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The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with the British territory of South Georgia – potentially putting millions of penguins and seals in danger.  The trillion-tonne slab of ice, named A23a, broke free from its position last month and started drifting northwards. The “megaberg” – which is twice the size of Greater London

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told Sky News he is seeking the arrest of two senior Taliban figures over the “systemic and deliberate” persecution of women in Afghanistan. Karim Khan KC, speaking on Sky News’ The World with Yalda Hakim, said the pair bore “criminal responsibility” over the treatment of women

People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed for the first time in years. The sizeable flower, officially called the amorphophallus titanium, gets its nickname from its “deadly” stench, described by some as the smell of rotting flesh, though others detect hints

👉Listen to The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Donald Trump returns to the White House vowing that his success will be judged by “the battles that we win but also by the wars that we end”. Yalda in Washington DC and Richard fresh back from Jerusalem assess whether the

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on behalf of the elephants from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, using a legal process known as habeas corpus.

Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The US president was holding a news conference about a $500bn (£405bn) investment in AI infrastructure in the country, but was questioned about a range of topics.

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country’s interior minister has said. Ali Yerlikaya added that at least 51 other people were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya in Bolu province’s Koroglu mountains in northwest Turkey, about 185

An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion “overrated” and a “has-been”. Djokovic, 37, refused to give a customary post-match interview to Channel Nine anchor Jim Courier after beating Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open on Sunday. He said in a

Doctors in America have praised a three-year-old Gazan girl who is walking again just six months after losing both legs. Rahaf Saed was fitted with her first prosthetic legs last Tuesday in Missouri after she was severely injured in an Israeli bombing of her home in Gaza in August. She was among eight children who

A secret 1,000ft-long tunnel between the US and Mexico will be sealed after it was discovered earlier this month. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said its agents found a completed man-made tunnel after inspecting a storm drain system in Texas. According to officials, the tunnel runs between the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez and

Two 18-year-old women are in intensive care after a ski lift collapsed in Spain, according to local media. The incident on Saturday took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. The regional government said at least 30 people were

Presidential inaugurations are the American equivalent of the UK’s coronation and State Opening of Parliament combined. They take place regularly every four years, 10 or 11 weeks following a presidential election. The only constitutional significance is that the newly elected president takes the oath of office solemnly swearing to “support and defend the constitution of

Dozens of people have been injured, some seriously, in a ski lift accident in Spain. The incident took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. At least 30 people have been injured. Nine of those are very seriously injured

Israel’s full cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said. It comes after Israel’s security cabinet recommended the deal be approved earlier on Friday. The truce is likely to begin on Sunday. According to reports 24 ministers voted in favour of the accord and voted against it. An Israel

Dozens of planes have been forced to divert or fly holding patterns to avoid potential debris from the SpaceX rocket that blew up. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it briefly slowed and re-routed planes in the area where the pieces were falling back to earth. Tracking app FlightRadar24 said its most-watched flights last