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Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed fighting in Gaza, the Israeli military has said. The deaths take the number of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed to 154 since its ground operation in Gaza began on 20 October. Some 480 IDF personnel have died since Hamas launched its incursion on 7 October. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Around 300 Indian travellers are stuck in a French airport after their flight was grounded in a human trafficking investigation. Those on board the Romania-based charter company Legend Airlines plane from Fujairah airport in the United Arab Emirates to Managua, in Nicaragua, included families and children. The youngest passenger is a 21-month-old toddler while some

The main road into Bethlehem is closed. What is normally a simple 20-minute journey from Jerusalem now takes us an hour, as cars queue to get through the one Israeli military checkpoint open further south. It’s been like this since the war began, and it’s just one way that life in the West Bank has

On 7 October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people, seizing over 230 hostages, and committing a series of atrocities. The appalling act of violence shocked the world and led to Israel declaring war on the militant group. Hamas – despite military support from Iran – would have known that it was no match militarily

Police have released bodycam footage of officers storming a university building during their response to a shooting in Prague which killed 13 people. The footage shows armed officers entering a building and members of the public fleeing the scene at Charles University in Prague on Thursday. The gunman – named in Czech media as 24-year-old

The Czech Republic will hold a day of mourning after 14 people were killed and 25 injured in a mass shooting – as police investigate the suspect’s links to another murder. Police say the gunman opened fire on Thursday in the philosophy department at Charles University in Prague – where he was a student –

Several people have been killed and dozens have been injured during a shooting in central Prague, according to Czech police. “The entire building is currently being evacuated and there are several dead and dozens of injured,” police said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “The shooter has been eliminated.” The incident took place in

A Sky News team witnessed a dead child being pulled from the rubble in Gaza and desperate attempts to dig out survivors following an Israeli drone strike. The attack happened during filming on Wednesday at a hospital in Rafah, near the Egyptian border. A father took cover behind a car with his terrified children while

The Irish government is to bring a legal case against the UK under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The inter-state case is over the UK’s decision to bring in the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy Act, deputy premier Micheal Martin has confirmed. The act became UK law in September 2023. It looks to end

The eruption in Iceland may have weakened but it’s far from over. Scientists are using GPS signals from space to precisely measure the height of the ground around the volcanic site. It had risen by 35cm in some areas, pushed up by the magma rising from beneath. Since the eruption it’s slumped back down by

The molten rock that has been building up beneath southwest Iceland has erupted in spectacular fountains of lava. A gash two miles long has opened up on the Reykjanes peninsula, spewing between 100 and 200 cubic metres of lava every second. That’s far more than in other recent eruptions in the area. Incredible footage shows

A volcano has erupted in Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office said. An evacuation had already taken place in recent days, moving nearly 4,000 people out of the fishing town of Grindavik in the country’s southwest. The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa had also been closed as a precaution. Iceland’s

BP has announced it is pausing shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels. The oil giant said it made the decision because of the “deteriorating security situation” – but added that the move was temporary. “The safety and security of our people and those working on our

An MP who has family members she says are trapped in a church in Gaza is worried they will not survive until Christmas. Layla Moran told Sky News that around 300 people are trapped inside the Holy Family Church complex in Gaza City, including her five relatives. After contacting her family today, the Liberal Democrats’

A fire that broke out at a hotel in Galway which was due to be used to house asylum seekers is being treated as a crime by police. Irish police are investigating after a blaze broke out at Ross Lake House Hotel in Rosscahill, Co Galway, at around 11.35pm on Saturday. No one was inside

Sixty-one people, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, a UN agency has said. The boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara, according to the International Organization for Migration. Earlier, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said illegal migration threatens to “overwhelm” Europe and hinted a change

Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the IDF had been holding a white flag, an Israeli military official has said. The official said an initial inquiry into the incident has found the hostages were fired upon against Israel’s rules of engagement. The IDF said yesterday that the victims – all Israeli men in their 20s

The Israeli military has mistakenly killed three hostages held in Gaza after wrongly identifying them as a threat. The Israeli Defence Forces said the victims, all three Israeli men in their 20s, were killed during combat with Hamas militants. The victims were identified as Samer Talalka, 22, Yotam Haim, 28, and Alon Shamriz, 26. Israeli

One person has died and another is in a critical condition in hospital after a boat carrying migrants got into trouble in the Channel. They were among at least 66 people on the inflatable dinghy which got into difficulty about 5 miles (8km) off the French coast, according to the coastguard. The survivors have been

It had all the makings of one of those nightmare EU summits. A crucially important meeting that would drag on rancorously late beyond the end of the week. The villain of the piece, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban – whose critics call him Putin’s puppet – had arrived looking up for a fight. There was