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Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to a further 19 years behind bars on charges his supporters have branded trumped up to keep him out of politics for even longer. The 47-year-old, who is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic, is already serving more than 11 years in prison for fraud and

The courthouse where Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four charges against him, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, bears the name of Elijah Barrett Prettyman. As a Washington lawyer, Prettyman fought for the release of prisoners captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion. He represented Truman Capote and John Lennon and argued 19

Iran has announced a nationwide shutdown due to “unprecedented heat”.  A two-day national holiday will start tomorrow with governmental offices, banks and schools all closing. The health ministry said hospitals will be on high alert, as it warned the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors. Many cities and towns across Iran have

China is to limit the export of long-range drones over fears they are being converted for military use in Ukraine. Beijing says it will limit the export of some high-performance civilian devices due to the “increasing risk” that they are being used for “non-peaceful purposes”. Both Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of targetting

France and Italy have announced plans to fly their citizens out of Niger following a military coup in the country. It comes after Niger’s presidential guard surrounded the palace in the capital Niamey, detained elected president Mohamed Bazoum, and announced a new military government last week. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris cited recent violence

Niger is the latest country in the Sahel region of northwest Africa to experience a military coup. Since Mali’s armed takeover in August 2020, several neighbouring countries have seen a similar pattern emerge. Elected officials are overthrown amid growing dissatisfaction with the political regime, which is often accused of corruption and failing to fend off

No one has yet said they carried out Sunday’s devastating blast at a political rally in Pakistan, but the country’s Islamic State (IS) group has claimed to be behind several attacks in the area this year. The latest atrocity – which has left at least 40 people dead – happened on the outskirts of Khar,

Thousands of supporters of the military junta that seized control in Niger in a coup have marched through the streets of the capital waving Russian flags and denouncing former colonial power France. Demonstrators in Niamey converged on the French embassy and set fire to its doors, stoned the building and burned the country’s flags. Russian

Vladimir Putin has said an African and a Chinese initiative could serve as a basis for peace in Ukraine, but warned there are things that are “impossible to implement”. The Russian president also claimed Moscow had not rejected peace talks in comments made following the conclusion of the Africa-Russia Forum in St Petersburg. He told

Nothing Compares, a documentary about Sinead O’Connor, will still air on Saturday to provide viewers the opportunity to “hear her tell her side of the story”, according to the filmmaker. Belfast-born director Kathryn Ferguson confirmed the original plan to release the programme on Sky Documentaries and Now from 29 July will proceed despite the recent

While pressure builds on President Zelenskyy to deliver some form of progress with the Ukrainian offensive, he is not the only leader under pressure. Away from the battlefields, there is growing evidence that President Putin‘s authority and support base is waning as cracks start to form in the foundations of his regime. Is there a

The remains of a German man who went missing while climbing near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn mountain 37 years ago have been recovered. DNA tests confirmed the remains belonged to the 38-year-old, who went missing in September 1986. The discovery was made by climbers hiking along the Theodul Glacier in Zermatt on 12 July, police in

Jordan Henderson’s new Saudi Arabian football club has turned part of a colour photograph black and white – ensuring his rainbow armband cannot be seen. A burst of images of Henderson playing for Liverpool feature on a video from Al-Ettifaq FC to announce his signing. One features Henderson in a match in December 2020 when

Myanmar has said it “categorically rejects” claims made by Sky News in its undercover reporting of the civil war in the country. The report from inside the country claims to “bring Myanmar to the world’s attention” but has been “found to be deceiving”, the country’s embassy in London has said in a statement. It comes

A former nurse is suing the hospital she worked at after witnessing a patient’s face catching fire during an operation, according to Australian media. Marilyn Espinola was working at Sunshine Hospital in St Albans, northwest of Melbourne, when a procedure to remove a section of a patient’s artery went horribly wrong. The fire broke out

A woman and her parents have been arrested after a headless body was discovered in a hotel bathtub in Japan. The body of Hitoshi Ura was found in the red light district of Susukino – known for its so-called short-stay “love hotels” – in the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido in

Flights have been arranged to get hundreds of Britons out of Rhodes, as thousands continue to flee wildfires on the Greek island – and new evacuations were announced on Corfu. Tourists and residents huddled in schools and shelters on Sunday in Rhodes, with many evacuated on private boats from beaches as flames menaced resorts and

A tourist who saw a US soldier run across the North Korean border said she first thought it was part of a TikTok stunt. Private Second Class Travis T King was reportedly facing disciplinary action by the US military when he crossed into the secretive country, US officials said. Sarah Leslie, from New Zealand, was

Police in Western Australia are trying to work out what a mystery object is after it washed up on a remote beach. The gold-coloured cylinder, estimated to be 2.5 metres long and 2.5 metres wide, was found and reported by local residents on Sunday afternoon at Green Head, about 155 miles north of Perth. Officers

In Italy today, the number of cities on red alert for extreme heat has climbed from 10 to 15. The warning points to conditions that threaten the whole population, rather than just the vulnerable. A police unit patrolling the river give a different view of how the heat is impacting Rome. Europe braces for ‘hottest