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Footage has emerged from Syria of the incredible moment men digging through rubble with their hands freed a tiny girl as her father tried to keep her calm. The father is heard saying to his young girl, Nour, “Dad is here, don’t be scared” as the search and rescue team furrow through large rocks to

More powerful tremors have hit Turkey through the night, after thousands of people were killed and many more injured in two powerful earthquakes. A 5.4 magnitude tremor struck the eastern side of the country at 7.10am (UK time) this morning, according to the US Geological Study. Just half an hour earlier, a 4.5 magnitude aftershock

Frantic efforts to rescue hundreds trapped under rubble continue in the dark after a huge earthquake hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday, killing more than 3,500. The number of dead is expected to rise as rescue workers search the wreckage in cities and towns across the region. At least 120 aftershocks followed,

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey and Syria, killing at least 568 people, according to authorities. The quake was centred in the town of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province, about 20 miles from the city of Gaziantep, at a depth of six miles and there were several powerful aftershocks. With hundreds injured the death toll is

A US military operation to shoot down a Chinese “spy balloon” that had been hovering in American airspace came at a tense time for the two superpowers, whose relationship has been on rocky ground for years. But how did the US successfully down it with a single missile – and what intelligence are they now

For beach-walking South Carolinians, it would have been quite the Saturday afternoon spectacle.  Two US fighter jets soaring above them, armed with air-to-air missiles. Then a launch. From an altitude of 58,000ft, one of the two jets fired a single ‘Sidewinder’ short range missile. It was 2.39pm eastern US time. Eyewitnesses on the ground in

The US has shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over its airspace. Television footage showed a small explosion, followed by the balloon descending toward the water – off the Carolina coast. The balloon was shot down by an Air Force fighter aircraft, after US military jets were seen flying in

Opposition to Russians being allowed to compete at next year’s Paris Olympics is intensifying, as the UK government prepares to convene talks with more than 30 countries. The summit is due to be held next Friday 10 February. The International Olympic Committee is facing dissent over its willingness to allow athletes from Russia to compete

In an era of orbital satellites so advanced that they are able to make out objects half the size of cars from space, a spy balloon might seem like a bit of a relic. They were a prominent tool for reconnaissance during the Cold War and were even used in a more basic form for

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has avoided a conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting an ex-girlfriend. Kyrgios admitted pushing Chiara Passari to the ground during a row in Canberra in January 2021. His lawyer told a court in the Australian capital that it was an act of “stupidity” and “frustration”, while a psychologist said he

A former commander of Russia’s notorious mercenary Wagner Group who is seeking asylum in Norway has apologised for fighting in Ukraine. Andrei Medvedev said he wanted to speak out about his experiences in the war – and within the private group owned by millionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin –

Australia is removing the British monarchy from its banknotes and will feature an indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles on its new $5 note. The nation’s central bank said the new note would honour “the culture and history of the First Australians” – replacing the current portrait of the Queen, who died

US vice president Kamala Harris praised the “courage and strength” of Tyre Nichols’s family at the 29-year-old’s funeral.  Speaking after being invited to the pulpit by Rev Al Sharpton, she said: “We mourn with you and the people of this country mourn with you. “Mothers around the world when their babies are born pray to

Ukraine is preparing for a major escalation by Russia – possibly even in the next two to three weeks, the Ukrainian president’s top security official has said. Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, told Sky News that the hardest fighting was yet to come and said the next few

Arriving in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, the sheer scale of the poverty takes your breath away. The streets are teeming with people but everywhere is shrouded in acrid smoke from piles of burning rubbish. From the hills above Port-au-Prince, the city at times disappears in a fog of polluted air. Wherever you walk people ask for

It’s night-time, and the lights of our 4×4 guide the way up a mountain road in the West Bank. We’re above the village of Battir, south of Jerusalem, on rocky land that has been farmed by generations of the same Palestinian families over decades. They didn’t create this road. It was bulldozed one evening by