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Gaza’s population, displaced and devastated by Israel’s continuing offensive against the narrow strip, is on the brink of famine. International efforts to get aid in have faced challenges, so much so that President Joe Biden announced on Thursday night that the US would build a temporary port on Gaza’s coast. Follow latest: Aid ship ‘heading

Mohammed looks at me, his eyes wet from tears, and shakes his head gently. Grief is like a weight around him, which he meets with forced smiles and choked-back tears. “Every day, I think of dying a hundred times,” he says. Next to him is his wife, Nour, heavily pregnant and sobbing into her hands.

Iraq’s president has said he is “extremely disappointed” with the UK government’s response to the war in Gaza – accusing it of “ignoring” the suffering of Palestinians. “The Palestinian problem has become an international problem,” President Abdul Latif Rashid told Sky News. “And, recently, the suffering of the Palestinian people and the attacks on Gaza,

The ambitious Paris opening ceremony plans could be scaled back further due to security concerns, the Olympic chief managing the event has told Sky News. But Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi insisted they want to preserve the spectacular, unique parade by athletes down the River Seine while not risking their safety. Mr Dubi was

At least two sailors have died after a suspected Houthi attack in the Gulf of Aden, according to the British Embassy in Yemen. Earlier today, the True Confidence was hit by a missile about 50 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden. In a statement on X, the British embassy wrote: “At least

US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nomination contests on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch in November’s election. On a day traditionally dubbed Super Tuesday – when the most states choose who they think should be candidates – both virtually secured the nomination for their respective parties.

Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash involving a training aircraft and a passenger plane in Kenya, police say. The aircraft collided above the Nairobi National Park in the capital, sending the smaller plane crashing down. The bigger plane, a Dash 8 operated by Safarilink Aviation with 44 people on board, was heading

Israel should craft a “credible” humanitarian plan before advancing further in southern Gaza, the US vice president has told one of its senior ministers. Kamala Harris also urged Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz – whose visit to Washington was not sanctioned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – to increase aid into the devastated enclave.

The US Supreme Court has rejected Colorado state attempts to remove Donald Trump from the ballot for US president. He has been restored on the ballot for president in the state after the court rejected claims he was accountable for the Capitol riots in 2021. On his social media platform after the ruling, Trump wrote:

US vice president Kamala Harris has said there must be an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza as she called on the Israeli government to do more to increase the flow of aid, with “no excuses”. Ms Harris said a six-week ceasefire would get Israeli hostages out and get a significant amount of aid into the war-ravaged

Pakistan’s newly-formed parliament has elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s prime minister for the second time. Mr Sharif won 201 votes from Pakistan’s National Assembly, comfortably ahead of Omar Ayub, the candidate backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, who secured 92 votes. It means the 72-year-old will resume the role he had until

Doctors in Gaza have told Sky News that the situation is “catastrophic”, and disease is spreading through refugee camps, particularly among children. So many of the hospitals in Gaza are now either closed or close to breaking point, that doctors have set up treatment tents on streets, with the little supplies they can get their

Airdrops are a last resort. They are inefficient, inaccurate, expensive and dangerous. They are only chosen as an option when things are really desperate. The White House spokesman admitted as much just after President Biden announced that America would carry out airdrops into Gaza. “There are no missions more complicated than humanitarian assistance airdrops,” Admiral

The Baltic states have an urgent message for the UK and other NATO allies about the threat posed by Russia: “Wake up! It won’t stop in Ukraine.” Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are teaching more of their citizens how to fight and have even announced plans to build a defensive line, including bunkers, along hundreds of

For weeks, Amani* and her five children have been living in a tent in Rafah, the increasingly crowded city on Gaza’s southern border. “There is constant bombing and terror. My children are very afraid,” she says. “We are dying slowly and nobody cares, nobody feels for us. Our kids have no life. It’s not clean,

The US defence secretary was asked in Congress today how many women and children had been killed by Israel since 7 October. “It is over 25,000,” Lloyd Austin said. The Pentagon later added: “We cannot independently verify these Gaza casualty figures.” But his number is actually a little higher than the women and children breakdown

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 30,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since the war began. The Gaza health ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count but says women and children make up around two-thirds of those killed. It also says the actual figure is higher because there are bodies

Western leaders “shouldn’t be afraid” to stand up to Russia and “shouldn’t be afraid of own power,” Estonia’s prime minister has told Sky News. Kaja Kallas, whose country borders northwestern Russia, said everything should be considered when it comes to how the West supports Ukraine’s war effort. She said: “Russia is saying this or that

Ecuador is by no means the first Latin American country to try to take on the cartels and gangs that have embedded themselves into the societies of many countries across the region. But Ecuador, arguably more than others, faces a real challenge because of the involvement on its soil of two of Mexico’s most notorious

The mile-long strip in Ecuador’s port city of Esmeraldas is rocking to the sound of Latin beats and laughter. The main road on the beachfront is bordered by the blue sea and white sands of the Pacific Ocean on one side, and packed bars and restaurants on the other. It’s summertime, it’s carnival, and it’s