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German prosecutors have named the man suspected of carrying out a knife attack at a festival that killed three people and injured eight. The Syrian national Issa Al H is accused of being “a member of a terrorist organisation abroad”, saying he shares the “ideology of Islamic State” (IS). He has also been charged with

Israel has launched “pre-emptive” airstrikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah – as the militant group said it had fired drones and hundreds of rockets. Warning sirens sounded in northern Israel and explosions were heard as the military’s Iron Dome aerial defence system shot down missiles from southern Lebanon. Flights to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben

A person has been detained in connection with a knife attack in Germany which left three people dead and five seriously injured. It comes following a “large-scale” overnight manhunt around the city of Solingen, involving several police forces. Police were alerted by witnesses shortly after 9.30pm local time on Friday, to reports of several people

Prosecutors in Italy are reportedly planning to launch a manslaughter investigation after a luxury yacht sank, claiming seven lives. Sky News understands this is standard procedure in complex cases, but more details are expected to be revealed at a news conference in Sicily this morning. Among those killed were Hannah Lynch who became the last

The Lynch family have said they are “devastated” and “in shock” but are being “comforted and supported by family and friends” after the Bayesian superyacht tragedy. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, was confirmed dead by local authorities on Thursday after the Bayesian superyacht he was holidaying on sunk in the early hours of Monday.

A volcano has erupted in Iceland, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes. Red-hot lava can be seen shooting up from the ground on the Reykjanes Peninsula. It is the sixth time in the last eight months that the area has seen an eruption. The nearby town of Grindavik has been largely abandoned since late last

The family of Jonathan and Judy Bloomer have described them as “incredible people and an inspiration to many” following their deaths in the sinking of a luxury yacht in Sicily. The Morgan Stanley International bank chairman, 70, and his wife were confirmed dead after five bodies were found by divers on Wednesday – taking the

Vessels like Mike Lynch’s stricken superyacht are “unsinkable”, according to the chief executive of the firm which makes and sells them. Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, told Sky News there are no flaws with the design and construction of the Bayesian superyacht which capsized in a storm off the coast of Porticello,

Two bodies have been found by divers searching for six missing people who were on the superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter are among those who remain unaccounted for after the Bayesian went down as a result of being hit by a tornado on Monday

Vladimir Putin has paid his first visit to Chechnya in 13 years to visit military volunteers – who he hailed for making Russia “invincible”. Mr Putin’s visit came against the backdrop of Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, which shows no signs of abating. But elsewhere in the war – which started after Mr Putin

A man who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya’s capital has escaped from custody. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was being held at a police station in Nairobi after a court allowed detectives seven more days to investigate his alleged crimes before charging

The Kremlin’s threats of retaliation are a bluff, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, with his country’s forces now said to be in control of 90 settlements in the Russian border region of Kursk. The Ukrainian president told a gathering of diplomats that troops have gained over 1,250 square kilometres in Russia since the surprise

One person is dead and six are missing after a superyacht carrying mostly British people was caught in a tornado and sank off the coast of Palermo, according to Italian media. Fifteen people were rescued from the 49-meter (160-foot) sailboat after the disaster, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the Italian fire rescue service. The

The military pickup truck accelerates as it bursts out of a treeline and across an open field towards a Ukrainian mortar position about half a mile from the Russian border. A soldier sitting in the back with a Sky News team says the extra speed is needed because of the threat from Russian drones. Once

Frenetic shuttle diplomacy is under way to end the war in Gaza and avert an Iranian and Hezbollah attack on Israel. But there remains a wide gap between Hamas and Israel on the face of it. Hamas wants Israel’s military out of Gaza and not coming back before it gives up the Israeli hostages it

Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of people including two families in both Gaza and Lebanon, while Hezbollah fired a volley of 55 rockets into northern Israel in response. World leaders urged restraint and tried to frame the ceasefire negotiations as heading in a positive direction. But in an interview with Sky News, the leader of Hamas

Joe Biden’s optimism about an imminent Israel-Hamas ceasefire is just a bid to keep hostile powers calm and there have been “no improvements”, a spokesman for the militant group has told Sky News. The US president told reporters on Friday he was “optimistic” and there are “just a couple more issues” that US, Qatari, and

A key Russian bridge has been destroyed by Ukraine’s air force, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Kyiv is “strengthening” its positions in the Kursk region. Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleschuk shared a video of the moment when a bridge was hit by “high precision strikes” on Telegram. The bridge – which crosses the River Seym

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in India after mass demonstrations over the rape and murder of a doctor. More than 1,500 people have been detained in the state of West Bengal, where the crime took place, during the days-long protests by doctors and women’s groups who have been calling for better protection. Richa Garg,

A key ally of Vladimir Putin has urged Ukraine and Russia to negotiate an end to the conflict, as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s troops had captured a key Russian town. The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with Russian state television amid Ukraine‘s ongoing incursion on