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The first flight chartered by the UK government for Britons seeking to leave the Middle East amid the widening Iran war did not take off, Sky News understands.

As acts of vengeance go, which is what Hezbollah says its strikes on northern Israel in the early hours of Monday morning were, this was not especially dramatic.

A major VPN service is becoming one of the first to block websites known for hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Donald Trump's offer of US-backed insurance and naval escorts for shipping travelling through the Strait of Hormuz has not prevented maritime premiums soaring as underwriters scramble to reassess the risks to oil, gas and cargo vessels.

A Labour MP whose husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China has said she's "never seen anything" to make her suspect him of breaking the law.

BAFTAs host Alan Cumming has spoken out about the controversy surrounding the broadcast of the film awards, describing it as a "trauma triggering shitshow".

Restoring control of the borders is not a betrayal of Labour values, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will say as she sets out more reforms to the immigration system.

Iran has made a "big mistake" by not just attacking US bases and assets in the Gulf states, but also targeting civilians in the region, the former director of the CIA has told Sky News.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that an Iranian official behind an attempt to ​assassinate Donald Trump in 2024 has been killed by the US military.

The rise in gas prices over the past 48 hours is without precedent.

The government wants to know if you want to ban young people from social media.

We may be three years away from the next general election, but the battle lines are already being drawn. 

Forget science fiction. The age of AI in war is here.

"Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.

Nothing puts the so-called "special relationship" between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war.

Rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years after killing a Nepalese student in a hit-and-run collision.

Britain will deploy HMS Dragon and helicopters with anti-drone capabilities in Cyprus, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed.

In the most clear and consequential policy move on AI safety yet, the Trump administration has announced it will blacklist a leading AI lab over its refusal to allow unfettered access to its technology for military purposes.

The 7am wake-up call on Stanley Road in Liverpool came courtesy of the screech of a police angle-grinder and a shower of sparks.

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

People on obesity jabs will regain the majority of the weight they lose within a year of stopping the drugs, a new study suggests.

At a time when few seem willing to risk the wrath of the US president, Spain is an outlier.

The economic impacts of the Iran war are already being felt in global markets, and could raise energy prices and wider consumer bills in the UK before long.

A company has admitted it supplied water that was unfit for human consumption after a parasitic outbreak in Devon.

Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane repeatedly hit a police officer in the face less than two years before his deadly knife attacks, an inquiry has heard.

Scotland's first minister has said he is "confident" Glasgow's scandal-hit super-hospital is safe, despite Sky News revealing mould and dirty water had forced the partial closure of a cancer ward.

Regime change isn't what it used to be. Donald Trump himself had talked it up as a reason for attacking Iran.

The government will halt visa routes for nationals from four countries who the home secretary says have "abused" the UK's generosity.

The US Congress is demanding answers from the Trump administration over its handling of the Epstein files after a congressional committee voted to call attorney general Pam Bondi to give evidence.

Sky News has won news channel of the year and Yousra Elbagir has been named television journalist of the year at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.

Sinners triumphed at this year's Actor Awards, with the vampire horror winning best ensemble and best actor for Michael B Jordan.

The UK's economic forecast has been downgraded for 2026 but will then improve - and unemployment will peak this year, the chancellor has revealed.

There is nowhere else on the planet with quite as concentrated a supply of quite so much energy as the Arabian Gulf.

The after-effects of a debacle that has seen taxpayers pay hundreds of millions for a pair of ferries at nearly four times the original budget, are continuing with the harbour that was too small to fit the ships set to be taken into public ownership.