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Three men have been found guilty of trying to blackmail Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s family. They threatened to release about 1,500 private photos and videos on the dark web – if they were not paid £12.5m. The trio also threatened to publish digitised copies of Schumacher’s...
Taken at face value Donald Trump’s embrace of reciprocal tariffs is a declaration of total trade war, that would amount to perhaps the single biggest peacetime shock to global commerce. In promising to levy import taxes on any nation that imposes tariffs or VAT on US exports, he is following throu...
A kayaker has said he thought he was going to die when he was swallowed by a humpback whale. Adrian Simancas was off the coast of Chile, in the Strait of Magellan, when it surfaced and gobbled up his yellow boat. His father, who was nearby in another kayak, captured the incident on camera. “I ...
Donald Trump has said he would love to have Russia return to the G7 group of advanced economies, and that expelling the country “was a mistake”. Russia had been a member of the club of industrialised nations, then known as the G8, until it was excluded following its annexation of Ukraine...
The UK government is facing increasing pressure to call on China to release jailed pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai as it seeks closer trading ties with Beijing. Media tycoon Mr Lai is currently on trial in Hong Kong facing charges under the city’s national security law, imposed by Beijing in 20...
Two British citizens have been detained in Iran, the government has said. Both are being supported by the UK Foreign Office, according to a spokesperson. It comes following reports of the detention from Iranian state media yesterday. A spokesperson said: “We are providing consular assistance to tw...
At least 28 people are injured after a car drove into a crowd in Munich, police have said. The incident took place at a square near downtown Munich, close to the city’s central train station at around 10.30am (9.30am UK time), officials said. Munich latest: Car ramming was ‘suspected attack...
Confirmation that police are investigating the Munich car crash as a “suspected attack” will fill Germans with dread and add fuel to an already highly emotional election debate. It’s just under two months since a Saudi doctor was accused of driving his car into a crowd at a Christmas m...
You should always give peace a chance. That US President Donald Trump “thinks out of the box” is already the cliche of the moment. And he may bring a fresh way of thinking and a new energy to ending Russia’s war in Ukraine where others have failed. But there are some ominous signs alre...
US President Donald Trump says he will unveil “reciprocal” trade tariffs on Thursday, adding: “Today is the big one”. Countries around the world have been waiting for details on potential tariffs amid a series of threats from the White House. “Three great weeks, perhaps the...
Hamas has said it will release Israeli hostages as planned and will implement the Gaza ceasefire deal. It had previously threatened to delay the next release of hostages after accusing Israel of failing to meet its obligations to allow in tents and shelters. In response Israel, with the backing of US Pr...
At least 30 people have been injured, including children, after a car was driven into a crowd in a “suspected attack” in Munich, authorities said. A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Farhad N, has been arrested after officers fired a shot at the vehicle. Image: The suspect Farhad N Workers t...
A major police operation is under way in Munich after a car was driven into pedestrians in the south German city, officers have said. Germany’s Bild newspaper said 15 people had been injured. In a statement, Munich’s police said: “There is currently a major police operation in the area...
Shell is in court today facing allegations it is responsible for oil pollution in Nigeria that left thousands without clean water and ruined farming and fishing. Lawyers claim hundreds of leaks and spills from Shell’s pipelines and infrastructure have devastated the environment of the Bille and Og...
At least four people have died in a gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan. Twnety-six others were injured in the blast on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in the central city of Taichung, the fire department said. Dozens of firefighters rushed to the scene of the explo...
Twelve people have been injured, some critically, after a grenade was thrown into a bar in southeastern France. It happened in a working-class area of Grenoble shortly after 8pm on Wednesday, the local prefecture said. “A person came in, threw a grenade, didn’t say a word, it seems, and then...
Donald Trump has promised peace talks and teased the prospect of ending the war in Ukraine but, in the background, there are potential complications. Here’s what Sky News’ experts think about what America’s new military policy and these planned negotiations could mean for Russia, the U...
Donald Trump says there has been agreement to begin negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, after holding phone calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is the US president’s first big step towards diplomacy over a conflict which he promised to end within 24 hours of being inaug...
Ukraine must be put in a “position of strength”, European countries including Britain, France and Germany have said as Donald Trump prepares to open peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin. The US president said an agreement had been reached about starting talks after he made phone calls to t...
That Donald Trump does not want to bankroll European security is not a surprise. But the stark tone of his defence secretary – saying the US cannot be “primarily focused on the security of Europe” – will still send shock waves through the alliance. Yet London, Paris, Berlin and e...
Ozempic and other semaglutide drugs help people reduce their drinking, a new study has found. The drugs, best known for their use in weight loss and diabetes treatment, also appeared to reduce how many cigarettes people smoked. The study, completed by scientists at the University of Southern California,...
At the start of awards season, Emilia Perez looked like it could come away as one of this year’s big success stories. First there was a slew of gongs at the Golden Globes, including best comedy or musical film, and then came the Oscar nominations – it leads the race with 13 nods, and broke ....
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Two months on from the fall of the Assad regime, Syria is still uncovering the depths of the horrors inflicted on its own citizens during his rule. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and senior foreign ...
By the standards of other cities I have been in or visited shortly after a revolution, Damascus seems on the face of it relatively calm. More often than not, I’d expect masked gunmen to be deployed on every corner, patrolling the streets in groups, or whizzing around on battered trucks, with heavy...
A light-hearted petition has been launched in Denmark to buy the state of California in after Donald Trump said he wanted to take over Greenland. The petition, which promises to “bring hygge to Hollywood”, asks: “Have you ever looked at a map and thought: ‘You know what Denmark n...
