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A football stadium in Indonesia will be rebuilt from scratch following a deadly stampede there earlier this month. President Joko Widodo promised to “thoroughly transform” football in the country following the tragedy which left 132 people – including 43 children – dead. “Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang…we will demolish it and rebuild according to FIFA standards,”

The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency has been sacked following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence. Arne Schoenbohm, head of the BSI agency, was dismissed by interior minister Nancy Faeser, German news agency dpa reported. Mr Schoenbohm, 53, co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brought together experts from public institutions and

How dangerous can a seven-second video be? Short clips like this one showing protests in Iran have been widely shared online since the death of a young woman a month ago sparked country-wide civil unrest. Mahsa Amini‘s name in English and in Persian has become the most used hashtag in the world over the last

Around 34,000 homes may be inundated because of extreme flooding in southeast Australia, according to an official comment made on Monday. Some towns are now facing their highest river peak for decades, including the most severely affected state of Victoria. Murray Watt, the federal emergency management minister, told Australian Broadcasting Corp: “It’s quite likely we’ll

Somalia is fighting a battle on all fronts: drought, disease and conflict. The country is experiencing its driest season in 40 years forcing more than a million people to flee to camps, not far from where al Qaeda-linked terror group al Shabaab is fighting to maintain its territory. On the Sky News Daily podcast Niall

China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping has declared at the opening of a major party meeting. China views democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, but the island’s government has strong objections and believes sovereignty should be claimed by its people. Speaking at the opening of the

The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found inside a suitcase in Paris, according to reports. Her father became concerned after she failed to arrive home from school on Friday, BFMTV reported. The girl’s mother reported her missing to the local police station in the French capital’s northeastern 19th arrondissement later that day. Detectives

Vladimir Putin has said he has “no” regrets over the war in Ukraine and warned that any direct clash of NATO troops with Russia could lead to a “global catastrophe”. On Friday, the Russian president spoke at a news conference in the Kazakh capital, Astana, and also said that his country’s partial mobilisation will be

With rapturous applause for the president, a live brass band, and thousands of party faithful gathered in the grand Great Hall of The People, the most important political event China has seen for decades is under way. There is an argument that what’s happening in China this week is more important than any US or

The number of babies born in January 2021 dropped compared to previous years due to COVID-19 health concerns. Countries with the strictest lockdowns in early 2020 and over-occupied intensive care units have seen the biggest drops in live births 9-10 months later, according to scientists in Switzerland. Dr Leo Pomar, the first author of the

American Idol runner-up Willie Spence has died in a car crash in the US. The 23-year-old singer lost his life after his Jeep Cherokee ‘left the roadway’ and collided with the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the hard shoulder near Chattanooga, Tennessee, said a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the

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. Videos 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 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is strategically critical to both sides of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. But in terms of nuclear safety, the ongoing stalemate is perilous. It’s the closest major electricity generator to the parts of Ukraine annexed by Russia, and Moscow wants the plant’s power to control its territory there. It has also expressed

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

Russia is running out of weapons for its war in Ukraine and the costs to the Kremlin are “staggering” in terms of soldiers killed and equipment lost, a UK spy chief will say. Sir Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ, will use a rare, public speech today to say the Ukrainian armed forces are “turning

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

Accusing Ukraine of terrorism after the explosion on the Crimean bridge is “too cynical even for Russia”, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The blast on the Kerch Strait Bridge that links occupied Crimea to Russia caused serious damage and will further squeeze supply lines for Kremlin forces fighting in Ukraine. Nobody has claimed

The British government has been accused of “dragging its heels” over trade linked to forced labour.  A Chinese labour camp survivor is preparing to sue the UK’s trade secretary for allowing cotton imports from the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where it has been alleged local minority groups such as the Uyghurs have been subjected

A young girl is among 10 people confirmed dead following an explosion at a petrol station in Donegal, in what has been described as a “freak accident”. The victims are four men, three women, a teenage boy, a teenage girl, and a primary school aged girl. Police confirmed that all victims were from the Creeslough

The World Health Organisation has issued an alert about an Indian made cough syrup after 66 children died in The Gambia. Indian authorities are investigating after the WHO said the medicine could be causing potentially fatal kidney damage. Health Ministry staff in India told Reuters that an “urgent investigation in the matter has been already