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“Where have you been? Where was everybody?” The questions were being screamed at soldiers on a highway by a man stricken with grief.  His brother had had only a week left to go in the army but was killed today in a shootout with Hamas on Israeli soil. The entire country wants those questions answered.

Drivers in Singapore now need to pay £88,000 for the right to own a car – and that doesn’t include the cost of the vehicle itself. The city-state is the most expensive place in the world to be a motorist, with skyrocketing prices putting cars out of reach for most middle-class Singaporeans. Back in 1990,

At least 14 people have died and more than 100 are missing after sudden rain flooded towns in northeastern India. More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s deluge, the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said, adding that authorities have set up 26 relief camps for over 22,000 people affected by the floods. The Press

A picture showing two female Chinese athletes which makes an unintentional reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre appears to have been censored on social media in China. Gold medal winner Lin Yuwei was being embraced by Wu Yanni after the 100m hurdles final at the Asian Games when their race numbers formed ’64’. The number

Donald Trump is accused of raising more than $100m by lying about the value of his real estate empire, as he attacked the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial. The ex-president – and current favourite to stand as the Republican candidate for the White House next year – committed fraud for years while building his

Apple is blaming a software bug and issues tied to apps like Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to get too hot. The company said over the weekend that it is working on an update to the iOS17 system that powers the iPhone 15 line-up to prevent the devices from

At least 10 female Cuban migrants have died after a truck they were travelling in crashed on a road in southern Mexico on Sunday, officials have said. One of the women who died was under 18 and 17 other women were seriously injured in the crash on a highway near the town of Pijijiapan, close

Turkey has carried out an airstrike in northern Iraq after a suicide bombing attack in capital Ankara, its defence ministry said. The airstrike destroyed 20 targets belonging to the Kurdish militant group PKK, which claimed responsibility for the bombing. Earlier on Sunday, two police officers were injured in an attack in Ankara, hours before parliament

Scottie Scheffler, the world’s number one golfer, has broken down crying after he and his partner, Brooks Koepka, suffered an historic heavy defeat in the Ryder Cup. The Americans lost 9&7 to European pair, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg, the largest margin of victory in any 18-hole match in the event’s history. In a tournament

Rescue ships run by charities that pick up migrants at sea should be returned to the countries funding them, Italy’s foreign minister has said. Antonio Tajani spoke after Germany confirmed it was supporting three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) regularly bringing migrants to Italy. Italy has been struggling to deal with an influx of migrants, with 133,170

Russia’s naval military might dwarf that of Ukraine, yet the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) continues to be targeted – and increasingly effectively – by Ukrainian forces. Conventional military wisdom suggests the largest, best equipped military will prevail, yet Ukraine appears to have turned that principle on its head. Why is Ukraine attacking the Russian Navy,

France is grappling with a bed bug problem, with the government warned it must tackle the pests ahead of the Olympics in Paris. The French capital has been particularly affected by the infestation, according to reports, which has become a greater problem in the country over the past few years. Bed bugs have been spotted

Italian champions Napoli have insisted they did not intend to offend striker Victor Osimhen after appearing to mock him in a video on TikTok. They posted a video on the social media site appearing to make fun of him following his penalty miss in Sunday’s Serie A goalless draw against Bologna. Osimhen’s agent has threatened

Multiple people have been killed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam after two shootings at a university hospital and a home, police confirmed. A suspect has been arrested on the helipad of the Erasmus Medical Centre, where one of the shootings took place. The other attack took place at a nearby apartment. It is

Three people have been killed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam after two shootings at a university hospital and a home, police confirmed. Police have confirmed three deaths so far, a 43-year-old teacher at the university and a 39-year-old woman, whose daughter, 14, was also shot and died after sustaining serious injuries. A suspect

Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in just two years, research shows, after high summer heat and low winter snowfall. The country lost as much ice in the 24 months as it did in the three decades before 1990, researchers said, describing the ice melt as “catastrophic”. Switzerland – home to the most glaciers

A teenager has stabbed three teachers and at least one student at a school in southern Spain, police have said. The incident took place in Jerez de la Frontera, south-west of Seville, at 8.15am local time. One of the teachers stabbed will need surgery, while three other victims suffered minor wounds, according to the health

Home and roads have been damaged by fresh floods in Greece just weeks after the country was battered by deadly storms. Torrential rain swept across swathes of central Greece on Wednesday – with power cuts in the coastal city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least eight villages were evacuated late on Wednesday

British police have arrested a Sudanese man following the discovery of a migrant’s body on Sangatte beach near Calais on Tuesday morning. National Crime Agency (NCA) officers detained the 21-year-old in Dover on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration. The man is suspected of operating a boat which reached UK waters yesterday. He

Military analyst Sean Bell, along with other Sky experts, has been answering readers’ most pressing questions daily about the war in Ukraine. Today, reader DenissM asked why Ukraine is so successful in attacking key Russian military installations. Kremlin blames UK and US for pipeline ‘terrorist attack’ – War latest In the Sky News Ukraine blog,