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Neighbours have been left in “shock” and fear after the sudden deaths of a popular British couple found dead at their home in rural France. Dawn and Andrew Searle, who have not yet been officially named by French authorities, moved to the hamlet of Les Pesquies, south of Villefranche-de-Roue...
Israeli police have confiscated books and arrested Palestinian booksellers following a raid on two famous East Jerusalem bookshops. The raid on The Educational Bookshops happened on Sunday and hundreds of titles relating to the ongoing conflict in the region were bagged up and taken away, with police ac...
Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya in recent days had gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said. Nearly 50 bodies have already been uncovered, with fears authorities may still find more. On Friday, 19 bodies were found in the first mass gra...
A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation’s 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local time (5.30am GMT) on Sunday. The country’s energy minister, Kumara Jayakody, told reporters that t...
A rare flower with a pungent odour that has been likened to decaying flesh, rotten eggs and sewage has bloomed in Australia – the third such flowering in recent months. The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, bloomed for the first time in its 15 y...
Heads of state and tech bosses are gathering, with some trying to break US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. Top government officials and scientists from around 100 countries are gathering in Paris for the AI Action Summit, which will discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Co-hos...
On the day China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US were due to take effect, the world has been blind sided by Donald Trump’s latest bombshell – a blanket 25% tariff on steel and aluminium exports to the US. There are no exceptions. This is an across-the-board levy. Canada, Mexico, and Br...
The AI Action Summit is arguably a coming together of the most powerful people in the world. Sure, political representatives from all our major economies are convening here in Paris. But in the age of artificial intelligence, it’s the big tech companies who own the powerful AI models, as well as t...
👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 As Donald Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, US correspondents Mark Stone and Martha Kelner dissect the impact of his continued media blitz. Plus, as President Trump makes an unexpected announcement on steel tariffs, what will it...
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A man has been arrested in Dublin after several people were believed to have been stabbed. The incident is understood to have taken place in the Stoneybatter area, near central Dublin. Garda Siochana, the Irish police force, said the man is currently being detained at a station in the North City. A spok...
Israeli forces have begun pulling back from a key corridor through Gaza as part of its ceasefire deal with Hamas. As part of the deal, Israel agreed to withdraw its military from the four-mile-long Netzarim corridor, which separates northern Gaza from the south. When the ceasefire began last month Israe...
Donald Trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into the US, including from Canada and Mexico. The president said he would make the announcement on Monday, signalling yet another major escalation in his trade policy overhaul. Speaking on Air Force One as he flew from Flor...
The first visually impaired politician to serve in Ireland’s parliament has resigned from his party after being arrested while drunk on a Dublin street. Just days after being re-elected to the Seanad (Senate), Martin Conway admitted that he was arrested in the early hours of 22 January “for...
Five Thai men held hostage for 15 months in Gaza have arrived back in their home country where they were reunited with their families. Pongsak Thaenna, 36, Sarusak Rumnao, 32, Watchara Sriaoun, 33, Sathian Suwannakham, 35, and Bannawat Saethao, 27, were released by militants on 30 January as part of a c...
All major pieces have now been recovered of the passenger plane and US army helicopter which collided in mid-air in Washington DC last week, say safety officials. Sixty-seven people were killed in the 29 January disaster which left both aircraft in the Potomac River after they plunged into the water. Th...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex cheered and clapped as the United Kingdom’s team walked on to the stage for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games. Harry and Meghan arrived in Vancouver on Saturday for the seventh edition of the games that were established by Prince Harry in 2014. Coldplay...
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex cheered and clapped as the United Kingdom’s team walked onto the stage for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games. Harry and Meghan arrived in Vancouver on Saturday for the seventh edition of the games that were established by Prince Harry in 2014. Coldplay...
More than three dozen people have died in an accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, according to local reports. Regional authorities and businesses said the bus involved was travelling between Cancun and Tabasco. Bus operator Tours Acosta said around 44 passengers were onboard the vehicle at the t...
At least 41 people have died after a bus and a truck collided in southern Mexico, authorities say. The bus, with 48 people on board, was travelling between Cancun and Tabasco when the accident happened near the city of Escarcega early on Saturday, according to reports. Thirty-eight passengers on the bus...
Europe’s far-right political leaders have praised Donald Trump and said they wanted to “Make Europe Great Again” as they met in Madrid. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Italy’s deputy premier Matteo Salvini, French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen and Netherlands...
Around 30 people are missing after a landslide in China buried 10 houses. China’s Ministry of Emergency Management has deployed hundreds of rescuers, including firefighters after the landslide in a village in Junlian county. Two people have been pulled out alive, while some 200 have been evacuated...
Egypt has said it is “irresponsible” for Israeli officials to suggest establishing a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia. The country’s foreign ministry said it considered the suggestion a “direct infringement of Saudi sovereignty”, adding the kingdom’s security was a...
Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, saying he is committed to buying and owning the war-ravaged land but could allow sections of it to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East. Speaking onboard Air Force One on his way to attend the Super Bowl in New ...
From the moment they stepped from the Hamas vehicle, to be seen alive for the first time in 15 and a half months, the three hostages were clearly gaunt and in poor health. Reports in Israel say they have lost up to 30% of their body weight and they are in a bad medical condition. ...
