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.
COVID-19: Mobile testing station set up at Port of Dover
Sky News understands a mobile COVID testing station is being set up at the entrance to the Dover ferry port, to try to end the backlog of lorries parked up at the terminal. UK and French governments have reached a deal...
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...
Protest fears as Iraq’s central bank slashes currency
Authorities in Iraq fear a new round of protests following the central bank’s decision to devalue the dinar by 20 percent. The move has slashed local purchasing power across the country, including in the Kurdish region.
Rio de Janeiro mayor, a Bolsonaro ally, arrested for corruption
Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.
Suspect found dead after three French police killed responding to domestic violence attack
A man suspected of shooting and killing three police officers in Puy-de-Dome in central France on Wednesday after police responded to a domestic dispute has been found dead, the French Interior Minister said.