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Asif Merchant: Man convicted of planning to kill Trump – amid allegations of Iran-backed plotting on US soil

A Pakistani man has been convicted of planning to kill Donald Trump and other prominent US politicians. The trial showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil. Asif Merchant, 47, was accused of trying to recruit ‌people in the US in a plan targeting Mr Trump and others after Washington’s killing of Iranian military commander […]

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‘I stabbed a teenager in the neck – here’s my message for people who carry knives’

Resting on young shoulders, a white coffin is carried through a youth centre in southeast London. The scene looks like a funeral. That is the intention – but it is something else entirely. Inside the coffin is a large sculpture: a bloodied knife carved with the skyline of London. The imagery is stark. This is

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Scandal-hit hospital admits patients caught up in dirty water cancer ward incident 

Patients were caught up in a mould and dirty water incident inside a cancer ward at one of Britain’s biggest hospitals, Sky News can reveal – days after our investigation uncovered fresh environmental risks. NHS chiefs have admitted that some patients had to be clinically investigated following the incident at Glasgow’s £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. However,

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Kemi Badenoch launches her most scathing attack on the PM yet over response to Iran war

Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is “nothing like the patriotic party of yesteryear” and “playing student politics” over the Iran war. In a speech at the Conservative spring conference in Harrogate today, the Tory leader will accuse the prime minister of “sitting on the fence” while the rest of the world rearms. “I never thought I

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‘An Iranian missile landed on him’: Sky News speaks to son of expat who died in United Arab Emirates

A migrant worker who was killed in an aerial attack on the United Arab Emirates on the first day of the Iran war would not have been outside if he had known the conflict had started, his son says. Saleh Ahmed, 55, from Bangladesh, was delivering drinking water in the emirate of Ajman when he

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Inside bombed-out Beirut – where Hezbollah makes the rules

Beirut’s southern suburbs have been subjected to waves of airstrikes by the Israeli military, but it has been virtually impossible to document the damage they cause.  The area known as Dahiyeh, which consists of four densely populated districts adjoining the city centre, is simply too dangerous to access. The sound of Israeli drones and fighter

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Boos and boycotts as Russian flag returns to sporting stage at Winter Paralympics

The Russian flag has returned to the global sporting stage, appearing at the Winter Paralympics for the first time in over a decade. Boos were heard as Russian athletes followed the flag into the Milan Cortina opening ceremony – the first winter games the tricolour has appeared at since 2014 in Sochi. The four-strong delegation

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More than 300 people abducted by Islamic militants in northeastern Nigeria, officials say

More than 300 people, including women and children, have been abducted by Islamic militants who attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, officials have said. Militant fighters assaulted the town of Ngoshe in Borno state on Friday, Bulama Sawa, an official from the Gwoza area said. No group has claimed responsibility, but it was likely in

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Foreign Office was told by UK ambassador in Israel an attack on Iran was highly likely weeks ago

The UK’s ambassador to Israel alerted London weeks in advance that an attack on Iran by US and Israeli forces was highly likely, a former diplomat at the embassy has revealed. Ameer Kotecha, who quit the foreign office this week and had been based in Tel Aviv until last month, told Sky News he believed

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Russian intelligence suspected after Birmingham targeted in ‘self-igniting parcel’ attacks

Russian intelligence is suspected of being behind several “self-igniting” parcel fires around Europe, including one in Birmingham. The Metropolitan Police said an investigation involving multiple countries was ongoing after “several fires involving cargo”. The fire at a DHL depot in Birmingham in July 2024 has been linked to other incidents on the continent. A 38-year-old

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