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The images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing were extraordinary and chilling. A tragedy has now become an economic and logistical nightmare for the region. But was it a freak one-off? Well, worryingly, maybe not. Image: Chesapeake Bay Bridge is made of two separate bridges built around 20 years apart Just 20 miles downstream from the Key Bridge, and on the same shipping lane, is another that's bigger, longer, older […]

This wasn't an accident. It was no mistaken misfire.The IDF cell tracking the vehicles fired lethal precision guided missiles into each car, one after the other.Through blurred night-time surveillance footage, they saw what they thought was a man carrying a gun and assumed he was a Hamas fighter.Read more: IDF releases findings of what went wrong in strike that killed aid workersThey then assumed everyone else travelling in the vehicles […]

Prostate cancer cases are set to double by 2040, according to researchers who have called on authorities to "take action now" as the rise is "inevitable".The study by the Lancet Commission on prostate cancer suggests that deaths are expected to double from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040 as life expectancy improves, increasing men's chances of being diagnosed with the disease. Annual deaths are projected to go […]

The three-point announcement to ease aid flows into Gaza represents the most significant move by Israel since this conflict began six months ago.It also starkly undermines Israel's own oft-repeated assertion that it has not blocked or impeded aid movement into Gaza. It follows a call between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:27 'This is humiliation' This was […]

A dog missing from California has been reunited with its owners after turning up almost nine months later - and more than 2,000 miles away from the family home.Terrier mix Mishka went missing from San Diego in mid-July last year and her owners' social media pleas for information failed to deliver any leads. Fast forward nearly nine months and just before Easter, authorities in suburban Detroit, Michigan, responded to a […]

X has caused confusion by reinstating free blue ticks for some users - a year after it began charging for the service.For years, Twitter blue ticks effectively served as verification badges and were given to celebrities, politicians, journalists, and other influential accounts for free. However, months after Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44bn (£38bn) in October 2022, the platform stripped verification badges from accounts and instead began offering them as […]

Rescue efforts are under way to save a killer whale stranded in a remote tidal lagoon off Canada's Vancouver Island.The young orca calf will be airlifted by rescuers with the hope of reuniting the two-year-old with its extended family, according to Canadian authorities. Canada's fisheries department and First Nations officials said there are plans in place to put the calf in a sling to be lifted out of the lagoon […]

Forest destruction in Brazil and Colombia has fallen "dramatically" under new political leaders, according to new research by Global Forest Watch (GFW).The steep declines "offer a ray of hope for the rest of the world, showing that progress is possible, given the right political will", said Mikaela Weisse from the World Resources Institute, which runs GFW.In 2023 forest loss fell by a "remarkable" 36% in Brazil and 49% in Colombia.This […]

Richard Branson has criticised companies still operating in Russia accusing them of sustaining Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Virgin founder told Sky News "too many companies continue to profit from doing business with or in Russia, whilst fuelling Putin's war machine". Money blog: Second-class deliveries to be drastically cut in Royal Mail planThe comments come weeks after Sky News analysis revealed that British car makers appear to be trying to […]