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Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Monday 19 October 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 8 annotated moments · 29 of 30 min on news stories (96%)
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Australian police arrested a 43-year-old man after independent MP Helen Haines was hit by a car outside her electoral district office in Victoria. Haines, a 65-year-old lawmaker since 2019, was taken to hospital with critical injuries after being struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV. Police said a knife was found and seized inside the vehicle and were investigating whether the act was intentional. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said thoughts were with Haines, her family, friends, team and community, and the report noted concerns about about a thousand threats against public figures in Australia in the past year.
In France, Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu held a crisis meeting with ministers after a weekend of nationwide riots and destruction that began as student protests over rising living costs and education conditions. The transcript reported 2,400 people arrested and nearly a thousand emergency workers injured. Marseille authorities banned public gatherings and demonstrations between midday and 8 p.m., and the mayor said the country was the shame of Europe and that law enforcement had been overwhelmed. President Emmanuel Macron was visiting Kuwait, while a report from outside a damaged town hall described smashed windows and a collapsed tower at a site that had symbolised regional governance.
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper set out a 14 billion pound breathing space budget, saying it would save households 350 pounds on average over the next year and a half, funded by windfall taxes on big banks, a clawback on energy network monopolies and higher tax receipts triggered by Trumpflation. She proposed an essential energy guarantee cutting average annual electricity and gas bills by 100 pounds, cutting hospitality VAT from 20% to 15%, and temporary travel measures including a 10p fuel duty cut, a 10% rail fare cut, one pound bus fares and VAT on curbside EV charging cut to 5%. In questions, she condemned an anti-Semitic motion passed by the Green Party and said the Liberal Democrats would not work with the Greens nationally while that remained their position; she also said the party opposed Heathrow expansion and supported the triple lock.
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- 6:52
Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats
- 20:41
Henry Riley, from LBC
- 29:14
Noah Keate, from Politico
- 1:04 Story begins Independent MP Helen Haines injured in car incident
- 1:20
Claim Independent MP Helen Haines injured in car incident
Helen Haines suffered critical injuries when a car hit her and was taken to hospital.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 1:20-1:25
- 3:17
Claim Independent MP Helen Haines injured in car incident
Police arrested a 43-year-old driver.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 3:17-3:23
- 3:30
Claim Independent MP Helen Haines injured in car incident
Police are investigating whether the incident was deliberate.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 3:30-3:37
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- 4:54
Charged quote French PM holds crisis meeting after weekend riots as arrests top 2,400
Conditions continue in Marseille authorities have banned any public gatherings or demonstrations between midday and 8 p.m Today in a statement released by the mayor of Marseille. They said the following we are the shame of Europe this morning I found myself thinking about the very idea of what the Republic represents in this country is being brought to its knees
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 4:54-5:00
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Charged quote French PM holds crisis meeting after weekend riots as arrests top 2,400
I found myself thinking about the very idea of what the Republic represents in this country is being brought to its knees No one is capable of listening to anyone else anymore law enforcement and protesters alike have been turned into cannon fodder We have shifted from maintaining order to having to restore it
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 5:06-5:13
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Claim Cooper unveils 14bn Lib Dem cost of living package and rules out Green pact
The Liberal Democrats proposed a £14 billion package that they say would save households an average of £350 over 18 months.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 8:52-9:03
- 9:03
Claim Cooper unveils 14bn Lib Dem cost of living package and rules out Green pact
The Liberal Democrats said the package would be fully funded by bank windfall taxes, energy network clawbacks and higher receipts from Trumpflation.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 9:03-9:14
- 15:45
Claim Cooper unveils 14bn Lib Dem cost of living package and rules out Green pact
Cooper said the Liberal Democrats would not work with the Green Party at national level while the Green Party maintains its position.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 19 October 2026, 15:45-15:50
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