More details have emerged about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a British man and woman in a rural area of southwest France. French news sites have named the couple as Dawn and Andrew Searle, although the identities of the victims have not been officially released. Several local media outlet...
A musician and actor has shared a statement about his family’s grieving following the deaths of a British couple in rural France. Dawn and Andrew Searle, who have not been officially identified but have been named by French news sites, were found at their home in the hamlet of Les Pesquies, south...
Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which thousands of people have been killed, thousands forced to leave their homes, and which threatens to bring down its elected government. Paul Kagame, president of neighbouring Rwa...
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have officially disconnected their electricity systems from Russia’s as the Baltic countries seek closer ties with the European Union and better national security. The move symbolises their desire to sever all ties with, and gain energy independence from, Moscow. Off...
Hamas has released three more Israeli hostages in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy were freed this morning in front of a crowd of heavily armed fighters. Both Mr Ami, 56, and Mr Sharabi, 52, were taken from Kibbutz Be’eri during the 7 ...
A federal court has paused aspects of a plan by Donald Trump to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put roughly 2,700 of its staff on leave. District judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by the US president during his first term, agreed with legal arguments from the larges...
Relocating to a luxurious hotel in Thailand for six months sounds like a job only conceivable through a dream or a stroke of good fortune. Season three of The White Lotus awarded that luxury to its cast and crew which, this time around, includes Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, The Fallout’s...
For weeks now, most of the friends and families I know have had a cough of some kind. The pollution in the dry season in Thailand has long been a problem. But recently, it’s reached dangerous and deeply worrying levels. Bangkok was the fourth most polluted city in the world this month. Across 31 d...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Donald Trump “let’s do a deal” as he offered the US a partnership over Ukraine’s stores of rare earth and minerals. Earlier this week, Mr Trump said he wanted Ukraine to supply the US with critical resources in exchange for financial support in its wa...
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli hostages it says it will release on Saturday in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. The hostages are Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy, Hamas armed wing spokesperson Abu Obeida said in a Telegram post. In return for the captives’ re...
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 The US is back in the race to the moon but this time, the competition is China. Determined not to lose, President Donald Trump is pushing for America to return to the moon, backed by billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. But as ...
All 11 people who died in a shooting at a school for adults in Sweden have been identified by police but they have not yet released the names. It comes as local media named a second victim in the attack as a father of two, who was a baker. Eleven people, including the 35-year-old suspect, ...
A British couple have been found dead at a house in rural southwest France. Investigators are reportedly looking at whether they were killed during a burglary but all lines of inquiry are said to remain open. The identities of the victims have not been officially released but French news site La Depeche...
One hundred and two venomous snakes have been removed from a suburban back garden in Sydney. David Stein called experts after seeing six snakes moving around in a pile of mulch and discovered that red-belly blacks pile on top of each other before giving birth. Snake catcher Dylan Cooper was drafted in t...
A river in a suburb of Buenos Aires in Argentina has turned red, sparking concern among residents. Footage and images of the Sarandi watercourse – which flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary – show the sudden change in colour. Image: River in Argentina turns red, raising concerns over suspe...
Ukraine has ramped up long-range drone strikes into Russia, targeting oil facilities that fuel warplanes, ships and military vehicles as well as oil refineries that help power the economy. An increase in the intensity of the attacks appears to have started in December, continued through the whole of Jan...
An Australian politician has legally changed his name to Austin Trump in a move inspired by Donald Trump – in what he said was a protest against the country’s ruling centre-left Labor Party. Ben Dawkins – who is an independent MP in Western Australia’s upper house of parliament w...
Two people have died after a plane crashed into vehicles on a busy road in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. A fire department spokesperson confirmed the deaths to local media. The plane crashed on Marques de Sao Vicente Avenue in Barra Funda at around 7.20am local time. Images and video footage showing...
A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg’s inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. No...
Greece’s authorities have declared a state of emergency on Santorini after a series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist destination. More than 10,000 residents and workers fled the island this week as near-constant tremors and undersea earthquakes have been recorded between Santorini and the...
One of the victims of the attack on an adult education centre in Sweden rang his fiancee one last time after being shot to tell her he loved her. Salim Iskef, 29, is thought to be one of the 10 people killed in Orebro on Tuesday. Local media has named Rickard Andersson as the perpetrator ...
👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Elon Musk and the Trump administration have agreed to shut down USAID, the world’s largest single donor to international aid programmes, with thousands of staff being withdrawn as Mr Musk says it is “beyond repair”. The decision follows...
Donald Trump is not a man in the habit of backing down. His astonishing proposal to “own” Gaza and relocate two million Palestinians has faced unanimous opposition from America’s allies, but the president now has a plan and woe betide anyone who gets in the way. And that includes inter...
A British woman has died on holiday in Sri Lanka after a room in her hostel was fumigated for bed bugs, local police said. Ebony McIntosh, 24, from Derby, was taken to hospital in the capital Colombo on Saturday after becoming ill. She had reportedly suffered vomiting, nausea and breathing difficulties...
A man has been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing a pigeon that he reportedly filmed himself abusing. Hiroshi Tsuji, a 49-year-old taxi driver from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, allegedly captured the bird on the side of a river in the Japanese capital sometime between April and June 2024, local...
