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Thousands of Ukrainians demonstrated against the passing of a controversial bill threatening anti-corruption infrastructure in their country.Ukraine's parliament passed the legislation that will roll back the autonomy of two key anti-corruption agencies, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it into law, according to the parliament's website late Tuesday. Ukrainians took to the streets in cities like Kyiv and Lviv to protest against the bill earlier that day, marking the first major demonstration […]

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 On this week's episode, Yalda and Richard talk about the growing international condemnation of Israel's war in Gaza, including from a usually staunch ally - the evangelical right wing of America. But what has made them voice a rare criticism?The two also talk about the shaky ceasefire that is currently in place in the southern Syrian […]

Defending champions England have produced another stunning comeback to beat Italy 2-1 in extra time in the semi-finals of the Women's Euros.The Lionesses looked certain to be knocked out of the tournament as they trailed 1-0 with less than a minute left of the game at the Stade de Geneve in Switzerland. However, 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang scored a last-gasp equaliser in the 96th minute to send the game into extra […]

Police in Pakistan have arrested 14 people after a video went viral showing the so-called honour killing of a couple accused of having an affair.More than a dozen men can be seen surrounding several vehicles in a desert in Balochistan in the footage. A woman, her head wrapped in a shawl, can be seen slowly walking in front of one of the vehicles as a man follows her, watched by […]

The lawyer of a high-profile Gazan doctor detained by Israel since last December has spoken of her shock over his condition after being allowed a rare visit to see him in jail.Ghaid Qassem has told Sky News that Dr Hussam Abu Safiya - the director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza - survives on very little food, including two spoonfuls of rice a day and has lost a […]

An aid worker in Gaza has told Sky News the food situation in the enclave is "absolutely desperate" and "the worst it's ever been".Her comments to chief presenter Mark Austin come amid fresh outcry over aid restrictions, with the UK joining 24 other countries to urge an immediate end to the war. It also comes as at least 12 more Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded when tanks shelled a […]

A "hugely talented" Scottish ice hockey player has died in a suspected fall from a hotel balcony while on holiday in Ibiza.Gary Kelly, who was part of the Dundee Stars, died at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, in San Antonio, on Monday. The 19-year-old's death comes after another Scottish tourist, Evan Thomson, 26, fell to his death on the premises on 7 July.In light of their deaths, the hotel said it […]

At least 18 people have died after a Bangladesh air force plane crashed into a college campus, the military said.The aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College in Uttara, in the northern area of the capital Dhaka, where students were taking tests or attending regular classes. The pilot was one of the people killed, and, according to the military, 164 were injured in the incident.The Bangladesh military's […]

Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford is in Sweida in Syria, where she has witnessed mutilated, burned and decomposing bodies after a week of fierce fighting in the region.Government security forces have been redeployed to enforce the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire. Tensions remain high with fears of further violent clashes. Hundreds have died. The clashes involve a religious sect called the Druze and other rivals factions in Syria.Here's […]