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A Palestinian diplomat has told the United Nations' top court that Israel is "starving, killing and displacing" civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza.Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians and aid staff and did not attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday. At The Hague, Palestinian ambassador to the Netherlands, Ammar Hijazi, accused Israel of breaching international law in the occupied territories.He said: "Israel is starving, […]

When Canada goes to the polls today, it might be the second election Donald Trump wins in six months.The US president has transformed Canada's political landscape, and the "Trump effect" looks like it will be the difference between winners and losers. Tariffs, and his threat to annexe the country as the 51st state, have provoked a surge in Canadian nationalism, and it's made a favourite of the candidate styled anti-Trump.Step […]

A man has been charged with multiple counts of murder after 11 people, including a five-year-old child, were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver.Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of second degree murder, the British Columbia Prosecution Service said. It added that more charges were possible.Lo, a resident of Vancouver, appeared in court on Sunday and remains in custody.Investigators have ruled out terrorism as a […]

Anna and Irene have already been queuing for an hour or so, and they know they have a long wait still to come. "Two hours, three hours, ten hours - what does it matter?" says Irena. "This is about eternity." They have come to Rome from Slovenia, Catholics who felt "Papa Francis would have wanted us to be here". Image: People take photos of the grave of late Pope Francis […]

A man suspected of stabbing to death a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in France is still at large a day after the attack, authorities have said.The incident, which took place on Friday in the former mining town of La Grand-Combe, in the south of France, was described as "Islamophobic" by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou. President Emmanuel Macron said the victim was "horribly murdered", in a statement posted on social […]

People have been allowed to view Pope Francis's tomb after he was laid to rest there on Saturday.The 88-year-old pontiff was buried in a private ceremony in Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major), following an outdoor funeral mass at the Vatican where an estimated crowd of 250,000 gathered, cramming St Peter's Square and nearby roads.Francis's tomb is inscribed with a single word - Franciscus, which is his name in […]

Tickets for the 2026 World Cup are being sold on a third-party ticket exchange - with up to £46,000 for the final - despite FIFA not putting any on the market yet, Sky News has uncovered.World football's governing body has now issued a warning to fans to be "wary" of unofficial websites purporting to already offer tickets after being asked about one platform, Vivid Seats. We delved deeper into the […]

Hundreds of thousands of Catholics descended on Vatican City for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday.World leaders, including President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were among those who flew in to pay their respects.Follow live: Pope Francis funeral service latest updatesBut amid the formal proceedings, Sky News correspondents reporting from St Peter's Square and Rome witnessed the unexpected - from nuns sprinting to secure their place in the queue to […]

Four people have died and more than 500 been injured after a chemical explosion at Iran's largest port, according to state media.The blast saw a huge cloud of black and orange smoke billow above Rajaei port, near the city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday. Its impact shattered windows up to 16 miles away, with social media footage showing an office block near the port with its doors blown off.Babak Mahmoudi, […]