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Mornings with Jones and Melbourne
Saturday 22 August 2026 · 06:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 22 of 30 min on news stories (73%)
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Gianni Infantino was tracked down by Sky News in the Dominican Republic, where he refused to be drawn on his future as FIFA president. The reporter asked whether he had betrayed football and why he would not resign, but Infantino responded with light-hearted remarks about the reporter's haircut. The broadcast noted that his failed plan to sell off parts of the World Cup to private investors has left FIFA associations and fans in North and South America, Europe, and Asia seeking his departure, and that he is engaged in shuttle diplomacy to secure a fourth term in a vote next March.
Separately, Sky News reported that Meghan is in talks to star in a Netflix show called The Gentlemen, which could boost the Sussexes after a judge ordered Prince Harry and his co-claimants to pay an initial £9.5 million to the publisher of the Daily Mail over their failed lawsuit. The broadcaster also said that wildfires across England and Wales have burned a record area, with more than 18,800 hectares affected this year, and that prostate cancer diagnoses have risen to about 68,000 a year. Other reported stories included the death of a six-year-old girl after a sea rescue, a fatal sword attack at a Swedish school, TikTok's $400 million settlement over children's privacy, a legal case involving rugby players' brain injuries, a temporary US Supreme Court ruling allowing White House ballroom construction, UK pressure over Israeli settlements, and Australia introducing a world-first minimum wage for gig delivery drivers.
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Claim Infantino refuses to resign after Sky News confrontation
Infantino arrived in the Dominican Republic by private jet from Doha.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 2:43-2:51
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Claim Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Meghan Markle was reported to have been offered an acting role in a UK-based project
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 8:12-8:16
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Claim Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Prince Harry and others were ordered to pay £9.5 million in legal costs.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 8:16-8:24
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Charged quote Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Nine and a half million pounds over their failed claims of a lawful information gathering our Royal correspondent Laura Bundock has this Harry's fight with Fleet Street is over but is damning defeat against the Daily Mail has a hefty price tag Prince Harry and his co-claimants are ordered to pay an initial nine point five million pounds within a week after
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 8:34-8:42
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Claim Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Prince Harry and others were ordered to pay £9.5 million in legal costs.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 8:42-8:49
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Charged quote Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Harry's fight with Fleet Street is over but is damning defeat against the Daily Mail has a hefty price tag Prince Harry and his co-claimants are ordered to pay an initial nine point five million pounds within a week after Overwhelmingly losing their case. They have insurance which covers them up to 16.2 million but the judge mr
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 8:50-8:54
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Charged quote Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Basis which basically means they can claim much more the mail says their legal costs are thirty four point five million Potentially leaving Prince Harry and the other claimants out of pocket by over 18 million pounds It's a very bad day for the claimants What they would have hoped for is a cost order against them on what's called the standard basis
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 9:18-9:20
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Charged quote Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Foundation the Daily Mail defiantly described the judgment as a Devastating critique of an attempt to destroy a newspaper and the reputations of its journalists editors and executive But the paper might not end up with as much as they want There's a crumb of comfort in the judgment by the judge who said those costs he thinks are excessive
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 9:57-10:05
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Charged quote Meghan Markle in talks for role in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen
Losing his chance to build a case for a second investigation into press reform now He could appeal but would he want another legal fight following his return to the UK? The Sussex bank balance takes a blow but it might be boosted by news Meghan could return to acting All I'm hearing about it is that it is something she's very excited about
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 10:44-10:51
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More than 20 homes were destroyed in Stourbridge.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 13:06-13:12
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A fire in the New Forest, started by a van, spread to protected heathland and led to the closure of the A31.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 13:37-13:56
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Charged quote Macmillan says 600,000 men in UK are living with prostate cancer
Us about this cancer. Good morning. Yes, you say one man diagnosed every eight minutes about 68,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer a year around 600,000 men living with it in the UK so the figures are quite stark but we should say that it's not almost all bad news because one of the reasons why we're seeing such high numbers is well two
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 15:41-15:44
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Charged quote Macmillan says 600,000 men in UK are living with prostate cancer
But it can affect younger men too. It can affect men with a family history of the condition and black men as well So these are at-risk groups They want people to be aware of that and secondly, it doesn't always cause symptoms and that's what's quite concerning So the symptoms of prostate cancer are things like needing to go to the toilet more often having blood in your urine
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 16:47-16:53
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Claim Macmillan says 600,000 men in UK are living with prostate cancer
The UK does not have a national screening programme for prostate cancer, but men can get a blood test from their GP.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 17:01-17:16
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Claim Macmillan says 600,000 men in UK are living with prostate cancer
The UK does not have a national screening programme for prostate cancer, but men can get a blood test from their GP.
Sky News, Mornings with Jones and Melbourne, 22 August 2026, 17:01-17:09
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- 22:22 Story begins UK under pressure to ban West Bank settlement goods
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