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Fears over the safety of Palestinian civilians are growing as Israel suggests its bombardment of Gaza will shift to southern areas, having destroyed swathes of the north. Leaflets have been dropped by the Israeli military in some areas of the south, near Khan Younis, warning residents to leave as Israel declared the “next stage” of

The murderer of Irish teacher Ashling Murphy “should never see the light of day again”, her mother has said as he was sentenced to life. Jozef Puska, 33, of Mucklagh, Tullamore, was found guilty last week following a trial, where the jury was told by the judge “we have evil in this room”. At Dublin’s

Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is doing all it can to minimise civilian casualties in Gaza but had “not been successful”. The Israeli prime minister was speaking to CBS when he made the comments regarding the thousands of reported deaths since his forces began their operation against Hamas. Mr Netanyahu laid the blame for the

An armed gang has surrounded a hospital in Haiti trapping women and children before they were rescued by police, the boss of the medical facility has said. The gang was torching houses surrounding the Fontaine Hospital Centre in the capital of Port-au-Prince, preventing anybody from leaving, the medical director, Jose Ulysse, told the AP news

To see the column of people up close was quite something. Several hundred Palestinians, young and elderly, in a thin line facing south on the main north-south road that cuts down through Gaza. On a loudhailer, an Israeli soldier is issuing instructions in Arabic. They should move south, they are told, and they will be

Iceland is on high alert for a volcanic eruption, with a state of emergency declared and almost 4,000 residents evacuated from their homes. There is a “considerable” risk of an eruption on or just off the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 30 miles from the capital Reykjavik, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The region has been

There is a place in Lebanon called Alma al Shaab which clings to the sunburnt hills that rise up from the Mediterranean. The community is surrounded by olive groves and trees with ripe oranges, yet this a nerve-shredding time to live there. In fact, the vast majority of its 900 residents have already left for

A huge operation is under way to rescue 40 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel. The three-mile tunnel was being built in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand when it caved in at around 5.30am on Sunday due to a landslide. Rescuers have been working around the clock for two days to

Iceland is bracing for a volcanic eruption in the coming days after a series of earthquakes and evidence of hot magma flowing quickly underground. The fishing town of Grindavik, home to 3,000 people, has been ordered to evacuate amid concerns it could be destroyed by lava flows. Sky News takes a look at some of

Greta Thunberg was interrupted as she addressed a climate protest in Amsterdam on Sunday after inviting a Palestinian and an Afghan woman on stage. The Swedish activist was speaking to a crowd of tens of thousands in the Dutch capital before the country heads to the polls in a general election next week. “As a

Hamas has denied refusing an offer of fuel from Israel for Gaza’s biggest hospital, which the World Health Organisation says is “not functioning” due to bombing and gunfire. The al Shifa hospital’s last generator ran out of fuel at the weekend, leading to the deaths of three premature babies and nine other patients, according to

Millions of people in India have celebrated Diwali, with residents in Uttar Pradesh setting a Guinness World Record for the mass lighting of oil lamps – despite concerns over air pollution. In honour of the Hindu festival, homes and streets across the country were covered in dazzling multi-coloured lights. At the Saryu river in Ayodhya,

A newborn baby has died and dozens more are at risk at Gaza’s largest hospital after it ran out of power, Palestinian officials have said. Israeli troops have been closing in on al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which Israel says is a command centre for the Hamas militant group. Fighting near the hospital and

Israel is facing mounting international pressure – including from its main ally – to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The number of people killed in the Gaza Strip in the past five weeks now stands above 11,000, according to health officials in the territory. Israeli forces have been waging war on Hamas

Thousands of Palestinians are streaming onto Gaza’s only highway as they try to flee the combat zone in the north, after Israel announced a window for safe passage. It comes as Israeli forces struck near several hospitals in Gaza City as the military pushes further into dense urban neighbourhoods. Parents carried children in their arms