It was just one missile, but it damaged four medical buildings. Bashtanka hospital was hit early evening on Tuesday: a major surgery was in progress and a woman was giving birth. Children had been moved from the shattered paediatric centre to a safer place. Depressingly, Ukraine’s medical staff know their buildings are being targeted. Ukrainian
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Sky News correspondents Adam Parsons and Dominic Waghorn are on the French presidential campaign trail with Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. With two days until the crucial run-off vote, here’s their take on the candidates’ final push. Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor, in Etaples Marine Le Pen is behind in the polls and cannot
Newly released satellite images show what appear to be mass graves dug around the Ukrainian city of Mariupol – holding the bodies of thousands of civilians. The grim photographs, taken by satellite imaging firm Maxar Technologies, reportedly depict more than 200 mass graves dug in long rows stretching away from an existing cemetery in the
In Ukraine there is no such thing as a safe passage. And so, into a city where the air raid sirens wail several times a day, and into a car park where they had been expected for days, the sight of the three yellow buses brought relief all round. They snaked through the last of
The UK has slapped Russia with more sanctions, targeting military leaders as well as goods like caviar and diamonds. Azatbek Omurbekov, a lieutenant colonel nicknamed “the butcher of Bucha”, was one of the Russian army leaders hit by the new sanctions, according to the UK. Britain will increase tariffs by 35% on Russian and Belarussian
Sky News correspondents Adam Parsons and Dominic Waghorn are on the French presidential campaign trail with Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Here, they sum up the feeling on the ground ahead of a run-off vote on Sunday. By Adam Parsons, Europe correspondent, in Saint-Denis If Emmanuel Macron is nervous then he’s hiding it well.
Shanghai residents have begged authorities to improve living conditions for elderly relatives sent to makeshift COVID quarantine centres. Videos sent to Sky News show elderly people housed in the canteen of an old school. They sleep in sleeping bags on top of sun loungers in a communal room and there are no shower facilities. Image:
Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked the Anfield crowd for their show of compassion following the death of his newborn son. A minute’s applause was held during Tuesday’s game between Liverpool and Manchester United. Fans of both teams showed solidarity with the player and applauded in the seventh minute – the same as the Portuguese star’s number.
Marine Le Pen faces off against centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential election this Sunday, raising the prospect of the country electing a far-right leader for the first time. Ms Le Pen has promoted ultra-conservative views, but she’s also put forward economic policies aimed at those who are struggling. So, just how right-wing is
The French election is finely balanced. With the polls showing the race for the presidency much closer than in 2017, and the gap just larger than the margin for error, it is still possible that either the incumbent Emmanuel Macron, or his contender in the run-off Marine Le Pen could win. While it is too
The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is expected to fall to Russian forces soon. What used to be a port city and trade hub of almost half a million people now lies in ruins. More than 20,000 civilians have reportedly died, many more have been injured, and thousands have been forced to flee. Russia ‘trucking dead
Israeli fighter jets have carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for the second time in three nights. The strikes were in retaliation to a rocket fired from Gaza at around 10.30pm on Wednesday night. It landed in the Israeli town of Sderot, destroying a car and damaging part of a house, while one elderly
When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of 24 February, the first foreign leader Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called was Britain’s Boris Johnson. Asked why the UK prime minister was number one on the list, the president’s top security official told Sky News: “They are friends. Britain is our friend.” Oleksiy
Russian forces will seize the strategically important Ukrainian port city of Mariupol today, a top ally of Vladimir Putin has claimed after Ukraine warned its forces are unable to “hold out for much longer”. The besieged southern city has been a key target for Russia since the war in Ukraine began almost two months ago.
The good news for Marine Le Pen is that history didn’t repeat itself. Five years ago, her presidential ambitions died at this stage, as she was comfortably out-thought, out-argued and outperformed on live television by Emmanuel Macron. Back then, she seemed ill-prepared and ostentatiously angry. This time, she was calmer and clearer. The lessons of
French President Emmanuel Macron has attacked his far-right election rival, Marine Le Pen, over her links to Russia during a televised debate. The two politicians discussed a wide range of topics, including immigration, the country’s foreign policy, and the cost of living, as they fought for the backing of voters. Mr Macron claimed Ms Le