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Authorities in Pakistan are rushing to widen a breach in its biggest lake to keep the waters from overflowing, as an unprecedented monsoon season threatens a 4,500-year-old archaeological site. Unprecedented floods have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,325, including 466 children, national disaster officials have said. Record-breaking rains have inflicted damage on

A man suspected of killing 10 people in a mass stabbing in Canada has been found dead – with injuries that were not self-inflicted. Damien Sanderson was discovered on James Smith Cree Nation, which is where some of the attacks took place. “His body was located outdoors in a heavily grassed area in proximity to

A mother-of-two and a widower were among 10 people killed in a mass stabbing in Canada – as police warned the two suspects are still at large. At least 15 other people were wounded in the series of knife attacks in an indigenous community and a nearby town in Saskatchewan province. It is one of

Ten people have been killed and at least 15 others injured after mass stabbings in an indigenous community in the Saskatchewan province of Canada. The attacks happened at multiple locations, with police investigating 13 crime scenes, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan said. Officers are hunting for two suspects, Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson,

A teenager and two children have died following a violent incident at a house in Dublin, police have said. The 18-year-old girl and her twin 8-year-old siblings – a boy and a girl – were taken by ambulance to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in Crumlin, but all three were later pronounced dead. Officers were called

The journey north up the Swat Valley in Pakistan is a lesson in just how overwhelming the power of a natural disaster like this can be.   Whole villages are swept away, towns are cut in half, a hydroelectric power station is overwhelmed and smashed and roads and bridges along the way are destroyed. Like

It’s easy to lose sight of the scale of loss in Pakistan. Even as we travel by boat through the heavily-hit Dadu district in Sindh Province, I struggle to comprehend what lies beneath the water. But we soon hear the horrendous stories of a community drowning in loss. Crops, homes, livelihoods – all submerged. The

G7 finance ministers have agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports in an effort to limit funding for President Putin’s war in Ukraine. The decision was made at a virtual meeting of the group, made up of seven of the world’s richest countries – the UK, US, Canada, Italy, France, Germany and

Russia believes it can blackmail the West by attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to one Ukrainian military volunteer. The plant has been frequently shelled in recent weeks, with Ukraine accusing Russia of using it as a deadly strategic pawn, in a move that could lead to nuclear disaster. Kyiv and Moscow blame each

We’ve been driving along the Indus Highway, witnessing the slow burial underwater of each area as flood waters spread across Pakistan. This morning we woke up to the news of new breaches. My producer, Muhammad Yousuf, had heard of a village completely flooded. We headed out to find out what the people there had been

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral because of his “work schedule”, the Kremlin has said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader and one of the most significant figures of the 20th century, will be laid to rest on Saturday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the ceremony will have “elements” of a state

It’s simply so overwhelming and it’s hard to put into words. Pakistan is drowning. An area of land that is the equivalent of the whole of the UK is under water. Our team is witnessing a mass exodus of people made homeless in their own homeland. But there’s nowhere to go, there is water everywhere.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had a “huge impact on the course of world history” who found his “own solutions to urgent problems”, Vladimir Putin has said. Expressing his condolences to his family, the Russian president said in a statement: “He led our country during a period of complex, dramatic changes, large-scale foreign policy, economic and

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91, according to Russian media. His office earlier said that he was undergoing treatment at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He died after a long illness, the medical facility was quoted as saying by news agencies. Tributes to man who brought about the

The UN is appealing for $160m (£136m) in emergency funding to help Pakistan deal with devastating floods. More than 1,150 people have been killed and nearly half a million displaced in the disaster. “Pakistan is awash in suffering,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message for the launch of the appeal. “The Pakistani

Ukrainian forces have begun an offensive operation against Russian troops in the Kherson region – a key, Russia-occupied part of southern Ukraine, two Ukrainian sources have told Sky News. There have been growing expectations that Ukrainian troops were planning to launch an operation to recapture Kherson, which was the first regional capital that Russia seized

This year’s flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 33 million. Sherry Rehman, the country’s top climate official, has warned Pakistan is “at the ground zero” of “flash foods, multiple glacial lake outbursts, heatwaves and now the monster monsoon of the decade”. Since monsoon season started earlier than usual in June,

Widespread floods in Pakistan that have killed more than 1,000 people since mid-June may not have reached their peak yet, experts have warned. All four of the country’s provinces have been hit by the unusually heavy rains, with over 30 million people affected. Flash floods have swept away villages, crops, and 800,000 livestock, as soldiers

Two illegally-constructed skyscrapers near New Delhi have been demolished, with thousands of kilos of explosives razing them to the ground in less than 10 seconds. The apartment blocks on the outskirts of India‘s capital city were the tallest structures ever taken down in the country in such a short time. Thousands of people had to

Tens of thousands of people in Pakistan have been forced to flee their homes following deadly floods, as the country’s prime minister warned the “magnitude of the calamity is bigger” than expected. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in the floods since mid-June, which have been triggered by heavy monsoon rains. The latest destruction saw