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From destroyed homes I watched stretcher bearers bringing out the body of a small child.    Without saying a word, the men carried the body and loaded it onto a truck alongside the bodies of other members of the community murdered as they hid or tried to defend themselves. We were taken to the Kfar

Hamas’s armed wing has warned people living in the Israeli city of Ashkelon that they have until 5pm local time to leave. The al Qassam Brigades, as the group is known, posted on social media that its warning to leave by 3pm UK time was in response to the “crime of the enemy”. The statement

Families seized and separated. Men, women and children hauled off to captivity, some of them shot on the way, girls raped, their belongings ransacked and looted. It is a catalogue of atrocities that recalls some of the darkest moments in Jewish history and yet it has happened in the 21st century in a country that

A British-Israeli citizen and his wife have told of their 12 hour ordeal locked in a bomb-proof safe room as Hamas militants set their house on fire and gunfights erupted around them.  At times, they were just inches from the militants and were forced to stay put as Hamas fighters engaged Israeli Defence Force (IDF)

Israel’s prime minister has warned people living in Gaza to leave the area as he vowed to reduce parts of the territory “into rubble” in revenge for a “black day”. Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier said Israel was at war with Palestinian militants from Hamas, which governs Gaza, after their fighters launched a surprise attack on

Hamas has claimed its militants have taken hostages during their attack on Israel. The militant group has posted footage on its Telegram account showing its fighters pulling Israeli soldiers out of a tank. Sky News has also geolocated footage from the Erez checkpoint by the Gaza border, in which hostages are seen being beaten, as

Thousands of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel in a surprise attack by the Hamas militant group on Saturday morning. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from a number of Israeli towns. Images on social media show cars on fire and some buildings damaged, and the Israeli ambulance

Rishi Sunak pledged the UK government’s continued commitment to Ukraine during his speech at the Conservative Party conference. Joe Biden has also reaffirmed US support for “as long as it takes”. However, beyond the political rhetoric, public support for the conflict is waning, and democratic elections will – inevitably – impact Western support. Is this

At least 40 people have been killed in flooding in the Indian Himalayan region, officials have said. The flood began on Wednesday when the waters of the glacial South Lhonak lake breached a hydroelectric dam. That triggered flash flooding in the mountainous Sikkim state of northeastern India, impacting towns and villages along the Teesta River

Storms, floods and wildfires led to more than 43 million displacements of children between 2016 and 2021, UNICEF has said. The UN agency also warned that 100 million more children could be displaced by extreme weather over the next 30 years. Weather-related disasters, which are becoming more violent and frequent as greenhouse gases cause the

September 2023 was not only the hottest September on record, new data has confirmed today, but it was warmer by a margin described by stunned scientists as “extraordinary”, “huge” and “whopping”. It keeps the world on course for its hottest year ever, expected to be 1.4C warmer than before the industrial era. The new record

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was once considered mighty but with a growing threat from Ukrainian attacks, Moscow has turned to a First World War strategy to protect it. Despite not having a navy itself, Ukraine has managed to carry out a series of successful attacks including strikes on Russia’s Black Sea navy HQ in Sevastopol

FIFA is looking at ending Russia’s blanket ban from international football, Sky News understands. The decision could be taken during a FIFA Council meeting later today to allow Russian teams to play in the Under-17s World Cups if they qualify, sources say. The ban has been in place since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was

At least 21 people have died in a coach crash near Venice in northern Italy, according to authorities. Another 40 people are believed to be injured in the crash on Tuesday evening, while Venice prefect, Michele Di Bari, said there were 15 survivors. The president of the region of Veneto, Luca Zaia, said 21 have

A 14-year-old has been arrested after three people were killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in Thailand. Hundreds of people were seen fleeing the Siam Paragon Mall – a luxury shopping centre in Bangkok. Emergency services said three people had been killed and three wounded, while Thai police said the suspect is just

The family of a British man have said “we don’t know what to believe” over the circumstances of his death during a holiday in Vietnam. Darren Blair was a “happy-go-lucky chappy” who enjoyed sightseeing and had visited 44 countries – but his family in Nottingham said “there have been different stories going around” over the