US troops will not be used to secure the peace in Ukraine following any ceasefire deal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump’s new defence secretary has declared, as he signalled a dramatic shift in American foreign and defence policy away from Europe. Pete Hegseth also said it is “unrealistic...
One person has been killed and 25 more injured in a collision between a high-speed train and a truck in Germany. Six of the injured were in a serious condition after the crash on a level crossing outside the city of Hamburg on Tuesday. A 55-year-old passenger died at the scene. Image: Pic: Daniel Bockwo...
British drivers’ enthusiasm for electric cars, and the absence of tariffs imposed elsewhere in Europe, represents “a big opportunity” for Chinese manufacturers, the president of the newest entrant to the UK electric vehicle (EV) market has told Sky News. Dr Brian Gu of XPENG Motors sai...
At least one person has died after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv sparked several fires throughout the city, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said a nine-year-old child is among three people who were injured as a result of the airstrikes. He added that emergency services w...
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The FBI says it has found 2,400 new files related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy. The agency carried out a new record search after Donald Trump signed an executive order in January for all of the files related to the 1963 shooting to be declassified. It comes as Florida representative...
An American teacher sentenced to 14 years in a Russian jail has been released and is flying home to be reunited with his family. Marc Fogel, 63, was pictured on a flight to the US on Tuesday – more than three years after he was arrested in Moscow for drug smuggling. He was detained after ...
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 US President Donald Trump continues to tear up the rule book on the world stage. This week, he is doubling down on his plan to “take over” Gaza and threatens that “all hell” will break loose if all the h...
This was the day Spain – but most of all Jenni Hermoso – had been waiting for. The day in court when Luis Rubiales would have to start answering questions about the kiss the player says tarnished the high point of Spanish women’s football. Amid the euphoria of the 2023 World Cup final,...
Three of the world’s biggest football clubs are being urged to drop their sponsorship deals with Visit Rwanda by the government of neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The United Nations recently said almost 3,000 people have been killed in fighting in DRC after M23 rebels, backed...
Salman Rushdie has described in court the moment he was attacked on stage. The British-Indian author, who was stabbed as he was preparing to give a speech in August 2022, took the stand in a New York courtroom to give evidence against the man charged in the attack. Rushdie, 77, was blinded in one eye .....
The Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not return Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. He warned of a return to “intense fighting” if they are not released. Hamas said on Monday it would postpone Saturday’s scheduled release of...
Italian police have arrested 181 people in a crackdown on the Sicilian mafia. Authorities launched a series of raids early on Tuesday, detaining suspected members of the mafia for alleged crimes including attempted murder, extortion, drug trafficking and more. A total of 1,200 officers were involved in...
The AI summit in Paris is a coming together of world leaders and technology firms designed to shape a responsible and sustainable future for artificial intelligence. But the big political day of the summit was overshadowed by a bust-up between rival billionaire tech-bros. Timed perfectly to coincide wit...
Police investigating the deaths of a British couple at their home in rural France have released details from a post-mortem examination. Prosecutors say Dawn Searle, 56, was found at their property in Les Pesquies with “several” injuries to her head, while her husband, Andrew Searle, 62, was...
The European Union owes its origins to a trade agreement that involved coal and steel. At its very heart is a belief that free trade between partners is a fundamentally good thing. Nothing is more certain to upset policymakers in Brussels than the spectre of swingeing tariffs. They saw this coming, of c...
Former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales has told a court that he was “absolutely sure” player Jenni Hermoso consented to him kissing her. Rubiales is on trial in Madrid accused of sexual assault for kissing Hermoso on the lips after Spain won the Women’s World Cup in Sydney in Aug...
The deaths of a British couple in rural France could be linked to a “problem from the past or somewhere far away,” according to a local mayor. Andrew Searle, 62, and Dawn Searle, 56, are reported to have been found dead by a German friend, who lives nearby, after Mr Searle didn’t arriv...
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government face being voted out of office next week, as Germany heads to the polls in an election dominated by Ukraine, energy prices and the rise of the far right. The election comes after the ruling three-party coalition collapsed on the day Donald Trump’s return t...
A teacher has admitted stabbing a seven-year-old girl to death at a school in South Korea, officials say. The female teacher, reported to be in her 40s, has been treated for self-inflicted wounds in hospital following the attack in the city of Daejeon on Monday. She has not yet been arrested as police i...
Donald Trump has said Palestinians would have no right to return to Gaza under his proposal to relocate its population and rebuild the Strip. The president last week debuted his suggestion to “own” Gaza and shut out Hamas while it’s redeveloped, but has now contradicted officials who h...
Sir Salman Rushdie was so stunned he didn’t try to fight back after a masked man stabbed him on stage, a court has heard. The 77-year-old author was attacked moments before he was due to present a lecture on keeping writers safe in New York in August 2022. He was left seriously wounded and blind ....
Donald Trump says the Gaza ceasefire should be cancelled if all remaining Israeli hostages are not returned by noon on Saturday – as he warned Hamas that “all hell is going to break out”. The US president’s intervention came hours after Hamas has said it will delay the release of...
Hamas has said it will delay the release of more hostages after accusing Israel of violating their ceasefire deal. It said Saturday’s scheduled release would not go ahead. In a statement, Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, said: “During the past three weeks, the resistance leade...
In what will be seen as a signature act of the new Trump administration, the president and his team have denounced and dismembered the US government’s international assistance arm, USAID, in a matter of three weeks. It is a decision that will have serious, real-world consequences – and the i...
