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King Charles presented a number of medals to one of the world’s oldest surviving Second World War veterans in Kenya on day two of the royal state visit. The monarch handed five medals to former corporal Samweli Mburia, during a poignant ceremony where other old soldiers who fought for Britain against Hitler’s regime also received

The US and China have endorsed a joint declaration on the need to manage the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by Artificial Intelligence. The world’s leading AI powers were among 28 nations to agree to the UK’s Bletchley Declaration, which stresses the need for countries to work together to manage the powerful technology. It was published

Police have arrested 35 people after Just Stop Oil activists held up traffic on a major road in west London. It came as members of the climate change group, which wants the government to stop issuing new oil and gas licences, slowly marched down Kensington’s West Cromwell Road on Wednesday morning. Footage showed demonstrators wearing

England defender Alex Greenwood was given oxygen by medical staff on the pitch before being carried off on a stretcher after a clash of heads during a Nations League match against Belgium. The collision occurred only 20 minutes into the game in Leuven at the King Power De Dreef Stadium, which the Lionesses lost 3-2.

The King has said there is “no excuse” for “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” committed by the British against Kenyans in the past, during a speech at a state banquet in the country. Past wrongs during colonial rule are a cause of the “greatest sorrow and deepest regret,” the monarch added. The King, who

The King and Queen have begun a four-day state visit to Kenya, which could be eclipsed by calls for an apology over abuses during British colonial rule. The royal couple were welcomed by President William Ruto and the first lady at the State House in Nairobi. The King will deliver a significant speech at a

A stake of up to 10% in the Premier League football club West Ham United has been put up for sale, providing the latest test of international investors’ appetite for a slice of one of England’s top-flight clubs. Sky News has learnt that Vanessa Gold, daughter of the late businessman David Gold and a joint-chair

Police have cordoned off a beach in Portsmouth after a body was found on the shore. Officers were called to Eastern Parade seafront in Southsea at 6.39am today after the discovery. Police and coastguard members attended the scene. Dog walkers were diverted around tape which cordoned off the closed section. Image: A police cordon at

Boris Johnson suggested he saw COVID as “nature’s way of dealing with old people” and was “obsessed” with them accepting their fate, the inquiry into the pandemic has heard. During a hearing on Tuesday, notes were shared from the government’s former chief scientist describing a “bonkers set of exchanges”. Sir Patrick Vallance wrote in one

Food inflation has decreased for the sixth month in a row and is now at a level not seen in more than a year, according to figures from an industry lobby group and consumer information company. In the year up to October the rate of food price rises stood at 8.8%, down from 9.9% in

Police in West Yorkshire say they are investigating a serving officer over allegations he shared racist and misogynistic content in a WhatsApp group with colleagues. Sky News has seen evidence of the content and messages on a device that was handed to the force 18 months ago. The officer’s ex-wife said she understood that West

Adam Johnson’s fiancee has paid tribute to her “sweet angel” after the ice hockey player died in a “freak accident” during a match in Sheffield. The 29-year-old American was on the ice for Nottingham Panthers when a skate slashed his neck in the Challenge Cup game against Sheffield Steelers on Saturday night. The 8,000-strong crowd

Rishi Sunak has been warned not to ignore the “here and now” threats to people’s jobs posed by artificial intelligence, as Elon Musk and the creator of ChatGPT jet in for a landmark UK summit. Bletchley Park is set to welcome more than 100 figures from politics and business from today, including the likes of

Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since January last month, according to figures from the Bank of England. Just 43,328 home loans for house purchases were signed off in September – a third consecutive monthly decline – while net approvals for remortgaging fell to 20,600. That was the lowest total since January 1999. The

A Metropolitan Police firearms officer charged with the murder of Chris Kaba will be named publicly, a judge has ruled. The marksman, who had previously been known only as NX121, is facing trial at the Old Bailey over the shooting of 24-year-old Mr Kaba in Streatham Hill, south London. In a ruling at the Old

Single-use plastics have been banned in Wales from today. Plastic plates, cutlery and drink stirrers which can only be used once will be included as part of the ban. The Welsh government says the move would further “embed [its] response to the climate and nature emergency in everything [it does]”. Other items covered by the

Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition (RFR) software to track down offenders over the next six months. Policing minister Chris Philp has written to force chiefs suggesting the target of exceeding 200,000 searches of still images against the Police National Database using the technology by May. RFR allows authorities

Seasonal affective disorder – or SAD – is often dismissed as “winter blues” or “depression-lite” – actually it is a “major depressive disorder”. It is a nuanced and misunderstood mood disorder, Dr Laurence Wainwright, a psychiatry academic at Oxford University, tells Sky News. But because it comes and goes, it’s not taken seriously – even

A police officer was left with “serious bite injuries” after being attacked by a dog believed to be an XL bully. The Leicestershire Police officer was called to a property in Ibstock, near Coalville, in search of a wanted man at around 4.40pm on Thursday, the force said. He and another male officer attended the

Boris Johnson and his former adviser Dominic Cummings sent “disgusting and misogynistic” WhatsApp messages that will be released by the COVID inquiry next week, George Osborne has claimed. The former Tory chancellor said he understands that some “pretty astonishing and frankly, shocking” messages will be made public when Mr Cummings gives evidence at the hearings