Scotland rejects assisted dying | Senegal stripped of Africa Cup title
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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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 national incident, after the deaths of a sixth-form pupil and a university student. Some 15 cases have been reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) so far. All required hospital admission.
The Conservatives are expected to force a vote in parliament on scrapping interest above inflation on student loans today.
And finally, Senegal have been stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations after misconduct in the final, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ruled. The result will be recorded as a 3-0 win for Morocco, the tournament hosts.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:41.3 | Arroyneux of the next. The Full Story First. Iran has confirmed that two of its highest ranking security officials have been killed in Israeli strikes overnight. |
| 0:48.6 | Members of the Scottish Parliament have voted narrowly against legalising assisted dying in Scotland. |
| 0:55.8 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet. It's a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. It is Wednesday |
| 1:00.3 | the 18th of March. I'm Sophie Rich. And I'm Wilfrid Frost. Also today, a sensational story in the |
| 1:05.5 | world of football. Senegal, who won the Africa Cup of Nations in January, have had their titles stripped, |
| 1:12.3 | we'll explain. |
| 1:13.4 | So yesterday, Israel were reporting that they had managed to kill two of the highest ranked |
| 1:20.5 | security military officials in Iran. |
| 1:23.4 | The news this morning is that has now been confirmed by Iran. |
| 1:26.2 | They've said that that was correct, that they were killed in Israeli strikes overnight. |
| 1:29.6 | So the first is security chief Ali Larajani reported to have been killed by Israel. |
| 1:35.2 | They initially appeared to deny this by posting a photo of a handwritten note that was said to have been written by him. |
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