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I've spent the day driving north along Florida's west coast from Fort Myers.The coastline from Fort Myers to Tampa and a little beyond was all part of an evacuation zone as the authorities warned of a once-in-a-generation storm and the meteorologists tried to determine where it would hit.Milton was, meteorologists said, behaving very unusually. That worried them. It also wobbled north and south as it approached the coastline overnight, compounding […]

Here in the UK, politicians are fixated with the level of the national debt. They fret about the fact that it is now knocking on for 100% of UK gross domestic product (GDP). They incorporate it into their fiscal rules, compelling them to get it falling (even if they rarely succeed in practice). So you might be surprised to learn that while Britain's national debt is projected to fall in […]

A UN inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a concerted policy to destroy Gaza's healthcare system in actions that amount to war crimes and "extermination".Navi Pillay, a former UN high commissioner for human rights who is chairing the inquiry, said Israel has carried out "relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities" in the past year. Ms Pillay will present a full report on the matter to the […]

New Zealand's defence minister has hit out at "armchair admirals" who have criticised the female captain of one of the country's naval ships that sank last week.HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist diving and ocean imaging ship, got into difficulties off the Samoan island of Upolu while surveying a reef on Saturday night, local time. It later caught fire before capsizing.Hurricane Milton latest: Follow live updatesAll 75 people on board escaped on […]

Former Premier League footballer George Baldock has died at the age of 31.The Buckinghamshire-born defender, who played for Greece, was found on Wednesday in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, police sources told the Reuters news agency.His cause of death remains unknown. Image: Police outside Baldock's home in Glyfada, Athens. Pic: Reuters Image: Pic: Rex Features Baldock spent seven years at Sheffield United, […]

Ratan Tata, the former chair of India's oldest conglomerate, and of Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover, has died aged 86.Tata Sons chair Natarajan Chandrasekaran confirmed Mr Tata had died and described him as his "friend, mentor, and guide" in a statement.India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Mr Tata was "a visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being"."He provided stable leadership to one of India's oldest […]

Etihad's chief executive has denied the suggestion it may have paid too much for its sponsorship of Manchester City in order to help the team.Antonoaldo Neves told Sky News' Business Live that all the airline's sponsorship deals were "at the market level" and agreed after "a lot of negotiations". It comes as Manchester City this week attempted to claim victory in a case against the Premier League over the legality […]

Briton Sir Demis Hassabis has been awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry, jointly with two other scientists.The trio of Sir Demis, as well as Americans Professor David Baker and Dr John Jumper, were honoured on Wednesday for their work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones. The research has helped advances across a range of areas including drug development.Half of the prize was awarded to Prof Baker […]

A father and his three children who have been missing for three years have been spotted walking through a rural area of New Zealand.Police said officers had launched a major search following the "credible sighting" of Tom Phillips, along with his two daughters and son. They were seen hiking through a bush area near Marokopa on the country's North Island.Phillips, along with Jayda, 11, Maverick, nine, and Ember, eight, were […]