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Liz Truss has spoken for the first time since her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-budget” pushed the pound to an all-time low, prompted the International Monetary Fund to urge her to re-evaluate her policies and forced the Bank of England to bail out the economy for £65bn.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Mel Stride, the Conservative chair of the Treasury select committee, about why he’s calling on the government to release the costings for its economic plan and Jon Craig, Sky News’ chief political correspondent, about the brewing civil war within the Tory ranks.

Editors - Philly Beaumont & Paul Stanworth
Podcast producer - Rosie Gillott
Interviews producer – Alys Bowen
Digital producer - David Chipakupaku

Since the government’s tax-cutting mini-budget last week, the pound has hit record lows against the dollar, mortgage providers have pulled hundreds of products and there has been damning criticism from the International Monetary Fund and an emergency intervention by the Bank of England.

Critics have accused Liz Truss, the prime minister, and Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, of being “economically illiterate”.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson looks at the economic arguments and the market reaction. He’s joined by Sky News business presenter Ian King, Martin Weale, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, and Jane Foley, a senior strategist at Rabobank.

Producers: Soila Apparicio and Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews Producer: Alys Bowen
Podcast Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editors: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth

In his speech to Labour conference, party leader Sir Keir Starmer declared this is a "Labour moment" just like in 1945, 1964 and 1997.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is in Liverpool for the Labour Party conference speaking to John McDonnell, Emily Thornberry, Yvette Cooper, Lisa Nandy, Lucy Powell and Andy Burnham.

Plus, Niall gets Sky's deputy political editor Sam Coates's analysis on Sir Keir's speech.

Producers: Rosie Gillott & Soila Apparicio
Podcast Promotion Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editors: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth

Mahsa Amini, 22, died last week following her arrest by Iran's morality police for "unsuitable attire" after she allegedly wore her hijab too loosely. Her death has unleashed a nationwide flood of protests over human rights, security and an economy reeling from international sanctions.

On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson speaks to Alistair Bunkall, Sky's Middle East correspondent who has been speaking exclusively to Mahsa Amini's cousin. Plus we hear from Dr Sanam Vakil, Middle East expert at the Chatham House think tank and Shadi Sadr, Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate about the protests and the impact they could have in Iran.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont

A photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phuc Phan Thi, taken during the Vietnam War, became infamous for its horrific depiction of the conflict. Titled The Terror of War the photo, by Huỳnh Công Út, known professionally as Nick Ut, later won a Pulitzer Prize.

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is in conversation with Kim Phuc, who shares her story about that photo, the war, and her work since then.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews Producer: Alys Bowen
Podcast Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Military volunteer, Seva, greets news of the Russian mobilisation decree to call up of 300,000 army reservists with glee.
Thousands of miles from home Oksana finds an unexpected show of solidarity.
And in Kyiv, Ilyas reflects on the recent grim discovery of mass graveyards in liberated lands close to Kharkiv in the east of the country.

BACKGROUND
 
Seva, 40, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe for business. Now, he makes regular supply drops of medical aid and rations to Ukrainian troops on the front line in Eastern Ukraine. He’s originally from a small village near Dnipro.

Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv and has remained in the Ukrainian capital since the war started. 
Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s determined to stay.

Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. His wife Natalia, and two young sons are taking refuge in Poland.
As of September 2022, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv and working, in part, for the Ukrainian government on various IT projects.
 
Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.
 
EP25 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice note.
 
From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast.
 
Producer: Rob Mulhern
Editor: Paul Stanworth
Digital Promotion: David Chipakupaku