Israel’s prime minister has warned people living in Gaza to leave the area as he vowed to reduce parts of the territory “into rubble” in revenge for a “black day”. Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier said Israel was at war with Palestinian militants from Hamas, which governs Gaza, after their fighters launched a surprise attack on
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Hamas has claimed its militants have taken hostages during their attack on Israel. The militant group has posted footage on its Telegram account showing its fighters pulling Israeli soldiers out of a tank. Sky News has also geolocated footage from the Erez checkpoint by the Gaza border, in which hostages are seen being beaten, as
Thousands of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel in a surprise attack by the Hamas militant group on Saturday morning. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from a number of Israeli towns. Images on social media show cars on fire and some buildings damaged, and the Israeli ambulance
Rishi Sunak pledged the UK government’s continued commitment to Ukraine during his speech at the Conservative Party conference. Joe Biden has also reaffirmed US support for “as long as it takes”. However, beyond the political rhetoric, public support for the conflict is waning, and democratic elections will – inevitably – impact Western support. Is this
UEFA’s second in command has quit his role leading sport in Sweden after facing criticism sparked by Sky News revealing he voted to end Russia’s blanket ban from European football. Karl-Erik Nilsson admitted trust in him had been affected by the decision as he stepped down today with immediate effect after barely four months as
A man trying to become the youngest person to cross the Pacific Ocean in a handmade boat had to be rescued by a cruise ship after it capsized. Tom Robinson, 24, from Brisbane, Australia, began his 8,000-mile journey in his boat ‘Maiwar’ from the coast of Peru in July last year and was due to
Jailed Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023. The 51-year-old campaigner was given the award “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”. The award also recognised the hundreds of thousands of people who have
At least 40 people have been killed in flooding in the Indian Himalayan region, officials have said. The flood began on Wednesday when the waters of the glacial South Lhonak lake breached a hydroelectric dam. That triggered flash flooding in the mountainous Sikkim state of northeastern India, impacting towns and villages along the Teesta River
Storms, floods and wildfires led to more than 43 million displacements of children between 2016 and 2021, UNICEF has said. The UN agency also warned that 100 million more children could be displaced by extreme weather over the next 30 years. Weather-related disasters, which are becoming more violent and frequent as greenhouse gases cause the
Firefighters in Italy have brought a fire under control in the grandstand of the golf club that hosted the Ryder Cup last weekend. The large fire began near the 18th green and first fairway at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, at around 5pm on Thursday, Sky Italy said. Huge pillars of
Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims of a plane crash that killed former Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Prigozhin was reportedly in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to the day after he led a failed mutiny against top Russian officials.
Paris is grappling with a bed bug infestation – but the problem is likely just as bad in London, an expert says. “They’re already on buses, trains, tubes, cinemas, doctor’s surgeries, public spaces, hospitals,” microbiologist and founder of Bed Bugs Ltd David Cain told Sky News. The difference is that Parisians are talking about the
Don’t Take Away Their Social Media By Howard Bloom The attack on social media just won’t stop. Three weeks ago, on August 8, the Child Mind Organization updated a report on its website headlined, “Does Social Media Use Cause Depression?” The answer was basically yes. Meanwhile, anonymous backers of the Kids Online Safety Act are running
World-Renowned Drummer/DJ DRMAGDN has just released the official music video of his remix of the Beatles classic “Something.” In six weeks the single has broken 5.5 million plays/views and is going viral around the world, as well as it has been added to the biggest two Spotify playlists “Today’s Top Hits” and “MINT.” After signing
By Howard Bloom Wednesday morning at 8:30 am Eastern Time, India landed its first rover on the surface of the moon. It’s called Chandrayaan-3. Which means “moon craft” in Sanskrit. Fourteen hours later, the Chandrayaan-3’s rover rolled out and, said India’s space agency, “took a walk around.” But, unlike America’s rovers on Mars, which keep on trucking
By Howard Bloom Thomas S. Dee, an education professor at Stanford University, has just released the results of a study he carried out in partnership with the Associated Press. The study’s topic is student absenteeism in 40 states, and the results are disturbing. The Dee study concludes that 6.5 million students are chronic absentees. They are absent
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