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An aviation analyst has reviewed footage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 before its fatal crash and assessed that the configuration of the passenger plane “doesn’t look right”. The Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, including 53 Britons, came down shortly after taking off from Ahmedab...
Footage has emerged showing the moments before a London-bound Air India flight crashed near Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat – shortly after take-off. More than 200 people – including 53 British nationals – were on board flight AI171 to London Gatwick. Imag...
An Air India flight which was on route to London Gatwick has crashed in India. At least 242 people were on board the flight when it crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, police have said. More than 50 of the passengers are British nationals. India plane crash latest: Follow live updates...
A plane carrying 242 people, including 53 British nationals, to London Gatwick has crashed in India. Local police have said there appear to be no survivors. A fireball can be seen in footage as the Air India flight crashed into a residential area near Ahmedabad Airport shortly after take-off. India plan...
The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors has found that Iran is not complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years. It comes as sources have told US media that Israel is considering taking military action against Iran in the coming days – without American support....
Israel is considering taking military action against Iran in the coming days – without American support, sources have told US media. The reports comes as US President Donald Trump is said to be in advanced discussions with Iran about a diplomatic deal to curtail the Middle Eastern country’s...
The controversial US and Israeli-backed aid distributor in Gaza has accused Hamas of a deadly attack on a bus carrying Palestinians working with the organisation. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has said at least five aid workers were killed and it fears some team members “may have been tak...
England are looking to defend their title at the 2025 Women’s Euros. But conquering this year’s competition will be tricky right from the group stages. The Lionesses will come up against Wales, who made history by qualifying for their first major tournament, and two other European heavyweigh...
A farewell letter and video have been discovered at the home of a 21-year-old gunman who killed 10 people in a school shooting in Austria, as the nation observed a minute’s silence on Wednesday. The country paused at 10am local time (9am UK time), marking the moment of the attack a day earlier at...
As the first light breaks across a quiet beach near Dunkirk, a human tide begins to move. Dozens of migrants, many with children, rush across the sand toward the water’s edge. French police are present, but they do not intervene. For many of these men, women, and children, this moment marks the fi...
The San Jose was lost for centuries, its £16bn treasure trove of gold and emeralds swallowed up by the Caribbean Sea. Not any more. Researchers say they have identified the “world’s richest shipwreck”, a discovery likely to fuel an international row over which country owns the 3...
At least 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire at a US-backed humanitarian aid site in Gaza, according to health officials. Medical officials at Shifa and al Quds hospitals say the people were killed as they approached the site – operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Do...
In the absence of detail, all we can do is read between the lines of what may or may not have been agreed in the London talks between the US and China. And a degree of scepticism feels appropriate. The fact neither side is saying much says a lot in itself. A major new breakthrough ...
It is nearly 150 days since Donald Trump took office for the second time, promising peace in the Middle East and Ukraine. For the latter, the war grinds on, with reports last week that Russia passed the grim milestone of one million deaths. Ukraine continues to be bombarded, with Russia launching its bi...
A new treaty to govern international waters is “tantalisingly close” after countries – including Britain – promised to sign it into law. The British government said this week that it will introduce legislation by the end of the year to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty, following a...
Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality, has left the US after being detained by federal agents. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson said the Senegalese-Italian influencer – who has 162.2m followers on TikTok – was detained on Friday at Harry Reid...
The mayor of Los Angeles has announced that a curfew will be in force overnight, as officials attempt to “stop the vandalism and stop the looting”. Karen Bass says the restrictions will be in force in downtown areas of the city from 8pm to 6am local time (4am to 2pm UK time) – and will...
Students and adults are among 10 victims who were killed after a gunman opened fire at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz. Interior minister Gerhard Karner said earlier that a further 12 people were injured in the shooting at the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Austria’s secon...
At least 36 people were killed and 208 wounded when Israeli forces fired towards crowds near a food distribution centre in Gaza on Tuesday morning, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. Footage supplied to Sky News shows people shouting and screaming as they flee explosions in th...
The UK government has sanctioned two prominent Israeli ministers for “inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank”. Britain has been joined by Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway in imposing sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich – who are opposed to Palest...
👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 This week, Richard is in Ukraine, recording just hours after the country was hit with 500 drones from Russia. He is in Mykolaiv and brings Yalda up to speed with what the city is like, over two years into the conflict. ...
This is a major step from Britain and a number of other countries against Israel, and one that puts them at odds with Washington. It adds to the growing ostracisation of Israel over its war in Gaza and conduct in the occupied West Bank. Read more: UK government sanctions Israeli ministers Image: Itamar...
Two Israeli ministers have been sanctioned by the UK government, the country’s foreign affairs minister has said. Gideon Sa’ar condemned the “outrageous” decision – but did not name them. PA news agency reports they are Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Mr Sa’ar s...
Students and adults are among 10 people who have died in a school shooting in Austria. A further 12 people were reportedly injured in the attack at a secondary school in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city. Mayor Elke Kahr described it as a “terrible tragedy”, the Austria Press Agency...
