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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...

"Amateurish" thieves have made off with a screen print of Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol as part of a botched gallery heist in the Netherlands.The thieves blew open the gallery doors, stealing two works from the iconic American pop artist, the gallery's owner Mark Peet Visser said. Another two prints were left badly damaged in the street after the thieves discovered they wouldn't fit in the getaway car, he added.The heist was captured on security cameras, Mr Visser said, describing the whole thing as "amateurish".The gallery owner said "the bomb attack was so violent that my entire building was destroyed" and nearby stores were also damaged. Image: Thieves also seized a screen print depicting Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. File pic: AP ...

Eleven people have been killed and "several more deaths" are expected as rescuers search the rubble after a roof collapsed at a train station in Serbia.The country's interior minister Ivica Dacic initially said two people were taken to hospital with serious injuries following the disaster in Novi Sad but later revised it to four. Meanwhile, emergency services were seen using two large diggers to help free two more people who were alive but trapped under the rubble.One of the people still trapped was a 14-year-old girl, Mr Dacic said."Probably there will be several more people (dead)," the interior minister added. "Personally I saw a body that we could not reach. There will be more, this number will not be the final one." Ambulances and other emergency teams were at the scene as rescue work...

More than 200 people have died in Spain after nearly a year's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours.On Friday, there were at least 205 confirmed deaths in Valencia, two in Castilla La Mancha, and one in Andalusia. Local authorities issued warnings late on Tuesday, but many say this gave them next-to-no time to prepare for the conditions that had killed dozens by Wednesday.Follow Spain flooding latestHere we look at what caused the flooding - and why they could happen again. How quickly did the floods hit?Heavy rain had already begun in parts of southern Spain on Monday.In contrast to areas like Malaga, where residents told Sky News it had been "chucking it down for two days", the rain did not start in the worst-hit region of Valencia until around 7pm on Tuesday.At 8pm, people in Valencia...