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Volodymyr Zelenskyy was advised to wear a suit to the White House and Donald Trump was offended when he didn’t, according to reports. Ahead of the historic meeting, the Ukrainian president was advised by Trump’s team to ditch his usual military-style clothing for something more formal, Axios reports. However, he didn’t, instead opting to wear

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have clashed in the White House, with the US president telling his Ukrainian counterpart: “You’re gambling with World War Three.” Mr Trump also told Mr Zelenskyy “you either make a deal or we are out.” “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel,” he said. “We’re trying to solve a

At least 41 people are trapped after being swept away by an avalanche in the Indian Himalayas, according to local officials. The incident took place near a highway in the state of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli region where workers were engaged in road construction. Local police said at least 57 workers were initially buried under snow. Of

The Israel Defence Forces has admitted the attacks by Hamas on October 7 2023 were “a complete failure” of Israeli security and the result of many years of planning and deception by the Gaza-based militant group. Announcing some of the findings from a major internal investigation, the Israeli military said “the IDF failed in its

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are on a flight from Romania to the United States after a travel ban on them was lifted. They took a private plane from the country to the US on Thursday morning, according to a Romanian official. G4media.ro reported the brothers were on a flight to Florida, citing “airport

Hamas has handed the last four Israeli hostage bodies that were included in the first phase of the ceasefire deal to the Red Cross. The bodies of four Israeli men have been handed over in exchange for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. A Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released prisoners has

The image of Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi being released from Gaza a little over two weeks ago, looking gaunt and weak, shocked and angered Israel and leaders around the world. His brother Sharon, who fought for months to secure his release, has told Sky News that Eli was tortured by Hamas and barely saw daylight

Ukraine has agreed terms with the United States on a crucial minerals deal, a Ukrainian government source has told Sky News. There has been no confirmation from the US side yet but Donald Trump said on Monday evening that his Ukrainian counterpart “would like to sign the minerals deal with me”. The accord, once signed,

Harun is sitting hunched on a bed with a sheet over his head. He lives in a state of psychosis and wants to return to his home in central Khartoum. He tells us where to turn and which bridges to cross to get him there. The war has ripped away the stability that kept him

Pope Francis’s health has shown a “slight improvement” but he remains in a critical condition, the Vatican has said. The Pope, 88, has been at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since 14 February and is being treated for double pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. In a statement on Monday evening, the Vatican said: “The clinical conditions of the

In less than a fortnight, Donald Trump has shredded long-standing security assumptions about American support for Europe, creating a new crisis for Ukraine and leaving the whole continent in greater peril than at any time since the Second World War. The dramatic unravelling of transatlantic ties comes as Kyiv marks the grimmest of milestones –

Initial exit polls appear to confirm what we have known for weeks: that the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have got the most votes in the federal election, with Friedrich Merz most likely to be the next chancellor. While this result isn’t a surprise, it doesn’t

Pope Francis had a “tranquil” night and rested in hospital, the Vatican has said. Unlike previous updates since the Pope was admitted to hospital on 14 February, the Vatican didn’t say whether he had gotten up or had breakfast. The 88-year-old has been in hospital for more than a week as he receives treatment for

Pope Francis is in a critical condition after a “prolonged respiratory crisis” that required a high-flow of oxygen and is “suffering more than yesterday”, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old has been in hospital for more than a week being treated for double pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. In an update on Saturday evening, the Vatican

The body of hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, her family has confirmed. The remains were released by Hamas overnight and Israel’s army radio earlier said they had been identified as the Israeli mother-of-two. The radio station said that Ms Bibas was likely to have been killed while in captivity with her two young sons,

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released on Saturday while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement between the parties. The hostages due for release are Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto. According

Hamas says the remains of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas appear to have been mixed with other human remains in what it claims was an “Israeli airstrike”. Israel said the body handed over by Hamas was not Shiri’s, saying it had instead received the remains of an “anonymous body without identification”. Israel today said forensic evidence

Three buses have exploded near Tel Aviv in what Israeli police called a terror incident. An Israeli police spokesperson said two of the explosions were in Bat Yam, located south of Tel Aviv, and a third was reported in the nearby town of Holon. Officers said they also found at least one unexploded device in

The bodies of an Israeli mother and her two children have been handed over by Hamas. Shiri Bibas, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir were kidnapped from a kibbutz during the militant group’s October 2023 attack. The children’s father, Yarden Bibas, was released on 1 February as part of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

The risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth at the end of 2032 has increased again, according to NASA data. Latest calculations have shown a 3.1% chance of the space rock making impact in just under eight years. It is a significant change since the European Space Agency (ESA) estimated in January there was

The Pope spent a peaceful night in hospital and ate breakfast this morning, the Vatican said. It comes after it cancelled the Pope‘s weekend engagements after he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. The 88-year-old, who as a young adult developed a case of pleurisy and had part of one of his lungs removed, has been

US and Russian officials have agreed to restore embassy staffing and establish a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine – another sign of the significant American change in diplomatic relations with Moscow.  Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said the two countries “need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function

A battle for power is raging in Germany.  For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party is expected to come second in a federal election and the country is divided. “I come from Jewish heritage so I’m really worried about the safety of my family,” says Shoshana. “I don’t want to

At least 15 people have been injured in a plane crash that’s left a Delta Airlines aircraft upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Images from the airport show the snow-covered plane belly up on the tarmac. The flight – operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air – crashed while landing in Toronto at around 2:45pm

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put “our own troops on the ground if necessary” in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia. Ahead of an “emergency meeting” of European leaders on Monday, the prime minister said he was “ready and willing” to put British troops into

Not invited to American talks with Russia on the future of Ukraine, European leaders are holding a hastily convened meeting of their own on Monday. After years of exasperation from the US over Europe’s more relaxed attitude to defence spending – nothing quite makes the point about military irrelevance than being left out of the

Two senior US officials are travelling to Saudi Arabia to initiate peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Two sources familiar with the matter told Sky News’ US partner network NBC News that national security adviser Mike Waltz and special envoy Steve Witkoff are on their way to Saudi. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said

A man has stabbed six people in southern Austria, including a 14-year-old boy who has died from his injuries. The 23-year-old man attacked six passersby in the city of Villach on Saturday afternoon, according to police. A nearby driver spotted the man and drove into him to halt the attack, police said. Officers said the

A drone with an explosive warhead has smashed a hole in the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. The plant’s chief engineer, Alexander Titarchuk, said there was a “possibility of a leak of radioactive substances, but the situation is under control”. “The barrier which was supposed to prevent the spread of radioactive

We are witnessing one of the biggest shifts in geopolitics since the Second World War. This week one of the fundamental assumptions underpinning European security was put in doubt. American military might has underwritten the defence of Europe since 1945 – Donald Trump says that can no longer be America’s primary focus. Follow latest: Ukraine

Taken at face value Donald Trump’s embrace of reciprocal tariffs is a declaration of total trade war, that would amount to perhaps the single biggest peacetime shock to global commerce. In promising to levy import taxes on any nation that imposes tariffs or VAT on US exports, he is following through on a campaign promise

You should always give peace a chance. That US President Donald Trump “thinks out of the box” is already the cliche of the moment. And he may bring a fresh way of thinking and a new energy to ending Russia’s war in Ukraine where others have failed. But there are some ominous signs already, bolstering fears

By the standards of other cities I have been in or visited shortly after a revolution, Damascus seems on the face of it relatively calm. More often than not, I’d expect masked gunmen to be deployed on every corner, patrolling the streets in groups, or whizzing around on battered trucks, with heavy machine guns at