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Moldovan authorities are seeing "massive interference" by Russia in the country's runoff vote for the presidency, an official has said. The incumbent president's national security adviser Stanislav Secrieru described it as "an effort with high potential to distort the outcome". Moldova is voting in a presidential election which could determine the country's future as a nation bidding to join the EU or getting closer to Russia.Pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu is facing a second and final round against Alexandr Stoianoglo, a former prosecutor general backed by the pro-Russian Socialist Party.Ms Sandu has been championing Moldova's effort to join the EU by 2030, while Mr Stoianoglo said that as president he too would back EU integration but also develop ties with Russia in the national intere...

Fourteen people have been killed in a lightning strike on a makeshift church at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police have said.A further 34 people were injured, police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said.The victims have not yet been identified.The incident happened at the Palabek refugee settlement camp in the remote district of Lamwo on Saturday.Residents had been attending a prayer service in a metallic structure when it was struck.There were no reports of a fire breaking out following the strike, Mr Rusoke added. Image: A map showing the location of the Palabek refugee camp, Uganda Read more from Sky News:Angry crowds hurl mud and insults at King of SpainChaos and crashes at wet Brazilian Grand PrixTeen killed and six hu...

Treacherous wet conditions led to chaos and several crashes during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix.Heavy rain in Sao Paulo saw Alex Albon, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz and Franco Colapinto all crash. This resulted in five red flags - which are used to stop a practice session, qualifying session or race due to a serious accident or extreme weather.The flags infuriated drivers who were forced to reduce their speeds and proceed back to the pit lane - impacting their standings.The session at the Interlagos race track had already been postponed until Sunday after rain and lightning made conditions unsafe on Saturday. Image: Williams driver Franco Colapinto's car is lifted after a crash. Pic: AP Sunday's d...

A crowd of angry survivors have hurled mud and insults at Spain's King Felipe during a visit to one of the worst flood hit towns.The King and Queen and government officials were touring devastated Paiporta, just outside Valencia when they were confronted by locals. Police on horseback were forced to step in and push back a crowd of several dozen people.More than 200 people were killed and thousands made homeless in the region after walls of water and mud destroyed their homes this week. At least 60 of the dead were in Paiporta, an epicentre of suffering.The government has been accused of doing little to help survivors who have complained about the slow reaction of emergency services, and the shortage of food and water. The death toll from the historic floods which hit parts of southern and...

Kamala Harris has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in a poll in Iowa, a state Donald Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020.The vice president has a three-point lead in the midwestern state, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of 808 likely voters. "The poll shows that women - particularly those who are older or who are politically independent - are driving the late shift toward Harris," the poll said.US election latest: Biden says Trump is someone 'you'd like to smack in the ass' Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:58 Battle to win votes...

In the heart of the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus, a cookie is handed out for an early vote.Artisanal doughy treats piled with square chocolate chips and cream-coloured cookies with blue icing are laid out in boxes on top of a Harris/Walz stand in the main square next to a blue wall of boxes plastered with "students for Harris and Waltz" signs. Image: Alec Hughes, co-president of College Democrats at the University of Michigan, says voting has 'been going great so far' "We've had a lot of good energy here and because Ann Arbor is such a blue area so much of the obligation falls on us to not just convince students but to actually turn them out to vote," says Alec Hughes, co-president of College Democrats at the ...

Politicians and people around the world are holding their breath to see who wins the US presidential election on Tuesday. Will it be a second term for the Republican Donald Trump? Or victory for the Democrat Kamala Harris, who would be the first woman POTUS, and only the second person of colour?Unlike in the UK where a prime minister can be kicked out of Downing Street overnight after a general election, there will be a transition period. The next president will not take office until Inauguration Day - 20 January 2025.But when will we know who the next president will be? Recent precedents suggest we may not know on the night after polls close but some days or even weeks later - especially if the result looks close this time, as has been widely predicted.Recent delays - and what used to hap...

It's 13 December 2023. Excited reports of a "landmark" global climate agreement reverberate around the world from the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.At around 11am, weary diplomats with circles under their eyes from fierce, all-night negotiations cheer, cry and hug. The US's climate envoy John Kerry throws his arms around German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock. There’s a round of applause for Tina Stege, a fierce representative from the Marshall Islands who had fought among the hardest for the pledge.They and more than 190 other countries have just agreed to "transition away from fossil fuels" - the culmination of a fraught two weeks of talks at the UN conference.This may not sound very "historic", given burning fossil fuels is the number one cause of climate change, and these annual tal...

Israel claims it has captured a senior Hezbollah operative after conducting a seaborne raid in northern Lebanon early on Friday.The "special operation" in the coastal town of Batroun marks the first time Israel has acknowledged deploying troops that far north during its current campaign against Hezbollah. "The operative has been transferred to Israeli territory and is currently being investigated," an Israeli military official said.CCTV footage obtained by Sky News from the street where the operation allegedly took place appears to show a large group of soldiers leading a person away with their hands held behind their back and their face covered by their shirt.Recounting the event, residents of the apartment block where the person was seized said the armed group introduced themselves as st...

For days, the people of Paiporta have been dealing with the devastation of their town. But what hurts them now is the sense that they have been forgotten by their country.As we walk through this town, what we see is relentless hard work - clearing mud, pumping out water, recovering cars. But none of it is being done by people in uniform. Paiporta is being saved by its own residents, by friends, and by volunteers."The town feels like chaos," says Cristina Hernandez, who moved here a year ago from Madrid"Nobody has organised anything so we are doing our best. We feel we are abandoned by the government and there are also a lot of thieves in the night, so we are scared. "It is a nightmare not only because of the floods but also because of the anarchy that we are living through now. After the c...