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Sky News
29-07-2025
- Health
- Sky News
Can anything stop the ketamine crisis?
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Incontinence and chronic pain are just some of the life-altering effects caused by heavy ketamine use - which is at record levels. The drug, used in clinical settings as an anaesthetic, sedative and pain reliever, can create hallucinations in users. But those who become addicted to ketamine also face severe bladder and kidney problems. As the government considers reclassifying ketamine to a Class A substance, Shingi Mararike, our North of England correspondent, has been speaking to people suffering life-changing health consequences, and the people trying to help them. He joins Niall Paterson on the Sky News Daily to share more about the use of the drug. Plus, Dr Caroline Copeland, a senior lecturer in pharmacology and toxicology at King's College London and director of the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality, talks to Niall about why the discussion on ketamine needs to go beyond criminalisation.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The 'rascal' and the radical: How Michael and Emily Eavis have shaped Glastonbury
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Around 200,000 music fans have descended on Worthy Farm in Somerset for this year's Glastonbury Festival. Days before this year's event began, its owner Michael Eavis announced he was transferring most of his financial stake in Glastonbury to his daughter Emily Eavis. So, who is the new owner of Glastonbury? Host Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's arts and entertainment editor Claire Gregory as they look back at the unlikely transformation of Michael Eavis, from dairy farmer to festival mastermind, and ask how Emily Eavis may shape Glastonbury's future. Niall also speaks to artist Joe Rush, who has known Mr Eavis since 1985. Producer: Natalie KtenaEditors: Philly Beaumont and Rosie Gillott
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US 'doesn't have high expectations' for Ukraine-Russia negotiations, Marco Rubio admits
The United States "doesn't have high expectations" for the negotiations in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, Marco Rubio has admitted. The US secretary of state said he did not think there would be a "breakthrough" in discussions until Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet to discuss it directly. Russia and Ukraine are preparing to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, but the negotiations will take place in the aftermath of Mr Putin declining Mr Zelenskyy's offer of an in-person meeting. Ukraine war latest: Trump teases 'destination unknown' The Ukrainian president said he was sending a team headed by his defence minister, from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul to meet the Ukrainian delegation, though he said Moscow's team did not include "anyone who actually makes decisions". He accused Moscow of not taking efforts to end the conflict seriously by sending a low-level negotiating team he described as "a theatre prop". Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who is heading Moscow's delegation, said: "The task of these direct negotiations with Ukraine is to establish long-term peace sooner or later by eliminating the root causes of this conflict." He later said he expected Ukraine's representatives to turn up for the beginning of discussions on Friday morning. Mr Rubio said he will meet Ukraine's delegation on Friday, adding: "It's my assessment that I don't think we're going to have a breakthrough here until the president [Mr Trump] and President Putin interact directly on this topic." The team sent by Russia "does not indicate a breakthrough", he said, before going on to say: "I hope tomorrow the news says they've agreed a ceasefire. But it's not my assessment." He was echoing remarks made by Mr Trump earlier in the day, when he said: "Nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together." Asked if any plans were under way for a meeting between the US and Russian leaders, Mr Rubio said Mr Trump was going to make a decision once his trip to the Middle East finishes. Read more from Sky News: Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed on both sides in the war since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, along with more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the UN. Russian forces are preparing for a fresh military offensive, Ukrainian government and Western military analysts have warned. 👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Sir Keir Starmer accused Mr Putin of "standing in the way of peace," with the prime minister saying: "There was only one country that started this conflict - that was Russia. That was Putin. There's only one country now standing in the way of peace - that is Russia, that is Putin."
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
The India-Pakistan conflict explained
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 India has launched missile strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation for a terror attack last month that India accused its neighbour of backing - which Islamabad denies. But the friction between the nuclear-armed countries isn't new. On this episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson dissects how the world might respond to yet more tension in the region and asks why the conflict is centred around Kashmir with our defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke. Producers: Soila Apparicio, Emily Hulme Editor: Philly Beaumont
Sky News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Kneecap: The Irish rap group condemned by MPs - but who are they?
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Online videos of the rap trio Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs and shouting "Up Hamas, up Hezbollah" are now being investigated by the police. It comes after MPs condemned the group and called for arts funding to be removed and their invitation to play at Glastonbury withdrawn. Band members have apologised but have been cancelled by a number of festivals - although a number of other artists have defended the group. So, who are Kneecap and why are they creating such a stir? Niall Paterson talks to Aoife Moore, journalist and author of The Long Game: Inside Sinn Fein. He also talks to Steve Cummins, former Ireland Editor for the NME.
