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The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth's rotation - and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study.Although the disappearance of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet's rotation, the Earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to. The overall increase in speed means that for the first time in history, world timekeepers may […]

A British man has died in a skiing accident in France.The man, who is yet to be identified, was on a trip to the resort of Avoriaz, in France. According to local media, the man was in his 60s and hit a tree at high speed after swerving to avoid a group of people.The incident took place around 3pm local time on 26 March.Despite the efforts of the mountain rescue […]

Audio has emerged of a first responder call as officials halted traffic on both sides of the Francis Scott Key Bridge moments before it collapsed.The cargo ship had issued a mayday call to alert authorities it had lost power before it collided with the Baltimore bridge on Tuesday morning. Following the call, Maryland Transportation Authority Police Dispatch and Response officials acted swiftly, shutting down the north and south sides of […]

Hamas's deputy political commander, Marwan Issa, was "eliminated" in a military strike earlier this month, Israel has said.If the intelligence is correct, he would be the highest-ranking Hamas leader to have been killed in Gaza since the start of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in October. Fighter jets struck an underground compound in central Gaza between 9 and 10 March.Another Hamas commander, Aziz Abu Tamaa, was believed to […]

US President Joe Biden has said that pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted him mid-speech on Tuesday "have a point".Two demonstrators were removed from an event in Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday after they cut off the president during a speech on healthcare, shouting: "What about the healthcare in Gaza?" "Everybody deserves healthcare," Mr Biden said, as the protesters yelled that hospitals in Gaza were being bombed and alleged that Mr Biden […]

North Korea's state TV channel has censored Alan Titchmarsh's trousers.On Monday, Korean Central Television was showing an episode of the 2010 BBC series of Gardening Secrets, featuring the famous gardener and broadcaster. The show was said to be a condensed version of the original, and at one point broadcasters blurred out Mr Titchmarsh's jeans.In the scene Mr Titchmarsh is kneeling in a garden, tending to plants, when the blurred effect […]

In an instant, a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was gone - as dozens of its steel beams collapsed into the water after being hit by a cargo ship.But how could such a catastrophe have happened? Hours after the incident unfolded in Baltimore there are more questions than answers.Follow latest: 'Mass casualty event' as people in water Emergency services are still at the scene and details about […]

There's an urgency to the work of the aid team in the West Bank as the war in Gaza becomes even more grim.The team pack boxes with staples - flour, oil, rice and lentils - to be delivered to those in need. "It is in an economic catastrophe at the moment," Anton Goodman tells me.Anton is an Israeli Jewish human rights activist working in the West Bank alongside Palestinians to […]

An expert has told Sky News the attack on a Moscow concert hall is consistent with Islamic State.Sky News has analysed ISIS footage of the attack and an image released by the militant group and spoken to experts about what the materials reveal. Aaron Zelin, an expert on jihadist groups and senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said "the attack itself, the type of people involved, […]