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Vladimir Putin is planning a rare overseas trip to Turkey next month, the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed. Mr Erdogan made the announcement during a press conference following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul. The Turkish president did not reveal further details of the timing of the visit in August, but

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian military forces have proven incredibly resilient against what should – at least on paper – have been a superior Russian force. But one month on from the start of a much-anticipated “spring” counteroffensive, there has been limited positive news from Kyiv, plenty of Russian reporting of significant enemy losses,

An Artificial Intelligence show in China is like a glimpse into the future. Indeed, Shanghai has been inundated this week with the industry’s brightest and best for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference. The expo is a seriously impressive display. Lots of things here are fun and for the crowds – for instance, a basketball

Twitter has threatened to sue Facebook owner Meta over its new Threads platform, it has been reported. The company has written to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to say it “intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, according to news site Semafor, citing a letter from Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro. “It demands that Meta take

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia – and Vladimir Putin will not “wipe” him out. Mr Lukashenko said Prigozhin may be in St Petersburg or Moscow, and insisted he is “absolutely free”, adding his Wagner troops remain at the camps where they had stayed before the group’s

Millions of people across the Netherlands have been warned to stay indoors as a rare summer storm hit the Dutch coast, severely disrupting air and rail travel. The country’s national meteorology institute has issued its highest “code red” storm warning to residents of the Noord-Holland province, which includes Amsterdam. It urged them not to leave

It was a nerve-wracking night for Ukrainians and the anxiety goes on. Having a nuclear power plant in enemy hands has been the cause of deep concern for Ukrainians throughout the war. Never more so than now. They have just heard warnings from their president and intelligence chiefs that the plant has been mined with

Ukraine has claimed “explosive devices” have been placed on the roof of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of “dangerous provocations” at the facility. The Ukrainian armed forces quoted “operational data” as saying that the devices had been placed on the roof of the plant’s third and fourth reactors on Tuesday, adding

Israeli troops have begun withdrawing from the West Bank city of Jenin after a two-day operation that left 13 Palestinians dead – as residents of Gaza say the territory has been hit by airstrikes. Israeli aircraft are reported to have launched the strikes at militant sites in the coastal Palestinian territory early on Wednesday. It

Israeli troops have been pulling out of the Palestinian city of Jenin following one of their biggest West Bank operations in years. Convoys of military vehicles were seen leaving less than 48 hours after the offensive started. Despite the withdrawal, explosions could still be heard amid unconfirmed reports of a gunfight near a hospital. At

There’s only one road into Jenin – the checkpoint to the north is closed as Israel’s military operations continue into its second day and temporary army posts hold up the traffic a few miles out as soldiers check every car going in. Driving into the city is an obstacle course around burning tyres, rubbish tipped

Greek police are investigating the deaths of two Irish teenagers who were celebrating the end of their school exams on the island of Ios. The bodies of Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall, both 18, were discovered on Sunday, and it is believed that the teenagers died in separate incidents. Andrew O’Donnell went missing after a

Police in the US have arrested the mother of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in the wardrobe of a vacant apartment. Police in Georgia charged Alondra Hobbs, 27, with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, DeKalb County police said on Facebook. They identified her daughter as Alivia Hobbs-Jordan. An officer

The police chief in a French town reeling from an attack on its mayor’s home has told Sky News his officers are involved in “a war” against rioters “who are there to kill us”. Eric Vergne has led the response to an attack that has shocked the French nation. A burning car was driven into

The Israeli military has carried out airstrikes on the northern West Bank town of Jenin overnight, and large numbers of soldiers were reported in the area as part of a new and major operation to target “extensive counter-terror activity”. The airstrikes, which started at 1.14am from armed drones, took out a target in the centre

A mayor in Mexico has married a female alligator-like animal in a traditional ceremony which is believed to bring good fortune to his people. Victor Hugo Sosa wed the caiman reptile called Alicia Adriana as he re-enacted an ancestral ritual. Local lore, or tradition, calls the creature the “princess girl” and the mayor said the

Australia has become the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe psychedelics to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). From Saturday, Australian physicians can prescribe doses of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for PTSD. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in so called “magic” mushrooms, can also be given to people who have hard-to-treat depression.

A YouTube bodybuilding star known as Joesthetics has died at the age of 30, according to posts shared on social media by his friends and girlfriend. German fitness influencer Jo Lindner, who had 8.5million followers on Instagram and almost 500 million views on his YouTube channel, suffered an aneurysm on Friday according to his girlfriend

Twitter has applied temporary daily reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk has said. In a tweet, Musk said verified accounts have been temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day. Unverified Twitter accounts have been limited to reading 600 posts a day, while new unverified accounts can

Elon Musk has joked about Twitter’s temporary daily reading limits after users vented their fury over the site’s new limitations. “Oh the irony of hitting view limits due to complaining about view limits,” the billionaire tweeted. Earlier Musk had said Twitter applied the limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation. He