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India is to elect a new parliament in what is the largest democratic exercise with 970 million registered voters.The Indian Election Commission said on Saturday that the elections will take place in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June, stretched over 44 days. The gigantic exercise will be conducted by a 15 million-strong army of polling officials and security personnel.They will aim to oversee a free and fair election […]

A million out of control mice that are feasting on seabirds and causing havoc on a remote island are to be exterminated.The whiskered rodents were accidentally introduced to Marion Island 200 years ago and are breeding wildly as climate change raises temperatures. Now conservationists are taking drastic action on the tiny island situated in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean, between Antarctica and South Africa - with no margin for error.The Mouse-Free […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly approved plans for a military operation in Rafah which includes the evacuation of the population.Now all eyes are on Washington where red lines (albeit blurry ones) have been set by President Joe Biden. Last month, the president said that Israel should not attack Rafah without "a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety" of the population there - well over a million […]

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has secured a 33% pay rise to run world football which meant his salary exceeded £3.6m last year, Sky News has found.The increase during the Women's World Cup year featured deep in financial documents approved by the FIFA Council yesterday and sent to global football officials. Mr Infantino's base salary was 1.95m Swiss francs (£1.7m) in 2022 with a bonus of 1.65m Swiss francs (£1.5m) - […]

A Russian opposition politician who was barred from running in the presidential election has told Sky News he will not meet the same fate as Alexei Navalny because he does not cross political "red lines".Boris Nadezhdin, who served in the State Duma between 1999 and 2003 and has been a long-term critic of the government, says he believes the fact he has never been personally critical of Vladimir Putin has […]

A federal judge has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding on to classified documents after leaving the White House.US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued the ruling after a day-long hearing in Florida during which the former president's lawyers argued the Espionage Act is too vague to be used against him. "It's difficult to see how this gets you […]

Russia embarks this Friday on three days of voting to reconfirm the inevitable, which is another six-year presidential term for Vladimir Putin.Given the fact this is simply a matter of going through the motions for Putin and for the public, why does it matter and why does his administration go to such lengths to try to secure a resounding so-called victory? First, the war-time context.If turnout and support flag in […]

Dozens of people have been killed and injured as they waited for aid in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry which has blamed Israeli forces.The incident reportedly happened at Kuwaiti roundabout in the besieged Palestinian territory. At least 11 bodies and 100 wounded people were taken to Al Shifa hospital, the ministry said.This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.Please refresh the page […]

A high court in Japan has ruled that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.The current marriage law has previously been interpreted to restrict marriage to just between a man and a woman. While the Sapporo High Court doesn't have the power to overturn current laws, it called for urgent government action to correct the lack of legislation allowing same-sex unions.The court, one of eight high courts in Tokyo, […]