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A Ukrainian soldier holds up a Russian rifle taken from inside Russia. "A trophy," he says, smiling. One of his colleagues, also grinning, produces a military uniform patch that reads "Armed Forces of Russia" and a 10 rouble note."Russian money," he says. Image: Ukrainian 'trophies' - a Russian military uniform patch and a 10-rouble note Latest: State of emergency declared in Russian region The pair are part of a small team […]

Thailand's prime minister has been removed from office after a court ruled he violated ethical standards. Srettha Thavisin was dismissed after judges said he failed to perform his duty with integrity after his appointment of a cabinet member who had been imprisoned over an alleged attempt to bribe a court official. The court ruled 5-4 in favour of his removal.Parliament is expected to meet on Friday to choose and vote […]

A homeless charity in New Zealand has unwittingly given out sweets containing a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine after they were donated by a member of the public.The amount of the drug in each wrapper is up to 300 times the level someone would normally take and could be lethal, the New Zealand Drug Foundation said. The charity, Auckland City Mission, said it was contacting 400 people to track down […]

Russia has begun to thwart a week-long Ukrainian incursion into its Kursk region, Moscow has claimed.Russian army units - including fresh reserves, aircraft, drone teams and artillery forces - have stopped Ukrainian troops from gaining further territory near the settlements of Obshchy Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk and Alexeyevsky, the Russian defence ministry said. The influx of fresh units has been confirmed, at least to some extent, after Lithuania's defence minister Laurynas […]

Hamas has said it will not join ceasefire talks this week.Talks are due to take place on Thursday to discuss a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. However, a Hamas representative in Lebanon told Sky News that delegates from the militant group would no longer be taking part.In a statement, Ahmad Abdul Hadi said Hamas was not against ceasefire talks "in principle".However, he said it would not participate this week because […]

Picking through broken glass and twisted metal, Sakis Morfis is looking at what's left of his home.He'd lived happily in the little house on the edge of Athens for five years. But on Monday, a wildfire tore through the suburb of Vrilissia and within minutes, everything Sakis owned was gone."A huge flame appeared from behind and everything melted in a minute," he says, looking at the charred remains of his […]

An "exceptionally dangerous" forest fire has raged out of control in Athens, sending flames 25 metres (80ft) into the air.The massive blaze, helped by strong winds and bone-dry conditions, has forced many people in the northern suburbs of the Greek capital to leave their homes. Hospitals have been evacuated and some areas have suffered power cuts, as temperatures neared 40C (104F). Image: A volunteer tries to extinguish a fire in […]

Donald Trump's interview with Elon Musk on the billionaire entrepreneur's social media platform X was delayed by technical issues.The site showed that the page was "not available" shortly after the scheduled start time of 8pm Eastern Time (1am UK time) for some users, though more than 115,000 people appeared to have joined successfully. Musk then tweeted: "There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on X. Working on shutting it […]

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken with the Iranian president as part of international efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, Sky News understands.The 30-minute phone conversation with Masoud Pezeshkian followed a joint statement on Monday issued with France, the US and Germany calling on Iran and its allies not to "jeopardise the opportunity to agree a ceasefire and the release of hostages" in Gaza. There are growing fears Iran […]