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It’s fire season in Thailand, with hundreds of patches of farmland and forest ablaze in the north. The government helicopter team we are with is charged with locating hotspots – fires belching toxic fumes into the atmosphere and poisoning the air. Tiny PM2.5 pollution particles caused an estimated 32,000 premature deaths in Thailand in 2019, according

Sky News is the first international broadcaster to reach the centre of the Mozambican town of Palma since it was ransacked by extremist militants linked to the Islamic State. Our team saw bodies still lying in the street and multiple shops, offices and homes, as well as a hospital had been vandalised and set alight.

At least 76 people have been killed and thousands displaced by flash floods and landslides following a tropical cyclone in Indonesia and East Timor, according to officials. Tropical Cyclone Seroja brought torrential train to a cluster of islands, with 55 people dead and 40 missing in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, disaster agency BNPB said.

Mozambique is in the throes of an insurgency by Islamic State-linked militants, which has left a British man among those killed. Dozens were killed in an attack last month in the town of Palma – with Briton Philip Mawer among them. Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay reports on pictures of the aftermath passed exclusively to Sky

Jordan’s top military official has denied reports that the king’s half-brother has been arrested as part of an alleged coup attempt against the monarch. But Major General Yousef Huneiti did say that Prince Hamza bin Al-Hussein was asked to stop “movements and activities that are used to target” the security and stability of Jordan. It

Prosecutors in Taiwan want to arrest the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a rail track killing 50 people and injuring 178. The train, carrying 494 passengers, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien causing some carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel on Friday. It smashed into

This week prosecutors have been laying out their case for the second and third-degree murder and manslaughter of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, 45, is accused of murdering Mr Floyd in Minneapolis last year by kneeling on the 46-year-old’s neck for more than nine minutes, as he lay face-down in handcuffs. Mr Floyd was being detained

The US and Iran have said they will begin negotations through intermediaries to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear programme. The announcement marked the first major progress in efforts to return both countries to the 2015 accord, which bound Iran to restrictions on its nuclear programmes in return for

At least 43 children have died in violence during Myanmar’s coup, according to reports described as “horrifying”. The death toll of children has more than doubled in the past 12 days and the total number of people killed now stands at 521, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) says. The youngest victim was a

Europe’s vaccination rollout has been “unacceptably” slow and is prolonging the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. A WHO report says “variants of concern” are continuing to spread across the continent and the “strain on hospitals grows” so speeding up vaccination rollout was “crucial”. Dr Hans Henri Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe,

France will widen strict lockdown restrictions – which have already been in place in several regions – to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe. In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said the measures will come into effect on Saturday and be in place for at

France will widen strict lockdown restrictions – which have already been in place in several areas including Paris – to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe. In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said the measures will come into effect on Saturday and be in place

Germany will suspend using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the under-60s over concerns about rare blood clots. Officials agreed unanimously to only give the jab to people aged 60 or older, unless they are at high risk from COVID-19 or are health workers, following a recommendation from the country’s independent vaccine expert panel. The country’s medical

Bea Tu’s pain is visible; her face is covered with burns and cuts, and her eyes are swollen. These injuries are no accident. In a raspy, slow voice she explains she was injured in Saturday’s airstrike on Karen State by Myanmar‘s military. Image: She is being treated in a hospital in Thailand “The bomb was dropped

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a “new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response”. Mr Johnson was joined by French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel as he said the coronavirus pandemic had been a “stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe”. Newspapers around the world

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal has been freed, allowing traffic in the channel to finally resume. Egyptian authorities said other vessels were moving again after the gigantic Ever Given ship was refloated, which was seen by witnesses for the Reuters news agency. The Ever Given has started heading towards the Bitter Lakes