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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

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

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

Russia launched about 200 missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight on Monday, in what appeared to be the biggest attack on the country in weeks. At least five people have been killed and dozens injured due to the strikes, which caused significant damage to Ukraine‘s energy sector in at least 15 different regions – more

In a dusty square at the centre of the small Chadian town of Tiné, four aid trucks are crammed with medicine and food. Supplies sent to relieve civilians trapped in a besieged and famine-ridden area of North Darfur, Sudan – just across a narrow valley border – have been sitting in the sun for weeks.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to step up deportations of rejected asylum seekers after it emerged the suspect in Friday’s knife attack was a Syrian who was due to be removed. Mr Scholz made the remarks while visiting a makeshift memorial site for the victims of the attack in Solingen, which saw a suspected

Israel and Hezbollah have reportedly exchanged messages via intermediaries aimed at preventing further escalation after both sides traded heavy fire on Sunday. The development comes hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned “this is not the end of the verse” after Israel launched “pre-emptive strikes” against Hezbollah in Lebanon in the early hours of

German prosecutors have named the man suspected of carrying out a knife attack at a festival that killed three people and injured eight. The Syrian national Issa Al H is accused of being “a member of a terrorist organisation abroad”, saying he shares the “ideology of Islamic State” (IS). He has also been charged with

Police have arrested the person suspected of carrying out the stabbing attack at a festival in Germany. A 56-year-old woman and two men, aged 56 and 67, died following the attack in the city of Solingen on Friday. Eight people were injured, four seriously, while “many other people have suffered mental stress”. The state internal

A volcano has erupted in Iceland, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes. Red-hot lava can be seen shooting up from the ground on the Reykjanes Peninsula. It is the sixth time in the last eight months that the area has seen an eruption. The nearby town of Grindavik has been largely abandoned since late last

The chief justice of India has urged doctors to return to work after the rape and murder of a trainee female medic sparked strike action and protests across the country. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud made the comments in the Supreme Court days after it took “suo moto cognisance” of the case – meaning the court has

Vladimir Putin has paid his first visit to Chechnya in 13 years to visit military volunteers – who he hailed for making Russia “invincible”. Mr Putin’s visit came against the backdrop of Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, which shows no signs of abating. But elsewhere in the war – which started after Mr Putin

A national taskforce of doctors has been set up by India’s top court to look at how medical professionals can be protected following the rape and murder of a trainee female doctor in Kolkata. The Supreme Court has asked the panel to come up with guidelines for ensuring the safety of medical professionals and healthcare

The Kremlin’s threats of retaliation are a bluff, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, with his country’s forces now said to be in control of 90 settlements in the Russian border region of Kursk. The Ukrainian president told a gathering of diplomats that troops have gained over 1,250 square kilometres in Russia since the surprise

At least six people have been killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon, the health ministry there has said. Officials said the strike, in which three others were wounded, hit a residential building in the city of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, early on Saturday. Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after a deadly

A key Russian bridge has been destroyed by Ukraine’s air force, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Kyiv is “strengthening” its positions in the Kursk region. Ukrainian air force commander Mykola Oleschuk shared a video of the moment when a bridge was hit by “high precision strikes” on Telegram. The bridge – which crosses the River Seym