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Two female Russian spies in a love triangle were to be used as "honeytraps" in a surveillance operation on targets across Europe, run from the UK, a court has been told.Katrin Ivanova, 33, a lab assistant, and Vanya Gaberova, 30, a beautician, were intended to be "in direct contact" with targets "as sexual bait to capture more information", the Old Bailey heard. They were allegedly assisted by Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, a painter and decorator from Enfield who had previously been in a relationship with Gaberova.Bizer Dzhambazov, 43, a medical courier who has pleaded guilty to the spying conspiracy, lived with Ivanova in Harrow, northwest London, but was also having a relationship with Gaberova, who had a flat in Euston. Image: Bizer Dzhambazov. Pic...

At least 15 people have died and more than 100 are missing after landslides buried homes in several villages in eastern Uganda.Some 15 people have been rescued and taken to hospital, police said. At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said. It added that 13 bodies had been recovered.Police said 113 people were missing. Image: Pic: Reuters The missing are from eight villages, according to a spokesperson for the Ugandan prime minister's office, which oversees disaster response work. "We are shocked that it was this devastating," Charles Odongtho said. All bridges in the area had been washed away and the roads were inundated with water, he added.Authorities expect the number killed might ri...

At least one hospital was forced to reduce non-critical care after one of Denmark's largest mobile networks suffered severe outages.TDC Net said the problems were likely due to an update carried out in the past day and it had no reason to believe a cyber attack was behind the disruption. While the network was down, people couldn't contact emergency services and security services in some areas patrolled streets in case anyone needed help.According to Danish media, trains and buses in some parts of the country experienced delays because of signalling issues, with chaos in stations and passengers stuck on trains.The Centre for Cyber Security, the country's national IT security authority, and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service couldn't confirm if the mobile network and transport signallin...

👉 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...