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Elon Musk and Donald Trump have a plan for America... to get people making babies.     The tech billionaire, Donald Trump’s soon-to-be government efficiency tsar, is a proponent of pronatalism, an emerging movement in US politics that says US citizens should be having more babies and that it’s their duty to do so.     Niall Paterson is joined by our US correspondent Martha Kelner to deep-dive into...

"Prison isn't working" for women, according to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.       She told the Labour Party conference that after serving a short custodial sentence, women are more likely to reoffend than those given a non-custodial sentence. Women are also less likely to get a job after leaving jail than men.      As the government launches an inquiry into reoffending rates, Niall is joined...

As MPs prepare to vote on assisted dying legislation, Sky News has been to Canada where wider rules were legalised eight years ago.   Some 4% of deaths in the country in 2022 were with the help of a doctor, under the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law.   In this episode, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s health correspondent Ashish Joshi, and hears from Canadians about MAID. Niall also talks D...

Warning: This story contains references to sexual assault and rape.   A woman’s decision to waive her anonymity and have a public trial after her husband drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her over a decade has reignited the MeToo movement in France.     Gisele Pelicot has become a feminist hero after insisting that the trial be held in public to raise awareness, saying: "It’s not for u...

What happens when the care you trust isn’t care at all?     When Sarah Whitaker hired a live-in carer for her 89-year-old father, she thought she was securing a lifeline. What she got was a stranger who could not cook, drive, and care – because she wasn’t the carer Sarah had booked.     This bizarre and troubling story takes us deep into the cracks of Britain’s care industry, where an unregulated...

Rising energy prices pushed up inflation in October, meaning prices elsewhere will also rise.       As businesses warn Labour's first budget could lead to further price rises and even job cuts, where does this leave Chancellor Rachel Reeves's plan for the UK to be the fastest growing economy in the G7?       Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's economics and data editor Ed Conway, who explains what's...

Farmers have left their fields for the streets of London to protest changes to the inheritance tax announced in the budget.     On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson heads to the protest outside Downing Street to speak to the farmers who are threatening to withhold food supplies if their demands aren’t met.     He also asks new farmer Jeremy Clarkson about why he thinks farmers should have inherit...

As the conflict in Ukraine nears its 1,000th day, the war could be about to shift. President Joe Biden's approval for Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with long-range US missiles has sparked fears of escalation, with fury in Moscow. Vladimir Putin has previously called the move "an unacceptable red line", as Western leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the G20, weigh their nex...

Donald Trump has started to nominate who he wants in his top team.  As well as billionaire Elon Musk, controversial Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz and nephew of former president JFK, Robert Kennedy Jr, are among the picks. Matt Gaetz is a Florida congressman and the attorney general pick for Trump. In February 2023, the Justice Department declined to bring charges of sex trafficking a 17-year-old again...

A top ambulance boss has apologised after a year-long Sky News investigation revealed a culture of sexual abuse and harassment within the ambulance service.     On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky correspondent Rachael Venables who has been leading the investigation into abuse patients and staff in the service have faced and what is being done to restore trust in those who care for...

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed it would take him "no longer than one day" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine with Russia. Some in Ukraine worry this could mean having to give up land in the east, as well as Crimea. Mr Trump's announcement that Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth will become the US secretary of defence has also caused a stir given that, de...

After 25 years, Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC's Match Of The Day. He'll stay on for the corporation's coverage of the FA Cup and the next World Cup - but he'll get his Saturday nights back from the end of this season.   The change will likely help the BBC's presenter wage bill and might save some run-ins about Lineker's use of social media - but what about the programme he leaves behind?   Sixty...

When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, attendees of that year’s COP in Marrakech said an “orange cloud” had descended on the talks.     Eight years later, Trump has once again punctured the mood of this year’s climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.       On this episode of Sky News Daily we explore what the next Trump administration could mean for climate progress with Alden Meyer, senior associa...

As Donald Trump begins to prepare for his return to The White House, our US correspondents James Matthews, Martha Kelner, and Mark Stone reflect on his historic election victory.    From criminal convictions to a defiant fist pump after his near assassination, it has been an extraordinary campaign for the president-elect. Having spent the year crisscrossing the country, the team share their most e...

It's back to the White House for Donald Trump in January after a decisive election victory.  Less clear, however, are the global implications of Trump's return to office.  Sky's US correspondent James Matthews presents this episode of the Sky News Daily from Palm Beach in Florida to explore what Trump's historic victory could mean for the rest of the world.  With conflicts ongoing in the Middle Ea...

Donald Trump has done it again and won the US election.     Eight years after beating Hillary Clinton and four years after Joe Biden evicted him from the White House, the former president is now the future president.     It's a remarkable comeback for the man whose reputation was severely damaged after the violence of the January 6 Capitol riots back in 2021.     On the Sky News Daily, Niall Pater...

Donald Trump has won the 2024 election and has become only the second president in history to win on non-consecutive terms.  US correspondent James Matthews presents this edition of the podcast from West Palm Beach in Florida where the Republican candidate addressed thousands of his supporters. James is joined by his US colleague Martha Kelner, who has followed Kamala Harris’s campaign all night i...

On the final day of campaigning, our US correspondents James Matthews and Martha Kelner are with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on their final stops, both in Pennsylvania, and Mark Stone prepares for election night in Washington, DC.     With last-minute pitches in battleground states and a whirlwind of rallies, the candidates push their final messages - Harris leaning on unity and star power, whi...

America goes to the polls tomorrow, and from Arizona's deserts to Michigan's college campuses, our team of correspondents in the US James Matthews, Yousra Elbagir, and Shingi Mararike speak to different voter groups just days from the big decision.       In Arizona, Shingi meets Latino voters split on Trump and Harris, where a booming economy clashes with tough border stances     Meanwhile, Yousra...

With just two days until election day, join our US correspondents on the road.      Mark Stone and James Matthews discuss how the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, could influence the result. Stone attends one of Musk’s million-dollar-a-day giveaways which have become embroiled in a court case.      They’re also joined by former US correspondent Cordelia Lynch in Georgia, to ask whether this ha...

With three days until election day, both sides are throwing everything behind winning over those last few undecided voters in swing states.      Pennsylvania is one of the bigger prizes - Kamala Harris is scheduled to do five events in that state on Monday alone.     Sky News international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn is also there, speaking to one Republican couple with opposite views on Donald...

With just four days until polling day, join our US correspondents on the road as they examine the closing arguments from each campaign.       James Matthews takes listeners inside Donald Trump’s Maddison Square Graden rally and finds out if controversial jokes by a support act could jeopardise his chances with Hispanic voters - a key demographic in vital swing states.       And Martha Kelner heads...

Starting today, new protection zones around abortion clinics will make it illegal to harass, obstruct, or attempt to influence anyone seeking or providing abortion services within 150 metres. But what does this mean for women accessing clinics and the potential impacts on pro-life protests?     Host Liz Bates visits a London clinic to hear from medical staff who have faced abuse when going into wo...

Rachel Reeves has delivered a historic budget - Labour's first in 14 years, the first ever from a female chancellor, and the biggest tax-raising fiscal event in more than 30 years.      On the Sky News Daily, host Darren McCaffrey is joined by economics and data editor Ed Conway and deputy political editor Sam Coates to discuss their reflections and expert analysis on the momentous budget.      Pl...

Next week Kamala Harris could be elected as America’s first ever female president. But despite decades in politics the narrative of her life has been closely guarded by her aides.   Sky’s Martha Kelner has spent the past two months uncovering who the real Kamala Harris is and shares all with today’s host Liz Bates on the Sky News Daily.   Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott Editor: Philly Beaumont