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Sky News Today with Sam Washington
Friday 23 October 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 9 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (76%)
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Storm Austin, the first named storm of the season, brought amber wind warnings for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and Devon and yellow warnings elsewhere. Reports said gusts reached around 65-80 mph, about 9,000 homes in Cornwall lost power, roads were blocked and travel was disrupted, with another named storm expected at the weekend.
Israel's prime minister ordered Hebron to be cordoned off after soldiers killed two men the military said launched an attack near the city; five people were injured and the army was told to prepare to fully close the West Bank. The defence secretary defended advice for the public to stockpile food and water and prepare for crises such as payment-system failures or disrupted supply chains, under a national resilience campaign.
Sky News reported that a Russian military satellite stalked a Finnish commercial imaging satellite that provides intelligence to Ukraine, with the US State Department accusing Russia of threatening behaviour. The Commonwealth secretary general told Sky News an apology from the King over the transatlantic slave trade would not hurt and that the time had come to discuss reparations. Dozens of websites were also offline after vulnerabilities were found in PHP code used across large parts of the internet, with Cloudflare reporting millions of attempted exploits every minute.
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- 13:15
James Murray, financial secretary to the Treasury
- 15:02
Wes Streeting, defence secretary
- 19:49
- 20:51
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
- 25:50
Sana Khareghani, former head of the government's office for AI
- 1:00
- 5:04
Contested quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
Looking a lot more serene where you are, I think, possibly in a garden somewhere, Jo. To what do we owe these conditions and what can we expect over the weekend? Well, we've got fairly standard autumn conditions. Storms coming across the Atlantic. This one happened to move through the jet stream and therefore invigorated.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 5:04-5:11
- 5:37
Charged quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
And we will also see some heavy rain over eastern parts through the course of the day. Eastern Scotland particularly badly hit. But many people will be sounding like I am, in flat winds and sunny skies, going, what on earth is all the worry about? And the answer is, just wait. Yeah, because this storm is going to see the strongest winds following it.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 5:37-5:38
- 7:42 Story begins Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
- 7:45
Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
The Israeli prime minister ordered Hebron to be cordoned off.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 7:45-7:50
- 7:57
Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
Emergency responders reported five people injured, and the army was told to prepare to fully close the West Bank.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 7:57-8:05
- 8:01
Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
The Israeli prime minister ordered Hebron to be cordoned off.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 8:01-8:05
- 8:30
Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
A full West Bank closure would not be unprecedented, as similar restrictions were imposed a few weeks earlier.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 8:30-8:37
- 10:44
Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
The prime minister blamed Hamas for the attack and described it as part of preparations for a larger attack.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 10:44-10:50
- 12:26
- 12:26
Contested quote Government launches Be Ready 72-hour supplies campaign
as the person who is best placed to lead the response. OK. Adam, thank you very much indeed. Now the defence secretary wants people to be alert but not alarmed as he defends calls for the public to stockpile food and water for crisis situations. Wes Streeting says that people must prepare how they would respond
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 12:26-12:29
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- 20:31
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- 25:40
Contested quote Dozens of websites still offline as agencies race to patch PHP flaw
this is an absolutely critical vulnerability. You need to get this patched. Now, Sana Khareghani, the former head of the government's office for AI, told Sky that this is a good news story because they can now fix the vulnerability that was found and that AI is changing the nature of cyber security.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 23 October 2026, 25:40-25:42
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