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Germany has summoned Turkey's ambassador as the row over a Turkish player's ultra-nationalist gesture at Euro 2024 grows.UEFA is investigating Merih Demiral for mimicking a wolf's head with his fingers - a symbol linked to a far-right group known as the Grey Wolves - after scoring against Austria in Leipzig on Tuesday. Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly cancelled plans to appear at a summit of Turkic states in […]

Police in Ecuador say 49 kidnapping victims have been rescued from a crime gang in the south of the country.Two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the raid in a mining region in Azuay province. Police said the Los Lobos (The Wolves) crime gang was behind the kidnappings.An earlier statement from the armed forces said 46 people were rescued and five were found killed - four of them dismembered. Image: Two […]

Jay Slater's family has hit back at a TikToker who quit the search for the missing teenager, saying: "We don't need hikers, we need experts."Callum Fahim, who flew to Tenerife after contacting the 19-year-old's mother online, told Sky News he has withdrawn after two weeks of looking - and receiving death threats. He said he and his group have not seen a penny of the money raised to help find […]

A German city has shaken off its name and dubbed itself "Swiftkirchen" as it prepares for the arrival of Taylor Swift and many thousands of her adoring fans.The world's biggest music star is due to play three dates at Gelsenkirchen, near the Dutch border in western Germany, later this month and ahead of her arrival, the Swifties have taken over. With tens of thousands of fans expected to descend on […]

Donald Trump has claimed Joe Biden is quitting the presidential race after his poor performance in last week's debate and criticised vice president Kamala Harris as "so f*****g bad".He made the comments in a clip on his Truth Social site that showed him speaking from a golf buggy. Mr Biden's showing against Trump was widely criticised and has led to growing concern about his health and some calls for him […]

The Irish Defence Forces are facing calls for urgent reform after a solider avoided prison for assaulting a woman, reigniting the debate about misogynistic abuse within the military. Natasha O'Brien, 24, was beaten unconscious in Limerick city when she asked a serving soldier, Cathal Crotty, to stop using homophobic slurs on the street. Crotty, 22, hurled punches at her, later boasting to friends on Snapchat: "Two to put her down, […]

German police are investigating a video which appears to show a football fan being kicked and punched while being held by security staff at a Euro 2024 game.Footage published in Portuguese media featured several security staff in orange and yellow vests marked "steward" detaining two men in a concrete tunnel leading towards the pitch where Portugal were playing Slovenia in Frankfurt on Monday. The video showed one person being held […]

Google has admitted its greenhouse gas emissions have risen 48% over the past five years - largely because of artificial intelligence - scuppering its climate aims.AI systems require intense levels of computational power, and this has piled pressure on the tech giant's data centres around the world. In its latest environmental report, Google went on to warn that reducing these emissions "may be challenging" - especially as it builds new […]

Joe Biden has said he "nearly fell asleep" during last week's first presidential debate and put his poor performance down to travel exhaustion after going "around the world a couple of times" shortly before it.The US president, 81, said he "wasn't very smart" for having travelled extensively in the weeks leading up to the event in Atlanta, where he performed so poorly that friends and foes alike have told him […]