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Andrew Tate has won his appeal in a Romanian court to be released from house arrest pending trial. The controversial influencer has been held in Romania charged with human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group. The Bucharest Court of Appeals said in a written ruling that it “replaces the house arrest measure with

A Somali sports official has been suspended after an apparently untrained female sprinter represented the African country at an international athletics tournament in China. Nasra Abukar Ali took more than 20 seconds to finish the 100m race at the World University Games in Chengdu, with footage showing she came last by a considerable distance. She

Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in Brazil as police carry out raids to crack down on criminal gangs and drug traffickers. At least 44 people have reportedly died in total after violent scenes in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo state and Bahia state. In Rio, police said nine people

The latest case against Donald Trump could backfire against prosecutors, the man who famously wore a horned helmet during the January 6 2021 riot at the US Capitol has told Sky News. Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman, was sentenced to 41 months in prison in November 2021 after pleading guilty to obstructing

A “cancer-killing pill” has appeared to “annihilate” solid tumours in early research – leaving healthy cells unaffected. The new drug has been in development for 20 years, and is now undergoing pre-clinical research in the US. Known as AOH1996, it targets a cancerous variant of a protein called proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). In its

A US architect charged with murdering three women and suspected of killing a fourth has appeared in court – as his estranged wife said the pair’s adult children “cry themselves to sleep”. Asa Ellerup, who has filed for divorce from 59-year-old suspect Rex Heuermann, said she has “no answers” for their son and daughter when

France and Italy have announced plans to fly their citizens out of Niger following a military coup in the country. It comes after Niger’s presidential guard surrounded the palace in the capital Niamey, detained elected president Mohamed Bazoum, and announced a new military government last week. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris cited recent violence

A zoo in China has denied suggestions some of its bears might be humans in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans circulated online. Hangzhou Zoo said on social media that the sun bears from Malaysia are smaller than other bears and look different, but insisted they were the real thing. “Some people

Thousands of people have been ordered to leave a Canadian border town due to an “out-of-control” wildfire. The fire, known as Eagle Bluff, has triggered evacuation orders in Osoyoos, British Colombia, with officials estimating it is around 2,200 acres (3.44 square miles) in size on the Canadian side of the border. It is believed to

At least 40 people have been killed in an explosion at a political rally in northwestern Pakistan, according to reports. The blast happened on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said Geo News, citing local officials. More than 100 people were also injured when the bomb went off at

Vladimir Putin has said an African and a Chinese initiative could serve as a basis for peace in Ukraine, but warned there are things that are “impossible to implement”. The Russian president also claimed Moscow had not rejected peace talks in comments made following the conclusion of the Africa-Russia Forum in St Petersburg. He told

At least nine people have been hurt after two buildings were hit by blasts in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed “Russian missile terror” for the damage to a high-rise apartment block and offices belonging to the country’s Secret Service on Friday evening. Regional governor Serhiy Lysak wrote on Telegram that

While pressure builds on President Zelenskyy to deliver some form of progress with the Ukrainian offensive, he is not the only leader under pressure. Away from the battlefields, there is growing evidence that President Putin‘s authority and support base is waning as cracks start to form in the foundations of his regime. Is there a

The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after officials accidentally sent emails containing classified information to a Russian allied country. A “small number” of emails intended for the Pentagon were sent to Mali thanks to the omission of an “i” from an email address. British officials sent the messages to an address ending with

Prigozhin does not appear to be persona non grata You would have thought Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin would be persona non grata in Russia, having set his men on Moscow last month but, it appears, he is still most definitely not. A photo apparently published to the Facebook account of one of Wagner’s top men

The ex-British spy who wrote a dossier on Donald Trump and Russian interference in the US election says he believes Vladimir Putin will be out of power “within the next year”. Christopher Steele, who ran the Russia desk at MI6 in London between 2006 and 2009, told Sky News the West needs to “prepare for

A group of soldiers in Niger have claimed to have put an end to the government, hours after detaining President Mohamed Bazoum in the presidential palace. Appearing on national television in the West African nation, air force colonel, Amadou Abdramane, and nine other uniformed officers said defence and security forces had decided to “put an

Myanmar has said it “categorically rejects” claims made by Sky News in its undercover reporting of the civil war in the country. The report from inside the country claims to “bring Myanmar to the world’s attention” but has been “found to be deceiving”, the country’s embassy in London has said in a statement. It comes

The UK government’s sanctions targeting Wagner have been “underwhelming in the extreme” and it should act faster to exploit the mercenary group’s current weakness, a new report has found. MPs on the foreign affairs committee say ministers have taken their eye off the ball over the last decade as Wagner expanded its reach across Syria,

Six men have been found guilty of murder over the 2016 Brussels terror attacks that left 32 people dead. The trial lasted seven months and was held in the former headquarters of NATO. Bombs exploded at Brussels Airport in March 2016 and then on a metro train passing through the city’s European quarter, in attacks