Sky World News Tonight was a dedicated international news programme which was shown between 8pm and 9pm British time every weekday evening on Sky News

Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...

. The show launched on 24 October 2005 as part of a wider revamp of the channel. Its production team was also responsible for putting together Sky World News and the Sky Review and Business report. The show was replaced on 10 July 2006 by Sky News with Martin Stanford

Sky News with Martin Stanford

Sky News with Martin Stanford was a news programme on Sky News which ran between 8:00pm and 10:00pm Monday to Friday between July 2006, and February 2007...

. The show featured in-depth reports, analysis and comment based around news stories from around the world (which may or may not have been part of the channel's news coverage earlier in the day), and was presented by James Rubin

James Rubin

James Philip "Jamie" Rubin is a former diplomat and journalist. He is currently an executive editor at Bloomberg News. Having served in the State Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton, he became a Sky News television news journalist and commentator...

. It consisted of the main presentation desk revolving to a presentation position of Rubin seated in front of a neon globe with studio guests then able to be seated either side of him. Note however that many of the show's guests appear via link-up from other countries. While the focus was firmly on events outside of the UK, the show usually incorporated brief domestic news updates. These were typically presented by either Chris Roberts or Gillan Joseph, who co-presented Sky News Tonight

Sky News Tonight

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 at 9pm. Sky News' Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall , born in 1959, is Foreign Affairs Editor for Sky News). He has reported from Europe, the USA and Asia. Having served in the RAF prior to his journalistic career, he has reported from a number of war zones...

 often contributed material to the programme, and on occasion hosted during Rubin's absence. American neo-conservative commentator William Kristol

William Kristol

William Kristol is an American neoconservative political analyst and commentator. He is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel....

 also frequently appeared from the US as a guest contributor. Rubin has also presented the show from some international locations including Jerusalem, and Aleppo

Aleppo

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. The show was cancelled on 10 July 2006, along with The Sky Report

The Sky Report

The Sky Report was a 60-minute newscast shown every weekday evening on Sky News at 7 pm . The programme was hosted by long-standing Sky News presenter Julie Etchingham, and showcased in-depth reports and analysis of the day's top news stories , often devoting significant time to reporting events...

, as part of a minor re-shuffle of the Sky News schedules. Rubin can still be seen on Sky News as a World News Commentator.