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The Israeli military has said it is preparing to deploy an immediate rescue mission with the coordination of the Dutch government. “The mission will be deployed using cargo aircraft and include medical and rescue teams,” the Israeli Defence Forces said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed of the details of “a very violent incident”

Vladimir Putin has hailed Donald Trump as “courageous” for his response to an assassination attempt as he congratulated the next US president. Mr Trump won a decisive victory in the 2024 election – comfortably clearing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure the presidency and clinching five battleground states. Throughout his campaign, Mr Trump

Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon have killed 40 people, according to the country’s health ministry. The strikes also wounded 53 more people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley on Wednesday, as Israel’s operation against the Hezbollah militant group continues. The Israeli military has not commented. More than 3,000 people have been

The US election is all but over, the headline result is known with just a couple of states left to declare for either candidate. Donald Trump is headed back to the White House in January, but before then there are still a few things that have to happen. Here’s what happens next: Final counting in

Usha Vance is a lawyer, a Yale graduate, the Hindu daughter of Indian immigrants – and has just become the United States’ “second lady”. She was thrust into the spotlight after her husband, JD Vance, was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Almost immediately, she quit her job as a

The contest to be president of the US takes place across 50 states (and the District of Columbia) but it is generally won or lost in a handful of key battlegrounds. The road to the White House this year runs through seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. With so

Donald Trump says he would end Russia’s war in Ukraine should he return to the White House – but any rushed deal will likely leave Kyiv much weaker and European security in even greater peril. Another major flashpoint a Trump presidency would immediately seek to influence is the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. Mr

A red alert warning of “extreme danger” because of torrential rain has been issued for Barcelona, as elsewhere in Spain search teams continue to scour flooded areas for bodies. At least 217 people have died after heavy rain in eastern Spain caused flash floods that swept away almost everything in their path. People were trapped

The story of these floods has been full of grim, unsettling images. Now there is another one – the Bonaire shopping centre in Aldaia. Today, it was an awful place. Not because of the immense damage wrought by the floods, but because of the horror that may lie ahead. The emergency services are pumping out

A crowd of angry survivors have hurled mud and insults at Spain’s King Felipe during a visit to one of the worst flood-hit towns. The King and his wife, Queen Letizia, along with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, were touring devastated Paiporta, just outside Valencia, when they were confronted by locals. Police on horseback were forced

Moscow has warned the US it should take Russia’s nuclear warnings seriously to avoid World War Three. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s security council and who served as the country’s president from 2008 to 2012, warned the US on Saturday it was “wrong” to believe “that the Russians will never cross a certain line”.

A man’s leg has been completely severed below the knee after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in the Hawaiian waters of Maui. The 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when a shark bit him. His right leg was “completely severed just below the knee,” Maui County said

Survivors of the devastating Spanish floods have told Sky News they feel lucky to be alive. But they are angry that they have not been given more support by the government, emergency services or the military. They say they feel forgotten and have been left without power, food or water, despite living within a short

“We sat in the yard from 8am to 5pm under the sun with no water or food.” Sixteen-year-old Mohammed* was separated from his mother by Israeli forces as his family tried to flee northern Gaza. Mohammed’s mother was taken to a “sandy pit” with other women and children and sat in the heat for hours

In the Spanish town of Algemesi, people are angry. The suburb of Raval was one of the worst hit by flash flooding but residents feel abandoned. At least 158 people have been killed in the disaster in eastern Spain – with the worst of the flooding concentrated around the Valencia region. Spain floods latest: Looting

Emergency responders are searching for bodies inside stranded cars and buildings following deadly flash floods in Spain that have killed at least 158 people. Scenes of destruction have been left in the wake of the powerful floodwaters which hit the east of the country late on Tuesday and early Wednesday, marking Spain‘s worst natural disaster