New ground in Iran war | Obesity jabs scrutinised
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
Sky News
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The war in the Middle East enters its sixth day today, and the conflict has reached new ground.
A ballistic missile fired from Iran heading into Turkish airspace was shot down, the Turkish defence ministry has said.
This came before Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defence, confirmed a US submarine sunk an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka.
The husband of a Labour MP is one of three men arrested by the Metropolitan Police on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for China.
Pressure on the US Justice Department to be more transparent with the release of documents that come under the Epstein files is increasing, as some 50,000 "missing files" are set to be released this week.
Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's interim president, has confirmed the US will be involved in developing the mining industry in the country.
People on obesity jabs will regain the majority of the weight they lose within a year of stopping the drugs, according to a new study.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:46.7 | As the war in the Middle East enters its sixth day, we bring you the latest from the conflict. |
| 0:51.3 | Three men in the UK are arrested on suspicion of spying on behalf of China. |
| 0:57.4 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. |
| 0:59.9 | On Thursday the 5th of March, I'm Wilfrid Pross. |
| 1:01.2 | And I'm Sophie Ridge. We'll also be talking about weight loss jabs and how effective they are. |
| 1:05.6 | So the war in the Middle East has entered its sixth day and it's reached new ground. New ground in lots |
| 1:12.6 | of ways. I'm going to run through the update. I don't know if you saw that video footage yesterday. |
| 1:17.0 | It's available on the Sky News website if you haven't seen it, but that the US released of a submarine, |
| 1:24.7 | one of their submarines, sinking an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka. |
| 1:30.3 | It's, you know, a scene from a movie, frankly. |
| 1:35.3 | 180 were on board, Iranian military personnel, obviously. |
| 1:40.7 | 32 have been rescued. |
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