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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Wednesday 19 August 2026 · 13:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 13 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (89%)
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Police in Scotland launched a manhunt after two men in their 50s were found stabbed to death in a flat in Glasgow's west end. The victims were named as Paul Lafferty and Gary Beaton, and a knife was confirmed as the weapon. Separately, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch released initial findings into the derailment near Lewes, citing an irregularity in the track immediately before the incident, which involved the rear three carriages of an eight-carriage train derailing and injuring 30 passengers, two seriously.
In Ukraine, former defence minister Mikhail Fedorov, sacked last month, called for wartime elections, saying the nation faced a governance crisis. The broadcast reported demonstrations and a political challenge to President Zelensky, with an analyst saying this was Zelensky's most dangerous day since the 2022 invasion. Israel's military announced criminal investigations into the killings of a Palestinian girl and 15 paramedics, while declining a criminal inquiry into a separate World Central Kitchen attack that killed three British contractors.
Three members of the same family died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Shoreham, with a fourth, a young girl, still critical in hospital. Prime Minister Andy Burnham expressed condolences and warned about the dangers of open water. Inflation rose to 2.9% in July, up 0.3% from June, driven by a surge in energy prices; Chancellor John Healey said the economy remained resilient.
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- 2:05
Claim Manhunt after two men found stabbed to death in Glasgow
The victims were last seen around 9am on Friday.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 2:05-2:13
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Claim Manhunt after two men found stabbed to death in Glasgow
A knife was used in the murder.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 2:41-2:46
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Claim Manhunt after two men found stabbed to death in Glasgow
The two victims were named as Paul Lafferty and Gary Beaton.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 3:25-3:33
- 4:19 Story begins Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
The RAIB interim report identified an irregularity in the track immediately before the derailment.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 4:48-4:55
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
The train was travelling at about 65 mph, below the 70 mph speed limit.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 5:58-6:09
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
The driver applied the brakes as the train passed the point of derailment.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 6:09-6:15
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
The Israeli military will open internal criminal investigations into the killing of a Palestinian girl and the killing of 15 aid workers.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 15:40-15:51
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
The Israeli military will open internal criminal investigations into the killing of a Palestinian girl and the killing of 15 aid workers.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 15:40-15:51
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
The IDF said it mistakenly identified an aid convoy, while Sky News reported the ambulances were clearly marked.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 16:14-16:26
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
Sky News reported evidence that ambulances in the aid worker attack were clearly marked.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 16:16-16:26
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
The Israeli military found no reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct in the 2024 killing of World Central Kitchen employees.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 16:26-16:36
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Claim Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
The Israeli military found no reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct in the 2024 killing of World Central Kitchen employees.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 16:26-16:36
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Charged quote Israeli military finds no misconduct in World Central Kitchen killings
is not gonna be pushed into a criminal investigation. I'm sure that there will be considerable anger within that charity, within the charity sector widely, that they see that as having been a prima facie attack on cars that were marked as having been there on pursuit of NGO activities, nothing to do with the military, nothing to do with Hamas,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 19 August 2026, 18:47-18:52
- 22:27 Story begins Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
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