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The Atlantic hurricane season got off to a slow start this year, but there have now been 13 named storms – and there could be even more to come. Back in May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned that this year’s season – running from 1 June to 30 November – had an

They say Metula is the most bombed town in Israel. You needn’t be there for long to see why. The Israeli military has kept the area closed for much of the war, telling journalists it’s been too dangerous to visit. Metula is surrounded on three sides by the border with Lebanon and therefore Hezbollah, the

British YouTuber Yung Filly has appeared in court accused of raping and choking a woman in his Perth hotel room after a show, according to Australian media reports. The 29-year-old, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was arrested and taken into custody in Brisbane on Tuesday, and extradited to Perth on Wednesday. It

Former Premier League footballer George Baldock has died at the age of 31. The Greek defender was found on Wednesday in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, police sources told the Reuters news agency. His cause of death remains unknown. Baldock spent seven years at Sheffield United, having

A father and his three children who have been missing for three years have been spotted walking through a rural area of New Zealand. Police said officers had launched a major search following the “credible sighting” of Tom Phillips, along with his two daughters and son. They were seen hiking through a bush area near

Canadian musician Nell Smith, known for her collaborations with US rock band The Flaming Lips, has died aged 17. Her death was confirmed by Simon Raymonde, the former bassist for the Cocteau Twins and co-founder of her record label Bella Union, on Instagram. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies

The suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been cleared of a string of sex attacks in Portugal, unrelated to the missing British toddler. Christian B, as he is known under privacy laws, had denied three rapes and the sex abuse of two young girls while he was living on the Algarve coast. During a

No matter what political or military changes we see in the Middle East by 7 October 2025, it will certainly be a more fragmented region. No individual power will create more coherence than the current state of affairs. This level of conflict won’t last at this level of intensity for another year. If Israel can’t

As Israel marks the anniversary of the Hamas attack, it’s thought that 97 hostages are still yet to return home. While some have been killed, rescued by IDF forces, or returned home in an exchange, many remain unaccounted for. According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents the families of those who were

Dunya is holding a photo. Seven smiling faces look back at her, a snapshot of the lives of friends who worked and socialised with each other. She is in the middle of the picture, beaming. Now, her smile has gone. This photo was taken just over a year ago, at a birthday party towards the

It was just after 6.30am when the first shots were fired. A wave of Hamas fighters arrived at kibbutz Kfar Aza on foot and in the air, breaking through the Gaza border fence and flying over on hang gliders. Residents hid in their shelters, unsure of what was happening outside. The kibbutz, only 1.8 miles

The mass of Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers was impossible to hide. Dozens of beige-coloured military vehicles had amassed in a dirt field in northern Israel, a few miles away from the border with Lebanon. Follow latest: Frontrunner to replace Hezbollah leader ‘unreachable’ – reports They appeared overnight earlier in the week but were

After months of conflict and tens of thousands of deaths, fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, with the Middle East appearing to be on the brink of a wider war. In this story, Sky News looks back at what has happened between the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and the same date a year

Iran has fired missiles into Israel in response to the Israeli military’s campaign against Tehran’s ally Hezbollah. Explosions could be heard in Jerusalem and the Jordan River valley after Israelis sought shelter in bomb shelters as scores of missiles rained down. Sky News has correspondents reporting from Israel and the Lebanese capital Beirut during this

Despite mounting calls from allies to cease fire, Israel’s march across its border into Lebanon felt like the inevitable next step after days of punishing air strikes.  The military has described its operation against Hezbollah as “limited, localised and targeted”. Israeli forces will surely want to avoid a full-scale invasion given their last ground war

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged British nationals to heed the government’s advice and leave Lebanon immediately. He said the situation on the ground is “fast moving” and ministers can’t guarantee being able to help “if things escalate in a major way over the coming hours and days”. There are concerns about rising violence in

An apparent Israeli airstrike has hit an apartment building in central Beirut in what is believed to be the first attack in the centre of Lebanon’s capital city since the current conflict with Hezbollah began. The residential neighbourhood in the Kola district – a major transportation hub – was hit early on Monday morning with

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has held talks over the possibility of expanding Israel’s military offensive – as tanks were pictured on the country’s border with Lebanon. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Gallant’s office said he was conducting “an operational situation assessment” regarding what it called “the expansion of IDF (Israel Defence Forces) activities

The pictures from Beirut are unnerving to stay the least, the predictions for the immediate future even more so. With the dust still settling from this game-changing assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, there are pressing questions crying out for answers. Most of all, is the Middle East about to erupt into a regional conflict that threatens

The leader of Hezbollah is dead. This is a very big moment, not just in this conflict but for the future of the Middle East. In 2006, the last Lebanon War, Israel tried and failed to kill him. Last night, in a huge series of strikes on southern Beirut, they finally hit their target. Read