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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a “large-scale provocation” as his officials say they are fighting off cross-border raids for a second day. Mr Putin accused Ukrainian forces of “indiscriminate shelling of civilian buildings, residential houses, ambulances with different types of weapons” in an incursion into Russia‘s south-western Kursk region. Ukrainian officials have

More than 1,000 British military personnel are on standby to help evacuate UK nationals from Lebanon as fears grow that Israel’s war in Gaza will escalate into a wider regional conflict, Sky News understands. Hundreds of soldiers, Royal Marine commandos, sailors and aviators have already been moved forward to bolster a key Royal Air Force

On the seafront in Beirut, it feels like business as usual – people dining out, many enjoying the sun. But the spectre of war looms large over Lebanon – after a 30-minute drive, we’re suddenly in the heart of Hezbollah, where the reality of that threat feels very heavy. We’re on our way to the

A former teacher and member of the US Army National Guard, Tim Walz has gone viral for attacking Donald Trump and JD Vance as “weird” – an insult the Harris campaign has embraced.  But now they have embraced the Minnesota governor entirely and put him on the presidential ticket. Mr Walz may not have the

Nine staff members working for the UN’s aid agency for Palestinian refugees have been fired after an investigation found they may have been involved in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. The possible involvement of some UNRWA workers in the attack has been investigated since January, when Israel raised the allegations against the main aid

Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled to India following weeks of deadly protests in the country. Reports of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 76, resigning were confirmed by the army, as well as Bangladesh High Commission Officials in Delhi. According to the country’s leading national paper, she and her sister took a military helicopter to

Fresh violence in Bangladesh has left dozens dead and hundreds injured as internet services are shut down and a nationwide curfew is imposed. Almost 100 people were reportedly killed on Sunday as student protesters calling for the prime minister’s resignation clashed with police and ruling party activists. The country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo,

A Russian submarine has been sunk in Crimea, according to the Ukrainian military. Kyiv’s defence ministry said Ukraine had sunk the sub in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea, in an attack on Saturday. The B-237 Rostov-on-Don attack submarine was sent “to the bottom of the Black Sea,” Ukrainian forces added. They also said

US President Joe Biden has said he hopes Iran will back down from threats of retaliation against Israel to avert a serious war in the Middle East. Tensions are rising in the region after Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Iran has pledged to avenge his death, with its

Imane Khelif, one of the boxers at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics, is set to win at least a bronze medal following her successful quarter final fight. Khelif secured a second successive victory in the women’s 66kg bout against Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori. She now advances to the semi-finals where,

A British citizen, who was freed in the biggest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War, has urged people not to “mix up Vladimir Putin’s regime with Russia”. Speaking in Bonn, Germany, Vladimir Kara-Murza was critical of how the Russian president rules the country, which he said, does not represent the entire population. “The

In Gaza there is only one place left for civilians to go. It is called al Mawasi, a collection of fields, sand dunes and broken buildings that have been overwhelmed by a great blanket of humanity. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), around 1.9 million have squeezed themselves into this territory. Israel has designated

There are few experts in the region who are not anticipating a response to the back-to-back assassination strikes killing high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah. It seems inevitable after twin audacious attacks in two capitals – one admitted by the Israeli authorities, the second not but widely blamed on them. The tens of thousands who

The family of a teacher not included in a landmark prisoner swap between Russia and the West have demanded “immediate action” from US President Joe Biden. Some two dozen people from countries including Russia, the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus were involved in the biggest exchange between the West and Moscow since the

Israel’s prime minister has warned aggressors face a “heavy price” – after separate strikes killed the political leader of Hamas and a senior Hezbollah commander. Hamas and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Ismail Haniyeh had been assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday morning. Although the strike is widely assumed to have been carried out

At the start of the Gaza war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would go after the leaders of Hamas wherever they were, both inside Gaza and out. Though Israel has not claimed responsibility, the killing of the leader of the political wing of Hamas – Ismail Haniyeh – is a

Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran, the group has confirmed. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were “assassinated” in the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported. In a statement, Hamas said he was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. The assassination

The Israeli military targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in retaliatory strikes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces claimed the commander of the armed group was “responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams” – referring to the strike on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Team GB have won their first gold of the Paris Olympics, in team eventing. Successfully defending the gold medal they won in Tokyo, Tom McEwen and JL Dublin, Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo and Laura Collett and London 52 held off the challenge of France to take top spot. A total of 15.8 penalties incurred

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term, the country’s electoral authority has said – despite several exit polls which had pointed to an opposition win. The head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, said Mr Maduro had secured 51% of the vote, beating his opponent Edmundo Gonzalez, who won 44%. He said