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A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country’s interior minister has said. Ali Yerlikaya added that at least 51 other people were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya in Bolu province’s Koroglu mountains in northwest Turkey, around 185

An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion “overrated” and a “has-been”. Djokovic, 37, refused to give a customary post-match interview to Channel Nine anchor Jim Courier after beating Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open on Sunday. He said in a

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,

The Darth Vader theme tune suddenly bleeps from the underbelly of a Ukrainian drone as a marine attaches a mortar round to it before launching the aircraft against a Russian position. The Ukrainians say their enemy fears this kind of rotary drone in particular because of the size of the bombs it can drop. Unmanned

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

Dozens of people have been injured, some seriously, in a chair lift accident in Spain. The incident took place at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. At least 30 people have been injured in the incident. Nine of those are very seriously injured and

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

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,

As uncertainty sweeps through the Middle East, Iraq’s prime minister has been focused on development, travelling to London to negotiate a series of deals on the economy and security. Yet it is the prospect of stability offered by a ceasefire in Gaza that represents a more valuable prize and it was on this subject that

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

In a region bereft of hope, the prospect of a ceasefire represents a flicker of possibility – but make no mistake, there’s still a great deal of uncertainty about the deal. If all goes well, the violence in Gaza which has ravaged the enclave for 467 long and brutal days will halt and hopefully lead

Gunshots ring out in the streets leading to Independence Square in the capital Maputo as protesters confront the police. Their voices are coarse with rage as they scream in the masked faces of officers who disperse them with rabid-looking dogs, tear gas and live rounds. They scatter for a moment, but their anger is hard

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

A draft ceasefire deal on the table between Israel and Hamas would see 33 hostages set free and a phased withdrawal of IDF forces from parts of Gaza. President Joe Biden said an agreement to stop the fighting was “on the brink” and high level negotiations between the two sides resumed in Qatar on Tuesday.

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.

A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty in the US to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar. Takeshi Ebisawa “brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium,” acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York Edward Y Kim said. “At the same time, he worked to send massive quantities of heroin and methamphetamine

Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June 2024 have said they “do not feel like castaways”. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams originally planned to go to space for just eight days but got stuck on the ISS when their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced a myriad of problems. By

Pacific Palisades is one of Los Angeles’s most expensive and exclusive suburbs, home to film stars and billionaires. The broad boulevards are framed by palm trees and gated mansions with swimming pools. But it’s in the grips of one of mother nature’s terrifying levellers, a firestorm which is ripping through community after community, raging and

The public articulation by Donald Trump of a new desired target for NATO allies to spend 5% of national income on defence will surely plunge governments across Europe into crisis mode – not least here in the UK. Britain presents itself to the world and in particular to the United States as the biggest defence

At least nine people have died in a strong earthquake in China. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in a mountainous area in the autonomous Tibet region, near the border with Nepal, shortly after 9.05am on Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it had recorded a 7.1 magnitude

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. The 53-year-old said he will step down as leader of the country’s ruling Liberal Party, which he has led since 2013. He says it will allow his party to choose a new leader as he suspends parliament until March due to political deadlock. Image: Chrystia Freeland,

Donkey karts loaded with wrapped parcels of unknown goods weave around the large puddles of water left in the dried riverbed. Young men quickly hop over laid bricks to bridge the puddles followed by women treading carefully with babies on their backs. The Limpopo River’s seasonal dryness is a natural pathway for those moving into

Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the Kremlin. The attack looks to be an effort to seize new territory after Ukrainian troops swept across the border in a shock offensive in the same region in August, claiming control of almost 500 sq miles (around 1,300 sq km) and taking

A young boy has been found alive five days after going missing in a “lion-infested” game park in Zimbabwe, officials have said. Tinotenda Pudu, seven, went missing from his home in a rural community on 27 December and “unknowingly headed into the perilous Matusadona game park,” a Zimbabwean MP stated. A search operation was launched