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Rebel Wilson has legally married fashion designer Ramona Agruma in her hometown of Sydney.It's the second wedding for the pair, who had a lavish ceremony on the Italian island of Sardinia in September. The 44-year-old Australian actress announced her engagement to Agruma at Disneyland on Valentine's Day last year. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we […]

Former Manchester City footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili has been sworn in as the president of Georgia.The outgoing pro-Western president Salome Zourabichvili has insisted she is still the legitimate officer holder and does not recognise her opponent's appointment. However, she said on Sunday morning that she will vacate her residence at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi.It comes in the wake of contested general election results, which were mired in allegations of corruption and […]

There is a "real prospect" an unconventional attack by Russia against NATO - such as an act of sabotage or arson - will cause "substantial" casualties, a top alliance official has told Sky News.James Appathurai, who is updating a NATO strategy to track and deter so-called hybrid warfare, said allies must be clearer among themselves and with Moscow about what level of grey zone hostilities could trigger an allied response, including […]

At least 28 passengers have been killed in a plane crash at an airport in South Korea, officials have said.Passengers are being rescued from the tail of the plane which lurched off the runway at Muan Airport and crashed, becoming engulfed in flames. The National Fire Agency said that at least 28 people have been killed in the crash. Image: Pic: Reuters Image: Firefighters and rescue team members work in […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will go into hospital to have his prostate removed, his office has said.The 75-year-old was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement. Mr Netanyahu is expected to go into hospital on Sunday to undergo the operation.Earlier this year, he had surgery for a hernia and had a pacemaker fitted last year.The announcement comes after the Israeli military raided one of […]

A species of tiny snail has been brought back from the brink of extinction.The Desertas Island land snails were believed to have disappeared altogether for 100 years, but experts have managed to breed them in captivity after discovering tiny populations on an isolated island called Desertas Grande in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. Now more than 1,300 of the critically endangered snails are being released into the wild on the nearby […]

NATO has said it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea after undersea power and internet cables were cut between Estonia and Finland.The bloc's secretary general Mark Rutte said he had spoken to Finland's President Alexander Stubb about the "possible sabotage", adding: "NATO will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea". An undersea power cable and four internet cables were cut or damaged this week.On Thursday, Finland […]

Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources.Two unnamed officials who spoke to Sky News' US partner NBC News said America had intelligence indicating Russia may have believed the flight was a drone and engaged its air defences. It added that this was down, in part, due to the plane's irregular flight pattern and altitude.The report comes after US […]

Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian propaganda."Good, we don't need anything foreign in our skies," says a second Santa in Russian, sitting in what appears to be a control room. Ukraine Centre for Countering Disinformation shared the video, saying that Russia's "paranoia about the 'NATO threat' has reached new heights".Follow latest: Russia's […]