It came following the inauguration of China’s President Xi Jinping’s precedent-setting third term in office, where he called for the country to modernise its military to make it a "Great Wall of Steel". On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by our US correspondent Mark Stone, and Asia correspondent Helen-An...
Gary Lineker row: How does the BBC get impartiality right?
March 14, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBGary Lineker will return to BBC screens after reaching a deal with the corporation over an impartiality row. The Match of the Day host was removed from the show temporarily over comments made on his personal Twitter account about the UK government’s small boats policy. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockward is joined by former controller of BBC Radio 4, Mark Damazer and Professor Suzanne Franks, former broadcaster with BBC News, and head of journalism at City, University of London, to disc...
Sturgeon's successor: Meet the SNP leadership candidates
March 13, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThree candidates are vying to become the next leader of the SNP and Scotland's first minister after Nicola Sturgeon's resignation in February. Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan have been accused of 'trashing’ their own party in a series of TV debates as they set out their policies and attack each other's records in government. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s Scotland correspondent to take a closer look at the candidates, plus pollster Sir John Curtice looks ...
Supersonic missiles and the town on the frontline of the Ukraine war
March 10, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBA wave of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine has left at least five people dead and many buildings destroyed. The seven-hour barrage, described as 'Russian barbarism' by Ukraine's foreign minister, is part of a resurgent offensive by Russian forces in the region. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay from Kyiv. They discuss the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut which is under attack from Russian forces. Podcast producer: Soila A...
Turkey-Syria earthquake: The child survivors
March 09, 2023 01:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBA month on from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria millions of people are struggling to come to terms with their new reality. More than 50,000 people were killed and those who survived are left with the grief and devastation of losing their loved ones – not to mention aftershocks, disease, and a lack of basic supplies. Among the worst affected are children. On this edition of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by British aid worker, Joe English, from UNICEF...
Will Illegal Migration Bill stop the small boats?
March 08, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBHome Secretary Suella Braverman insists migrants arriving in the UK illegally on small boats will be "removed swiftly" under the government's plan to tackle the crisis. The bill also includes an annual cap on the number of people entering via safe routes. But critics argue it's unfair, unworkable and, according to the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, "risks making the chaos worse". On the Sky News Daily podcast, Niall Paterson examines the plan with our political correspondent Ali F...
Partygate's over, but not for Boris Johnson...
March 07, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBSir Keir Starmer has appointed partygate investigator Sue Gray as his chief of staff, prompting some Tory MPs to say her inquiry was a "Labour stitch-up". But she will have to set out the timeline of her discussions with Labour, including when she first began talking to Sir Keir about the role. Not the only one facing questions, Boris Johnson is soon to appear in front of a parliamentary committee looking into whether he misled parliament. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is j...
What’s going on with Kim Jong Un and his daughter?
March 06, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBWe think she’s ten years old and we think we know her name, but those details are only known because of the former basketball player Dennis Rodman after he spoke to a newspaper a decade ago revealing the identity of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's youngest daughter. She has now been seen in public in North Korea at military events and parades, but why has Kim Jong Un decided to bring her out now? On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson explores what it means for the secretive Nor...
The Salisbury poisonings five years on
March 03, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBTracy Daszkiewicz was Wiltshire Council's director of public health when ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were targeted in March 2018 with the deadly nerve agent novichok. Three months after the Salisbury poisonings, two other people fell ill at a flat several miles away in Amesbury and one of them died. Later this month, an inquiry into Dawn Sturgess' death will have another preliminary hearing. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Ms Daszkiewicz about th...
What do Matt Hancock's COVID messages actually tell us?
March 02, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThe ex-health secretary faces fresh scrutiny after leaked WhatsApp messages alleged he rejected testing advice on care homes during the pandemic. With preliminary hearings for the UK COVID-19 Inquiry under way, the new revelations raise further questions around Westminster's response to the global pandemic. On the Sky News Daily Podcast, Niall Paterson is joined by science and technology correspondent Tom Clarke who has been digging into Mr Hancock's leaked messages and their wider implic...
