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The unborn baby of a woman who was seven months pregnant was among those killed during a mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness building in the German city of Hamburg. Police identified the gunman as Philipp F, a 35-year-old German with no prior offences who had been a member of the congregation – but had

Eight people have been shot dead and three others seriously injured in an attack on a Jehovah’s Witness building in the German city of Hamburg, according to police. They said the shooting was carried out by a lone gunman who may be among the dead, although this has yet to be officially confirmed. Shots were

A senior Nigerian politician tried to bring a street trader to the UK to harvest his kidney because it was “far better to buy one” than find a family member to donate the organ, a court has heard. Prosecutor Hugh Davies KC has accused Ike Ekweremadu, an opposition senator in Nigeria who has an address

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has left children “completely on edge” and fearing their “world is going to be turned upside down again” amid ongoing aftershocks, a spokesperson for UNICEF has said. Nearly 52,000 people lost their lives in the disaster, which flattened many buildings and left others too dangerous to occupy. Joe English,

Ireland will hold a vote in November on removing “outmoded” references to a woman’s place being in the home from the country’s constitution. The Irish government said on Wednesday that it will hold a referendum on Article 41.2, which says Ireland recognises that “by her life within the home, woman gives to the state a

Iran has secretly supplied large quantities of bullets, rockets and mortar shells to Russia for the war in Ukraine and plans to send more, a security source has told Sky News. The source claimed that two Russian-flagged cargo ships departed an Iranian port in January bound for Russia via the Caspian Sea, carrying approximately 100

Ukraine has vowed to avenge the death of a soldier it said was shot by Russian troops in a video that spread on social media. The video, which emerged online on Monday, purportedly shows the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier. In a statement last night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “the occupiers” killed “a

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his top military commanders have pledged to continue defending the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut in the face of intense Russian pressure. The Ukrainian president said the generals agreed at a meeting to strengthen the defences and the top brass would “find the appropriate forces to help our guys” there. It comes

Kim Jong Un may be appearing with his daughter in public to present her as a potential successor as he seeks to portray his family as being a dynasty like the British Royal Family, an expert on the secretive country has said. Jean H Lee, who set up the Associated Press news agency’s first bureau

Dozens of Israeli air force reservists will refuse to turn up to training drills in protest over controversial plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul the country’s legal system. Demonstrations have taken place nationwide for nine weeks running because of the proposals, which critics have warned would limit the power of judges and weaken

Two Ukrainian pilots are currently undergoing a training assessment in the US to fly American fighter jets, including F-16s. The F-16 planes are believed to be the aircraft Ukraine wants the most to fight back against Russia’s invasion in the skies. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has told Western nations the country needs jets to effectively

After 15 years of disagreement, failures and stalled formal and informal talks, there is finally a UN high seas treaty that will help to protect vast swathes of the planet’s oceans. The legally binding agreement was reached after five rounds of protracted United Nations-led negotiations that ended in New York on Saturday, a day after

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s longstanding foreign minister, provoked laughter from an audience at an international conference in India when he attempted to portray his country as the victim of the war in Ukraine. Addressing the Raisina Dialogue, an event in New Delhi that debates the major challenges facing the world in politics and economics and one

When Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury city centre – five years ago to this day – few would have known that a huge diplomatic crisis was about to erupt. Mr Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer turned British double agent, had been targeted with the deadly

A mother who killed her five children has been euthanised at her own request – 16 years to the day after their murders, her lawyer has said. Genevieve Lhermitte slit the throats of her son and daughters – aged three to 14 – with a kitchen knife at their family home in the Belgian town

I’ve been to Huwara many times, but never seen it like this. Driving in feels like you’re nearing the frontline of a war. The streets, normally heaving with shoppers and cars parked bumper-to-bumper, are now quiet. The shops are all closed, metal shutters pulled down. There are Israeli soldiers everywhere. The IDF (Israeli Defence Forces)

The police wave us through. We are allowed to drive off the motorway, down a rutted track and into a field, and there, in front of us, is a sight at once extraordinary and terrible. A railway carriage, slumped on its side, its windows broken. The graffiti is still all over the paintwork, like a

