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Israel has confirmed its forces have killed Hamas’s Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, as US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff called the group’s counter-offer on...

At least three people have died in a train derailment in Russia which happened after a bridge collapsed. Local authorities have blamed “illegal interference”...

Donald Trump said he plans to double tariffs on steel imports from next week, deepening his trade war which has hit global markets. The...

The last working hospital in northern Gaza is no longer functional according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a day after staff reported...

At least 117 people have died and others are still missing after heavy flooding in Nigeria, an emergency official said. Authorities initially said 21...

In a stark and direct intervention, Martin Griffiths, the former UN humanitarian chief, has described the situation in Gaza as genocide. The statement, made...

Well over a third of Europe, including parts of holiday destinations like Spain, Greece and Italy, are now in drought. March was Europe’s warmest...

A truck driver has been found guilty of murdering his wife, whose remains were found under the stairs at their home in Ireland. Richard...

Well over a third of Europe, including parts of holiday destinations like Spain, Greece and Italy, are now in drought. March was Europe’s warmest...

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded €100,000 (£84,000) in damages after winning his defamation action against the BBC. The 76-year-old had...

The twin threats of climate change and Russian malign activity in the Arctic must be taken “deadly seriously,” David Lammy has warned. Sky News...

A British charity has written to the prime minister and foreign secretary, urging them to allow seriously ill children from Gaza into the UK...

What’s unfolding in the Palestinian village of Ras al-Ayn is more than a land dispute – according to human rights groups, it is the...

Israel and the US have defended a new system for distributing aid in the Gaza Strip, despite renewed criticism from the UN and chaotic...

A trade court in the US has blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports. A three-judge panel concluded that the US...

Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Vladimir Putin – adding he will know soon if the Russian leader is just “tapping”...

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have been charged with rape and other offences in the UK. Andrew Tate, 38, face 10 charges,...

A former surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of children in France has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74,...

There are so many aspects to the crimes of Joel Le Scouarnec that it can feel bewildering. Not just the volume of his offences,...