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Florida is bracing for the landfall of the monster Hurricane Milton, as officials have pleaded with residents to follow evacuation orders and get out. Given the potential destruction of Hurricane Milton, President Joe Biden postponed an upcoming trip to Germany and Angola in order to oversee preparations for, and the response to, the storm –

Sir Keir Starmer will attend a meeting with US President Joe Biden and the French and German leaders in Berlin this weekend. In the meeting of the “Quad” nations, the leaders will discuss the “concerning developments” in the Middle East and the situation in Ukraine, Sir Keir’s spokesman said. The meeting has been organised to

Donald Trump has suggested migrants in the US who have committed murder have done so because “it’s in their genes”. While seeking to criticise his Democratic opponent, vice president Kamala Harris, over her record on immigration, Mr Trump cited statistics from the Department of Homeland Security. In a radio interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt,

An American pensioner has been sentenced to nearly seven years in a Russian prison after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Stephen Hubbard, 72, was accused of signing a $ 1,000-per-month contract with a Ukrainian territorial defence unit in the city of Izyum in February 2022. He was captured by Russian forces

Some Americans are already voting for their next president and, if polls are to be believed, the economy and immigration are at the forefront of many of their minds. Voters consistently favour Donald Trump over Kamala Harris as the best person to manage both, but recently Harris has narrowed the gap. The economy In a

With only a month to go until the US election, Sky’s dedicated team of correspondents goes on the road to gauge what voters in key swing states make of the choice for president.   This week a series of unexpected events have been derailing the campaign. Iranian ballistic missiles poured into Israel, putting foreign policy at the top

Millions of Americans will choose a new president and vice president on Tuesday 5 November. Election day will see the public flood to the polls and vote in droves to either give Donald Trump a second term in office or make current vice president Kamala Harris the president. But it’s when voting closes and we

Three police officers have been convicted of witness tampering in the case of Tyre Nichols, who died after a prolonged beating during a traffic stop in Memphis. However, they were cleared of civil rights charges that could have seen them locked up for life. Mr Nichols, a father of one, died three days after officers

Two students have made a pair of smart glasses with facial recognition technology to discover the private information of strangers. In a video demonstration, one of the Harvard students is shown using the technology to quickly discover details about the woman sitting near him at a train station in Boston. “Wait, are you Betsy?” he

Sky News’ team of US correspondents bring you original stories and analysis from their reporting across the country in the build-up to the presidential election. This time – what will the scandal involving Donald Trump-backed candidate Mark Robinson mean in North Carolina? The correspondents are in Virginia to see early voting – and also discuss

Donald Trump has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy face to face after the former US president complained this week the Ukrainian leader was “refusing” to do a deal to end the war with Russia. As he stood next to Mr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in New York, the Republican presidential candidate said on Friday he would work

Kamala Harris has hit out at opponents making “proposals for surrender” in Ukraine – making a thinly veiled criticism of Donald Trump. The US vice president and Democratic candidate for president said some want Ukraine to strike peace with Russia by accepting neutrality and foregoing security relationships with other nations during a news conference with

Elon Musk has denied being romantically involved with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a picture of them looking fondly into each other’s eyes went viral. The billionaire entrepreneur and Italy’s first female prime minister were pictured looking cosy at a black-tie event this week, during which Musk presented Ms Meloni with the Global Citizen

Senior US officials have said overnight they expect a ceasefire deal to be implemented “in the coming hours” along the Israel-Lebanon border. Speaking to reporters in a late-night, last-minute phone briefing, the US administration officials said that exhaustive behind-the-scenes diplomacy had brought an agreement between the two sides close. One administration official said: “The ceasefire

Elon Musk has vowed to get “anyone who wants to be a space traveller” to Mars – but not if Kamala Harris becomes US president. On Sunday night, Musk told his X followers that in just two years, he will send five spaceships to Mars. “Eventually,” he added, “there will be thousands of Starships going

Police are hunting for “multiple suspects” after four people died from gunshot wounds and 18 were injured at a popular entertainment district in Alabama. Police said they believe the shooting in the city of Birmingham “was not random and stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were caught in the crossfire”. A preliminary investigation

The US soldier who ran across the demilitarised zone into North Korea has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for desertion and dishonourably discharged. Travis King, who was a private second class, was with a civilian tour group in Panmunjom, South Korea, when he crossed the fortified zone on 18 July 2023. The 24-year-old

Kamala Harris has told Oprah Winfrey that anyone who breaks into her home “is getting shot” as she tried to win over gun rights supporters before the US presidential election. Ms Harris, the US vice president and the Democratic Party’s nominee, who backs stricter gun control laws, confirmed on a star-studded livestream event fronted by

A police officer in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge, following an argument inside a courthouse. Judge Kevin Mullins was in his district office when he was shot shortly before 3pm on Thursday, allegedly during an argument with Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines. Stines, who has been in the position for eight

This election is about the big and the small – as small as anything can be in the USA. The big number first – our Sky News poll tracker now gives Kamala Harris a three-point lead over Donald Trump nationwide. That number has been getting bigger – it looks like we can now see a