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Novak Djokovic has appointed Andy Murray to coach him into and through the Australian Open.Announcing the collaboration, Djokovic said: "I am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net, as my coach." He said he was looking forward to the start of the season and competing in Australia alongside Murray, with whom he said he has "shared many exceptional moments on the Australian soil". In a video posted on X, the Serbian player added: "We had some of the most epic battles in our sport... I thought our story was over, turns out it has one final chapter."It is time for one of my toughest opponents to step into my corner." X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. ...

Security protocols in the Philippines have been stepped up after vice president Sara Duterte vowed to have the president assassinated if she herself were killed.The daughter of the country's previous president Rodrigo Duterte, the politician said she had contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker. Speaking in an online briefing, she said: "I have talked to a person. I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM [the nickname of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr], Liza Araneta [the first lady], and Martin Romualdez [the speaker and the president's second cousin]. No joke. No joke."The 46-year-old lawyer went on: "I said, do not stop until you kill them, and then he said yes." Image: ...

Israeli intelligence agency Mossad is investigating the disappearance of a rabbi in Abu Dhabi after receiving information indicating a "terrorist incident".Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen, has been missing since Thursday. Mr Kogan is the Chabad representative in the United Arab Emirates.The Israeli prime minister's office says the country's security and intelligence services have been investigating in Abu Dhabi.It said: "Mossad has updated that since his disappearance, and given information indicating that this is a terrorist incident, an active investigation has been going on in the country. "Israeli security and intelligence organizations, concerned for Kogan's safety and wellbeing, have been working tirelessly on this case."In a travel advisory, it warned Israelis: "In major citi...

Hamas's armed wing has said an Israeli hostage has been killed in northern Gaza.The militant group said the female hostage died after the area was struck by Israel Defence Forces. A spokesperson for Hamas's armed wing said, "after re-establishing contact with resistance fighters assigned to protect Israeli prisoners, it was confirmed that one Israeli female prisoner was killed in an area under heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza".Al Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obaida, added: "Another female prisoner remains in critical danger."The IDF is yet to comment on the claims. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.Please refresh the page for the fullest version.You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app....

Representatives of dozens of climate vulnerable islands and African nations have stormed out of high-stakes negotiations over a climate funding goal.The more than 200 countries gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, are trying to agree a new financial settlement to channel money to developing countries to both curb and adapt to climate change. The least developed countries like Mozambique and low-lying island nations like Samoa say a portion of the fund should be allocated to them, given they are bearing the brunt of climate impacts like rising seas and drought.Samoa's minister of natural resources and environment Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster is one of the representatives who walked out."We have just walked out, we came here to this COP for a fair deal and we feel we haven't been heard," he said....

Facing the threat of an attack from Russia, Sir Keir Starmer has finally revealed he will "set out the path" to raise defence spending to 2.5% of national income in the spring.But merely offering a timeframe to reveal an even-further-off-in-the-future date for when expenditure will increase to a level most analysts agree is still woefully short of what is required is hardly the most convincing display of deterrence and overwhelming strength. What the prime minister should perhaps instead be doing is making very clear to Vladimir Putin - with new NATO-wide military exercises and the immediate hardening of UK defences - that his government is prepared for any Russian strike and the devastating cost to Moscow would be so astronomical as to make even the thought of hitting a UK target utter ma...

At least 11 people have been killed and 23 injured in an Israeli strike on central Beirut, Lebanese authorities have said.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the attack "completely destroyed" an eight-storey residential building in the Basta neighbourhood early on Saturday.Footage broadcast by Lebanon's Al Jadeed station also showed at least one destroyed building and several others badly damaged around it. Image: The central Basta neighbourhood in Beirut, where four people were killed in an Israeli airstrike The Israeli military did not warn residents to evacuate before the attack - the fourth targeting the centre this week.At least four bombs were dropped in the attack, security sou...

Israel has targeted central Beirut with at least four airstrikes, according to security sources cited by Reuters news agency.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the attack "completely destroyed" an eight-storey residential building in the Basta neighbourhood early on Saturday.It is not immediately clear how many have been killed or injured and the Israeli military did not warn residents to evacuate before the attack, the fourth targeting the centre this week.The blasts happened at about 4am (2am UK time) and came after a day of bombardment of Beirut's southern suburbs, which Israel had warned residents of in advance. Image: Pic: AP Heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is ongoing in southern Lebanon, as Isra...

Ireland's general election takes place on Friday, marking the end of a three-week campaign since the dissolution of parliament.Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris is hoping his centre-right Fine Gael party can secure a historic fourth successive term in office. Four years ago, the country's two historic centre-wing rivals - Fine Gael and Fianna Fail - joined forces to enter coalition government together. Image: President Michael D Higgins (right) and Taoiseach Simon Harris after dissolving parliament. Pic: PA Having won the popular vote in 2020, Sinn Fein, the largest opposition party, had never come closer to forming a government. But support for Sinn Fein has plummeted, according to the polls, due to an appa...

A woman who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has said "justice has been served" after she won her civil case against the Irish mixed martial arts fighter.Nikita Hand has been awarded €248,603 (£206,000) in damages after a jury at Dublin's High Court found McGregor assaulted her in a Dublin hotel in 2018.McGregor, 36, made no comment as he swiftly left court following the decision on Friday evening.He later said in a statement that he had instructed his legal team to appeal the civil court's decision, adding he was "disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the director of public prosecutions reviewed".He ended the statement saying: "I am with my family, focused on my future."McGregor had previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand in a penthouse at ...