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More than half of the world's population could be at risk of catching diseases transmitted by mosquitoes such as malaria and dengue by the end of the century, scientists have warned.

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Health warning issued as heatwave grips South and Southeast Asia

Countries in South and Southeast Asia have been coping with a weeks-long heatwave which has seen record temperatures sweep parts of the region....

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UK plans to ramp up weapons production as Lord Cameron reveals envoy will oversee 'national priority'

The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a "national priority", the foreign secretary has revealed....

03/05/2024 12:57 Skynews

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David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons....

02/05/2024 23:38 Skynews

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Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops....

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01/05/2024 22:38 Skynews

Netanyahu vows Israeli forces will enter Rafah to 'eliminate Hamas' as aid chief warns of 'disaster'

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30/04/2024 22:21 Skynews

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UK manufacturing exporters who see leaps in sales to countries friendly with Russia should "raise a red flag", a sanctions expert has told MPs....

30/04/2024 11:01 Skynews

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A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman has said she walked 10km (six miles) under shelling to escape the Russia-controlled region of Donetsk....

30/04/2024 10:39 Skynews

Four police officers shot dead after three-hour stand-off

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A Ukrainian servicewoman captured by Russia has described the ordeal of being separated from her child for almost a year-and-a-half....

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Students defy threat of suspension over pro-Palestinian protest camp

Pro-Palestinian students in the US have defied an order by university officials to dismantle a tent camp set up to protest Israel's war in Gaza or face suspension....

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The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the Royal Family to visit Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022....

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Russian man arrested after two Ukrainians stabbed to death in Germany

A Russian man has been arrested after two Ukrainian men were stabbed to death in southern Germany....

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Russian journalists jailed over alleged work for Alexei Navalny group

Two Russian journalists could face at least two years in prison after they were arrested on "extremism" charges, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny....

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Memorial to be built for Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside UK troops in World Wars

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UK to develop hypersonic missiles 'to catch up with China and Russia by 2030'

Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report....

27/04/2024 23:31 Skynews

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27/04/2024 16:12 Skynews

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Student protests against Israel's war in Gaza continue to spread across the US, following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University....

26/04/2024 03:01 Skynews

Russia sanctions-busting? Big questions remain over UK car exports

The extraordinary, unprecedented and largely unexplained flows of millions of pounds of British luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia continued in February, according to new official data....

26/04/2024 02:02 Skynews

UK warship downs Houthi missile - as Palestinian officials say five killed in Israeli strikes

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25/04/2024 19:44 Skynews

Why are university students protesting in the US?

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25/04/2024 14:34 Skynews

Russian priest demoted after holding Navalny memorial service

A Russian priest who held a memorial service for the late opposition leader and Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been suspended from clerical duties for three years by the head of the country's Orthodox Church....

24/04/2024 12:49 Skynews

US approves $95bn aid package for Ukraine and Israel

The Senate has passed $95bn (£76.2bn) in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays and rows - with Joe Biden set to sign the legislation later....

24/04/2024 03:54 Skynews

'Bullets are flying to the Thai side': The creeping violence on the fringes of a civil war escalating

Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, a frontier town along the border with Myanmar, is a harrowing window into a civil war that has suddenly escalated....

23/04/2024 21:39 Skynews

More than 100 arrested at New York University as campus protests spread

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Sunak announces largest military package to Ukraine so far

Rishi Sunak is to announce a £500m military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia alongside the UK's largest provision of munitions so far....

22/04/2024 22:30 Skynews

Trail of destruction in Lebanon's 'ghost towns' - as daily explosions fuel fears of escalating war

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21/04/2024 17:37 Skynews

'Ukraine will not be the second Afghanistan,' says Zelenskyy

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