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The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded several others in Sweden may have been connected with the adult education centre where he opened fire, police have said. Detectives are still trying to establish a motive for Tuesday’s attack in Orebro, the worst mass shooting in the country’s hist...
Last month was the warmest January on record, according to new data. The finding has baffled scientists, who had expected changes in ocean currents in the Pacific to take the edge off rising global temperatures. Figures released by the European Copernicus climate service show average temperatures around...
Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher the artefacts – with the assistance of AI. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s in th...
Almost 3,000 people have been killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has said. Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the “escalating violence” in the area has “led to immense human suffering, displacement, and a gro...
“I was in the classroom and someone suddenly came in. I saw him, I saw the shooter. As soon as he entered, he’d started shooting. Six, five times. So I started running.” We’re speaking with a man who survived when Rickard Andersson opened fire, killing 11 people, at an adult educ...
The White House has appeared to backtrack on Donald Trump’s assertion that Palestinians should be permanently resettled from Gaza – as a former Israeli PM told Sky News he was “deeply doubtful” about the plan. On Tuesday, during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah...
It would be a “major mistake” to deploy British, French and other allied troops to guarantee Ukraine’s security without involving the US, the Ukrainian president has told Sky News. Volodymyr Zelenskyy even said such a move would “give Russia an advantage”, signalling that h...
The suspect in Sweden’s mass shooting which saw 11 people killed on Tuesday has been named locally as Rickard Andersson, 35. Andersson allegedly carried out the massacre at the adult education centre in the town of Orebro, around 200km (125 miles) west of the capital Stockholm, before apparently t...
Ukraine has accused Russian spies of orchestrating several bomb attacks on its army recruitment offices, as authorities revealed the latest attack killed one person and injured four. An attack on Wednesday hit a conscription centre in the western Khmelnytskyi region. A man approached a checkpoint in the...
Sir Keir Starmer has contradicted President Donald Trump’s stance on Gaza, saying that Gazans “must be allowed to rebuild” as part of a two-state solution. The prime minister was asked about the president’s surprise announcement by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey during Prim...
Multiple earthquakes rattling the Greek island of Santorini have prompted thousands of people to flee, disrupted travel for tourists and damaged infrastructure. Quakes up to a magnitude of five have been recorded in the region since Friday, with the island’s mayor warning that seismic activity cou...
Belgian police have launched a manhunt after a shooting near an underground station in the capital. It happened outside Clemenceau metro station – near Brussels-Midi Station – at about 6.30am on Wednesday, according to local media reports. Clemenceau, Trone and Gare de l’Ouest undergro...
Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants to “develop” Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has been described as “absurd” and “entirely unrealistic”. During a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lat...
The gunman who killed 10 people in a mass shooting in Sweden appears to have shot himself, police have said. The attack at an adult education centre on Tuesday was described by the country’s prime minister as the worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history. In an update on Wednesday, police said...
A gunman who shot dead 10 people at an adult education centre had access to several weapons and had “major problems” at school, Swedish media have reported. The attack at an adult education centre in Orebro on Tuesday was described by the country’s prime minister as the worst mass shoo...
It would be wrong to dismiss Donald Trump’s comments as “off the cuff”, as they so often are, because this is not the first time in recent days that he has proposed the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. It is an idea he has repeated and now embellished, an idea so egregious that i...
The UK has denied claims from the prime minister of Mauritius that it could end up paying double under a new Chagos Islands deal. The Foreign Office has said the figures being quoted are “entirely inaccurate and misleading” after Navin Ramgoolam said the new agreement would mean payments fro...
An Italian politician has told Sky News he’s filed a criminal complaint after Donald Trump Junior allegedly killing a protected species of duck while on a hunting trip in the Venice lagoon. Andrea Zanoni, from the Green Europe party, said he had notified the Carabinieri environmental crime unit in...
For a man ignorant in the history and ways of the Middle East, it makes perfect sense. The people of Gaza do not have homes to go back to, their land is a living hell and has brought them nothing but suffering. Surely the world can get together and build them somewhere nice where they ...
