Trump says war will be 'over quickly' | Hantavirus cases rise | Iran wants 'no insults' of IRGC at World Cup
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Millions of voters in England, Wales and Scotland will head to the polls today.
There are council elections in England, while devolved parliaments are up for grabs in Scotland and Wales, as well as six local mayoralties in London.
Donald Trump has once again claimed the war with Iran is nearing an end – saying a peace agreement will be made and the conflict will be "over quickly".
The president has been bullish throughout the war, saying the US is dominating, but details of a leaked memo from the White House might suggest otherwise.
A British hantavirus patient has told Sky News he is isolating in hospital after being evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of the outbreak.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio will have his work cut out for him today as he heads to Rome to meet the Pope after weeks of back-and-forth between the leader of the Catholic Church and Mr Trump.
Iran's football chief has said he wants assurances that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will not be insulted by the US during the World Cup this summer.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.8 | Don Trump says the war with Iran will be over quickly, but is he making key concessions? |
| 0:19.1 | It's all according to a leaked memo. |
| 0:20.8 | His colleague Marco Rubio heads to the Vatican as the rifts between the Pope and the White House |
| 0:25.5 | deepens. |
| 0:28.9 | Hello, you're listening to Cheech Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news on Thursday the |
| 0:33.5 | 7th of May. I'm Seiki Ridge. And I'm Wilfrost. Also today, what is Iran demanding in order to attend the Football World Cup, |
| 0:40.9 | which of course is in the US this summer? |
| 0:43.0 | So today is Voting Day. |
| 0:45.2 | Millions of people in England, Wales and Scotland heading to the polls. |
| 0:49.0 | There's council elections in England. |
| 0:51.6 | And seats in the devolved parliaments are up for grabs in Scotland and Wales. |
| 0:55.5 | There's also six local mayoralties as well. |
| 0:58.8 | So the polls open at 7 a.m. this morning. |
| 1:00.7 | So just when we come on air, they'll be shutting at 10pm. |
| 1:03.0 | And then the results will start coming through overnight first from some of those English councils. |
| 1:09.8 | And then we'll get the full council results |
| 1:11.8 | plus the Scottish and Welsh parliaments tomorrow afternoon. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm going to be presenting the coverage from 12 tomorrow |
| 1:18.7 | through till 7pm. |
| 1:21.1 | So there's going to be loads of results coming through at that time. |
| 1:23.4 | It's going to be super busy. |
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