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Ireland’s football association and the women’s team manager have apologised after players sang a song referencing the IRA while celebrating their World Cup qualification. Video circulated on social media showing them singing the song after Tuesday night’s 1-0 play-off victory over Scotland at Hampden Park. A statement by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) apologised

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007 has been charged in Germany with several sexual offences allegedly committed in Portugal. Christian B allegedly committed the offences between 2000 and 2017, German prosecutors said. The prosecutor’s office said the charges do not relate to the McCann case. Madeleine was on holiday with

A “historic deal” has been signed by Lebanon and Israel that has the potential to ease security and economic concerns in both countries. The neighbours have backed a final draft of a US-mediated maritime border deal that will resolve a territorial dispute in the eastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement has the potential

Russian forces will soon be down to their last supplies of fuel and unable to transport their troops in Ukraine after the crippling attack on the Kerch Bridge between Crimea and Russia, say analysts. “If we’re talking about the ability to manoeuvre, ie drive places, I think we are talking days into very short weeks

Vladimir Putin has said Monday’s deadly missile strikes targeting cities in Ukraine were in retaliation for its “terrorist action” against Russian territory. In televised remarks, the Russian president said Moscow had launched long-range missile attacks against Ukraine’s energy, military and communications infrastructure on Monday. Cities including Lviv, Ternopil, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, and Zaporizhzhia were targeted, with

The hunger is sharp in Lyman but the instinct to survive, even sharper. It’s been exceptionally honed in those Lyman residents who’ve remained through months of fighting, bombing and Russian occupation. And there are a surprisingly large number of them. We see crowds on the outskirts of the town, gathering around a small warehouse where

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree tightening security for a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia after an explosion caused part of it to collapse. Damage to the bridge has hampered an important supply route for the Kremlin’s war in southern Ukraine and represents a strike on a symbol of Russian power

A key bridge from Russia to Crimea has reopened to traffic after it was partially destroyed in an explosion. Moscow has said three people were killed in the blast it has attributed to a truck bomb. Russian authorities have also said the attack was a “terrorist action” carried out by Ukraine. Ukraine war latest: Putin

There are a quite shocking number of Russian corpses left in the wake of the Ukrainian blitz on their eastern front. Kyiv’s troops are moving so fast and methodically, there’s no time to collect the enemy’s dead. It’s a grim illustration of Ukraine’s current battlefield successes. Ukraine news live: Large fire breaks out on key

Three people have been killed in an explosion at a service station in Co Donegal, Ireland. The explosion happened just after 3pm at the Applegreen service station on the outskirts of Creeslough, where a search operation is continuing with the help of sniffer dogs. Photos showed a number of cars damaged by debris, with what

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian campaign group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. The winners were announced in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She said the judges wanted to honour “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy

A suspected Russian torture chamber has been discovered in a newly-liberated town, Ukrainian officials have claimed. The room was found inside a de-occupied town near Izyum, a city in the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Having been occupied by Russian forces since April, Pisky-Radkivski was freed by Ukrainian troops last week. Russia’s front ‘begins to

At least 30 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s day care centre in Thailand. The victims included 22 children – some as young as two years old – as well as adults, authorities said, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was under way. However, officials

Artillery strikes are playing a crucial role in Russia’s war in Ukraine in what top American commanders have called a “battle of fires”. Russia’s military initially had a significant advantage over the Ukrainian armed forces because of a much larger arsenal of artillery systems. It meant they were able to devastate Ukrainian positions in the

Vladimir Putin’s mounting problems in Ukraine make Russia’s use of a tactical nuclear weapon more likely, a senior US expert has told Sky News. Tactical nuclear weapons are designed to be used on a battlefield. John Bolton, a former US national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, said that the Russian president is

More losses for Russia in Ukraine, this time around Kherson. Ukraine’s long-telegraphed Kherson counter-offensive is making some headway along the western banks of the Dnipro river, between the villages of Zolota Balka and Dudchany around 100km north of the port city. Ukraine makes biggest breakthrough in the south – live updates Russia’s ministry of defence