Britain’s foreign secretary is on a visit to Ukraine barely a fortnight after the prime minister said the UK will “play its full part” in securing a lasting peace, including by potentially deploying troops. With war with Russia still raging, David Lammy’s trip today also comes as...
Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader, racehorse owner and friend of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 88. Despite spending most of his life out of the limelight, the Aga Khan was the spiritual leader of about 12 million people from the Ismaili sect of Islam. Some of his followers believed he was the direct...
Leverage is the most important thing in negotiations, Donald Trump said in his book The Art Of The Deal. “Don’t make deals without it.” The US president has just maximised his leverage over Iran’s government, squeezing it where it hurts most. Oil sales. The move will hurt Iran...
US President Donald Trump said he doesn’t believe Palestinians should return to Gaza because it is a “guarantee that they’re going to end up dying” – as he held a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking after welcoming Mr Netanyahu to th...
Stand on the riverbank in Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit is directly in front of you. It’s not quite spitting distance but it’s swimmable. Canada‘s auto capital and America‘s motor city are divided by the Detroit River, tied by the Ambassador’s Bridge which transports $323m...
An “ambling Eurasian badger,” lava coming from a Chilean volcano, an owl flying out of a barn, a stoat blending into the snow and a prickled honey badger all made the top five for a prestigious Natural History Museum award. Ian Wood, from the UK, is this year’s winner with his snap No...
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Does the key to understanding Donald Trump’s foreign policy lie in the President’s New York business dealings in the 1970s? That’s what Richard and Yalda ask themselves this week on the podcast. It comes after...
The Goonies cast has reunited in Hollywood to celebrate one of their number being immortalised in concrete. Actor Ke Huy Quan was honoured with a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday. To celebrate, much of his fellow cast from the classic 1985 film turned up, p...
A major police operation is currently under way after five people were shot at an adult education centre in Sweden. Authorities have warned the public that the danger is not over and to stay away from the area in the town of Orebro, around 200km (125 miles) west of the capital Stockholm. Sweden shooting...
Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a unilateral ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. The M23 rebel group announced on Monday that the ceasefire would come into effect on Tuesday. It came just under a week after the rebels completed their th...
Russ Cook, the “Hardest Geezer” who ran the length of Africa, is set to start a new long-distance running challenge. The fundraising runner, from Worthing, West Sussex, finished a 16,000km (9,941 miles) journey from the southernmost point of the continent – Cape Agulhas in South Africa...
Thousands have fled the Greek island of Santorini after hundreds of earthquakes shook the Aegean Sea in recent days. Schools across a number of Greek islands have been shut as a result of the tectonic activity, but a handful of tourists have enjoyed having the views to themselves. Images captured an exo...
Police in Sweden have said around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education centre. The attack happened at around 12.30pm local time (11.30am UK time) at Campus Risbergska in the town of Orebro, around 200km (125 miles) west of the capital Stockholm. A spokesperson told a news confe...
Swedish police have said 11 people have been killed at an adult education centre, in what the country’s prime minister said is the worst mass shooting in Sweden’s history. The attack happened at around 12.30pm local time (11.30am UK time) at Campus Risbergska in the town of Orebro, around 20...
From midnight on Monday, Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China came into effect. But what are they and what do they mean for the UK? The second-time president claims the tariffs – taxes on goods imported into the US – will help reduce illegal migration and the smuggling o...
Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa leads a country struggling to get back on its feet after decades of brutal dictatorship and a civil war that has devastated its population. He led a rebel group that was central to the lightning offensive that toppled Bashar al Assad’s regime last year, and now fin...
President Yoon Suk Yeol could be permanently impeached on Friday, months after he plunged South Korea into turmoil by imposing martial law. Mr Yoon’s political future hangs in the balance, with the country at odds over whether or not he should be thrown out of office for good. The 64-year-old shoc...
A South Korean court has upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, months after he shocked the country by declaring martial law. The country’s parliament initially voted to impeach the leader on 14 December, and he has now been permanently removed, with the constitutional court ruling tha...
War continues to rage in Gaza after the collapse of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, with tens of thousands of deaths following months of conflict. In this story, Sky News looks back at what has happened since the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023. The conflict has raged for more than a year ....
