Trump to pick Iran leader? | Robotic surgery success
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
Sky News
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today marks the seventh day of the Iran war, with Israel saying it will launch a “broad” wave of air strikes against targets and has told people living in parts of Beirut in Lebanon to evacuate.
Donald Trump says he needs to be involved in choosing the next leader of Iran and has dismissed one of the people tipped to take over, the son of Ali Khamenei, as a “lightweight”.
Trump has also sacked his head of homeland security, Kristi Noem.
Labour MP Joani Reid has “voluntarily” suspended herself from the party as her husband is investigated on allegations of spying for China.
The first UK remote robotic surgery has been has been successful- the patient was in Gibraltar, and the surgeon was in London.
Anna and Kamali have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:32.4 | Sky News, the full story first. The Full Story First The Iran War enters its seventh day, with President Trump saying he needs to be involved in picking the next leader of Iran. |
| 0:49.6 | President Trump has also sat his head of homeland security. |
| 0:53.2 | That is Christy Noam. |
| 0:55.2 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast of the day's news. It is Friday, |
| 1:00.2 | the 6th of March, and I'm Kamali Melbourne. And I'm Anna Jones. Also today, the first UK remote |
| 1:06.8 | robotic surgery has been successful. The patient was in Gibraltar, the surgeon was in London. |
| 1:13.8 | It is the seventh day of the Iran War, so let's get you up to speed with everything you need to know |
| 1:18.1 | from overnight. Now, Israel says it will launch a broad wave of airstrikes against targets today |
| 1:23.6 | and told people living in parts of Beirut in Lebanon to evacuate. The US has continued |
| 1:29.2 | its attacks too. Donald Trump says he needs to be involved in choosing the next leader of Iran |
| 1:35.0 | and has dismissed one of the people likely to take over. That's the son of Ayatollah Ali Hamenei. |
| 1:41.7 | He said he's a lightweight. The Rogers News Agency are reporting that a strike on a school on the first day of the war, |
| 1:48.7 | which killed more than 100 people, mainly children, was likely carried out by the United States. |
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