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The Ukrainian president has refused to apologise for the fiery Oval Office spat with Donald Trump that saw him leave the White House early. Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to Washington DC as he was due to clinch a deal on minerals with the US on Friday. But the final ten minutes of a meeting in front

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian people “are truly thankful” for US support, hours after talks with Donald Trump descended into a row at the White House. During a disastrous meeting with Mr Trump, the Ukrainian president was asked by vice president JD Vance, “have you said thank you once?” In a lengthy social media

Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including a most wanted drug lord, to the US as the Trump administration cranks up the pressure on the crime groups. The early days of the new US president’s second term were marked by him triggering trade wars with his nearest allies, where he threatened to hike tariffs

A man’s brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum. Along with Pompeii, the ancient settlement was obliterated in 79AD when the volcano erupted, killing thousands and burying both under a thick layer of volcanic

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have landed in Florida in the US after a travel ban in Romania was lifted – as Donald Trump insisted he knows “nothing about that”. The Tates landed in Fort Lauderdale in a private plane at around 11:30am local time, their representative Mateea Petrescu added. Speaking around an hour

The image of Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi being released from Gaza a little over two weeks ago, looking gaunt and weak, shocked and angered Israel and leaders around the world. His brother Sharon, who fought for months to secure his release, has told Sky News that Eli was tortured by Hamas and barely saw daylight

A couple have said they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were travelling from Melbourne to Doha, en route to Italy, when a woman walked out the toilet and collapsed near their row about 10 hours into the journey.

An asteroid that had a very small chance of hitting Earth is no longer a potential threat, according to scientists. The 2024 YR4 asteroid climbed to the top of the risk list earlier this month when the chance of a collision in 2032 tripled from 1.2% to about 3% (about one in 33). It first

The body of a British businessman who went missing in Kenya more than a week ago was reportedly found in a sack of pineapples in a forest. Campbell Scott, believed to be from Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, was last seen attending a conference at the JW Marriot Hotel in the capital Nairobi on 16 February.

This is the moment the government finally woke up to the enormity of the threat faced by the UK and the inability of its hollowed-out armed forces to cope. But make no mistake, today’s decision to increase military spending is not just about increasing the number of troops, warships and fighter jets or even ensuring

Pope Francis has met leading Vatican officials in hospital as he continues his recovery from pneumonia in both lungs. The pontiff, 88, who is receiving treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, met Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, the so-called Vatican “substitute” or chief of staff. In its Tuesday lunchtime update on his condition,

The arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was over a “misunderstanding”, the Taliban has said. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained by the Taliban’s interior ministry on 1 February. The reason for their arrests was immediately unknown. But the Taliban said on Tuesday that the couple were detained due to

An unknown disease has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to doctors. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Africa office said the first outbreak was discovered in the town of Boloko, in the northwest of the country. It is reported that three children ate a bat and died following

Three buses have exploded near Tel Aviv in what Israeli police called a terror incident, as they search for suspects. Two of the blasts were in Bat Yam, south of the city, and a third was reported in the nearby town of Holon, a police spokesperson said on Thursday. Officers said they also found at

The bodies of an Israeli mother and her two children have been handed over by Hamas – as the process was labelled “inhumane” by the United Nations human rights chief. Shiri Bibas, four-year-old Ariel, and nine-month-old Kfir were kidnapped from a kibbutz during the militant group’s October 2023 attack. The children’s father, Yarden Bibas, was

Ukraine’s president appears to be fighting a war on two fronts – against Russian forces on the ground and against American assaults over the airwaves. View from Ukraine by Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor With Donald Trump openly attacking him, Ukraine’s president is dispensing with the diplomatic niceties towards a crucial partner and is

Pope Francis ’joked around’ with Giorgia Meloni after spending a “tranquil” fifth night in hospital as he undergoes treatment for pneumonia, Italy’s prime minister has said. After visiting the pontiff on Wednesday, Ms Meloni’s office said in a statement he was “alert and responsive” and they “joked around as always,” adding Francis “has not lost his

In Moscow’s Novodevichy Park there’s an unusual attraction which has become a regular stop on the city’s sightseeing tours. It’s unusual because of what it represents – friendship between Russia and the United States. It is a collection of nine squat statues – a mother mallard and her eight ducklings, waddling along behind her. Replicas

A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg’s inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble

A man has been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing a pigeon that he reportedly filmed himself abusing. Hiroshi Tsuji, a 49-year-old taxi driver from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, allegedly captured the bird on the side of a river in the Japanese capital sometime between April and June 2024, local media outlets reported. He is