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Donald Trump has ambushed South Africa's president during a White House meeting by playing a video purportedly showing evidence of a "genocide" of white people in the African country.The US president, who was hosting Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, said the footage showed the graves of thousands of white farmers. Mr Ramaphosa sat quietly and mostly expressionless while a montage of videos was played, and he later said: "I'd […]

A man who served as an aide to a former Ukrainian president has been shot and killed in Madrid, local authorities have said.Unidentified gunmen shot former politician Andriy Portnov, 51, outside the gates of the American School of Madrid in the Pozuelo area of the Spanish capital on Wednesday morning, according to a source close to the investigation. "Several persons shot him in the back and the head", according to […]

The former head of GCHQ has told Sky News that the long-term consequences of Israel's military offensive in Gaza will extend to "Europe and beyond".Speaking to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim podcast, Sir Jeremy Fleming also warned that extremists may use the conflict to radicalise young people. He welcomed the UK, France and Canada joining forces to condemn Israel's "wholly disproportionate" actions in Gaza.👉Listen to The World […]

Three people have died after severe thunderstorms caused flooding in the Var region of southeastern France, according to reports.The rain has also caused widespread damage as Meteo-France, the country's national weather agency, placed the region under an orange alert for rain, flooding and thunderstorms, French broadcaster BFM TV reported. Two of those who died were an elderly couple who were in their car as it was swept away by floodwaters […]

The first aid trucks have begun entering Gaza after 78 days of Israeli blockade.The United Nations said nine trucks were given permission to enter on Monday, of which five were actually able to cross into the Gaza Strip.On Tuesday, the UN said it had received approval for "around 100" more trucks to go into Gaza.That is still well below the 500 trucks per day that the UN says crossed into […]

The UK has placed fresh sanctions on Russia as the Kremlin refused to put a timeline on ceasefire talks with Ukraine.A total of 100 further sanctions will target Russia's military, energy and financial sectors, the Foreign Office said. The new measures will target the supply chains of Russian weapons systems, including Iskander missiles, Kremlin-funded information operations, financial institutions that help Russia evade sanctions and ships in the Kremlin's "shadow fleet" […]

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 After weeks of stalemate and growing frustration, Donald Trump has spoken on the phone with President Putin. But has the dial towards peace moved any further along? Sky News US correspondents James Matthews and Martha Kelner discuss if President Trump is walking away from negotiations and giving up his ambition to be the peace broker in Ukraine, after a two-hour phone call […]

Donald Trump has said there is a "good chance" of peace between Russia and Ukraine – but added the US has a red line in upcoming talks. After a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin, the US president announced on Monday that Russia-Ukraine discussions will begin "immediately". It is unclear how these will differ from negotiations that already started in Turkey last Friday.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office later […]

After the trumpet horns of military victory sounded off in Sudan's capital Khartoum, the deadly buzz of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drones followed.The war has entered a dangerous aerial phase with any illusions of normalcy shattered by multi-day drone attacks on the wartime administrative centre Port Sudan and sanctuary cities across the northeast. Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan appointed Kamil Idris, a former UN official, as prime minister […]