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The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a video emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.The video, shared on X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose face has been blurred out. "In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke," reads a post accompanying the clip.On Friday, the Financial […]

Mukesh, a 22-year-old from Munak in the northern state of Haryana, shows Sky News the scars all over his body he says are from torture in a Russian prison.He alleges prison guards stubbed their cigarettes out on him and regularly beat him up for months while he was incarcerated. Mukesh is one of the many young men from Haryana who have taken dangerous journeys in search of work abroad. Image: […]

If Joe Biden's statement tonight was coordinated with the Israeli government, it's unclear who with. One source close to the Israeli prime minister told me the US president had "all but killed a deal", while another said that the two leaders hadn't spoken before the president's announcement.So what's happening then?Israel-Gaza latest:Biden makes surprise announcementI think Washington has run out of patience with Benjamin Netanyahu.While they have publicly supported recent Israeli manoeuvres […]

France says it has foiled an attack targeting one of the football stadiums being used for this summer's Olympic Games.The country's security forces arrested an 18-year-old from Chechnya earlier this month in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said. According to investigators, the man was preparing an attack on the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne.He planned to target spectators and police forces in order to "die and become […]

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been released from hospital after he was shot in an assassination attempt.Mr Fico, 59, was shot at close range as he greeted supporters at a government meeting in the central Slovak town of Handlova on 15 May. The attack left him in a serious condition and needing a five-hour operation. He underwent surgery again two days later.Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the clinic in […]

British and US forces have struck Houthi targets in Yemen in the fifth combined operation since January.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the strikes took place on Thursday as part of a response to Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The MoD said intelligence confirmed two locations near Hudaydah were involved in the anti-shipping attacks, with buildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and […]

French Open organisers have banned alcohol in the stands after complaints by players, including one who claimed a spectator spat chewing gum towards him.Amelie Mauresmo, director of the tennis tournament in southwest Paris, also said that security would be tightened around the site of the Grand Slam. "Until now, alcohol was allowed in the stands. Not in every stand… But now it's over. Everywhere," she said. Image: Amelie Mauresmo is […]

Diego Maradona's Golden Ball trophy will be sold at auction, despite his heirs claiming the current owner has no right to sell it.A French court ruled the auction go ahead, despite the opposition from his heirs, their lawyer said on Thursday. The trophy was awarded to the late Maradona after he was named the best player of the 1986 World Cup.But it went missing for decades and only recently resurfaced.The […]

Three black men who were asked to leave a plane after body odour complaints are suing an airline for racial discrimination.The three passengers were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January - along with five other black men, according to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday. The claimants said they were told to leave a plane waiting to take off in Phoenix because a flight attendant had complained about […]