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The police wave us through. We are allowed to drive off the motorway, down a rutted track and into a field, and there, in front of us, is a sight at once extraordinary and terrible. A railway carriage, slumped on its side, its windows broken. The graffiti is still all over the paintwork, like a

At least 43 people have died in a train crash in Greece, with the country’s prime minister saying the disaster appeared to be mainly down to “tragic human error”. The search continues for survivors after a passenger service collided with a freight train carrying shipping containers and travelling in the opposite direction but on the

The bird flu virus isolated from a girl who died from the disease had mutations that made it better adapted to human cells, Sky News has learned. The 11-year-old is believed to have been infected by poultry kept by her family in Prey Veng province, in the south of Cambodia. Her father also tested positive

At least 32 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after two trains collided in Greece. A passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a freight train outside Larissa just before midnight. The collision was near the Vale of Teme, a gorge that separates the regions

Police are searching a landfill site as they investigate the murder of a Hong Kong model whose dismembered legs were found inside a fridge. More than 100 officers wearing protective suits used excavators and shovels to search for Abby Choi’s hands and torso which remain missing. A young woman’s skull, which is believed to be

A new 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Turkey, killing one person and injuring 110, according to authorities. More than two dozen buildings were destroyed and 32 injured citizens have been rescued, said the country’s disaster management agency, AFAD. The disaster comes three weeks after earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.6 ripped through its southern

The scarred and battered mining town of Vuhledar sits perched on a hill in the Donetsk region. It comes into view as we make our way along boggy farm tracks. It’s a desolate place of burned out buildings, another casualty of this gruesome war. It’s held by Ukraine but is being attacked continuously by Russian

Many are preparing for a fight and are not in the mood for peace The statement that emerged from the talks in Jordan is, on the face of it, positive. Both sides have agreed to keep a direct dialogue, something that has been lacking as tensions have worsened in recent months. Also agreed was a

At least 59 migrants, including 12 children, have drowned after their boat broke up off the southern coast of Italy’s mainland. A ship carrying up to 150 migrants ran into trouble in rough seas at dawn on Sunday near the coastal town of Crotone, in Calabria, the Coast Guard said. Manuela Curra, a provincial government

Sky News has gained rare access to the warzone that is northwest Syria, now also hit by devastating earthquakes. Children were found dying and others have been left mutilated after a string of delays by the international community to help the last-remaining opposition area. The Sky team have visited the area twice, most recently spending

Buryatia feels like it is a world away from war in Europe. It is a different Russia. Vast snowy plains and Buddhist temples, closer at first glance to Mongolia next door than it is to Moscow, five time zones away. But the motifs of Russia’s war in Ukraine are everywhere. A huge Z and V

President Vladimir Putin might have hoped for a swift and decisive invasion of Ukraine; instead, a year on, Russia has paid a huge price for his imperial ambition. However, time is a powerful ally for Mr Putin, and victory could still be secured. What would some form of Russian success mean for Western security? Putin’s

“After six months, you go home and receive a pardon. There are no options to return to prison. You have five minutes to decide.” The footage is grainy but it captures a clear offer to the hundreds of inmates gathered in this Russian prison yard: survive six months fighting with the Wagner Group in Ukraine

It is only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin is on trial for war crimes according to President Biden’s envoy for global criminal justice. Speaking to Sky News, ambassador Beth Van Schaack said a global coalition of nations and international lawyers is working together to build a case against Russia which leads right to

The UK is reviewing the size of its ammunition stockpiles, Sky News can reveal. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed how past assumptions on what would be needed to fight a war were far too small, Whitehall and defence industry sources have said. They urged Rishi Sunak to boost military spending to fund a massive

A British national captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops has recalled how he was tortured and left unable to walk during his ordeal. Shaun Pinner was among five Britons released from Russian detention in Ukraine in a prisoner swap last September. Appearing on this week’s Beth Rigby Interviews, the former soldier also

About 200,000 people have gathered in Moscow to hear Vladimir Putin speak at a pro-war rally ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Huge crowds assembled in the capital as the Russian president took to the stage at the “Glory to Defenders of the Fatherland” concert, held at the Luzhniki Stadium on

Russia’s president had a message of defiance for the West as he suspended participation in the last major nuclear arms control treaty with the United States. Vladimir Putin also vowed to conduct nuclear weapons tests if Washington chose to do so and challenged the nuclear weapons posture of the UK and France. If anyone in

Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for starting the war in Ukraine and claimed Russia responded with force “in order to stop it”. In a speech describing his aims as the first anniversary of the conflict nears, the Russian president said Ukraine was in talks with the West about weapons before Russia invaded its neighbour

Russia’s president will give an update on what he calls his “special military operation” in Ukraine later. Vladimir Putin will address members of both houses of parliament, military commanders and soldiers – nearly one year after he sent troops into the country. Despite superiority in numbers, Russian troops have been defeated a number of times