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The warning from Iran to Israel is written on the side of a missile. It reads: "Decisive victory."Posters of the political leader of Hamas and the head of Hezbollah - both killed in Israeli strikes - are also plastered on ballistic missiles in a slickly produced video released by Iran's revolutionary guard to state media channels. The footage purports to show last Tuesday's revenge attack on Israel, with multiple munitions […]

Dozens of people died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Thursday's incident was the latest boat accident in the central African country, where overcrowding is often blamed. Jean-Jacques Purusi, the governor of the South Kivu province, said at least 78 people died as the boat, which was carrying 278 passengers, capsized on Lake Kivu, in the east of the country.At least 10 people were taken to hospital.The […]

A US cruise ship bound for a round-the-world trip has departed off the coast of Belfast for the second time this week following months of delays, passengers have said. Source link

Russian forces launched a major attack across 15 Ukrainian regions overnight, authorities said, damaging energy infrastructure and residential buildings.Drones hit power lines in the Kyiv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankivsk regions over the past day, Ukraine's energy ministry clamed, causing power cuts in the southern Odesa region. The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 78 out of 105 drones, 15 of which were hit over Kyiv and surrounding areas during the […]

It has only been a week since the army reclaimed pockets of Khartoum North - the once bustling north-eastern wing of Sudan's tri-city capital, locally known as Khartoum Bahri.The hum of warplanes and crack of gunfire still punctuate life here. But the gunfire is now outgoing, and the warplanes are searching for enemy targets that have been pushed further back. A year-and-a-half long siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

Doctors at one of the biggest hospitals in southern Lebanon say they're scared for their lives after a string of nearby attacks within a few days.Half of the staff have already left. The others have moved into the building and have been living at the hospital for the past ten days."You know, it's hard to work in fear," Dr Mohammad Taoube tells us, who is head of the hospital's emergency […]

Only athletes who were female at birth should be allowed to compete in women's sport, a United Nations-appointed human rights expert will tell the UN General Assembly next week.Reem Alsalem, the UN's special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, told Sky News she hopes the recommendations will influence the policies of states and sports.The participation of transgender women or athletes with higher levels of testosterone, in women's events, is […]

Children's toys are still scattered around, half buried in the rubble. A wedding picture hanging on the wall shows a bride bending over backwards in her groom's arms. Baby photographs still hang on the stone wall."We've lost everything," Mohammad tells us. "This is collective punishment." Image: Mohammad in the remains of the damaged building Israel-Lebanon latest: Follow live updatesThirty-two people lived in this shattered block. We can still make it […]

The UK and US have split over their policies in regard to Israel and its war with Hamas, after the government suspended some arms sales to the country.On Monday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced that 30 of 350 arms export licences to Israel would be suspended. The move marked the UK's first wholesale divergence with the US since the 7 October attacks and came as US officials were reaffirming their […]