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Lord Peter Mandelson has written a letter to all the staff at the UK embassy in Washington DC following Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to sack him. The Foreign Office confirmed on Thursday that Lord Mandelson had been stripped of the position in the wake of fresh revelations about his relationship wi...
A mass prisoner release for sanctions relief. That’s the latest trade Donald Trump has made and it’s with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It came after surprise talks in Minsk between US officials and the man often described as Europe’s last dictator. We knew the two sides w...
The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup after his 2022 election defeat. The far-right politician, who ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022, was found guilty on five counts by three members of a...
Usain Bolt claims he would have beaten his long-standing 100m world record if he could have run in the carbon-plated “super spikes” worn by today’s sprinters. The Jamaican sprinting icon, who won eight Olympic gold medals before he retired in 2017, is the fastest man to ever run the 10...
Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is allowed to take part, RTE has announced. The Irish broadcaster said in a statement that a number of European Broadcasting Union (EBU) members raised concerns over the participation of Israel in the competition at the unio...
Qatar’s prime minister said Israel has “killed any hope” of seeing more hostages returned from Gaza after carrying out an attack targeting Hamas leadership in his country. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani intensified his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu o...
The UK will begin large-scale production of advanced interceptor drones to help Ukraine defend against Russian aerial assaults. The drones, designed by Ukraine with support from British scientists, are highly effective at destroying the one-way attack aircraft Moscow continues to launch at Ukrainian cit...
A prominent Palestinian journalist whose wife and several of his children were killed in airstrikes in Gaza says the world is “treating us with indifference” – as he accused Israel of committing genocide. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife Amna, 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old dau...
Donald Trump had a heated phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his military targeted Hamas inside Qatar, according to a report. The American president told Mr Netanyahu on Tuesday that the decision to strike inside the US ally’s territory was not wise, The Wall Street Jo...
👉Listen to The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 How significant is Israel’s airstrike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar? And, with Russian military drones being shot down in Polish airspace, what will NATO do? Richard and Yalda debrief on the international reaction to th...
The advance of Russian drones crossed into Poland around 1.50am local time, with several drones reportedly entering the country from Belarus. As Polish and NATO forces struck them down from the skies, litter and debris rained down across the country. Sky News has verified multiple locations where Russia...
MPs from around the world are urging their heads of state to follow Donald Trump’s call for jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s release as he awaits a verdict. Parliamentarians from 16 countries, ranging from the UK and Canada to Zambia and Paraguay, have written to their prime ministe...
Today, the streets of Kathmandu felt worlds apart from just 12 hours before. Gone were the thousands of protestors rejoicing as they saw the symbols of Nepal’s political class in flames. Gone were the cries of “revolution”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2...
The UK is looking to bolster Poland’s air defences after suspected Russian drones were shot down in its airspace. It is the first time a NATO country is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine and raises concerns of a wider conflict. In a bleak message, Polish Prime Minister...
Protesters in France are trying to cause as much disruption as possible as political turmoil continues to plague the country. Tens of thousands of people demonstrating across Paris, Marseille and other French cities on Wednesday were met with 80,000 police officers, Riot police have clashed with protest...
The unprecedented Russian drone attacks on Poland are both a test and a warning. How Europe and NATO respond could be crucial to security on this continent. The Russians are past masters at what’s called “salami slicing”. Tactics that use a series of smaller actions to produce a much...
Riot police have clashed with protesters in Paris after they took to the streets in response to calls to ‘Block Everything’ over discontent with the French government. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the French capital and other cities, including Marseille and Montpe...
A lot has changed in Qatar in just 24 hours. Israel brought its war with Hamas to the streets of Doha and people can’t quite believe it. The sound of explosions on Tuesday afternoon in a residential neighbourhood has shattered the sense of peace and security that defines life here. Israel-Hamas la...
What was Russia’s intent? That’s the pivotal question as Poland and its NATO allies consider their response to drones violating its airspace. The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said “a huge number” of Russian drones entered its airspace, and those that posed a direct threat...
A chlamydia vaccine has been approved for use on koalas, which scientists hope will stop the sexually-transmitted disease killing the endangered species. The single-dose vaccine is ready to be used across Australia – in wildlife hospitals, clinics, and in the field. Chlamydia accounts for as many...
Russia has carried out an “unprecedented violation” of Poland’s airspace, according to Warsaw’s military command. In a statement on X, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said it had detected drones in its airspace as a result of a Russian attack on Ukraine....
Donald Trump has distanced the US from Israel’s “unfortunate” strike in Qatar, which drew international condemnation and killed five members of Hamas. The Israeli Defence Forces said it carried out Tuesday’s strike in Doha “targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terro...
As we flew into Kathmandu, you could already see from the sky, the fury playing out on the streets below. Huge plumes of smoke rose over the Nepalese capital. It was the second day of intense protests, and it soon felt like something seismic. On the ground, it was kinetic and chaotic. We landed just ...
President Emmanuel Macron has moved quickly to appoint Sebastien Lecornu as France’s new Prime Minister. The appointment comes almost exactly 24 hours after Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly – rejecting his bid to make £40bn in savings and cutting two of the cou...
He is Britain’s ambassador to the United States, a former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, no less. He has been a titan of British politics for decades and is the sharpest of operators. Yet Peter Mandelson has been unable to explain why he counted the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as his...
