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The King is preparing for a two-day visit to Canada - his first as the country's head of state.The centrepiece will be on Tuesday when he will become only the second monarch, after his mother Queen Elizabeth II, to attend the state opening of parliament where he will set out the government's legislative agenda in a speech. The 76-year-old will be accompanied by his wife the Queen during the short […]

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after an Israeli airstrike targeting a school in Gaza, health authorities have said.Reuters news agency reported the number of dead, citing medics, with the school in the Daraj neighbourhood having been used to shelter displaced people who had fled previous bombardments. Warning: Some readers may find content distressingMedical and civil defence sources on the ground confirmed women and children […]

A medical charity chief has spoken out about the deaths of a doctor's nine children in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, and the "almost impossibility" of providing care in the region.Warning: This article contains graphic details of child deathsChris Lockyear - the secretary general of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders - told Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the bodies of nine of paediatrician Alaa al […]

North Korea has arrested three officials said to be responsible for a major blunder during the launch of a new warship, state media has said.The failed launch crippled the 5,000-tonne warship and was witnessed by Kim Jong Un. It ended up with the brand-new ship on its side, taking on water, as the leader looked on in dismay. Image: North Korea's new naval destroyer on May 18, 2025, in Chongjin […]

Russia has launched a "massive" drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight, after Moscow itself was targeted.Amid flailing peace talks, the Kremlin's nightly attacks on Ukraine continued. Ukraine war - follow the latest updatesAt least seven people have died and 38 have been left injured, including three children in Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday.There were attacks elsewhere as well, including drone strikes in Mykolaiv, where a residential building […]

The head of the UN has said Israel has only authorised for Gaza what amounts to a "teaspoon" of aid after at least 60 people died in overnight airstrikes.UN secretary general Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that more people will die unless there is "rapid, reliable, safe and sustained aid access". Supplies approved so far amount "to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required", he said, […]

Fears of a US-EU trade war have been reignited after Europe refused to back down in the face of fresh threats from Donald Trump.The word tariff has dominated much of the US president's second term, and he has repeatedly and freely threatened countries with them. Money blog: Trump sends message to UK on energy billsThis included the so-called "liberation day" last month, when he unleashed tariffs on many of his […]

Nine of a doctor's 10 children have been killed in an Israeli missile strike on their home in Gaza, which also left her surviving son badly injured and her husband in a critical condition.Warning: This article contains details of child deaths Alaa Al Najjar, a paediatrician at Al Tahrir Clinic in the Nasser Medical Complex, was at work during the attack on her home, south of the city of Khan […]

A man has been charged after a cargo ship ran aground in a front garden as the homeowner was sleeping indoors.Remarkable pictures showed just how close the 135m-long vessel came to crashing into Johan Helberg's house near Trondheim, Norway, on Thursday. Police launched an investigation into the incident and have charged a Ukrainian man in his 30s who was serving as second officer aboard the vessel.He was one of 16 […]