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Donald Trump has been the subject of an “apparent assassination attempt” at his Florida golf club. The Republican presidential nominee said he was “safe and well” after gunshots were heard in his vicinity while he was playing at his Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach just after 1.30pm local time on Sunday. An

Several migrants have died off the coast of France while attempting to cross the Channel, authorities have said. The deaths occurred in the commune of Ambleteuse, French officials said. It comes as French authorities rescued some 200 people off the coast of Calais over a 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday night. A boat carrying

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more than 200 prisoners of war, officials have announced. In a deal mediated by the United Arab Emirates, each side released 103 prisoners – including Russians captured since Ukraine‘s incursion in the Kursk region began in August. Both sides released images of soldiers being released, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Rafah is now a wasteland. The city in Gaza has been totally flattened by months of war. The rubble in places is many metres high, the buildings that are still standing are hollow shells, their dark, empty windows like vacant souls in a horror show. Image: Sky News visited what remains of Rafah – a

A British citizen is among 37 people who have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after being found guilty of an attempted coup in the central African country. A foreign office spokesperson told Sky News they are giving consular assistance to “a British man detained in DRC” and are in

Six British diplomats have been expelled from Russia after being accused of “spying and sabotage”. The country’s FSB security service said they worked in the “political department” of the British embassy in Moscow. A Whitehall source told Sky News the diplomats were kicked out in August as part of a wave of tit-for-tat expulsions. The

Three Red Cross workers have been killed after aid vehicles were “attacked” by Russia in eastern Ukraine, officials in the country have said. The staff members, who were all Ukrainian, died in the village of Viroliubivka in the frontline Donetsk region today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called their deaths a “war crime” and said Red

Almost 200 people have died and more than 125 are missing in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, according to local media. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades, making landfall on Saturday with winds of up to 92mph (149kph) and causing flash floods and landslides. Some 197

Ohio’s governor has disputed Donald Trump’s claim that Haitian immigrants in a town are eating the pets of other residents. During Tuesday’s debate with Kamala Harris, the presidential hopeful said: “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats… “They’re eating… they’re eating the pets of the people that

As the old saying goes, even the dogs in the street know he was talking nonsense. Donald Trump rolled out the long-debunked rumour that Haitian immigrants were eating pet dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio. The debate moderator, in serious tone, duly interjected that they’d contacted the “city manager” who had played it down. It

President Joe Biden is “not ruling out” allowing Ukraine to fire missiles deep into Russian territory, the US secretary of state has told Sky News. Antony Blinken made the comment after he told a news conference in London that Iran has provided Moscow with short-range missiles and Vladimir Putin will “likely use them within weeks

At least 140 drones have been launched by Ukraine into Russia, killing one person and injuring three others, according to Russian officials. Moscow’s regional governor Andrei Vorobyov confirmed several buildings have been damaged and there has been at least one fatality. “A woman was killed and three more people sustained injuries. Five residential buildings near

A preacher followed by millions of people around the world will get no special treatment after his arrest in the Philippines, the country’s president has said. Apollo Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed “owner of the universe” and “appointed son of god”, is wanted by the FBI in the US on charges of sex trafficking and bulk cash

At least 59 people have died in Vietnam after the most powerful typhoon to hit the southeast Asian country in decades made landfall. Dozens of people are missing, mostly because of landslides and floods triggered by Typhoon Yagi, according to Vietnam‘s disaster management agency. A busy steel bridge collapsed on Monday and millions lost power

A “very dangerous” British prisoner is among five inmates who have escaped from a high-security prison in Portugal. Mark Cameron Roscaleer, 39, had been serving a nine-year sentence for kidnap and robbery at the Vale de Judeus jail, about 43 miles (70km) north of Lisbon. The five men, aged between 33 and 61, fled on

Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has fled to Spain following the country’s disputed elections, according to officials. While President Nicolas Maduro declared victory in July’s vote, most Western governments have yet to recognise the result and some – along with Venezuela’s opposition – regard Mr Gonzalez as the legitimate winner. Venezuelan Vice President

Iran is believed to have sent more than 200 ballistic missiles to Russia – a move security chiefs say would be a “dramatic escalation” of its defence partnership with Moscow. A Russian ship delivered the short-range Fatah-360 missiles from Tehran to a port in the Caspian Sea, a Ukrainian source told Sky News on Saturday.

The family of an American-Turkish activist have described their “shock and grief” and demanded an independent investigation into her “unlawful killing” after she was reportedly shot by Israeli forces. Palestinian and Turkish officials said Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot in the head in the village of Beita, near Nablus, during a protest on Friday

An American-Turkish activist has died of her injuries after reportedly being shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank. The Palestinian ambassador to the UK said the woman was shot in the head in Beita, near Nablus, earlier today. A&E medic Dr Ward Basalat said he treated her head wound but she died shortly after

At least 17 students have been killed after a fire in a school dormitory in Kenya. The number of dead may rise, police said, adding that at least 13 students have been seriously burned. The cause of the fire Thursday night at Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri county was being investigated, a police spokesperson said.