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Inside Syria's notorious Sednaya prison, dubbed the "human slaughterhouse", Sky News saw the conditions that people were kept in until the fall of the Assad regime.Sky News lead world presenter Yalda Hakim went inside the infamous facility and walked the halls once stalked by Bashar al Assad's enforcers. Human rights groups have reported on the site north of Damascus for years, warning of what has been going on.Follow live: Syria […]

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2034 football World Cup.Also confirmed were the hosts for the 2030 World Cup, which was awarded to six countries and will take place across three continents to celebrate 100 years of the tournament. Saudi Arabia was the sole bidder for the 2034 competition. Its host status was confirmed on Wednesday after an online meeting of the 211 members of […]

An 18-year-old Briton has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai after a "holiday romance" with a girl who was 17 at the time.Marcus Fakana was with his family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when he met the girl - who's also from London and is now 18. The head of campaign group Detained In Dubai said his treatment was a "disgrace" and Mr Fakana felt abandoned […]

A Georgia man has been charged over the 1985 killing of a couple at a black church after the original suspect was exonerated by DNA evidence.Erik Kristensen Sparre is facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges over the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain. The 61-year-old was arrested nearly four decades after the couple were fatally shot inside the Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Camden County.Sparre became the focus of […]

The family of a US journalist held captive in Syria for the last 12 years say they are "incredibly hopeful" that he can be returned safely to them amid the "chaos" following the fall of Bashar al Assad's regime.Austin Tice is thought to have been captured close to Damascus in August 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. The freelance journalist was 31 years old at the time.His brother and […]

Benjamin Netanyahu has started giving evidence in his corruption trial, calling the case "absurd" and saying he hates champagne in response to claims he accepted gifts of alcohol and cigars.The Israeli prime minister told a fortified, underground court in Tel Aviv he would refute the allegations and called them a "drop in the sea" compared with protecting his country. Mr Netanyahu said he had waited "eight years for this moment" […]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is recovering in intensive care after having emergency surgery to drain blood from his brain, a medical note published by the country's government said.The leftist politician, known as Lula, had reduced travel in recent months while doctors monitored his recovery from a trauma he suffered to the back of his head after falling at his home in late October. Mr da Silva was […]

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to appear in court later for the first time in his long-running corruption trial.The Israeli prime minister has been charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Judges have ruled he must testify three times a week, despite the ongoing war in Gaza war and new threats in the Middle East, including neighbouring Syria.Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 in three cases involving gifts from millionaire friends […]

Germany will make it a specific criminal offence to facilitate migrant smuggling towards the UK as part of a new co-operation deal.Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, signed the deal with her German counterpart, Nancy Faeser, on Monday evening. Under the plan, Germany will clarify its domestic law to make it a criminal offence to facilitate smuggling migrants to the UK - a move the government says will allow German prosecutors […]