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Can Joe Biden be replaced as the Democrats' presumptive candidate for November's US presidential election?Murmurs around his ability to defeat Republican Donald Trump, 77, in a rematch have only grown louder after a special counsel investigation said President Biden portrayed himself as an "elderly man with a poor memory". But with America speeding down the road to the 2024 election, and Mr Biden, 81, dominating the race for the Democratic […]

Vladimir Putin has said Bill Clinton misled him over Russia's potential membership of NATO two decades ago.During a lengthy interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Russian president said he asked the outgoing President Clinton if his country could join the alliance when he visited the Kremlin in 2000. He claims Mr Clinton initially suggested he believed that would be possible, before rowing back on the statement […]

Joe Biden won't face criminal charges over the handling of classified documents, after he portrayed himself as an "elderly man with a poor memory", said the special counsel.Robert Hur said President Biden had "wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials" after he was vice president and when he was a "private citizen", and his actions "present serious risks to national security". But the prosecutor said he chose not to bring criminal […]

The Supreme Court has expressed scepticism of Colorado's decision to disqualify Donald Trump from running for presidency. A landmark case that could decide whether the former president can run in November's election heard arguments from both sides of the case as Trump appeals the decision. All but one of the court's nine justices expressed doubts in Thursday's opening session. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:20 'See […]

Medal winners at the upcoming Paris Olympics and Paralympics will return with a piece of the Eiffel Tower.Organisers unveiled the gold, silver and bronze medals at the iconic monument on Thursday, saying each will "be adorned with a small piece of Paris and a symbol of the country of France". Image: A Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold medal. Pic: Reuters Image: A Paris 2024 Paralympic Games gold medal. Pic: Reuters […]

A group of the Middle East's football associations has asked world football chiefs to ban Israel over the war on Hamas in Gaza, according to a letter seen by Sky News.But the Israeli Football Association has urged FIFA to keep politics out of sport and allow them to continue trying to qualify for the men's European Championship this summer. The bid to banish Israel's footballers is led by Prince Ali […]

A US drone strike in Baghdad has killed three members of the powerful Kata'ib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, according to US officials.The drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital - and was in response to a drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan towards the end of January. Sky News' Alex Crawford arrived at the scene shortly after the blast and said there was […]

More than 100 dead cats have reportedly been discovered in a freezer or buried in a garden at a "house of horror" in southern France.Sixty-seven feline corpses were found in a chest freezer in a chalet next to the home and on the same grounds, it is believed. An animal protection group, called AEPA, said it also discovered 38 cats - including 12 kittens and one pregnant adult - alive […]

The road into Gaza is a boggy quagmire. We drove for over an hour, in heavily armoured Israeli military vehicles, through deserted and destroyed neighbourhoods in the south of the strip.There are no windows to see out of, but from the video feed on the small screens inside the cab I didn't spot a single sign of civilian life and not a building untouched by months of war.Khan Younis has […]