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Emily Damari, a 28-year-old British-Israeli woman, is among the first three hostages Hamas plans to release today as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. She was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel when she was “shot in the hand, injured by shrapnel in her leg,

Israel retains the “right” to resume fighting if negotiations with Hamas over the implementation of a ceasefire – expected to take effect today – do not progress, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. Speaking hours before a long-sought Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was expected to take effect, Mr Netanyahu warned: “If we

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a deal with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages and prisoners. It will now go to the full cabinet for final sign-off, with a full government meeting scheduled later today. A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said approval came “after examining all political,

The ceasefire deal is “the last chance for Gaza”, Qatar’s prime minister has said, adding: “Failure is not an option.” In an exclusive interview with Sky News’ Yalda Hakim, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani warned that “peace won’t happen” if there is not a Palestinian state. He also criticised parties for the time it

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, a defence lawyer has said. The verdict in the case came after allegations of possible bribery involving land in return for a £190m favour to a real estate tycoon. It is linked to the Al-Qadir Trust that

The man suspected of abducting Madeleine McCann won’t face any charges in the foreseeable future, a prosecutor has told Sky News. German drifter Christian B, who cannot be fully identified under his country’s privacy law, is expected to be freed from an unrelated jail sentence this year while police in three countries continue to search

With the ceasefire now in effect, it hopes to bring an end to the most destructive chapter in the almost 77 year-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Gaza’s Hamas-led government estimates that 14 in every 15 homes have been damaged, with five destroyed. The destruction has left the Gaza Strip littered with an estimated 42

A 62-year-old British woman has died in the French Alps after colliding with another skier, according to local reports. The English woman was skiing on the Aiguille Rouge mountain of Savoie at around 10.30am on Tuesday when she hit a 35-year-old man who was stationary on the same track, local news outlet Le Dauphine reported.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested, six weeks after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. A motorcade of black SUVs was seen leaving the gates of his hillside residence where he had been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire and a small army of personal security. Mr Yoon said the

A new attempt to arrest South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is under way, six weeks after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. A pre-dawn standoff – watched by thousands of pro- and anti-Yoon protesters – is in place outside the official residence between authorities and the president’s security service. Amid the furore, one

UK residents planning to buy a holiday home in Spain have been warned they could be hit with a 100% tax rise as the country tries to tackle its housing shortage. Public anger is growing in Spain and other European countries as locals are being priced out of home ownership by rents driven up by

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has admitted to a “serious offence” after a Sky News investigation analysed CCTV footage showing the moment an 80-year-old Palestinian grandmother was shot in the West Bank. Halima Abu Leil was shot during a raid in Nablus. The grandmother died soon after. During the course of the investigation, we noted

Ukraine’s president is offering a prisoner swap with North Korean soldiers it has captured, in exchange for Ukrainians held by Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a direct appeal to leader Kim Jong Un after seizing two North Koreans in Russia’s Kursk region. “In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there will undoubtedly

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is set for the inaugural launch of its new space rocket on Monday in a development that could add more fuel to the billionaire space race. The New Glenn rocket is due to blast off from Cape Canaveral – the result of a multi-billion dollar, decade-long effort that could set the

On 19 December, 80-year-old Palestinian grandmother Halima Abu Leil was shot in an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) raid on her neighbourhood in Balata refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank. Two days later, Halima’s children told Sky News their mother was shot six times by Israeli special forces on her way to buy groceries. She died

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy has met Israel’s prime minister in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before the president-elect takes office on 20 January. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed details of the meeting with Steve Witkoff on Saturday, adding that the head of the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency has been deployed to

The fires that have been raging in Los Angeles County this week could be the “most destructive” in modern US history. In just three days, the blazes have covered tens of thousands of acres of land and could potentially have an economic impact of up to about $150bn (£123bn), according to private forecaster Accuweather. Sky

The US has announced it has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In a statement, the US treasury said up to $25m is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Mr Maduro and his named interior minister Diosdado Cabello. Up to $15m is also being

World cricket bosses have no plans to ban Afghanistan’s men from the Champions Trophy or to demand the Taliban allow a women’s team to represent the country, Sky News has learned. With the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) own policy requiring Test-playing nations to support women’s cricket, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is backing calls

Last year was the warmest on record, the first to breach a symbolic threshold, and brought with it deadly impacts like flooding and drought, scientists have said. Two new datasets found 2024 was the first calendar year when average global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale.