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Harry Kane’s three eldest children were taken to hospital as a precaution following a three-car crash in Germany. The collision happened on Monday at around 5.15pm local time near Munich, just as the 30-year-old landed with Bayern Munich for their Champions League quarter-final match against Arsenal. Munich Police said a Renault with four people had

Lawyers for the families of OJ Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman have told Sky News they still believe he was “a murderer”. The former NFL star and Hollywood actor died aged 76 of cancer on Wednesday. Nicknamed “The Juice”, Simpson was tried for their double murder in 1995, in what was

The risks of the Gaza war expanding into a much bigger regional conflict had seemed to have subsided. Not any longer. Comments from Iranian and American leaders in the last 24 hours may be entirely predictable but they raise the prospects of escalation. Iran knows it’s been directly attacked in the airstrike on its embassy

An Israeli airstrike has killed three sons of Hamas’s top political leader in an attack on high-profile targets in Gaza. Hamas said four of Ismail Haniyeh’s grandchildren were also killed in the strike. The Israeli military said two of his sons, Mohammed and Hazem, were Hamas military operatives, while the third, Amir, was a cell

A hiker who found the remains of a missing two-year-old has recalled carrying his skull home under her arm “because feeling it touching my skin terrified me”. The woman, who goes by the name of Manon in a new interview, found the skull of a toddler known as Emile during a walk near Le Vernet

An Iranian journalist has described the moment he was stabbed outside his home in what he believes was a state-sponsored attack. Pouria Zeraati, a 36-year-old presenter at London-based broadcaster Iran International, was attacked by three unknown assailants in Wimbledon on 29 March. In his first live interview, Mr Zeraati told Sky News’ The World With

While people across North America may have reacted in a range of surprising ways as they witnessed a total solar eclipse on Monday, humans were not the only species displaying unusual behaviour during the rare celestial event. A team of 40 people at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas watched as their animals offered some interesting

A Briton’s claim to be the first person to run the length of Africa has been contested by a Danish man, who says he beat him to it 14 years ago. Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, finished his gruelling 352-day run from South Africa to Tunisia on Sunday, travelling close to 16,000km (9,941 miles)

“The Hardest Geezer” has revealed the scariest moment from his gruelling 352-day run across the whole length of Africa. In a news conference, Russ Cook said that – out of the 16 countries he visited during his 9,941-mile journey – he was most afraid “in the Congo on the back of a motorbike, thinking I

There was only one way to capture the magnitude of Russ Cook’s monumental mission ending – running with the history maker. Dozens flew in from England and beyond to join the support cast for the final leg on the 352nd day and 16th country of this odyssey across Africa. They gathered by a petrol station

Hippies from Denmark have torn up a street in an effort to fight back against drug dealers and criminals. More than half a century ago, hippies took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen and turned it into the community now known as Christiania. Residents spent decades clashing with authorities as they disregarded laws and

Ireland’s new prime minister-elect Simon Harris says Irish unity is “a legitimate aspiration” but will not be his priority as incoming Taoiseach. In his first interview as Fine Gael leader, he addressed diplomatic tensions post-Brexit, adding that he sought “closer relations” with the UK. Leo Varadkar, who is due to pass the baton on Tuesday,

At least six people have been killed and 11 more wounded after Russian missile strikes hit Kharkiv overnight, according to local officials. Missile strikes on Ukraine‘s second largest city damaged residential buildings, a petrol station, a kindergarten, a cafe, a shop and cars, governor of the Kharkiv region Oleh Syniehubov said. Russia fired 32 Iranian-made

The images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing were extraordinary and chilling.  A tragedy has now become an economic and logistical nightmare for the region. But was it a freak one-off? Well, worryingly, maybe not. Image: Chesapeake Bay Bridge is made of two separate bridges built around 20 years apart Just 20 miles downstream

Prostate cancer cases are set to double by 2040, according to researchers who have called on authorities to “take action now” as the rise is “inevitable”. The study by the Lancet Commission on prostate cancer suggests that deaths are expected to double from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040 as life expectancy