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Sky News @news.sky.com · Dec 17

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 1m

Venezuela to close its Norwegian embassy - days after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Venezuela to close its Norwegian embassy - days after opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Venezuela is to close its embassy in Norway - just days after the South American country's opposition leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9m

Migrant with AK-47 face tattoo jailed for threatening to kill Nigel Farage

Migrant with AK-47 face tattoo jailed for threatening to kill Nigel Farage

An Afghan migrant who came to the UK on a small boat has been jailed for five years after posting a TikTok video in which he threatened to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 50m

Homebuying platform OneDome moves in with Channel 4

Homebuying platform OneDome moves in with Channel 4

A fintech and property business which integrates elements of the homebuying process has secured a multimillion pound investment from Channel 4 in the state-owned broadcaster's latest media-for-equity partnership.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1h

Three police officers killed in 'intentional' gas explosion in Italy

Three police officers killed in 'intentional' gas explosion in Italy

Three police officers have been killed after they opened a door to a rural Italian farmhouse that had been intentionally filled with gas, igniting a massive explosion.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1h

Donald Trump has dismissed suggestions that his peace declaration for the Middle East was 'premature'.

The US President also says the question of who runs Gaza and how is a 'different plan' and will be ironed out later.

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 2h

Flight Club-owner Red Engine scores with new funding package

Flight Club-owner Red Engine scores with new funding package

The leisure venue operator behind Flight Club darts and Electric Shuffleboard will this week announce an expansion of its financing firepower as it seeks to meet growing consumer demand for 'competitive socialising'.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 2h

Authorities name 16 killed in Tennessee explosives factory blast

Authorities name 16 killed in Tennessee explosives factory blast

Authorities have identified the 16 people killed in a massive blast at a munitions factory in rural Tennessee.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 3h

Getting a job became harder with fewer vacancies - official figures

Getting a job became harder with fewer vacancies - official figures

The jobs market continued to slow, with 9,000 fewer vacancies in the three months to September, official figures show.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6h

'Make or break': Chancellor warned businesses can't take more tax hikes in budget

'Make or break': Chancellor warned businesses can't take more tax hikes in budget

Rachel Reeves has been warned that firms face a "make-or-break moment" at next month's budget.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6h

Got a cold? Try sucking on a peppermint, say scientists

Got a cold? Try sucking on a peppermint, say scientists

There seem to be plenty of colds going around at the moment - so here's a possible aid you might not have considered: peppermints.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7h

SpaceX enjoys successful Starship rocket launch test

SpaceX enjoys successful Starship rocket launch test

SpaceX has successfully launched its latest Starship rocket on a test flight, which took it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7h

Alan Shearer and Michael Caine join calls for PM to ban smacking

Alan Shearer and Michael Caine join calls for PM to ban smacking

Former England footballer Alan Shearer and actor Sir Michael Caine have joined calls for the prime minister to ban smacking.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9h

Got a pair of these? There's more to them than meets the eye - and it may mean global trade war

Got a pair of these? There's more to them than meets the eye - and it may mean global trade war

For most of human history, no one paid all that much attention to the 17 rare earth elements.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9h

'I don't remember feeling this unsafe': Frightened worshippers too scared to walk the streets

'I don't remember feeling this unsafe': Frightened worshippers too scared to walk the streets

"I don't remember feeling this unsafe ever before," says 76-year-old devout Sikh Resham Kaur who moved to the UK from India when she was 18.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9h

Trump warned his plan for future of Gaza 'doesn't make sense'

Trump warned his plan for future of Gaza 'doesn't make sense'

One of the most high-profile and influential Palestinian politicians has told Sky News that Donald Trump is now "calling the shots" for Israel - and warned it "doesn't make sense" to have a Western-led government ruling Gaza or the return of a "British mandate" under Sir Tony Blair.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 10h

China poses 'highly sophisticated' cyber threat to UK, NCSC warns

China poses 'highly sophisticated' cyber threat to UK, NCSC warns

China poses a "highly sophisticated and capable" cyber threat, the UK's cyber agency has warned - as it revealed a 50% jump in significant attacks in Britain by criminals and hostile states.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 10h

Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme

Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme

Thousands of homes fitted with insulation under a flagship government scheme now need major remedial work, or risk damp and mould, the public spending watchdog has warned.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 11h

West Bank prisoner releases expose deeper wounds

West Bank prisoner releases expose deeper wounds

When the bus came into view, there was a surge of expectation and a rush of people.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 12h

Starmer and other leaders have fallen into line on Trump's Gaza plan - now it must deliver

Starmer and other leaders have fallen into line on Trump's Gaza plan - now it must deliver

I've been around a while and seen a lot of the insides of international summits over the years, but this one was truly extraordinary.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 13h

Three children in hospital after pram hit by trailer

Three children in hospital after pram hit by trailer

Three young children are in hospital after a trailer became detached from a vehicle and struck a pram while it was being pushed on the pavement in southwestern Scotland.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 13h

A Dynasty star and the Thatcher dynasty

A Dynasty star and the Thatcher dynasty

It was the night I rescued Dame Joan Collins' silk evening glove.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 17h

England defender Millie Bright announces retirement from international football

England defender Millie Bright announces retirement from international football

England defender Millie Bright has announced she is retiring from international football.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 18h

Trump's plan has delivered a spectacular day - but has postponed harder decisions which now loom into view

Trump's plan has delivered a spectacular day - but has postponed harder decisions which now loom into view

It has been an extraordinary day of enormous emotion and high drama but, for all that, we have only witnessed the first phase of the Trump peace plan - and in many ways that is the easy bit.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 19h

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

The boss of Goldman Sachs has urged Rachel Reeves not to increase the financial burden on the banking sector amid industry concerns that it will be targeted for steep tax hikes in next month’s Budget.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 19h

Scottish govt to 'step in' to sponsor care home workers after skilled worker visa axed

Scottish govt to 'step in' to sponsor care home workers after skilled worker visa axed

The Scottish government will sponsor care home workers after Sir Keir Starmer changed the skilled worker visa this year, Scotland's first minister has announced.