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Vladimir Putin has not been listed in a Russian delegation expected to head to Turkey for ceasefire talks on Thursday with Ukraine.The Russian president signed an order on Wednesday detailing who would be in the group to Istanbul, including presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, deputy foreign minister Galuzin Mikhail Yuryevich, and deputy minister of defence Alexander Fomin. On Sunday, Mr Putin had proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine over the war, to […]

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 Donald Trump has met Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa - a former al Qaeda member - during a tour of the Middle East. The US president said he is looking at "normalising" relations with Syria after lifting sanctions that have crippled the country for 25 years.On this episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is joined by […]

A duck has been caught on a radar image breaking the speed limit in central Switzerland - and it could be a repeat offender.Police said the mallard had been clocked in the town of Koniz, near Bern, reaching 52km/h (32mph) in a zone with a limit of 30km/h (18.6mph). Officers said they came across the speeding duck while assessing images from 13 April.An image of a duck caught on the […]

Canadians "weren't impressed" by the decision of the UK government to offer Donald Trump an unprecedented second state visit to the UK, the country's prime minister has told Sky NewsThe invitation was handed to the US president by Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to the Oval Office. The newly re-elected Liberal leader Mark Carney said that the invitation "cut across clear messages" that the Canadian government was trying to […]

At least 16 people have been killed and 70 others were injured at a hospital in Gaza following an Israeli strike, according to the health ministry.Nine missiles hit the European Hospital and its courtyard in the south of the Palestinian territory, officials said. Israel said it had hit a "Hamas command centre" beneath the hospital in Khan Younis.Hamas denies exploiting hospitals and civilian properties for military purposes.Middle East latest - […]

Dozens of white South Africans have arrived in the US after the Trump administration granted them refugee status in the country, having deemed them victims of racial discrimination. The first 59 Afrikaners were greeted by Christopher Landau, the US deputy secretary of state, at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Monday. President Donald Trump invited Afrikaners, the descendants of mainly Dutch settlers, to move to the US in February to escape the […]

Stylist Simone Harouche has told a court that on the night Kim Kardashian was robbed in Paris she was woken by the US star's screams of terror and feared she had been "raped or violated".Wearing a black jacket and bulky gold necklace, Ms Harouche, 45, spoke to Judge David de Pas in the Voltaire room of Paris's criminal court via an interpreter, describing the robbery that took place in the […]

Donald Trump has said he is "thinking" of going to Turkey on Thursday for potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia's leaders.The US president, who previously claimed he could end the conflict in a day, has pushed for both sides to meet to bring the fighting to an end. On Sunday, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy called out Vladimir Putin to meet him on Thursday in Istanbul, but the Kremlin leader has […]

Pakistan has "the upper hand", according to the country's minister of information and broadcasting.After last week's intense clashes with India, Attaullah Tarar said they had scored a "victory as visible as daylight". He said Donald Trump had been "pivotal" in securing a ceasefire and he was hopeful the American leader could help bring together the two nuclear-armed neighbours to solve the enduring conflict in Kashmir."I think the US president made it […]