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A new state of emergency has been declared in Trinidad and Tobago after authorities accused a criminal network of plotting to kill government officials and attack public institutions.Police said they had intelligence that phones smuggled into prisons allowed those involved in the plot to plan to target senior police officers, members of the judiciary and employees at the state prosecution office. At a press conference on Friday, police commissioner Allister […]

Antarctica's oldest ice has arrived in the UK for analysis which scientists hope will reveal more about Earth's climate shifts.The ice was retrieved from depths of up to 2,800 metres at Little Dome C in East Antarctica as part of an international effort to "unlock the deepest secrets of Antarctica's ice". The ice cores - cylindrical tubes of ancient ice - will be analysed at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) […]

By the time Hannah Hampton appeared in the news conference, the England goalkeeper was relieved, ecstatic and wanting to share this night far and wide.So when her phone started ringing with a FaceTime call, she broke off speaking to the media about reaching the Euros semi-finals to answer it. And then share the call with the room in Zurich.After such a nerve-shredding night, this was the moment to relax and […]

England have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Women's Euros after knocking out Sweden.The Lionesses won 3-2 on penalties at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland, after clawing their way back to take the game into extra-time. The defending champions had been 2-0 down at half-time after goals from Sweden's Kosovare Asllani and Stina Blackstenius in the quarter-final clash.England then levelled matters towards the end of normal time. Lucy […]

Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended after a positive doping test.The move was announced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday after the test result was reported to them on 3 April. The Kenyan runner had given a urine sample on 14 March which was found to contain a banned diuretic, the AIU said.The substance that Chepngetich tested positive for, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), can be used […]

A sex scandal has rocked Thailand's Buddhist clergy after a woman allegedly enticed a string of monks into having sex with her and then blackmailed them.At least nine abbots and senior monks have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, the Royal Thai Police Central Investigation Bureau said. Wilawan Emsawat, in her mid-30s, is accused of enticing senior monks into having sex with her and then pressuring them into […]

Twenty one people have been killed following a crush at an aid distribution site in Gaza, according to local health officials.Footage shows young men being rushed to the nearby Nasser hospital in the immediate aftermath of the incident on Wednesday morning. At least 17 of the victims died from suffocation, according to one of the hospital's doctors, Dr Muhammad Saqr.The crush is the latest in a string of incidents that […]

An Afghan interpreter who worked with the British military has told Sky News he feels "betrayed by the British government" after a massive data breach saw his personal details revealed.Ali, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, had long suspected his details had been shared with the Taliban - but found out just yesterday that he was a victim of the breach three years ago. He is now […]

When Donald Trump arrived at the White House for the first time nine years ago, he vowed to tear up the rule book, upend the world order and fundamentally change America's approach to its foreign relations.Nearly a decade on, aged by realpolitik and a war on the European continent and conflicts in the Middle East, President Trump is now treading a path that all the second-term presidents before him took […]