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The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon has told Sky News the dangers in the region have not gone away and called for calm, wisdom and de-escalation as a matter of urgency.Joanna Wronecka spoke from her office in Beirut about her worries and appealed for restraint from all those involved. "I'm very concerned," she said. "Because we need just a small miscalculation and the situation can escalate even more."She was referring […]

Mourners gathered to pay tribute to the six killed in a stabbing at an Australian shopping mall.New South Wales Police identified the man behind the attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction on 13 April as Joel Cauchi, 40. He was shot and killed by an officer after fatally stabbing six people - five women and one man - and injuring several others, including a nine-month-old baby.Eight days […]

Thousands of people have taken to the streets on the Canary Islands to protest against tourism and say the region is "not for sale".The residents are calling for the Spanish group of islands to temporarily limit tourist arrivals in a bid to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction - which is driving up housing costs for locals. Tourism accounts for 35% of the gross domestic product […]

On Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, people took to the beach in Tel Aviv. Under the hot spring sunshine, the tensions between Iran and Israel seemed a world away. Most of the people there are hoping that the worst of this phase of the crisis has passed.Follow latest: Ten militants killed in Israeli raid in West BankAs he rested on the sand between surfs, Jonathan Weiss said: "I definitely […]

The impact of this American blockage has been profound. I have had multiple conversations with diplomats and military officials in Washington DC and all have said the same thing: the situation for Ukraine is depressing, Russia has the upper hand and prospects for Kyiv, without more weapons, are bleak. The Ukrainians have been running low on all weapons types, even small arms - bullets for their soldiers' rifles.Before the House of […]

A campaigning Nigerian chess champion has played the game non-stop for 58 hours to break the world record.Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1m (£800,000) for children's education across Africa through the marathon attempt that began in New York City's Times Square on Wednesday. He crossed the 58-hour mark in the early hours of Saturday, beating the current record of 56 hours, nine minutes and 37 seconds, set in 2018 […]

A man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former US President Donald Trump is on trial has died, Sky's US partner NBC News has said.Maxwell Azzarello was "declared deceased by hospital staff", police told NBC News in a phone call early on Saturday, local time.No specific time of death was given.Mr Azzarello, in his mid-30s, from St Augustine in Florida, threw conspiracy theory pamphlets in […]

Injuries and "material losses" have been reported after a large explosion at a military base in Iraq.The cause of the blast - at the Kalsu facility in the city of Babylon - is currently unconfirmed However, two security sources told the Reuters news agency an air strike from an unknown source was to blame.A US official said it wasn't caused by American military operations.The base is used by Iraq's Popular […]

Violence in the Middle East will not stop until the war in Gaza ends, a senior Hezbollah figure has told Sky News in a world-first interview in which he also castigated the West and scoffed at Israel's actions.Ibrahim Moussawi, a Hezbollah spokesperson, also warned Israel "will see results" if they continue provoking Iran. "Nobody has an interest in going into an open confrontation, comprehensive war in the region, because this […]