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Israeli-backed American contractors guarding aid centres in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as starving Palestinians scramble for food, an investigation has claimed.The Associated Press has reported the accounts by two contractors from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), although the organisation has strongly denied the allegations, describing them as "categorically false". GHF was established in February to deliver desperately needed aid to people in the besieged enclave, but […]

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 In this episode, Richard and Yalda lift the curtain on what life is actually like in Iran, as Richard details how he managed to get into Tehran this week - and what he's found out about a country still reeling from the ramifications of the war against the US and Israel. After President Donald Trump announced […]

Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump he "will not back down" from Russia's goals in Ukraine during a phone call today, the Kremlin has said.The Russian president spoke to his US counterpart for almost an hour, and Mr Trump "again raised the issue of an early end to military action" in Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters. In response, Mr Putin said "Russia will not back down" from its aims […]

Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash.The 28-year-old Portuguese forward died in the accident in the early hours of Thursday morning near Zamora, in northwestern Spain.His brother, Andre, was also killed in the crash on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria, heading towards Benavente. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:26 Sky's Sports Correspondent Rob Harris speaks about the legacy […]

A red shipping container sits on the tarmac of Sierra Leone's Queen Elizabeth II Quay, under swinging cranes and towering stacks of similar steel boxes. This one will likely be parked at the port permanently. The contents are suspected to be the ingredients of kush, the deadly synthetic drug ravaging Sierra Leone. Sky News was given access to the container two weeks after it was seized."Preliminary testing has shown that […]

The sports investment arm of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is buying a stake in the body which organises professional triathlons around the world.Sky News has learnt that Surj Sports Investment is in advanced talks about a deal to inject roughly $20m into the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO). A deal could be unveiled as part of a wider PTO funding round imminently, a source in the Middle East said on […]

The Dalai Lama says he will have a successor after his death, ending years of speculation over whether he would be the last Tibetan spiritual leader.Tenzin Gyatso, who became the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1940, made the announcement at prayer celebrations on Monday, which marked his 90th birthday in the Tibetan calendar. His birthday in the Gregorian calendar is this Sunday. He said the next Dalai Lama […]

In the long Gaza war, this is a significant moment.For the people of Gaza, for the Israeli hostages and their families - this could be the moment it ends. But we have been here before, so many times. The key question - will Hamas accept what Israel has agreed to: a 60-day ceasefire?At the weekend, a source at the heart of the negotiations told me: "Both Hamas and Israel are […]

A flight in Australia was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane's cargo hold.The reptile was found as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport bound for Brisbane. Snake catcher Mark Pelley said he thought it could be venomous when he approached it in the darkened hold. Image: The snake in the cargo hold. Pics: Mark Pelley But it turned out […]