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96% of under-16s in Australia use social media. From next week, they will be banned

Australia will introduce one of the world's toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 9:37 pm

'No discussion' about banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at match in Germany

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will be allowed into next week's Europa League match at Stuttgart as banning them was not considered, the German club has confirmed to Sky News.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 3:11 pm

Gaza longs for normality, but quasi-anarchy reigns and Hamas is once again exerting control

There is a desperate desire for normality in Gaza - for full shops, functioning hospitals, open schools, habitable homes and usable roads. For electricity that comes on reliably, skies that don’t hum with drones and days that don’t crackle with gunfire.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 2:13 pm

Fresh sanctions on Russia seem futile - Putin is more belligerent than ever

There is a sense of impotent futility to the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia in the wake of the Dawn Sturgess public inquiry report released today.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 12:56 pm

Multiple countries withdraw from Eurovision as Israel cleared to take part

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 12:45 pm

Ukraine has become Europe's war - so why doesn't it act like it?

Something concrete and unarguable has emerged from the diplomatic turbulence generated by Donald Trump's attempts to end the war in Ukraine.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 5:25 am

Putin 'morally responsible' for woman's novichok death in Salisbury

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 4:06 am

In 'Little Kabul', Afghans feel they have to prove their US loyalty all over again

In a quiet suburb in the San Francisco Bay area, the smell of naan bread wafts out from the Maiwand Market and on to the street.

Posted on 4 December 2025 | 2:09 am

'If someone took Trump's land, how would he feel?'

A Ukrainian farmer-turned-soldier in the Donbas has a message for Donald Trump as the US president attempts to broker a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow.

Posted on 3 December 2025 | 8:50 pm