The health secretary has announced two cases have been detected of another new strain of the coronavirus in the UK. Both were contacts of cases who have travelled from South Africa over the past few weeks, he said. He...
Billions in foreign aid & racehorse tax breaks go under the radar in US COVID relief bill
US President Donald Trump is refusing to sign the coronavirus ‘relief’ bill adopted by both houses of Congress, calling it a “disgrace” and demanding that direct payments be upped to $2,000 per individual from the...
Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for killing Iraqi civilians
US President Trump has pardoned four Blackwater security guards who killed 14 civilians, including a 9-year-old boy, in Baghdad in 2007.
2020: A Year In Review
2020 will go down as a pivotal year in history, with plenty of news stories we’ll always remember, and some we’d like to forget. Jayne Secker speaks to the editor of politics.co.uk Ian Dunt, Kate Andrews...
COVID-19: Nicola Sturgeon apologises for lockdown breach
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised after she was photographed without a mask on at a funeral wake. The Scottish Conservatives had accused her of undermining public health messaging.
A Year In Interviews
A look back at a year of wide-ranging interviews on Sky News, ranging from Prince Charles to Hillary Clinton.
UN calls for special court to prosecute Mali war crimes
UN investigators into violence in Mali have told the Security Council of evidence that security forces committed war crimes, while jihadists and other armed groups perpetrated crimes against humanity. The allegations...