At least five people have been killed in a shooting attack on a school in the Austrian city of Graz, local media have said. An operation was under way in a street called Dreierschuetzengasse, on which there is a secondary school, police said. On X, the Stryian Police said the reason for the operation, w...
Greta Thunberg has been deported from Israel after the Gaza-bound aid ship she was on was seized by the country’s military. The 22-year-old climate campaigner was one of a dozen people aboard the British-flagged yacht Madleen, which set sail from Sicily on 1 May on a mission aiming to break Israel...
Two in five people over 50 say they have not had as many children as they wanted – with economic issues, health concerns and fears about the state of the world among the main barriers. More than half said financial factors such as affordable housing, childcare options and job security were things...
For all the stark warnings and ominous predictions made by the head of NATO today, one key fact remained unmentioned. The West is still funding the Russian war effort to the tune of billions by buying oil and gas, funnelling vast amounts into an economy that is now fully militarised. Russian gas exports...
Elon Musk’s father has said his son and Donald Trump’s dramatic falling out was like “a man and a wife arguing”, but they will patch things up soon. Errol Musk told Sky News’ Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett: “It’s like any argument. Everybody at some point say...
A Colombian senator hoping to be the country’s next president remains in a critical condition and has shown little response to treatment after he was shot on Saturday, the hospital treating him has said. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Center Party, was shot i...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is one of a number of people who have been deported from Israel. The 22-year-old was one of 12 people on board the British-flagged yacht Madleen – operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) – which aimed to break Israel’s sea blocka...
A boat of 12 activists – including Greta Thunberg – headed for Gaza has been diverted to Israel. The British-flagged yacht Madleen – operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) – set sail from Italy on 1 May with an aim to break Israel’s sea blockade an...
A Syrian contractor made a historic discovery when clearing the rubble of a destroyed home, stumbling upon remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex. Believed to be more than 1,500 years old, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Ale...
NATO needs a 400% increase in air and missile defence to maintain a credible deterrence, its secretary general will say in a speech in London today. Mark Rutte will call for a “quantum leap” in collective security, warning threats facing the alliance “will not disappear even when the w...
Top US and Chinese officials are meeting in London on Monday in the hope of making further progress in easing the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The eyes of global financial market investors are firmly on the outcome of the discussions, given the damage already inflicted by t...
A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, the country’s foreign ministry has said. In a post on X, it said the British-flagged yacht Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), “is safely making its...
Israel’s defence minister has threatened to “take whatever measures necessary” to stop an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza. The climate campaigner, 22, is one of a dozen activists aboard the Madleen, which set sail from Sicily last Sunday on a mission aiming to break...
Prince William has warned the world’s oceans are “diminishing before our eyes” and called on the world to “think big” on how to revive them. Speaking at the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco on Sunday, he said everyone is responsible for change – both negative...
A British soldier based at an army barracks in Kenya has been arrested on suspicion of rape. The alleged attack happened last month after a group of soldiers visited a bar in the town of Nanyuki, close to the Batuk (British Army Training Unit Kenya) camp. An investigation is being carried out by the Def...
A British surgeon has told Sky News she has never treated or seen anyone in a Gaza hospital in military uniform – and the only people she has seen with weapons are the IDF. Dr Victoria Rose, a NHS plastic surgeon who has experience working in Gaza, said conditions there are now the worst they...
A Colombian senator running to be the country’s next president was shot and “critically” injured at a campaign rally in Bogota, authorities have said. Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was targeted during the campaign event in a park in the Fontibon area of the Colombian capital, accord...
At least four people have been killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv after a series of Russian attacks. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described one of the attacks as a “savage killing”, saying dozens of people had been injured. It comes after Kyiv embarrassed Moscow when it launche...
Elon Musk’s social media post claiming Donald Trump is in files relating to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has been removed. The tech billionaire made the allegation on X as he traded blows with the US president in a dramatic public row. In the post, which now appears to have b...
Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on 7 October. The prime minister’s office said that the body of Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel “in a special military operation”. Mr Pinta, who had a wife and son, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and...
Sky News understands that the Trump administration approached the UK government to ask if it would host round two of the US-China trade talks. This is a useful ‘diplo-win’ for the UK. The first round was held in Geneva last month. News of that happening came as a surprise. The Chinese and th...
A man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration is returning to the US to face criminal charges. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Tennessee with conspiring to transport illegal immigrants into the US, Attorney General Pam Bondi said...
A man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration has been returned to the US to face criminal charges. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Tennessee with conspiring to transport illegal immigrants into the US, Attorney General Pam Bondi...
A man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration has been returned to the US to face criminal charges. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Tennessee with conspiring to transport illegal immigrants into the US, attorney general Pam Bondi...
More than 40 people have been arrested after a major drugs raid busted a “narco-boats” gang accused of trafficking cocaine into the EU. The investigation, dubbed Operation Black Shadow, saw police forces from around the world work together to seize nearly 3,800 kilos of cocaine, 69 vehicles...
Senior White House officials will meet with a Chinese delegation in London on Monday for the next round of trade talks, President Donald Trump has said. The meeting comes after a phone call between Mr Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, which the US president said was “very positive...
