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A 21-year-old gunman who killed nine students and a teacher at his former school in Austria had developed a fascination and "significant passion" for such shootings in recent years, investigators say.Police say the former pupil planned last Tuesday's roughly seven-minute attack at the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz down to the smallest detail - but are still uncertain as to the motive for his rampage. They have also flagged […]

The massive power cut that plunged huge swathes of Spain and Portugal into chaos earlier this year was caused by a miscalculation, the Spanish government has said.Airports, trains and internet were among the services affected by the blackout in late April, with traffic lights also down - causing huge tailbacks. Millions of people were affected and parts of the two countries were brought to a standstill as authorities raced to […]

An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been cancelled.No explanation has been given for the cancellation so far, Sky News understands. However, Indian-English language channel CNN News18 reported that the cancellation of the flight, which arrived from Delhi, was due to "technical issues".It comes after a UK-bound Air India flight catastrophically crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India on Thursday, killing 229 passengers and 12 […]

Former spymasters, military chiefs and leading politicians are among a group of more than 60 public figures to sign a letter urging the prime minister to allocate more of the UK's reduced overseas aid budget to preventing wars.A failure to act risks leaving the government facing what they described as a "global conflict crisis" with "one hand tied behind its back". The letter to Sir Keir Starmer, shared with Sky […]

"You come at the king, you best not miss," says Omar Little, channelling Machiavelli, in the US crime series The Wire.The same principle applies to Israel's decision to attack Iran. Its war is a gamble - to pay off, it must be entirely successful. It cannot afford to miss. That may seem a strange thing to say as things stand. Israel seems to be hitting its targets with devastating accuracy.Live […]

The families of three of the British victims of last week's Air India crash in Ahmedabad have criticised the UK government's response to the disaster, saying they "feel utterly abandoned".It comes after an Air India Dreamliner crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew. One person on the flight survived. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:58 Indian […]

Estee Lauder's son - a "cosmetics industry icon" who built the make-up brand into a global powerhouse - has died aged 92.Leonard Lauder joined his parents' business in 1958 following a stint in the US Navy, working his way up the ranks to become president and chief executive."For more than six decades, Mr Lauder was a visionary and an innovator - helping transform the business," the company said in a […]

A long-awaited forensic excavation at a former 'mother and baby home', where the remains of almost 800 babies and children are believed to be buried, will start today in County Galway.Many of the children who died at the institution in Tuam are believed to have been dumped into a former sewage tank, known as "the pit", according to local historian Catherine Corless. It was her painstaking research that uncovered the […]

Iran's response to Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities is "self-defence" and a "matter of principle", the Iranian ambassador to the UK has told Sky News.Speaking exclusively to The World With Yalda Hakim, Seyed Ali Mousavi said the "barbaric Israeli regime" is "violating international law" - describing Israel's actions in recent days as "an act of aggression against the Iranian people". The conflict between Israel and Iran - once played […]