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

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 […]

12/04/2025

World

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 […]

11/04/2025 13

UK

‘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 […]

11/04/2025 8

US

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. […]

11/04/2025 2

Home

‘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 […]

11/04/2025 8

UK

A remarkable step by the government – and Trump, China and Reform UK have all played their part

When the sun sets on Scunthorpe this Saturday, the town's steelworks will likely have a new boss - Jonathan Reynolds.The law that parliament will almost certainly approve this weekend hands the business secretary the powers to direct staff at British Steel, order raw materials and, crucially, keep the blast furnaces at the plant open.This is not full nationalisation.But it is an extraordinary step.The Chinese firm Jingye will - on paper - remain the owner of British Steel.But the UK state […]

11/04/2025 10

UK

Teachers in England gearing up for potential strike action

Teachers in England are once again gearing up for potential strike action after an overwhelming majority of National Education Union (NEU) members rejected the government's latest pay offer.In an electronic ballot, 93.7% of respondents turned down the proposed 2.8% pay rise, labelling it inadequate and unfunded.If the pay offer had been accepted, schools would have had to find the money from existing budgets to pay for the increase - with many saying they are already overstretched.Some 83% of teachers said […]

11/04/2025 4

Entertainment

Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch boss ‘unfit to stand trial’

Abercrombie & Fitch's former chief executive is not fit to stand trial on sex trafficking charges as he is suffering from dementia, both prosecutors and his lawyers have said.Mike Jeffries has Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and the "residual effects of a traumatic brain injury", his defence attorneys wrote in a letter filed at a federal court in Central Islip, New York.The 80-year-old needs around-the-clock care, they added, citing evaluations by medical professionals.Prosecutors and defence lawyers are calling for Jeffries […]

11/04/2025 1

World

US envoy meets Putin for talks – as Trump urges Russia to ‘get moving’ on Ukraine

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for talks in Russia - as the US president called on Moscow to "get moving" to end the war in Ukraine.Mr Witkoff, who has been pressing the Kremlin to accept a truce, visited Mr Putin in St Petersburg after earlier meeting the Russian leader's international co-operation envoy Kirill Dmitriev.Mr Putin was shown on state TV greeting Mr Witkoff at the city's presidential library at the start of the latest discussions […]

11/04/2025 16

Sky News