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Prosecutors have asked for South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol to be handed a death sentence if he is found guilty over his botched attempt to impose martial law. A court in Seoul heard closing arguments in Yoon’s trial, in which he was accused of being the “ringleader of …

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent Reuters Iran’s rulers are confronting their most serious challenge since their own 1979 revolution. They’re now countering on an unprecedented scale – a ferocious security crackdown and near total internet shutdown has been unleashed on a scale unseen in previous crises. Some of the streets once …

Financial markets have taken fright amid a resumption of the row over US central bank independence between its chair and the Trump administration. It emerged overnight that the White House was threatening to indict Jerome Powell over comments he made to Congress in relation to renovation cost over-runs at the …

BBC/Mark Ansell Di Asbury (left) and Leon Fryer (right) said the Rother Valley swim was “fun, but challenging” A group of 150 swimmers have braved icy conditions to make a splash at an annual competition. The Really Cold Swim Championship, held at Rother Valley Country Park near Rotherham, saw participants …

More than 1,000 apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv remain without power after a Russian bombardment of the country’s energy system overnight. Strikes on Friday disabled heating during a cold snap, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying Russia had launched 1,100 drones, more than 890 guided aerial bombs and 50 …

WH Smith, the London-listed travel retail group, is drawing up plans to identify a new chairman amid a battle to restore investors’ faith in the company. Sky News has learnt that a search for two new non-executive directors is expected to lead to the recruitment of a candidate capable of …

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images As the new year got into its stride, so did the UK’s index of leading shares. The FTSE 100 climbed above 10,000 points for the first time since it was created in 1984, cheering investors – and the chancellor, who wants more of …

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Danica McKellar celebrated her 51st birthday with a bared-faced selfie. “This is 51!” the Great American Family star wrote on her Instagram last weekend while wearing a red flannel shirt, cross necklace and her wavy hair down. She continued, “No makeup, no …

Fiona Callow & Georgey SpanswickYorkshire Dave Edwards/BBC Mark Burtonshaw represented Team GB at a triathlon in Qatar in December A man who represented Team GB at a triathlon in Qatar said he was “really pleased” he took the opportunity to compete on an international stage. Mark Burtonshaw, who lives near …

Joe FayTechnology Reporter Getty Images Excel remains popular despite being 40-years-old In the 1990s some computer games had a “boss key” that allowed staff to call up an Excel spreadsheet if they needed to look like they were working. Now bosses might frown upon a worker caught labouring over a …

A receptionist at the Holiday Inn Express told the men due to hotel policy they were not allowed to stay Two men were told they could not stay in their pre-booked rooms at a city centre hotel after being identified as homeless on a night when temperatures had plunged to …

Russian attacks left Ukraine’s southeastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia almost entirely without power, the country’s energy ministry said on Wednesday night. Critical infrastructure was “operating on reserve power”, it said in a statement on Telegram, while officials said water supplies and the internet were also disrupted. Russia has recently …

President Donald Trump is not the first US leader to be interested in securing Greenland, the biggest island in the world. During the Second World War, the US occupied Greenland when Denmark was occupied by Germany, but at the end of the war the US was reluctant to leave. In 1949 …

Reuters Cold weather payments have been triggered across 697 postcodes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as temperatures plunged across the UK. Households on certain benefits are entitled to the money when there is a prolonged period of below-zero temperatures. In Scotland, those on low incomes and benefits may receive …

Getty Images Hundreds of people were stranded at Amsterdam airport Intense snowfall and icy weather conditions have caused widespread travel disruption across Europe, with six reported killed in weather-related incidents on the continent. Five people died in two separate regions of France as a result of treacherous driving conditions, authorities …

PA Media Experts say temperatures have plunged since New Year so conditions will be “tricky” Experts have shared how to stay safe while driving after a Met Office yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued in parts of the North West. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) …

Stuart Maisnerand Danny Pike,South East BBC/Studio Lambert Mr Simpson made the giant chess pieces that featured in The Celebrity Traitors The maker of giant masks for The Masked Singer as well as props for The Traitors has been describing the “fun and thrill” of working on the two hit TV …

Emir Nader,Jerusalemand Suaad Al Salahi,Yemen Reuters The separatist Southern Transitional Council’s forces launched offensives in eastern Yemen last month Yemen’s future hangs in the balance after a dramatic turn of events in the south which have brought Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into unprecedented direct confrontation and threaten …

Britain’s biggest private hospital operator has handed prospective suitors a deadline to pursue a takeover of the company amid shareholder pressure on it to explore a sale. Sky News has learnt that advisers to Spire Healthcare have told parties including private equity firms to register their interest by 20 January. …