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From filthy mud-caked bags Isabel picks through the only belongings she has left in the world.Grimy clothes and broken furniture among the remnants left behind by the flood in the Spanish city of Torrent. She picks up some nail varnish."What a disaster," she says.The river to her house filled with water during Tuesday's flash flooding until it smashed through the front door and burst out through the wall. Follow Spain flooding latestThe home to three generations of her family didn't stand a chance. "I didn't have time to grab anything. Not even a backpack with a laptop, clothes nothing," she says. Image: Isabel says she had no chance to grab any belongings before the floods hit Her brother Angel shows us around the wrec...

A large crowd of people were duped into lining the streets of Dublin for a Halloween parade that did not exist.Spectators turned out in force to watch the apparent procession in the Irish capital on Thursday night – until they were told there had never been any plans for one to be held. It came after a website posted a parade would be taking place in the city from 7pm. It appears the claims were then spread further on social media, including sites such as TikTok.Irish police dispersed the crowd after appealing for those in the area to leave.A Gardai statement on X said: "Please be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight. "All those gathered on O'Connell Street in expectation o...

Survivors of the devastating Spanish floods have told Sky News they feel lucky to be alive.But they are angry that they have not been given more support by the government, emergency services or the military. They say they feel forgotten and have been left without power, food or water, despite living within a short drive of one of the biggest cities in Spain.Instead, we have seen thousands of volunteers helping to clear up some of the towns that were devastated, while others have been left to rely on their own residents to deal with the extraordinary devastation."Tell the world that we have nothing," says one man as we talk in the town of Albal. There are growing calls for a nationwide protest against what is seen as the slow response of authorities. ...

An 18-month-old boy and his 10-year-old sister are among 25 people who were killed in a series of Israeli strikes on central parts of Gaza, hospital officials have said.Sixteen people were initially reported to have been killed in two strikes on the central Nuseirat refugee camp on Thursday, but officials from the Al Aqsa hospital said bodies continued to be brought in. The hospital said they had received 21 bodies from the strikes, including some transferred from the Awda hospital, where they had been taken the day before.Strikes on a motorcycle in Zuwaida and on a house in Deir al Balah on Friday killed four more, hospital officials said, bringing the overall toll to 25.Five children and seven women are among those who have been confirmed dead. The mother of the 18-month-old boy is missi...