Rescue crews searching for five trapped Chilean miners have discovered a body. A section of the copper mine had collapsed on Thursday following a strong, 4.2-magnitude tremor. The remaining four miners are still missing – and rescuers are vowing to continue their search with “strength and hope”. Image: Photographs of trapped miners are displayed as…

India has indicated it will defy threats made by US President Donald Trump and continue buying Russian oil. The world’s third-largest crude importer – after China and the US – cashed in on cheap Russian oil when its price plummeted after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Historically, it had bought most of its crude…

Two videos of an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, have been released by Hamas, after US special envoy Steve Witkoff this week met with the families of the hostages. The now 24-year-old looks skeletal, with his shoulder blades protruding from his back, and says he has not eaten for three days. The distressing videos show…

Hamas has said it will not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital. The militant group said it was issuing a statement “in response to media reports quoting US envoy Steve Witkoff, claiming [Hamas] has shown willingness to disarm”. It continued: “We reaffirm that resistance and its arms are…

A British doctor who has just returned from Gaza has described how one of her patients, a 21-year-old woman who was six months pregnant, lost her baby after she was “blown up in her tent”. “Her husband was killed, she lost her eye, she had an open fracture, and both her legs were completely destroyed…

The visit to Gaza by Trump’s envoy was an important gesture to show America cared about the humanitarian situation there amid mounting pressure at home and abroad. It was also “to learn the truth”, according to US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who accompanied Mr Witkoff to an aid site. They gave themselves around five hours to…

A man has been found dismembered in his cellar – with his mother and girlfriend reportedly confessing to the killing. The remains of Alessandro Venier were found in Gemona del Friuli, northeastern Italy, on Thursday. Sky’s Italian news service, TG24, says it’s understood from sources close to the case that the women have already claimed…

In a move that seems to have caught Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu by surprise, Sir Keir Starmer has sent a clear message to Israel: end the war in Gaza or the UK will recognise Palestine. It is a symbolic but largely meaningless move by the prime minister. What is needed right now in Gaza…

At a critical port on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, there is a sudden bang of explosions. For emergency crews, it is a race to respond, attend to the injured and contain what damage they can. It is noisy and chaotic. But this time, it is just a rehearsal. Please use Chrome browser for a…

Conor McGregor has lost his appeal against the finding of a civil jury that he sexually assaulted a woman. Three judges in the Court of Appeal in Dublin rejected all grounds of McGregor’s appeal. The MMA fighter was accused of raping Nikita Hand after a jury at Dublin’s High Court found in November that McGregor…