Neglect and abuse: Inside the US ‘troubled teen’ industry
March 01, 2023 01:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThe ‘troubled teen’ industry in America is worth billions of dollars every year – but it is plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse. This industry was dragged into the spotlight last December when 17-year-old Taylor Goodridge died at Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah. On the Sky News Daily Podcast, Niall Paterson is joined by our US correspondent Martha Kelner to take a closer look at troubled teen camps and hear from whistle-blowers and campaigners calling for more regulation. Pr...
The Windsor Framework: What it means for Northern Ireland
February 27, 2023 22:20 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBFour months of negotiations appear to have paid off – for now – as Rishi Sunak's plan for post-Brexit trade rules has been signed off by the EU. The prime minister met European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen – who also met King Charles - during her visit to the UK on Monday. The Northern Ireland Protocol - negotiated during Brexit talks to allow goods to move without checks across the border with the Republic of Ireland – has been problematic for the DUP, who boycotted power sh...
The Scottish man who went to fight for Ukraine
February 27, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBOne year ago, 25-year-old Douglas, who lived on his parents' farm in southwest Scotland and fixed tractors for a living, packed his bags and went to war. He joined thousands of volunteers from around the world who signed up to fight for Ukraine. Now back in Scotland, Sky’s national correspondent, Tom Parmenter, goes to see him, and his parents Sheena and Derek, to find out why he went, and the impact his decision had on him, and his family. Producer: Emily Upton Podcast producer: Rosie ...
EP46: Ukraine War Diaries - One year, three lives & our stories of war (Feb 25)
February 25, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 52.4 MBIn an extended episode to mark one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ilyas, Oksana and Seva come together for the first time as a group, to share just some of what impacted them most in the last 12 months and to consider what the future holds? OUR DIARISTS Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv. Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. Sh...
Ukraine war: The survivors of sexual violence and the women helping them
February 24, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBStories of sexual violence against Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas have been slowly emerging since the start of the full-scale invasion last February. At least 154 cases of conflict-related sexual violence - classified as a war crime and a crime against humanity - have been officially identified, although experts believe the real figure is significantly higher. On the Sky News Daily, Anna Jones is joined by Alisa Kovalenko, a documentary filmmaker and survivor of sexual assault at th...
Shamima Begum: Still banned from the UK
February 23, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBShamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who left London when she was 15 to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, has lost an appeal to return to the UK. The former ISIS bride, now 23 years old, remains in a refugee camp in northern Syria as the Home Office's decision to deprive her of British citizenship was upheld. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by Richard Barrett, the former director of global terrorism operations at MI6, who contributed to the appeal report to discuss t...
Jim v Jassim: The battle for Manchester United
February 22, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBManchester United is known around the world but the club has faced tough times in recent years with fans deeply unhappy with its owners. But could that be about to change? Earlier this month, we found out the British billionaire entrepreneur Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani had officially submitted bids for the Premier League club. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood takes a closer look at the two men vying to get their hands on Man Utd with our sports corr...
A year of war: Has Putin's 'special operation' in Ukraine failed?
February 21, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBOn 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, sparking Europe's biggest movement of refugees since World War Two. The Russian president declared his goal was to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine and not occupy it by force. With Ukraine forming closer ties to the West and an estimated 180,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded, we look back at the changes of the last 12 months and what may come next. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood talks to Sky's s...
ADHD: Why teenagers are using TikTok to self-diagnose
February 20, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBTeenagers and young adults are increasingly turning to TikTok and Instagram to self-diagnose autism and ADHD. That's according to the British Psychological Society. It's thought that frustration with waiting times for children and adolescent mental health services is making teenagers turn to social media. But psychologists are warning that it takes years of experience to determine different mental health conditions and labelling is not necessarily helpful. On the Sky News Daily Liz Bates t...
