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Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for face-to-face talks in Hungary after the pair made "great progress" during a "very productive" phone call on Thursday.

It feels like a game of diplomatic chess.

The head of MI5 says he will "never back off" from confronting threats from China as he revealed his officers disrupted a case linked to Beijing in just the past week.

Sir Keir Starmer has criticised a decision to stop Israeli football fans who support Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending their side's Europa League match against Aston Villa in Birmingham after police classified it as a "high risk" event.

One week into the ceasefire, a new kind of violence is plaguing the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has told Sky News that it is committed to every detail of the ceasefire agreement but says it faces "enormous difficulties" in recovering the remaining bodies of Israeli hostages.

Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his album People Watching.

The prime minister has ordered a review of antisemitism in the NHS, saying there are too many cases "simply not being dealt with".

An early surge in flu cases has prompted health experts to call for vaccinations, with hospital admissions also beginning to rise.

Former Donald Trump adviser John Bolton has been charged with illegally storing and transmitting classified information.