Iran says ‘indirect talks’ have taken place with US over nuclear programme

Iran says ‘indirect talks’ have taken place with US over nuclear programme

Iran says "indirect talks" over the country's rapidly advancing nuclear programme have taken place with US officials, with more to come next week.The discussions on Saturday took place in Muscat, Oman, with the host nation's officials mediating between representatives of Iran and the US, who were seated in separate rooms, according to Esmail Baghaei, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry.After the talks concluded, Oman and Iranian officials reported that Iran and the US had had agreed to hold more negotiations […]

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Mystery over identity of body found in canal

Identity of man whose body was found in Birmingham canal still unknown, West Midlands Police say | UK News | Sky News The man, whose body was discovered in a canal in Smethwick in November, has a tattoo on his right hand, police say.Saturday 12 April 2025 14:11, UK Image: File pic: iStock Why you can trust Sky NewsPolice in Birmingham have asked for help in identifying a man whose body was found in one of the city's canals last […]

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Palestinian student activist can be deported from US, judge rules

Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US, an immigration judge has ruled.Mr Khalil, a postgraduate student at Columbia University's school of international and public affairs, has been a prominent figure in the university's pro-Palestinian student protest movement.The 30-year-old has held a US permanent residency green card since 2024 and his wife is a US citizen.Mr Khalil was detained at his Columbia apartment building in Manhattan on 8 March, as agents from the Department of Homeland Security […]

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Three brothers bid to row across Pacific Ocean in record time after conquering Atlantic

Three brothers are hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean - having already conquered the Atlantic.Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, start their four-month, 9,000-mile adventure on Saturday when they leave from Lima in Peru at 9pm UK time.They will attempt to row non-stop and unsupported to Sydney in Australia in their custom-built carbon fibre ocean rowing boat and in the process raise £1m to support their own clean water charity. Image: They're aiming […]

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Bombing in Greece amid anger over country’s worst train disaster

Police in Greece are investigating after a bomb exploded outside the offices of the country's main railway company.There were no reports of injuries after the blast next to Hellenic Train's offices in central Athens on Friday evening.An anonymous phone warning was reportedly made to a newspaper and a news website, saying a bomb had been left outside the railway company offices and would go off within about 40 minutes.Police forensics experts wearing white coveralls were pictured collecting evidence at the […]

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‘Completely nuts’: New ferries too big for harbour

Those unfamiliar with Scotland's so-called 'ferry fiasco' would barely believe it is a true story.The new vessels cost quadruple their original price tag, one was delivered seven years late, the other is still being built, and both are too big to fit the main harbour for their daily journeys to and from the Isle of Arran.But in this latest chapter of the scandal, the unbelievable is very much part of the script. And, as Sky News has been hearing, the […]

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Polish president backs Trump over Ukraine – and tells allies to ‘stay calm’ over tariffs

Poland's outgoing President Andrzej Duda has kept few revelations for the final weeks of his presidency. Ten years in office - a tenure spanning Donald Trump's first and current term - his admiration for the incumbent leader of the free world remains undimmed. As is his conviction that Ukraine's only chance of peace lies with the US leader.In an interview with Sky News in the presidential palace in Warsaw, President Duda described Mr Trump's tariff policy as "shock therapy", a […]

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Day 83: Who will pay the price for Trump’s tariffs?

Day 83: Who will pay the price for Trump's tariffs? | Trump News | Sky News PodcastPodcastSaturday 12 April 2025 05:13, UKSpreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via thePrivacy Options. […]

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‘We’ll be back to the Stone Age’: British Steel employees express fears over plant’s future

MPs are set to debate emergency legislation to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open in a move that would pave the way for nationalisation.The rare Saturday sitting of parliament will come after Jingye, the steelwork's Chinese owner, cancelled orders for the raw materials needed to keep the UK's last blast furnaces running.Jingye also rejected a £500m state rescue package in a move which raised fresh doubts about the 3,500 jobs at the Lincolnshire plant - with it feared […]

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