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At least 56 people have been killed following an earthquake in Indonesia, West Java governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed. Around 700 people have also been injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake. Herman Suherman, a district official from Cianjur, told Kompas TV, said evacuation efforts were being hampered by landslides in some places. Many people were hurt

Twelve years ago, Qatar was awarded the World Cup and scrutiny has barely let up since. But on Sunday evening, after a build-up as strange and muted as anything that’s gone before, the controversy was put to one side as the football finally took centre stage. Outside Al Bayt stadium, designed to resemble a Bedouin

Football fans must keep their shirts on and not be “visibly under the influence of alcohol” at World Cup stadiums in Qatar, organisers have said in a prepared code of conduct for the tournament. Fifa has prepared a “stadium code of conduct” that applies to all 64 matches in the Gulf state. A section advises

Countries have agreed a historic dedicated fund to help vulnerable nations hit by climate disasters, but failed to step up efforts to tackle the damaging emissions that cause them. Many controversial decisions also remain about the hard-won compensation scheme, including who pays in and who is eligible for the cash. But it was seen as

Rishi Sunak has visited Ukraine for the first time since becoming prime minister, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. The two world leaders discussed Ukraine‘s military advances and reconstruction plans, and the British PM pledged a £50m package to bolster Ukrainian air defence. The package comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter Iranian-supplied drones,

The president of football’s international governing body FIFA says the West should not criticise Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup – adding that European nations should instead apologise for their own histories. Gianni Infantino said critics were in no position “to give moral lessons to people” at a news conference to mark the opening of

Nigeria was subjected to the worst flooding in a decade in October, which left more than 600 people dead and about a million displaced. Along with the hundreds of thousands of houses destroyed, huge swathes of the country’s farmland were devastated by the surging waters. Sky News’s Yousra Elbagir visited the country to see the

At least 21 people have been killed and several others injured following a fire at a residential building in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, officials say. It took firefighters over an hour to control the flames which burst through the top floor of a four-storey residential building in the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp.

China has said it supports frank exchanges as long as they are held on an equal basis, after its president publicly scolded Justin Trudeau. The two were seen arguing at the G20 summit in Indonesia after President Xi Jinping expressed his ire at Mr Trudeau for allegedly leaking details of a meeting in which the

US President Joe Biden has disputed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s assertions that a missile that landed in Poland and killed two people was not of Ukrainian origin. Ukraine’s president said on Wednesday he had “no doubt” the missile “was not Ukrainian” and called for his officials to have access to the site of the blast. Ukraine war

The missile blast that killed two people appears to be an “unfortunate accident” and not an “intentional attack”, Poland’s president has said. Andrzej Duda tweeted that officials had “no proof at the moment that it was a missile fired by the Russian side”. He added: “There are many indications that it was an air defence

An oil tanker owned by an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman, an official has said. The vessel, which is operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping but owned by Idan Ofer, was attacked on Tuesday night, according to the Middle East-based defence source. The operator said it

Russian missiles have killed two people in NATO member Poland, a senior US intelligence official has told the AP news agency. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called an urgent meeting to discuss national security. Afterwards, Polish government spokesman, Piotr Muller, said the country was raising the readiness of its military units. He also confirmed there

Rishi Sunak has said Russia must “get out of Ukraine and end this barbaric war” as he confronted Vladimir Putin’s officials at the G20 summit. The prime minister made the comments in the first session on Tuesday as he criticised the absence of the Russian president at the talks on the Indonesian island of Bali.

It is 6am and Lagos is alive as city pavements buzz with commuters preparing to pack into bright yellow Danfo minibuses. Roadside sellers push their stock as traffic slowly builds. The financial capital of Nigeria – the continent’s largest economy – never takes a break. In just a few decades, this small coastal town has

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has been taken to hospital after his arrival in Bali for the G20 summit yesterday, Indonesian authorities have said. Bali’s governor Wayan Koster said he had been taken in for a “check-up” at the Sanglah Hospital in the provincial capital, Denpasar, and was “immediately returned”. Putin making ‘grave’ military error

The gates swing open, creaking ominously on their hinges. This is the first time Valery has been back to the prison where the Russians took him. As he walks through the gates he points out the cell on the second floor where he was locked up. And when he recounts what happened here it’s clear

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said more Ukrainian cities and towns will be liberated amid jubilation in the recaptured southern city of Kherson. The Ukrainian leader said that after months of Russian occupation and “mockery of our people”, there is a “sea of Ukrainian flags on the streets”. “The world sees it now. It sees what

With the magnitude of the moment still sinking in, a girl in a red coat ignores several cars and runs through traffic to throw her arms around a Ukrainian soldier. It is a scene of celebration that is being repeated across Kherson, now liberated from Russian control. Everyone in a uniform is being given a

Ukrainian troops have begun arriving in the centre of the strategic city of Kherson after Russia’s withdrawal – with jubilant residents celebrating their liberation. Sky’s international correspondent Alex Rossi and his team were among the first foreign journalists to reach the centre since the city was retaken. And he said the locals were “very grateful