Ukraine War Diaries: EP45 – Zelenskyy the great, loving power and ‘the smell of Spring’ (Feb 13-17)
February 18, 2023 01:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBIlyas praises Ukraine’s leader after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s UK visit and is grateful his wife and children, in Poland, don’t have to experience life in the middle of a warzone. Oksana is happy to have electricity this week and is looking forward to Spring and a trip to Europe, where she’ll be reunited with her best friend after many months apart And her husband Seva, a military volunteer, has returned from eastern Ukraine and reflects on how he has gotten used to the Russian missile bombar...
The new drug plaguing US cities
February 17, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBA tranquiliser used by vets is infiltrating street drugs and deepening addiction across cities in the US. The drug called xylazine is causing wounds so severe that without treatment results in amputation. The problem is particularly bad in Philadelphia – which has long been ground zero for the opioid crisis. On this edition of the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson talks to US Correspondent, Mark Stone who has been to the city and to Professor Paul Cristo from John Hopkins University about the on...
Nicola Sturgeon: What's her legacy and what's the future for Scottish independence?
February 15, 2023 19:10 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBNicola Sturgeon has resigned as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role. The leader of the Scottish National Party told a news conference that it is right "for me, for my party and the country" and insisted it was not a reaction to "short term pressures". She said she will remain in office until a successor is found. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies who was at the news conference. Plus, commentators Shona C...
Earthquake disaster: Has aid to Syria come too late?
February 15, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBThe first UN convoy passed through a newly opened crossing into rebel-held Syria from Turkey on Tuesday, over a week after two earthquakes hit both countries. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson, our special correspondent Alex Crawford describes the situation in Syria from where she's been reporting. Also on the Daily is Hani Habbal of the Syria Relief charity, who reflects on the impact of 12 years of the Syrian civil war on the country, and former foreign secretary David M...
UFOs over the US: Espionage or aliens?
February 14, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBFour flying objects have been shot down over North America in the space of a week as the US military fails to rule out extra-terrestrial involvement. On the Sky News Daily podcast, Niall Paterson speaks to US correspondent James Matthews about the political motivation behind President Biden’s new trigger-happy approach to protecting US airspace and Nick Pope, who ran the UK governments' UFO programme, explains why these UFOs are far more likely to be from China than Mars. Producer: Rosie ...
Nicola Bulley: Are armchair detectives hindering the case?
February 13, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBPolice investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley have issued a dispersal order around St Michael's on Wyre after reports of amateur investigators travelling to the Lancashire village. Her family has said the influx of people trying to help the investigation is hindering police efforts. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky correspondent Katerina Vittozzi who has spoken to armchair sleuths who've descended on the village. Niall also talks to Martyn Underhill, one of...
Ukraine War Diaries: EP44 - Barbarity in Bakhmut, bedding parcels & Kharkiv buyer’s guide (Feb 6-10)
February 11, 2023 01:00 - 13 minutes - 31.2 MBMilitary volunteer Seva learns about comrades who suffered horrific deaths when he returns to Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, answering a displaced mother’s call for help leads to an inspiring phone conversation for Oksana. And Ilyas undertakes an anxious journey hundreds of kilometres across Ukraine to buy a car for his family. WARNING: Seva’s diary contains graphic references detailing death and torture. OUR DIARISTS Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the w...
Search engine wars: Battle of the chatbots
February 10, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBMicrosoft is taking on Google by relaunching its search engine Bing, powered by artificial intelligence and using tech company OpenAI's ChatGPT, a system that learns and generates human-like responses to search requests. On the Sky News Daily podcast, host Niall Paterson is joined by our technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe to explore what the AI chatbot can do, and computer scientist Dr Jeff Dalton to find out if it really can change how we use and search online. Producers: Soila A...
'Where are you my love? We're looking for you': The aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes
February 08, 2023 18:45 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBThousands of people have died after two devastating earthquakes caused widespread destruction in Turkey and Syria. As the World Health Organization warns casualties could exceed 20,000, aftershocks, freezing temperatures and damaged roads are hampering efforts to reach and rescue those affected. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson joins Sky News correspondent Yousra Elbagir, who is in Gaziantep, a city in southern Turkey near the epicentre of the first earthquake, and speaks to Islamic Re...
