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Sky News analysis shows Russia has increased its attacks on Ukrainian energy systems in recent months, as experts warn the country remains “vulnerable” without stronger air defences to protect its critical infrastructure and the frontline. Using news reports, energy data, geolocated video and satellite images, Sky News looks at the extent of the attacks and

Bambie Thug has become Ireland’s first Eurovision Song Contest finalist since 2018. The 31-year-old singer performed their alternative song Doomsday Blue at the Eurovision semi-finals in Malmo, Sweden. Ryan O’Shaughnessy made it to the competition for Ireland with Together in Lisbon, Portugal, six years ago – he came 16th. Image: The UK’s Olly Alexander performs

Vladimir Putin has thanked soldiers “fighting for our motherland” in Ukraine – as he was sworn in as Russian president for a fifth time. At the ceremony inside the gilded Grand Kremlin Palace, Mr Putin placed his hand on the Russian Constitution and vowed to defend it as a crowd of hand-picked dignitaries looked on.

Israel has rejected a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas and announced it is pushing ahead with an assault on the town of Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said it was conducting “targeted strikes” against Hamas in the east of the city, which is the group’s final stronghold in Gaza. Soon after Israeli tanks

A US soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend while on a private trip, according to officials. The soldier, who hasn’t been named, has been accused of stealing from a woman, Sky News’ US partner network, NBC News, reported, citing four US officials. The White House is aware of reports of an American soldier

The term “inauguration” may feel slightly misleading. After all, this is not his first time. Today’s ceremony will be the fifth occasion Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia’s president, and it marks the start of another six years at the top. He is already the Kremlin’s longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin, having been

Mass flooding in Brazil has killed 75 people with more than 100 people still missing, local authorities said on Sunday. More than 80,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since downpours began across Rio Grande do Sul in the south of the country on Monday. Some 15,000 people have sought refuge in schools,

It is a paradox that humanity at its very worst so often also brings out its very best too. This is a story about the kindness of strangers. It’s a story about hope over hopelessness. It’s about the war in Gaza but also about the rarest of diseases. It is about two families in worlds

Hamas says it has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar – as Israel suggests it will not accept the proposal in its current form. The Palestinian militant group has issued a statement saying its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had expressed his agreement in a phone call with Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s

Diplomatic relations between India and Canada have been at their lowest since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to the killing of a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader saying there were “credible allegations” India was involved. India’s government rejected the allegations as absurd and motivated and accused the Canadian government of providing shelter to Khalistan

Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops. The Kremlin on Thursday responded to claims by the United States that it had used choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops – the same agent used by German forces against Allied troops during the First World War.

The top UN court has ruled against Nicaragua’s request for an emergency order to stop Germany sending aid to Israel. Nicaragua is a long-time ally of the Palestinians and wanted the court to tell Germany to halt military exports and other aid. It claims their help to Israel is enabling genocide in Gaza and breaking

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. College authorities at Columbia University in New York, sent students a letter on Monday demanding they sign a form agreeing to obey university policies until June 2025

Saracens is investigating reports England rugby star Billy Vunipola has been arrested following an alleged violent incident at a bar in Majorca. The 31-year-old was tasered twice by police after arriving at Epic in Palma in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to local media reports. Vunipola’s domestic club Saracens said it was aware

Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK. More than 80% of recent arrivals in the republic came via the land border with Northern Ireland, Irish justice minister Helen McEntee told a parliamentary committee last week. Rishi Sunak told Sky News it showed the UK’s Rwanda scheme was

There was no clear winner in Solomon Islands’ election this week – now the two major opposition parties have struck a coalition deal with the aim of taking power.  The two parties are vying with former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s party to form a government. The election is being watched by China, the US and

Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has been arrested following a three-day police manhunt for the actor, according to Australian media reports. The 30-year-old was due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of assaulting a woman, Sky News Australia said. The actor had been granted bail on Monday for a court-ordered

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of the UK, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has said. The Rwanda Bill, which will see asylum seekers “entering the UK illegally” sent to the central African nation – regardless of the outcome of their application – was passed on Tuesday, despite

Israel has denied accusations that it buried Palestinians in a mass grave, following the discovery of more than 300 bodies in the courtyard of a Gaza Strip hospital. Karima al-Ras went to the mass grave at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis to look for her son Ahmad. “I lost my son two months ago,” the

Australia’s prime minister said Elon Musk is an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” over his reluctance to remove footage of last week’s Church stabbing from X. In response, Elon Musk thanked him “for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one”. The spat comes after a week of