At least 43 people have died in a train crash in Greece, with the country’s prime minister saying the disaster appeared to be mainly down to “tragic human error”. The search continues for survivors after a passenger service collided with a freight train carrying shipping containers and travelling in the opposite direction but on the

Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election, despite early demands from rivals for a re-vote. Mr Tinubu, who ran for the ruling All Progressives Congress party, received 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar from the People’s Democratic Party came in second with 6,984,520. The Labour Party’s Peter Obi, described as a wildcard

At least 29 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collided in Greece. A passenger train travelling between Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a freight train travelling from Thessaloniki to Larissa just before midnight. The collision was near Tempi, about 235 miles north of Athens.

Police are searching a landfill site as they investigate the murder of a Hong Kong model whose dismembered legs were found inside a fridge. More than 100 officers wearing protective suits used excavators and shovels to search for Abby Choi’s hands and torso which remain missing. A young woman’s skull, which is believed to be

The scarred and battered mining town of Vuhledar sits perched on a hill in the Donetsk region. It comes into view as we make our way along boggy farm tracks. It’s a desolate place of burned out buildings, another casualty of this gruesome war. It’s held by Ukraine but is being attacked continuously by Russian

Thousands of inmates have started to be transferred to one of the world’s largest prisons in El Salvador. The first group of around 2,000 people were moved into the maximum-security “mega prison” as part of a major crackdown on crime in the country. Images showed prisoners stripped down to white shorts with their heads shaved,

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to de-escalate tensions and “prevent more violence”. Palestinian and Israeli delegations met in Jordan on Sunday in an attempt to reduce tensions ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which starts on 22 March. In a joint statement, Israel agreed to halt new settlement approvals in the occupied

At least 58 migrants, including children, have drowned after their boat broke up off the southern coast of Italy’s mainland. A ship carrying up to 150 migrants ran into trouble in rough seas at dawn on Sunday near the coastal town of Crotone, in Calabria, the Coast Guard said. Manuela Curra, a provincial government official,

Voters have been casting their ballots to choose a new president for Nigeria, with more than 175,000 registered polling stations open across the country. The votes come as the country struggles with a national bank note shortage that some people fear will result in a lower-than-expected turnout. In order to win, the next president will

Sky News has gained rare access to the warzone that is northwest Syria, now also hit by devastating earthquakes. Children were found dying and others have been left mutilated after a string of delays by the international community to help the last-remaining opposition area. The Sky team have visited the area twice, most recently spending

Buryatia feels like it is a world away from war in Europe. It is a different Russia. Vast snowy plains and Buddhist temples, closer at first glance to Mongolia next door than it is to Moscow, five time zones away. But the motifs of Russia’s war in Ukraine are everywhere. A huge Z and V

Ukrainians have proven themselves to be “invincible”, a defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, as he attended a parade and memorial service in central Kyiv – marking a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On a day of commemorations, the Ukrainian president presented awards in the capital to surviving soldiers and relatives of fallen “heroes”, describing

Russia’s tanks were rolling towards Kyiv, their fighter jets screaming overhead. Vladimir Putin was hoping for a blitzkrieg strike that would see the Ukrainian president dead and the nation subjugated. But his plan failed, and a year later Ukraine’s armed forces have thrown back the “second army in the world” and are preparing to launch

A British national captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops has recalled how he was tortured and left unable to walk during his ordeal. Shaun Pinner was among five Britons released from Russian detention in Ukraine in a prisoner swap last September. Appearing on this week’s Beth Rigby Interviews, the former soldier also

A teacher has been stabbed to death by a pupil during a lesson at a school in southwest France, government officials have said. The victim, a 50-year-old Spanish teacher, was stabbed in the chest at Saint Thomas d’Aquin private high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, near Bordeaux, broadcaster BFM TV reported. A 16-year-old student at the Roman

Russia’s president had a message of defiance for the West as he suspended participation in the last major nuclear arms control treaty with the United States. Vladimir Putin also vowed to conduct nuclear weapons tests if Washington chose to do so and challenged the nuclear weapons posture of the UK and France. If anyone in