What's Rishi Sunak trying to achieve with his rejigged cabinet?
February 08, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBRishi Sunak has completed his first cabinet reshuffle - a little over 100 days after he became prime minister. After sacking Nadhim Zahawi, he's given Greg Hands the job of Conservative Party chair - and some key government departments have had their briefs changed. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson asks our deputy political editor Sam Coates about what the prime minister is trying to achieve with the changes and what it tells us about his priorities and why changing government depart...
How a 'spy' balloon inflated US-China tensions
February 07, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBThe Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed anger and said the balloon was "an unmanned civilian airship" launched to collect weather data and blew off course accidentally. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson explores why there was an escalation over the balloon with our Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith. Plus, Charley Cooper, a former US government military advisor discusses the renewed tensions between the US and China over the incident, and if there's a concern retaliation could foll...
How do TV crime dramas get it right?
February 06, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBFrom The Wire to Line of Duty, how police go about catching bad guys has always made compelling TV, but does it matter if the drama reflects reality. As the final episode of the hit TV show Happy Valley airs, how realistic is the show’s portrayal of small-town policing, and crime, in the UK? On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to a serving police inspector, Liz Cokayne-Delves, who thinks the show is the most accurate on TV, and barrister and former police officer Jeanette Ashmole, w...
Ukraine War Diaries: EP43 - Strollers, sacrifice & the Spring offensive (Jan 30-3 Feb)
February 04, 2023 01:00 - 12 minutes - 27.9 MBNow more than half-way through the winter, and more than 11 months since his family fled the country, Ilyas makes peace with the realisation that his eldest son is successfully assimilating into life in Poland, a re-location forced upon his family by the Russian invasion. In Kyiv, conversations with his comrades on the front line forces Seva to yet again match the odds of mounting Russian pressure against the Ukrainian need for ever greater Western firepower. Meanwhile, amid growing fears o...
Who really is George Santos?
February 03, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBA US congressman has found himself at the centre of a web of revelations and accusations. But what do we know about the real George Santos? On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's US correspondent James Matthews to unpick a series of alleged lies by Mr Santos including about his heritage and jobs he never held. Plus, he asks Republican strategist, Rina Shah, what could happen next to the controversial politician. Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer: Alex Edden ...
Why is childcare so expensive?
February 02, 2023 01:00 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBChildcare in the UK is among the most expensive in the world, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Underfunded and understaffed, it’s becoming a key political battleground issue, one that parties are hoping to capitalise on in the run-up to the next election. On the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto is joined by MP Stella Creasy and Pregnant then Screwed founder Joeli Brearley to explore the issues parents face when accessing childcare. Plus, Peter Mos...
How do you end the strikes?
February 01, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThe first of February will go down as the biggest day of industrial action in a decade, as half-a-million workers strike in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards are all involved in the disputes. The government's is continuing to push through its controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by business corresp...
The death of Tyre Nichols
January 31, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBTyre Nichols was brutally assaulted by five police officers during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. He died from his injuries three days later on 10 January, with the beating having striking similarities with the 1991 Rodney King assault in Los Angeles. The family of Tyre Nichols have been invited to meet US president Joe Biden. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson talks to history professor Brenda Stevenson about the systematic problems with police and the wider justice system i...
Zahawi's sacked: What does it mean for Sunak?
January 30, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBAfter facing weeks of scrutiny, Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi was sacked on Sunday, following an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs that found he made a "serious breach" of the ministerial code. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson and our deputy political editor Sam Coates analyse the fallout of Zahawi’s exit from the cabinet, and what it means for prime minister Rishi Sunak. Producer: Soila Apparicio Editor: Paul Stanworth
Ukraine War Diaries: EP42 - Tanks, transfers & the threat of doing nothing (Jan 23-27)
January 28, 2023 08:30 - 11 minutes - 27.2 MBReturning from assignment, Seva speaks with comrades in the eastern city of Bakhmut who are in desperate need of more advanced weaponry but happy to be alive. In Kyiv, Ilyas turns his birthday into a military fundraising exercise. And as Ukraine pleads to the West for more heavy weapons, the story of displacement continues as Oksana supports the arrival of more refugees into Kyiv. OUR DIARISTS Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe f...
