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The number of people killed in Myanmar following a powerful earthquake has risen to 1,002, and 2,376 others injured, according to the country's military government.The head of the military government has confirmed a further 30 are missing and has ordered a prompt rescue effort following the 7.7 magnitude quake. It struck at around 12.50pm local time (6.20am UK time) on Friday at a shallow depth of six miles. Image: A […]

"It's cold as s*** here," said the US vice president when he touched down in Greenland.He meant it, both literally and metaphorically. There was no warm welcome from islanders for JD Vance and the second lady.A small US team with a list of engagements evolved into a large delegation and just one engagement.Everything changed when the organisers of a dogsled race, an annual spectacle on the cultural calendar, said the […]

Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene hit the headlines this week when she told Sky's US correspondent Martha Kelner to "go back to your own country". It was the latest controversy in a political career for the Republican firebrand - a staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. Please use Chrome browser for […]

Israel has carried out a strike on Beirut for the first time since it agreed a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in November.The Israeli military says the strike targeted a Hezbollah drone storage facility in the city's southern suburbs, where support for the militant group is strong. It comes after Israel's army used a post on X in Arabic to urgently warn people to evacuate parts of a Beirut suburb on […]

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, with the impact felt as far away as Bangkok. In the Thai capital, hundreds of people poured out of buildings after the tremors, with many buildings evacuated. Footage on social media showed water spilling out of infinity pools in Bangkok.The epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, at a shallow depth of 10km, was in neighbouring Myanmar near the city of Mandalay, United States Geological […]

The Serbian ambassador to Britain has said critics should "wait for the results" of an investigation after claims an illegal sonic weapon was used against protesters earlier this month.He told The World With Yalda Hakim that no illegal weapon was used at the anti-government protest in Belgrade and that "independent experts" had been invited to investigate. "According to statements of our government officials… nothing [illegal] was used that day," Goran […]

A BBC News correspondent has been deported from Turkey after being detained for around 17 hours, the corporation has said.Mark Lowen had been in the country to report on widespread protests over the arrest of Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. The BBC said authorities had accused Mr Lowen of "being a threat to public order" and had taken him from his hotel on Wednesday before making him leave the country via […]

At least six people have died and dozens of others have been rescued after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt.Nine of those rescued were injured after the vessel sank near Hurghada, two municipal officials said. Sky's US partner NBC News, citing the Russian embassy in Cairo, reported four Russian citizens were among those who had died.The submarine, called Sindbad, was carrying 45 passengers, […]

Emmanuel Macron has said Russia is reinterpreting what was agreed in the Black Sea ceasefire talks - as he met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace in Paris.Ukraine and Russia agreed to a tentative ceasefire brokered by the US involving the Black Sea and strikes on energy infrastructure on Tuesday. But drone strikes were reported just hours after the US reached the deals separately with each country, […]