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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 10 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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The Metropolitan Police said it was investigating an allegation that former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson raped a woman in the Houses of Parliament in 2016, with the report referred by the PSNI, a man now aged 63, one victim and no arrests in an early-stage inquiry; the broadcast noted Donaldson had recently been sentenced to 15 years for historical sex offences. President Trump welcomed the Government's approval of the Jackdaw North Sea gas field as great news for UK wealth and prosperity, while Kemi Badenoch told PMQs the Prime Minister had been faffing over energy decisions. The Prime Minister defended the approval as pragmatic, said it would support investment in renewables, and asked the Chancellor and Energy Secretary to examine removing standing charges from gas bills; critics said claims about the project were exaggerated and that it breached climate commitments.
Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill attended a police station in Belfast for interview over their participation in an allegedly unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, saying they had stood with the local community and were cooperating with the PSNI. Finnish and Dutch government agencies were among those that took websites down after a software flaw in the PHP programming language prompted a security scramble; updates were issued to fix critical vulnerabilities, with the UK National Cyber Security Centre alerting organisations and noting that core UK government and NHS websites do not run on PHP, though other systems may need patching. The flaw was reported to have been discovered using AI by Wiz and independently by OpenAI.
The Prime Minister insisted he would work to deliver justice for victims of the Primodos scandal after Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi asked him to meet campaigner Marie Lyon, and he paid tribute to her. Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in Moscow; Putin agreed to trilateral discussions resuming on 10 November but was said to find nothing of real use in the proposals, while Russia released US prisoner Stephen Hubbard. The broadcast also reported that Witkoff had praised Putin as a humanitarian.
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Donald Trump, US president
- 5:55
Inger Andersen, United Nations environment chief
- 6:27
Kemi Badenoch, conservative leader
- 7:37
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
- 14:14
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader
- 15:56
Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Féin leader
- 21:10
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP
- 28:27
Vladimir Putin, President Putin
- 29:51
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy
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- 1:42
Claim Met Police investigate rape allegation against Jeffrey Donaldson in Parliament
The Met received a PSNI report on 13 October about an alleged 2016 rape by a man now aged 63.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 1:42-1:54
- 2:00
Claim Met Police investigate rape allegation against Jeffrey Donaldson in Parliament
No arrests have been made in the investigation, which remains ongoing.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 2:00-2:03
- 2:03
Claim Met Police investigate rape allegation against Jeffrey Donaldson in Parliament
Jeffrey Donaldson was sentenced to 15 years for historical sex offences against two women.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 2:03-2:10
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- 14:03
- 14:03
Claim Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald attend PSNI interview over Garvaghy Road protest
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has been invited to a police interview linked to protests over the long-running Orange marches dispute in Portadown on Garvaghy Road.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 14:03-14:13
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Claim Global PHP vulnerability forces government websites offline
Finnish and Dutch government agencies reportedly took websites down.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 16:48-16:54
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Claim Global PHP vulnerability forces government websites offline
PHP is reportedly built into up to about 70% of the world's web pages.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 18:16-18:23
- 19:59
Claim Global PHP vulnerability forces government websites offline
The PHP vulnerability was reportedly discovered using AI by Wiz and independently by OpenAI.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 19:59-20:06
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Claim Prime Minister pledges to work with Marie Lyon to get justice for Primodos victims
About 1.5 million women in Britain were given hormone pregnancy tests between the 1950s and 1970s.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 20:36-20:43
- 20:48
Claim Prime Minister pledges to work with Marie Lyon to get justice for Primodos victims
The drug was withdrawn from the UK market in the late 1970s after regulators warned of a confirmed link to birth defects.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 20:48-20:57
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Claim Prime Minister pledges to work with Marie Lyon to get justice for Primodos victims
The Prime Minister pledged to work with a Primodos campaigner to pursue justice for victims.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 21 October 2026, 22:00-22:09
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