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A plan by the UK to train Ukrainian pilots could impact the Royal Air Force’s ability to teach its own recruits, the incoming head of the RAF has indicated. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton admitted that details have yet to be finalised of the announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – made when Ukraine’s

Four indigenous children in Colombia have been found alive – more than two weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in thick jungle. An 11-month-baby was among those rescued – as well as children aged four, nine and 13. The plane – a Cessna 206 – was carrying seven people when it issued

Three people have died while as many as 5,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northeast Italy due to flooding. Rivers swollen by days of downpours burst their banks on Tuesday, flooding nearby towns and cities. Cesena, in the heart of the Emilia-Romagna region, was one of the worst-hit areas, with pictures showing

Russian forces launched a huge barrage of 18 missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday. All of them were shot down, Ukraine says. Using “onion rings” of different guns and missiles provided by the West, Ukraine’s air defences are now increasingly successful at thwarting Russian launches. From Stinger missiles that can be carried by a single soldier

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made a surprise visit to the UK on Monday for face-to-face talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Zelenskyy said he wanted to create a “jets coalition” as the UK pledged to send hundreds of new long-range attack drones to Ukraine. On the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto speaks to the former

An armoured personnel carrier kicks up dust as it careers across the drying land. The harsh winter here has turned to spring and the boggy farm tracks have hardened. After months of setbacks, the change in seasons has ushered in a change of pace for the Ukrainian army. In the open land around Bakhmut, they

Turkey’s election appears to be heading for a run-off despite both main rivals claiming to have an early lead. Voter support for current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dipped below the 50% needed to secure a victory, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The opposition mayor of the Turkish capital, Ankara, said that it was

Turkey’s election appears to be heading for a run-off, as it looks likely the two main candidates will fail to clear the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second round. With 99.4% of the domestic votes and 84% of the overseas votes counted, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had 49.4% of the votes and Kemal Kilicdaroglu had

Tens of thousand of people living along the coast of Bangladesh and Myanmar have been urged to seek shelter as the nations brace for an extremely severe cyclone – known as Storm Mocha – on Sunday. Volunteers used loudspeakers to warn individuals in coastal districts, that are expected to experience gusts of wind up to

Ukraine came under fire from Russian missiles during the Eurovision Song Contest. Ternopil, the university home town of the Ukrainian act Tvorchi was among the places targeted, according to Dame Melinda Simmons, the British Ambassador to Ukraine. “Meanwhile, this #Eurovision night Ukraine is under another Russian missile attack,” Dame Melinda tweeted. Praising Ukraine’s entrants in

White House National Security Council spokesman Admiral John Kirby has described reports that a Russian cargo shop transported weapons from a port in South Africa to Russia in December as a “serious issue”. Speaking to Sky News, he said: “We have consistently and strongly urged countries not to provide any support for Russia’s war. “We

Heroic Ukrainian resistance has withstood Russia’s full-frontal attack on Bakhmut for nearly a year – however, at huge cost, both in human life and the devastation of a once-thriving city. But it has limited strategic value – so why have both sides continued to fight over it? What has all the sacrifice been for, and

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is to be released on bail for two weeks following a decision from the Islamabad High Court. Pakistan’s former prime minister was back in court following his arrest on Tuesday on corruption charges, which sparked countrywide violence that left at least 10 people dead and dozens injured. The country’s

Pakistan’s supreme court has said the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered his release from custody, according to broadcasters in the country. Khan, who is also a cricket icon in Pakistan, was arrested on Wednesday as he faced corruption charges. At least five people died and hundreds were detained as

Ten firefighters and two police officers have been injured after a resident used an unidentified object to cause a blast at an apartment block in Germany, a state interior minister in the country has said. Security sources have told Reuters they are not ruling out the blast in the town of Ratingen was a targeted

A former Russian state TV journalist has claimed that an “isolated” Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have enough Novichok” to kill his growing number of critics. Russian dissident Marina Ovsyannikova, who made global headlines for her on-air protest against the war in Ukraine last year, spoke to Beth Rigby Interviews where she provoked the Russian president once

At least four people have died and hundreds have been detained during violent protests in Pakistan over the arrest of Imran Khan – the country’s former prime minister – who has been remanded in custody for eight days. A court hearing to determine whether Mr Khan could be detained for up to 14 days took

Victory Day parades in Russia generally see throngs of people lining the city’s main thoroughfares, cheering on the tanks as they pass, the armoured vehicles and S-400 anti-aircraft systems and, the spectator’s favourite, the fearsome YARS intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a world-ending nuclear payload across the globe. The flyover is another highlight, with

It has been said the only glue that holds Russia together is the memory of its great victory over Nazi Germany.  The country is vast and diverse. There is no ideology, no ‘ism’ to believe in any longer. No rule of law, no system of government beyond gangster kleptocracy, no Stalin or Lenin or any

Russia launched dozens of drone strikes across Ukraine on the eve of a holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany. Kyiv’s mayor said Russia had fired 60 Iranian-made kamikaze drones at Ukrainian targets, including 36 at the capital. All drones had been shot down but debris hit apartments and other buildings, injuring at least five