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👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈As the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah comes into effect, Niall Paterson speaks with Sky's Jeehad Jneid who reports from southern Lebanon as millions attempt to return to their homes. The day after the 7 October attacks, Hezbollah began to launch rocket strikes into Israel in a show of support for Hamas. Israel has carried out retaliatory strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon since then.Since August, Israel has carried out what it says were "pre-emptive" airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in September IDF forces crossed the border into Lebanon to conduct ground raids against the group.In this episode, we ask what life has been like for Lebanese citizens in the year that followed, and whether the ceasefire can hold.Podcast P...

There's a veneer of normality to life in Ukraine's major cities if you ignore the air raid sirens, the booming sounds of anti-aircraft fire, the threatening buzz of drones passing overhead, and the darkened streets of neighbourhoods taking their turn as part of rolling power cuts affecting all of Ukraine.As I say, if you ignore all of the above it's fine, and many people do. Kyiv appears particularly normal. Shops and restaurants are open, I'm told theatre performances are sometimes sold out, and at times you can still see families taking photos in front of the capital's exquisite churches and cathedrals.Late at night though, the city starts to change. Image: Explosions over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike. Pic: Reuters ...

Qualified divers have told Sky News how "corner-cutting" caused significant safety hazards on a tourist boat with the same owners as the vessel which sank in the Red Sea.The 44-metre-long Sea Story went down on Monday, south of the Egyptian coastal town of Marsa Alam.Sea Story, which is owned by Dive Pro Liveaboard in Hurghada, Egypt, was a four-deck, wooden-hulled motor yacht which was on a multi-day diving trip.An experienced diver has said he had travelled on another vessel, the Sea Pearl, owned by the same firm, just days before the incident.Timothy, who only wanted to give his first name, said there were concerns among divers about "boat safety standards" on the Sea Pearl boat and the lack of a life jacket drill - and revealed there was no centralised system or adequate communication ...

A stowaway managed to fly from the US to France without a ticket before being discovered on the flight.The woman was caught onboard Delta Airlines flight 264 from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Tuesday. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson said she was able to bypass two "identity verification and boarding status stations" in New York "and boarded the aircraft".They added she had completed a full security screening before getting on the plane.It is unclear how the woman was able to do so. Authorities said to be at a departure gate, a person must have cleared the security checkpoint. But a source told Sky's US partner network NBC News that upon landing in Paris, the stowaway was removed from the aircraft by pol...

A doctor in Germany is suspected of killing eight patients and in some cases trying to cover up his alleged crimes by setting their homes on fire.The doctor, aged 40, and who in line with Germany's privacy laws hasn't been named, was arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients in June and July, and then attempting to set fires at their apartments. The doctor, who was part of a nursing service's palliative care team, is now suspected of having killed double that number as prosecutors and the police said more cases surfaced when they examined patients' files and carried out forensic examinations of suspected victims, two of whom had been exhumed. Some of his alleged victims include a 70-year-old man who died in January after the doctor allegedly admin...