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Boxing's new global governing body is introducing sex testing from July - but has already informed Imane Khelif she won't be eligible to compete as a female fighter at an event in the Netherlands next week.The Algerian's disputed failed gender eligibility test - conducted by a different controversial boxing body - was a major issue at the Paris Olympics before she won gold. World Boxing said its new policy "reflects […]

A truck driver has been found guilty of murdering his wife, whose remains were found under the stairs at their home in Ireland.Richard Satchwell, originally from Leicester, had denied the murder of Tina Satchwell on a date between 19 March and 20 March 2017. Her skeletal remains were discovered at the Co Cork property in October 2023, six years after her husband reported her missing.Satchwell, 58, did not react as […]

Israel has accepted a US-proposed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, according to the White House, while Hamas says the deal is still "under discussion".Israeli news outlets reported earlier on Thursday that Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted the plan put forward by Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and told the families of hostages still in Gaza. It reportedly calls for a 60-day pause in fighting, and the release of […]

The twin threats of climate change and Russian malign activity in the Arctic must be taken "deadly seriously," David Lammy has warned.Sky News joined him on the furthest reaching tour of the Arctic by a British foreign secretary. We travelled to Svalbard - a Norwegian archipelago that is the most northern settled land on Earth, 400 miles from the North Pole.It is at the heart of an Arctic region facing […]

A British charity has written to the prime minister and foreign secretary, urging them to allow seriously ill children from Gaza into the UK to receive life-saving medical treatment.Warning: This article contains images readers may find distressingThe co-founder of Project Pure Hope told Sky News it was way past the time for words."Now, we need action," Omar Dinn said.He's identified two children inside Gaza who urgently need help and is […]

A mother has been sentenced to life in prison after she kidnapped and trafficked her own six-year-old daughter.Kelly Smith, whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted of the crimes in South Africa after Joshlin Smith disappeared from Saldanha, in Western Cape, last year. The youngster has not been seen since and remains missing following a nationwide police hunt. […]

This is a huge decision by an obscure Manhattan court. President Trump's core economic policy has just been comprehensively undermined, he has been undermined, and he will be seething.Beyond the upending of his policy agenda, the ruling will electrify the deepening schism between the administration and the judiciary, furthering the sense of constitutional crisis in this country. Donald Trump's tariffs encapsulate his identity. They are the centrepiece of his economic […]

A trade court in the US has blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports.A three-judge panel concluded that the US president exceeded his authority when he unveiled additional taxes on foreign-made goods. Tariffs must be typically approved by Congress - but Trump has argued he had power to act because it was a national emergency.The controversial measures unveiled on "Liberation Day" in April, which included a 10% […]

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have been charged with rape and other offences in the UK.Andrew Tate, 38, faces 10 charges, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain, relating to three women.His brother Tristan Tate, 36, faces 11 charges relating to one woman – including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.The charges were authorised in January 2024, but full details have only […]