Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

Washington and Tehran continue to exchange threats as a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, led by the US, comes into effect.

US Central Command has confirmed any ships entering or leaving Iranian ports will now be subject to this blockade.

Donald Trump has landed himself in hot water following a post on Truth Social in which he shared an AI-generated image, seeming to depict himself as Jesus Christ.

The Southport attack would have been...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been ousted from power after 16 years in charge.

Leader of the centre-right party Peter Magyar held a victory rally late last night as his party is expected to win around two-thirds of the 199 seats in the Hungarian parliament.

A blockade on the Strait of Hormuz led by the US Navy is set to begin at 3pm UK time after peace talks between the US and Iran broke down.

Sky News understands that the...

Iran has halted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, while Donald Trump has urged the prime minister of Israel to be more “low key” ahead of peace talks in Pakistan.

A group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein say Melania Trump is “shifting the burden onto them” after her surprise address where she attempted to distance herself from the late paedophile

It’s adieu to passport stamps from Europe - new changes at airports are brought in from t...

The ceasefire in the Middle East looks fragile - as Israel undertakes its biggest bombing campaign yet against Lebanon, prompting Iran to claim the agreement's already been broken.

There has been another clash between US President Donald Trump and NATO secretary general Mark Rutte.

A woman has been jailed in the US over her part in the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry.

And there's an amazing revelation about the author of the best...

US President Donald Trump says he's agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran - which includes a temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranians fill the streets to celebrate, and there's a collective sigh of relief from the Gulf. But is it victory or humiliation for the US?

Also today, Kanye West still wants to reach out to the British Jewish community, after he was blocked from headlining the Wireless Festival because of previ...

The Artemis II crew have completed their record-setting moon flyby - and they have received a special call from US President Donald Trump.

But back here on earth, the president’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is due to expire shortly.

The boss of Wireless festival has defended the decision to book Kanye West as the headline act, despite growing calls for him to be dropped.

And some warm weather is finally on its way...

Nasa’s Artemis II mission took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last night, the first trip around the moon in over 50 years.

The crew are in "safe, secure and in great spirits", a Nasa official confirmed in a post-launch press conference.

President Donald Trump addressed the United States in a primetime televised speech from the White House, lasting roughly 20 minutes.

He declared that the US’s "core objectives" in...

President Donald Trump has said the US will leave Iran in "two or three weeks" regardless of whether a deal is done with Tehran.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he suggested the US will take no responsibility for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, saying: "That's not for us – that'll be for France, for whoever's using the strait."

An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq's interior ministry has said.

A backben...

President Donald Trump has made a new threat against Tehran, claiming the US will "obliterate" Iranian energy sites, including its main oil terminal Kharg Island, if it does not agree to a peace deal "shortly".

The prime minister has threatened to withdraw an offer of thousands more NHS jobs should resident doctors go ahead with strike action next week.

Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills has been sacked by the BBC following an allegation in ...

Overnight, US President Donald Trump has said the US should "take the oil in Iran" and is considering seizing the country's strategic oil hub of Kharg Island.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country's operation in southern Lebanon will be expanded, as the UN peacekeeping mission there confirmed the death of a peacekeeper.

Sir Keir Starmer is meeting Britain's largest energy suppliers today as we ...

US President Donald Trump says he will pause airstrikes on Iran's energy infrastructure for 10 days.

That's as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky's political editor Beth Rigby he won't be pressured into changing his mind on Britain's role in the conflict.

There is fresh government advice for parents on screen time.

And people in Hampshire are being told to keep their eyes peeled for a capybara who escaped from Marwell Zoo.

An...

Donald Trump claims the US had no choice but to go to war with Iran - and also insists Tehran is desperate to make a peace deal.

The Prime Minister's given new powers for British forces to board and potentially detain Russian shadow fleets that pass through UK waters.

But why has the theft of the work phone owned by his former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, not been investigated?

Plus, we've had a first glance at what the new Harry...

US President Donald Trump has postponed strikes on Iran's power plants by five days, after what he called "productive talks" with Iran.

But Tehran's denying they ever happened - describing the talks as "fake news" to try and calm global markets.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will outline measures to prevent energy firms exploiting the war to hike prices. Will every household feel protected?

And England's Ben Stokes admits the last ...

An investigation has been launched after four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Community Ambulance service were set on fire in Golders Green, in what the Metropolitan Police have said is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.

The clock is ticking for Iran after President Donald Trump said if Tehran does not “fully open” the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the US will "hit and obliterate their power plants".

President Tru...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel acted alone when it struck an Iranian gas field, and that the war will end a “lot faster than people think”.

Netanyahu has said that Israel will hold off on committing any further attacks against energy infrastructure, following its strikes on Iran’s South Pars natural gas field- which is the largest in the world.

The number of meningitis cases has risen, with 27 con...

The Iran war intensifies in the Middle East as Qatar suffers from Iranian strikes.

The foreign minister of Qatar says his country reserves its right to respond” after Iran hit some of it’s liquified natural gas facilities a day after hitting other industrial sites in the country.

And with Easter around the corner, what could the effect of jet fuel prices be for those who have plans to go away?

A second university in Kent has c...

Iran has confirmed two of its highest ranking security officials have been killed in Israeli strikes.

US President Donald Trump appears to be frustrated again with NATO members, accusing them of making a "foolish mistake" by refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Members of the Scottish Parliament have voted narrowly against legalising assisted dying in Scotland.

The outbreak of meningitis in Kent has been declared a na...

Donald Trump is unhappy, again, with the prime minister over his response to the war in Iran - and debate intensifies as to whether this is a matter for NATO.

There have been strikes overnight on the US embassy in Baghdad, and the UK is one of several nations to warn against an Israeli ground invasion in Lebanon.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will today set out her "three big choices" for the coming decade.

These are to deepen ties with th...