The Israeli airstrike on the Qatari capital Doha is a step change in the way they tackle their enemies, but only the latest in a series of them. In the past, Israel used stealthier means to dispatch its foes. Plausible deniability was preferable. October 7 changed everything, the Israelis say. So when t...
A UK internet user helped police stop a teenager from unleashing a deadly attack on his school in Ukraine, the Metropolitan Police has said. The anonymous referral was made to the Met’s Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit on 4 September, according to the force. It warned of an “imminent...
The Israeli military has said it has targeted the leadership of Hamas with strikes on Qatar’s capital Doha. Several explosions were heard in the city, with smoke seen rising over the Katara district. An IDF statement said: “The IDF and ISA conducted a precise strike targeting the senior lead...
Hearings for a trial of fugitive Ugandan rebel commander Joseph Kony began today at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Kony has been wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity since 2005, making him the ICC’s longest-standing fugitive. The founder of the Lords Resistance A...
A woman has gone on trial in New Zealand accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered. Hakyung Lee – who is representing herself in court – denies the murders of six-year-old boy Minu Jo and eight-year-old girl Yuna Jo in J...
Officials in western Germany have sought to calm online speculation following the deaths of 16 candidates, including seven from a far-right party, in the run-up to a local election. Voters will go to the polls on 14 September in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country’s most populous state. However, online...
Palestinian militant group Hamas has claimed responsibility for the shooting that killed six people on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Two gunmen boarded a bus on Monday in one of the deadliest attacks the city has seen in recent times. Footage from a dashboard camera showed dozens of people fleeing from a...
New photos show one of the makeshift camps where a father-of-three hid with his children before he was shot by police on Monday. Tom Phillips had been on the run for nearly four years, having vanished with his two daughters and son – believed to be aged 9, 10, and 12 – on New Zealand’s...
Nepal’s prime minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned after violent anti-corruption protests. “The PM has quit,” his aide Prakash Silwal told Reuters on Tuesday. Mr Oli’s exit comes as demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in vi...
The Murdoch family have reached a deal which will see Rupert Murdoch’s son Lachlan cement control of the family media empire that includes Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. The agreement ends a battle over who will control one of the highest-profile global media groups. The dispute is thought...
Nepal has lifted a ban on social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube after protests that led to 19 people being killed. Dozens more were injured during the demonstrations on Monday, which were pinned on Gen Z – broadly referring to anyone born between 1995 and 2010. The rallies were als...
The UK government has concluded that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza but “must do much more” to prevent and alleviate the suffering. Britain’s position was clarified by David Lammy, as foreign secretary until a few days ago, in response to questions from the chair of the Inte...
More than 20 civilians have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Following the latest attack, the Ukrainian president called for Kyiv’s allies to increase pressure on Moscow to end its war in Ukraine. The bomb hit the vill...
A freight train has collided with a double-decker bus in Mexico, shearing it in two and killing at least 10 people while injuring 41 others, authorities said. The accident took place shortly before 7am (2pm UK time) on a railway crossing in an industrial part of Atlacomulco, a town about 80 miles (130km...
The third Briton who was killed in the Lisbon funicular crash has been named by police. Andrew David Kenneth Young, 82, was among 16 people who died when the tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the Portuguese capital on Wednesday. The two other Britons who lost their lives have previously been...
The result was never in question, but it has thrown real doubt over France’s future. Francois Bayrou gambled and lost. France’s prime minister called a surprise vote of no confidence in late August, and this evening the National Assembly in Paris voted to oust him from office. It leaves Fran...
A few hours after this attack, and Ramot Junction was getting back to normal. The bodies had been removed, the wounded were being treated in hospital, and pools of blood had been scrubbed and washed away. But the shockwaves will linger and reverberate. Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians are al...
The Irish deputy prime minister Simon Harris has warned that a politician will be “seriously hurt” in the wake of threats against him and his family. A series of bomb threats against the Harris family home were phoned to police stations in Wexford and Wicklow yesterday. It’s the third...
France’s prime minister has made a last-ditch effort to save his job with an impassioned speech urging lawmakers to back his plan to reduce the country’s €3.3trn (£2.86trn) debt. Francois Bayrou is expected to be toppled in a confidence vote on Monday evening. But addressing the country...
A large Roman burial chamber from the third to fourth century AD has been unearthed by archaeologists in Albania. The discovery is the first of its kind found in the Balkan country that was once part of the Roman Empire. Locals had tipped off staff from the Institute of Archaeology after noticing some u...
At least 14 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Nepal’s capital as protesters clashed with police over a government decision to block 26 social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube. Protesters pushed through fencing and forced riot police to retreat as they surrounded t...
At least five people have been killed in a shooting in Jerusalem, authorities have confirmed. Around 15 people were injured – with six in a serious condition – after it appeared two attackers boarded a bus and opened fire as it reached a major intersection at the northern entrance to Jerusal...
Once upon a time if folks wanted to pinpoint the most economically-vulnerable country in Europe – the one most likely to face a crisis – they would invariably point to Greece or to Italy. They were the nations with the eye-waveringly high bond yields, signalling how reluctant financiers were...
Stargazers across the globe got the chance to see a total lunar eclipse – called a blood moon – on Sunday night and early on Monday. The moon turned a deep, dark red as the Earth passed directly between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface. Asia had the best seat...
A man who had been hiding with his three children in the New Zealand wilderness for nearly four years is believed to have been shot dead after an armed confrontation with police. Thomas Phillips and his two daughters and son, believed to be aged 9, 10 and 12, had been evading police since December 2021...
