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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said the timing of Lewis Hamilton's decision to leave for Ferrari "bit us a bit" - but insists there is "no grudge" between them.Wolff said he had heard rumours that Hamilton might quit the team but didn't know for sure until the F1 great confirmed it in a meeting over breakfast on Wednesday at Wolff's home in Oxford. The British driver is leaving Mercedes […]

Footage has emerged of a cruise ship being flooded during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico - causing water to flow into people's cabins.Travis Hair, a passenger on the Royal Caribbean vessel, filmed as the balcony of his room on the Voyager Of The Seas was swamped. Mr Hair said he captured the video while the vessel was "sailing through a thunderstorm" on 26 January.He added there were "high […]

A child is among three people who have died after gas explosions at an industrial site in Nairobi left at least 222 injured, Kenyan authorities have said.A local newspaper in the Kenyan capital said the blast happened in the Embakasi neighbourhood just before midnight on Thursday. Wesley Kimeto, police chief for Embakasi, said the deaths of an adult and a minor were confirmed at 4.30am local time (1.30am UK time).The […]

A child's body has been found encased in concrete in a storage unit - as police in the US continue to search for two youngsters missing since 2018.Officers in Pueblo, Colorado, discovered the remains on 10 January when the unit was being cleared out after the rent was not paid. Sergeant Franklyn Ortega said the remains were found in a metal container filled with hardened concrete.Meanwhile, Pueblo Police are continuing […]

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has admitted he "did not handle this right" and should have told President Biden and the public about his prostate cancer diagnosis.However, he said he didn't order his staff to hide his condition."We did not handle this right and I did not handle this right. I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis. I take full responsibility," Mr Austin said.Middle East latest: Austin […]

British Formula One star Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes and join Ferrari for the 2025 season, Sky Sports News understands.It is understood the Mercedes factory is to be briefed by the chief executive of the firm's F1 team, Toto Wolff, ahead of a formal announcement later today. Hamilton was linked to Ferrari for 2024, but he signed a two-year contract worth £100m last summer to stay until the end of […]

An Italian woman being bound in chains while appearing in a Hungarian court has sparked outrage in her home nation.Ilaria Salis, an anti-fascist activist, was arrested in Budapest last year on suspicion of being involved in attacks against participants in Hungary's Day of Honour commemorations. Each year on 11 February scores of neo-Nazis honour the failed escape attempt by Nazi forces and Hungarian soldiers out of Budapest during the Red […]

A reservist who dealt with the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack says there was a "systematic genital mutilation" of women as multiple victims were shot in the crotch, breasts and head.Warning - contains graphic details of injuriesShari Mendes was part of an Israeli army reserve unit whose role was to identify and prepare female soldiers for burial.She told Sky News' The World With Yalda Hakim she was at the […]