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Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK. More than 80% of recent arrivals in the republic came via the land border with Northern Ireland, Irish justice minister Helen McEntee told a parliamentary committee last week. Rishi Sunak told Sky News it showed the UK’s Rwanda scheme was

Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report. Military chiefs are under pressure to catch up with China, Russia and the US by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5 – five times the speed

Hamas has released a new video that appears to show two hostages who have been held in Gaza since the 7 October assault on southern Israel. The two men, Keith Siegel, 64, and Omri Miran, 47, speak in the video against an empty background, sending their love to relatives and asking to be released. The

In the nation of ‘Cade Mile Failte’ (a hundred thousand welcomes), the residents of Coolock want to shut the door. They’ve set up an anti-immigrant camp in the north Dublin suburb, outside a disused factory earmarked to house asylum seekers. With green, white and orange, they’re staking claim to this ground, their protest tents bedecked

Pepper spray flying, protestors shoved to the ground, flames leaping in the background as chants of “shame on you” filled the night air. The scenes in Newtownmountkennedy in County Wicklow won’t have come as much of a surprise to many. It’s just the latest manifestation of a growing frustration with Ireland’s immigration policies. The proposed

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of the UK, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has said. The Rwanda Bill, which will see asylum seekers “entering the UK illegally” sent to the central African nation – regardless of the outcome of their application – was passed on Tuesday, despite

Visitors to Venice are being charged to enter the Italian city from today, under a controversial scheme. Authorities say the pilot programme is designed to discourage tourists from arriving on peak days and make the city more liveable for residents. Signs advising arriving visitors of the new €5 fee (£4.28) during a test phase of

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by anti-terrorism police in France after he allegedly said on social media he wanted to “die a martyr” at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. A spokesperson said on Wednesday the boy was arrested after he “publicly announced on social media that he planned to create an explosive

In Tehran’s Revolution Square, two women clad in long black burqas approach another woman, dressed in jeans, a long-sleeved shirt and a hijab, or head scarf. She tries to walk away, but one of the women in burqas grabs her by her sleeve and pulls her back, yanking her onto the ground. She is surrounded,

The drive into the village of Jiljiliya is not what you expect on the West Bank. Imposing mansions line the route, with grand gates and lavish decorations. That’s because this is where Palestinian Americans return to build their dream homes after years of hard work in the land of opportunity. Like Omar Assad who came

Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, a frontier town along the border with Myanmar, is a harrowing window into a civil war that has suddenly escalated. In the searing heat of early morning, the wards are packed full of patients, some with catastrophic injuries. We walk into a room full of amputees, many recently injured

The UN’s human rights chief has said he is “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies in Gaza. Palestinian authorities said they were uncovered at Nasser hospital in the central city of Khan Younis, and at al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Some had their hands tied and were “stripped of their

The Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned after failures that led to the deadly 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Major General Aharon Haliva was one of several senior commanders who said they failed to predict and prevent the most devastating attack in the country’s history. He is the first senior figure to quit the

Palestinians in Rafah are reeling from a series of devastating Israeli airstrikes that have killed 22 people – including 18 children. The last 48 hours, horrific even by Gaza’s standards, are an indicator of what may follow in any Israeli Rafah offensive. Doctors told the Sky News team in Gaza how they saved the life

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon has told Sky News the dangers in the region have not gone away and called for calm, wisdom and de-escalation as a matter of urgency. Joanna Wronecka spoke from her office in Beirut about her worries and appealed for restraint from all those involved. “I’m very concerned,” she said.

Two Japanese navy helicopters have crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night-time training flight after a possible mid-air collision, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board. One body has been recovered from the water and was later pronounced dead, while a search operation is under way for the seven others

TikTok could be banned in the US if the social media app’s Chinese owner doesn’t sell its stake after the House of Representatives voted in support of the measure. The TikTok legislation has been included in a US foreign policy package, which has already seen representatives approve security assistance for Taiwan and allies in the

Iran has said Israeli involvement in Friday’s attack is still to be established and dismissed the drones used as like children’s toys. Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed they took off from within Iran and only flew a few hundred metres before being shot down. Israel hasn’t commented but is widely believed to be behind the

If this Israeli attack on Iran is no more than it presently appears to be, then it is rather well modulated. If the airbase at Isfahan has been attacked – home to the 8th Tactical Air Wing of the Iranian Air Force, and not a Revolutionary Guard installation – then the Israelis are making their

Iran has grounded commercial flights across parts of the country after reports of explosions. State media also said Iran fired its air defence systems after reports of blasts near the city of Isfahan. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. But tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s missile and