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US and Russian officials have agreed to restore embassy staffing and establish a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine - another sign of the significant American change in diplomatic relations with Moscow.  Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/us-and-russia-agree-to-restore-embassy-staffing-and-establish-ukraine-peace-negotiation-team-13312044 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 17:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A 66-year-old woman has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a five-year-old girl in 1978. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/woman-66-charged-over-1978-death-of-five-year-old-girl-in-south-london-13312012 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 16:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Detectives are on the hunt for a man and a woman following a daylight sex attack and robbery in the Scottish Highlands. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/police-hunting-man-and-woman-after-daylight-sex-attack-and-robbery-in-nairn-13311903 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 14:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The bodies of the family of an Israeli hostage who was released two weeks ago will be handed over on Thursday, Hamas has said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-says-bodies-of-bibas-family-to-be-handed-over-with-six-more-israelis-to-walk-free-on-saturday-13311919 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 13:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

England's most senior judge says she is "deeply troubled" by Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch's exchange about a Gazan family coming to the UK under the Ukraine scheme. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/englands-top-judge-condemns-starmer-and-badenoch-comments-on-gaza-family-coming-to-uk-on-ukraine-scheme-13311847 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 11:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A tourism campaign by the New Zealand government aimed at getting more Australians to visit has been mocked by residents. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/new-zealand-tourism-campaign-criticised-as-country-battles-record-emigration-13311754 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 11:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Thames Water, which was due to run out of money, has been given a lifeline after a £3bn loan was approved by the High Court. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/thames-water-debt-lifeline-approved-by-high-court-13311763 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 09:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nearly 800 children have been caught driving or riding without insurance in the last four years, which is partly blamed on the rise in popularity of e-scooters. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/e-scooters-blamed-for-surge-in-number-of-uninsured-teenage-drivers-13311700 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 06:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Wages have risen while unemployment unexpectedly saw no change, official figures show. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/surprise-rise-in-wages-as-unemployment-unexpectedly-stays-the-same-13311698 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 06:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A battle for power is raging in Germany.  Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/is-germany-turning-to-the-far-right-inside-the-countrys-battle-for-power-13310992 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 02:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Russia has reportedly released a American citizen who had been detained on drug charges, just hours ahead of its talks with the US over Ukraine. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/russia-releases-us-citizen-detained-on-drug-charges-ahead-of-ukraine-peace-talks-13311676 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 02:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nearly 39,000 child sex abuse image crimes were recorded last year - with an "unacceptable loophole" in the law leaving children vulnerable on messaging services, says the NSPCC. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/loophole-in-law-on-messaging-apps-leaves-children-vulnerable-to-sexual-abuse-says-nspcc-13311489 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-18 00:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A Pakistani carpenter has told Sky News he warned a British couple who have been detained in Iran not to travel to dangerous parts of Balochistan. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/craig-and-lindsay-foreman-were-warned-to-not-travel-to-unsafe-balochistan-13311521 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 16:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A fire that ripped through a luxury central London hotel popular with celebrities started accidentally from a pizza oven, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/chiltern-firehouse-fire-at-luxury-london-hotel-started-from-pizza-oven-13311564 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 18:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

At least 31 people have died after a bus crash in Bolivia, police have said. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-31-dead-after-bus-crash-in-bolivia-13311649 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 22:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A woman who stole Jellycat soft toys worth almost £3,000 from garden centres in Norfolk has been sentenced for shoplifting. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/woman-stole-nearly-1633000-worth-of-jellycat-toys-from-garden-centres-sentenced-13311618 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 20:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A plane has crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport – with local media reporting it flipped on landing. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/emergency-teams-responding-after-incident-involving-plane-during-landing-in-canada-toronto-pearson-airport-says-13311604 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 19:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

There's been a lot of talk in politics recently about "Western values". Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/we-could-not-make-it-work-kemi-badenoch-admits-tories-couldnt-find-money-for-major-defence-boost-13311529 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 17:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Israel says it is preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/israel-says-it-will-receive-bodies-of-four-hostages-held-by-hamas-in-gaza-13311482 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 15:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has achieved the highest-ever opening for a romcom in the UK and Ireland, according to Universal. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/bridget-jones-4-breaks-uk-box-office-romcom-record-13311455 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 15:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A fatal accident inquiry has begun into the death of a baby girl at Scotland's superhospital. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/inquiry-begins-into-death-of-baby-at-royal-hospital-for-children-in-glasgow-13311392 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 14:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A woman who campaigns for people wrongly detained in Iran says the recent arrest of a British couple shows the West has failed to counter Tehran's hostage diplomacy. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/craig-and-lindsay-foreman-west-has-failed-to-counter-tehrans-hostage-diplomacy-says-former-iranian-prisoner-13311342 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 13:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kemi Badenoch has said failing to spend more on defence "is not peacemaking, it is weakness" as Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders face pressure from Donald Trump to increase NATO contributions. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/kemi-badenoch-says-failing-to-spend-more-on-defence-is-not-peacekeeping-it-is-weakness-13311374 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 11:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 1,000 people rescued from cyber scam centres near Thailand will be handed over by Myanmar, its military government has announced. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/more-than-1000-rescued-from-cyber-scam-centres-near-thailand-13311317 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 09:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Extreme weather and life-threatening cold temperatures are set to hit western states near the Rocky Mountains - after severe flooding killed at least 10 people in the eastern US over the weekend. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/us-weather-polar-vortex-to-bring-life-threatening-cold-to-mountain-states-after-winter-storms-and-lethal-floods-13311253 Author : Publish date : 2025-02-17 07:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.