Should you pay to see a GP?
January 27, 2023 01:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBCharging for GP appointments and A&E visits is "crucial" to the survival of the NHS, according to former health secretary Sajid Javid. But is asking patients to pay for GP appointments the answer to long waiting lists. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson hears from GPs at one surgery in Cheshire about their thoughts on paid-for appointments, and Sky’s health correspondent discusses the future of the NHS, 75 years after it was founded. Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott & Annie Joyce...
NHS in crisis: A day in the life of a GP surgery
January 26, 2023 01:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThe NHS is in crisis. Ambulance response times are the worst on record and most departments are struggling to cope with a surge in demand this winter. That includes most people's first port of call when they're feeling unwell, the GP surgery. On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson spends the day on the frontline at a GP practice in Cheshire. There he meets staff and patients to uncover the pressures the practice faces during a time when the healthcare system is on its knees. ...
Inside Myanmar: How life has changed since the junta came to power
January 25, 2023 01:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBA Sky News team has spent 12 days inside Myanmar travelling around the country to see how life has changed for ordinary citizens since the junta came to power two years ago. On the Daily podcast, Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch tells Leah Boleto about what the regime wanted her to see – the military parade to celebrate Independence Day - and the people they’d rather she didn’t - those who are terrified to admit that lives have been destroyed since the coup. Annie Joyce – senior podcast p...
How will Sunak handle the latest Tory troubles?
January 23, 2023 21:19 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBThe prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to investigate Nadhim Zahawi, the Conservative Party chairman. Sir Laurie Magnus will look at whether Mr Zahawi breached the ministerial code by settling tax issues with HMRC while he was chancellor. Mr Zahawi says it was “careless and not deliberate” error. That’s on top of the two investigations around the appointment of Richard Sharp, the BBC chairman, after reports he helped Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, secure a ...
The Nazi hunter: Remembering victims of the Holocaust
January 23, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBEvery year on 27 January, people remember and reflect on the genocide carried out by the Nazis during the Second World War. On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson speaks to Efraim Zuroff, a historian and Nazi hunter, about delivering justice for victims of the Holocaust before the perpetrators of those crimes pass away. Plus, Karen Pollock, chief executive at Holocaust Educational Trust, explains the importance of remembering what happened. Audio credit: Ernest Marchand was interviewed by...
Ukraine War Diaries: EP41 - Dnipro, despair & waiting for deliverance (Jan 16-20)
January 21, 2023 01:00 - 13 minutes - 31.5 MBSeva has a difficult conversation with his sister after a Russian ballistic missile targets her Dnipro neighbourhood, killing 45 people and injuring dozens more. In Kyiv, Oksana shares some of the stories that have penetrated the soul of the nation and reflects on how the attack is impacting the Ukrainian psyche. Meanwhile, a conversation between Ilyas and his grandmother - who grew up in the aftermath of World War II - shifts his focus to those ageing citizens who are struggling to cope...
How to catch a Mafia boss - by a woman who does it
January 20, 2023 05:55 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBAfter 30 years on the run, infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested. A suspected leader of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia, convicted in absentia of multiple murders, he was finally detained by Italian armed forces whilst in a private clinic undergoing cancer treatment. On the Sky News Daily podcast, host Niall Patterson talks to historian and author of Cosa Nostra, John Dickie, about the history and influence of Messina Denaro and the Sicilian mafia. He also speaks to anti-ma...
How Scotland's trans rights law became a constitutional row
January 19, 2023 01:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBFor the first time since Scottish devolution nearly 25 years ago, Westminster has blocked a bill, which concerns transgender rights, from getting royal assent. Westminster is objecting to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill on the grounds that it would have a "significant impact" on GB-wide equalities. But Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the veto is an attack on democracy. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by political correspondent Joe Pike to unpack the unp...