South Africa has confirmed more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, as the number of infections in the African continent climbs towards one million. The country reported a daily rise of 10,107 new COVID-19 infections. This brings the total to 503,290 – the fifth-highest worldwide, behind the US, Brazil, India and Russia, according to Johns Hopkins University
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Two NASA astronauts are due to return to Earth with a rare splashdown off Florida, as a powerful storm heads towards the state. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley left the International Space Station in the early hours of Sunday for the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight on the Crew Dragon.
A former Tory minister has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Sky News understands the MP was accused by a young woman who used to work in parliament. He was arrested and taken to an east London police station on Saturday morning and was released on bail on Saturday night. A police statement said: “On
New homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices will get “automatic” permission to be built, under a radical shake-up of planning laws. After Boris Johnson promised to “build, build, build” in order to create more affordable homes, the government is unveiling what is billed as the biggest change to the planning system since it was created
Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has responded to Donald Trump’s threat of a US ban by declaring: “We’re not planning on going anywhere.” In a video aimed at the app’s supporters, TikTok spokesperson Vanessa Pappas said it was “here for the long run” and called people to “stand for TikTok”. It followed a suggestion from the
The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon are due to return on Sunday after a nearly four-month voyage that marked NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who launched to the space station in May, are
French officials have been urged to take a tougher stance on migrants, after a record week of Channel crossings. Some 96 people were intercepted in the Channel on Friday – a day after a record 202 migrants made the journey. The previous daily record for migrant crossings was on 13 July, when 180 successfully landed
7:00 PM ET Four Power 5 conferences have announced their preferred scheduling models, as the SEC joins the Big Ten and Pac-12 in going with conference-only games. The SEC is now planning on playing a 10-game season starting on Sept. 26. The Big 12 is expected to decide next week. What do all these decisions
A hurricane ripped shingles off roofs and blew over trees as it battered the Bahamas before heading to the Florida coast. Officials in Miami are closing beaches, marinas and parks ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Isaias. Miami mayor Carlos Gimenez said 20 evacuation centres were on standby that could be set up with COVID-19
Britain’s biggest listed shopping centre-owner is preparing to ask shareholders for hundreds of millions of pounds to improve its chances of surviving the coronavirus pandemic. Sky News has learnt that Hammerson, which owns the Bullring in Birmingham and London’s Brent Cross mall, is drawing up plans for a rights issue that could raise more than
Millions of over 50s could be told to stay at home under a “nuclear” option to prevent a new nationwide lockdown if there is a second wave of coronavirus. Boris Johnson is reportedly considering asking a greater number of people in England to take part in the shielding programme should there be a big spike
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has said it is a “national priority” to get children back into the classroom, as scientists have warned there may have to be trade-offs for schools to reopen. On Saturday afternoon the government said a total of 46,193 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community in
A basketball player has become the first NBA star not to kneel during the national anthem as part of the Black Lives Matter movement since the league restarted on Thursday. Jonathan Isaac, a forward with Orlando Magic and an ordained minister, was also the first NBA player not to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt
British Airways pilots have voted to accept a deal that will include job losses and pay cuts to avoid a larger number of redundancies, their union has announced. The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said there will be around 270 compulsory redundancies and temporary pay cuts starting at 20% and reducing to 8% over two
Lockdown restrictions were eased too quickly and now “severe measures” may be required to quell a second wave, according to the governor of Belgium’s worst-affected province. Cathy Berx, who oversees Antwerp province, told Sky News that she could “understand the fear” of a return to a full lockdown, but said that the virus was now
Donald Trump has vowed to ban Chinese video-sharing app TikTok from operating in the US. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president said: “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States.” He did not specify how he intended to achieve what he described as a “severance”, but he