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Republican congressman Mike Johnson has been elected as the next Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The deeply conservative politician swept the vote on the first ballot following weeks of turmoil since the ousting of Kevin McCarthy. He emerged as the fourth nominee after a cycle of Republican internecine warfare since his predecessor was

A property manager has been sentenced to a year in prison for sending more than 200 abusive messages to the father of a teenage girl who died in a Florida mass shooting. James Catalano, 62 of Fresno, California was sentenced by US District Judge Robert Scola in Miami after pleading guilty to cyberstalking in March.

Donald Trump compared himself to Nelson Mandela as he addressed his legal issues in a speech at his latest campaign rally. The former US president likened himself to the anti-apartheid activist on Monday as he claimed he is being targeted by federal and state prosecutors because of his politics. Mr Trump is currently facing four

An off-duty pilot has been arrested and charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down a plane’s engines during a flight, causing the pilot to divert the aircraft. The 44-year-old man, who was sitting in the spare seat of the cockpit, was “subdued” by the two pilots flying the aircraft

A mother who allegedly kidnapped and smuggled her eight biological children across the US has been arrested. Trisha Fullerton was spotted with six children in a car park in northern California by a passer-by who reported her “bizarre behaviour”. The concerned citizen requested a welfare check on the kids. Officers attended the scene on Saturday

A woman who falsely claimed to have cancer to fundraise money has been ordered to pay $40,000 (£33,000) but will stay out of prison.  Madison Russo, 20, never had pancreatic cancer, leukaemia, or a football-sized tumour wrapped around her spine – despite what she claimed on social media and fundraising pages. The Iowa woman documented

The president of a synagogue in Detroit has been stabbed to death outside her home. Police say a motive for the killing of Samantha Woll is currently unknown. Ms Woll, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene at around 6.30am on Saturday after she was found lying on the ground with multiple stab wounds. “While

Police in the US have arrested a former professional baseball player in connection to the alleged murder and attempted murder of his in-laws. Danny Serafini, 49, was arrested Friday morning in connection with the death of 70-year-old Robert Gary Spohr and the attempted murder of 68-year-old Wendy Wood in 2021. The victims are Serafini’s father-in-law

The father of freed American hostage Natalie Raanan says she’s doing well following her two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas. Uri Raanan of Evanston, Illinois, told reporters he had spoken to his 17-year-old daughter Natalie on the phone. “She’s doing good. She’s doing very good,” he

A US Navy warship has shot down missiles possibly headed for Israel as American forces in the Middle East have also been targeted by drone strikes, fuelling fears the Gaza conflict could spread. Rockets were fired at military facilities hosting US forces in Iraq and Syria following warnings over Washington’s support for Israel against Hamas.

Hamas has released two US hostages – a mother and her daughter – “for humanitarian reasons”, Sky News understands. Their ages are about 60 years old and 18 years old, a source with knowledge of the hostages told Sky News. Abu Ubaida of the militant organisation’s armed wing said the release was in response to

Joe Biden said Hamas and Vladimir Putin both want to “annihilate” neighbouring democracies during a rare speech from the Oval Office. The president addressed the nation after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East. “If international aggression is allowed to continue, conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world,” he said. “Hamas

Simone Biles has hinted she might be heading to Paris to take part in the upcoming 2024 Olympics. The 26-year-old became the most decorated gymnast in history after sealing her sixth world all-around title in Belgium this month. In an interview with NBC’s The Today Show on Thursday, presenter Hoda Kotb asked what the odds

A man has admitted to killing a woman 20 years ago, as well as attempting to extort $250,000 from the victim’s mother. Joran Van Der Sloot pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, and as part of a plea deal he had to reveal how 18-year-old American Natalee Holloway died. He said he beat Ms Holloway to

US President Joe Biden has said an explosion that killed hundreds in a hospital in Gaza appears to not have been caused by Israel but “by the other team”. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Mr Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

A summit between between Palestinian, US, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, has been cancelled, just hours before Joe Biden was due to visit the region. The US president was set to meet them after his visit to Israel on Wednesday. The summit’s cancellation is a blow to Mr Biden’s diplomatic efforts over the Middle East crisis.

Donald Trump is suing a private investigations firm over “shocking and scandalous” claims that he engaged in “perverted sexual acts” in Russia. The former US president is suing Orbis Business Intelligence, a London-based company co-founded by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, over a dossier containing rumours about him that caused a storm before his 2017 presidential

President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday, amid fears about the war with Hamas expanding into a larger conflict. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News alerts on a smartphone or tablet via

Janet Yellen has told Sky News the United States can “certainly” afford wars on two fronts, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas threatens stability in the Middle East and the US continues to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Talking exclusively to Wilfred Frost ahead of a meeting of finance ministers in Luxembourg, the US

A six-year-old boy has been stabbed to death and his mother left in a critical condition after a suspected hate crime in the US state of Illinois. Wadea al Fayoume, a Palestinian-American, died in hospital after being stabbed 26 times with a “military-style knife” on Saturday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.