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Pakistan and India have traded strikes amid an escalating conflict over Kashmir – with both sides reporting civilian casualties.Pakistan fired high-speed missiles at "multiple targets" across India early on Saturday morning, after accusing Delhi of targeting three airbases inside Pakistan. India-Pakistan live: Latest updates after cross-border firing Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:55 'Flurry of missiles from Pakistan on India' India retaliated by launching airstrikes […]

Social media accounts expressing support for a Pakistan-based terror group linked to al Qaeda appear to have posted recent videos from a Pakistan mosque targeted by Indian airstrikes.Sky News has found videos posted on TikTok, YouTube and Google that appear to be filmed at the Markaz Taiba Mosque in Muridke. The captions and usernames contain expressions of support for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a group called '313'. Sky News has […]

It is a mass of rubble. The doors and windows of Jamia Ummul Qurah mosque in Muridke were blown off and there are two huge holes in the ceiling.Prayer books covered in debris rest on broken bricks and there's bent metal hanging everywhere. On a thin table, you can see the remnants of what caused this devastation – missiles launched by India that killed three men. Muridke is a small […]

The Women's World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams in time for the 2035 tournament in the United Kingdom, Sky News understands.The decision was taken during a virtual FIFA Council meeting today. Sky News first reported last year on plans to enlarge the tournament to match the expansion of the men's tournament.It will take effect from 2031 when the Women's World Cup is due to be staged […]

India has suspended its top cricket tournament, the hugely popular Indian Premier League, over rising tensions with Pakistan. The news comes a day after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) moved the remainder of its season to the UAE after a drone fell within the Rawalpindi Stadium complex, which Pakistan says was from India. An IPL statement read: "The remainder of ongoing IPL 2025 suspended with immediate effect for one week."The […]

Pope Leo will lead his first holy mass as pontiff this morning - after already paying a surprise visit to see staff at his former residence.Robert Prevost's life changed forever on Thursday when he went from being one of 252 cardinals to the first-ever American pope. His was chosen after just four rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel - a conclave that lasted just 25 hours.New pope unveiled to […]

Tottenham will face Manchester United in the Europa League final later this month – giving Ange Postecoglou's side the chance to break their 17-year trophy drought.Spurs booked their place in the final by pulling off a 2-0 away win against Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt on Thursday, completing a 5-1 victory on aggregate. Tottenham had been warned to expect a stern examination on Bodo's notoriously difficult artificial pitch inside the Arctic Circle. […]

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating a three-day ceasefire which was declared by Vladimir Putin last week and came into effect on Thursday.Russia breached the truce, to which Kyiv hasn't signed up, 734 times since it started, Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said, adding Moscow had carried out 63 "assault operations". Those figures, he said, were for the period between midnight and midday local time.Ukraine war latest: […]

Black smoke has again risen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning cardinals have been unable to elect a new pope in the latest round of voting.The black smoke at about 10.50am UK time on Thursday morning was the result of the second round of voting on the next pope. The first round took place on Wednesday afternoon, when the 133 eligible cardinals gathered in the famous Sistine Chapel […]