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Australia plans to set a minimum age for children to access social media due to concerns about mental and physical health. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would soon trial age verification technology before banning children from opening social media accounts later this year. He said the limit would likely be between the age

At least 140 drones have been launched by Ukraine into Russia, killing one person and injuring three others, according to Russian officials. Moscow’s regional governor Andrei Vorobyov confirmed several buildings have been damaged and there has been at least one fatality. “A woman was killed and three more people sustained injuries. Five residential buildings near

The head of the CIA has warned that any move by Iran to supply Russia with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine would be a “dramatic escalation” – but Ukrainian sources say this has already happened. It is part of a pattern of ever-tighter cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, which has already seen the

Iran is believed to have sent more than 200 ballistic missiles to Russia – a move security chiefs say would be a “dramatic escalation” of its defence partnership with Moscow. A Russian ship delivered the short-range Fatah-360 missiles from Tehran to a port in the Caspian Sea, a Ukrainian source told Sky News on Saturday.

Polls have opened in regional elections in Russia, which opposition activists say are a farce, after hundreds of anti-war candidates were barred from running. Ballots are being held in almost every part of the country at various different levels, from local councils to regional governors. But only a handful of races will feature a candidate

The world’s lowest-ranked national men’s football team are celebrating their first ever competitive win and their first victory on the pitch in 20 years. Tiny San Marino, a microstate surrounded by Italy, defeated Liechtenstein 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League. Nicko Sensoli scored in the 53rd minute to give the landlocked country its historic triumph

Germany is considering sending migrants to Rwanda – weeks after the UK ditched a similar plan. Migrants deported from Germany could be sent to the same accommodation originally intended for the UK’s now-abandoned scheme, migration minister Joachim Stamp suggested. German politicians are under pressure to tackle illegal migration after three people were killed by a

Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the US state of Georgia. Two teachers and two students were killed in the attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta, on Wednesday. Colt Gray, 14, surrendered when engaged by School Resource Officers inside the school, Barrow

Ukraine is planning to hold the Russian territory it seized indefinitely, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Sky News’ US partner NBC News. In early August, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack into Russia’s Kursk region. Kyiv claims to now control almost 500 square miles (around 1,300 square km) and it has taken hundreds of prisoners

Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine has been shot in the leg after a confrontation with security agents, his party said. The incident happened in a northern suburb of the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday. Videos posted online showed Mr Wine surrounded by followers who shouted that he had been shot in the leg before some

Brazil’s Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a decision to block Elon Musk’s social media platform X. The move undermines the billionaire businessman’s claims the original judge who banned the platform “violated the constitution of Brazil repeatedly and egregiously, after swearing an oath to protect it”. The tech tycoon posted a series of messages on X

Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia on his first visit to a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it issued a warrant for his arrest nearly 18 months ago on charges of war crimes in Ukraine. The Russian president is due to meet Mongolian leader Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Tuesday. Ukraine wants Mongolia to

The world’s second tallest man is competing in the Paralympics – but he is so tall, he has to sleep on the floor. Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, better known as Mehrzad, is 8ft 0.85in tall and a two-time Paralympic champion in sitting volleyball, representing Iran. But even though he had a custom-made bed for the Tokyo Paralympics,

A polio vaccination campaign is under way in Gaza – while medics claimed at least 49 people were killed in Israeli strikes ahead of the rollout. The UN, relying on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas, is aiming to vaccinate 640,000 children in the territory. Healthcare workers in Gaza have warned of

A judge has ordered social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to be taken down in Brazil. Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes made the order after the site’s billionaire owner Elon Musk failed to name a legal representative in Brazil. The judge and Musk have been feuding in public for months after X

The world’s richest man and one of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices are set for a showdown with Elon Musk’s social media platform X facing a ban in the world’s fourth largest economy. Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes issued an order on Wednesday for X to appoint a new legal representative within 24 hours or

Kamala Harris doesn’t “at all” regret defending Joe Biden’s ability to serve another four years as president – as she revealed the moment he told her he was stepping aside. President Biden withdrew from the race for the White House in July after weeks of scrutiny over his age and fitness, most notably after a

Israel and Hamas have tentatively agreed to a series of brief ceasefires in parts of Gaza so that the polio vaccine can be safely distributed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The pauses will begin on Sunday and will take place in three phases covering central Gaza first, then the south and finally the

Flights have been grounded and police officers were forced to communicate by text while on duty as a network outage at the Dutch ministry of defence caused major IT failures across the country. The extent and cause of the problems are not yet known, but a spokesperson for the Dutch defence ministry confirmed the issue

Police hunting for a murder suspect found him after he fell through the ceiling. Around a month after the shooting of Troy Cunningham, in April, in Memphis, Tennessee, federal officers in the US issued an arrest warrant for Deario Wilkerson. On 26 August, officers travelled to a home, also in Memphis, where they suspected the