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A woman has been arrested after 17 people were reportedly injured in a stabbing at Hamburg's central train station in Germany.An attacker armed with a knife targeted people on the platform between tracks 13 and 14, according to police. They said the suspect was a 39-year-old woman, and the German national was arrested at the scene without offering resistance. Image: Police at the scene. Pic: AP Officers said they "believe […]

In mid-May, the World Health Organisation assessed that there were "nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death"."This is one of the world's worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time," its report concluded.Warning: This article contains images of an emaciated child which some readers may find distressingIsrael's decision this week to reverse the siege and allow "a basic level of aid" […]

A government minister has hit back following criticism of the UK by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.It follows the deaths of two Israeli embassy staff, who were repeatedly shot near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night. Sarah Milgrim and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, were both allegedly killed by Elias Rodriguez, a pro-Palestine activist. He has been charged with their murders, and the deaths are being treated […]

A cargo ship has crashed into a man's front garden in Norway, missing his home, where he was sleeping, by just a few metres.Johan Helber had been sound asleep when a 135m long container ship ran aground Thursday morning in the Trondheimsfjord off Byneset in Trondheim. No injuries or oil spills have been reported and authorities plan to remove the ship at high tide.Pictures show how close the huge ship […]

Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney for fuelling antisemitism after two Israeli embassy workers were shot dead in Washington DC.Mr Netanyahu said the leaders of the UK, France and Canada are "on the wrong side of humanity and (...) history" after they threatened "concrete action" against Israel this week if it continues its "egregious" military operations in Gaza. He linked the criticism of Israel's […]

Donald Trump put his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on the spot with a list of claims and video clips when the pair met in the Oval Office on Wednesday.But multiple pieces of evidence that President Trump used to support his claims are inaccurate. One video the White House played showed lines of white crosses alongside a road.Mr Trump told President Ramaphosa that the footage showed burial sites of more […]

Witnesses have told Sky News of the moments after a man shot two Israeli embassy staff members outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC.Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram, a couple who were about to become engaged, were shot dead as they left the Annual Young Diplomats reception at the Capital Jewish Museum in the US capital.Follow live updates here Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player […]

Two staff members working for the Israeli embassy in Washington DC have been shot dead. The shooting happened on Wednesday evening near the Capital Jewish Museum - steps away from an FBI office. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, called the attack "a depraved act of antisemitic terrorism".He wrote on X: "We are confident that the US authorities will take strong action against those responsible for this criminal […]

The UK government is calling for Israel to launch an investigation after the country's troops fired warning shots while British diplomats were travelling through the West Bank.Diplomats from Ireland, France, Germany and Turkey were also travelling with the delegation in the city of Jenin when the gunshots rang out on Wednesday. All four countries have condemned the shooting, which comes after Western nations criticised Israel's latest offensive in Gaza.Two British […]