Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in the attack on a Christmas market in the German town last year.

Four months after a young woman died in a mental health unit, another patient tried to harm herself in similar circumstances, leaked documents show.

A former leading figure in the Russian Orthodox Church breaks his silence after an ex-aide levels allegations against him.

Amid serious concerns over the editorial mistakes made by the BBC, the downfall of its leaders has been greeted with undisguised glee by many on the right of British politics.

As the two nations vie for key materials, the US has regained the lead in foreign direct investments in African countries.

The successful but polarising Australian broadcaster had a career spanning more than 70 years.

The US president is notably absent from these UN climate talks, as are other world leaders, all of which prompts questions about the purpose of COP today.

Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device for trade and tax

The worst offending areas for uninsured driving in the UK have been revealed - as a hit-and-run victim described how he was "left for dead" with catastrophic injuries.

It is a moment few could have imagined just a few years ago but the Syrian president, Ahmed al Sharaa, has arrived in Washington for a landmark series of meetings, which will culminate in a face-to-face with Donald Trump at the White House.

The remains of a soldier killed in the Gaza Strip in 2014 have been returned to Israel.

Bishop Ceirion Dewar rejects the Church of England as heretics. Instead, he gathers his flock under a gloomy sky on a beach in Cornwall.

A Gen Z uprising has pushed Madagascar's former leader Andry Rajoelina, not only out of office but out of the country.

Jeremy Doku was in superb form to help Manchester City beat Liverpool on Sunday, but MOTD pundit Danny Murphy explains how the way the Reds set up made it easier for the Belgium winger to shine.

Cleveland Guardians players Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been accused of intentionally fumbling pitches in exchange for bribes.

PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more!

Asia In Brief  Chinese infosec blog MXRN last week reported a data breach at a security company called Knownsec that has ties to Beijing and Chinas military.…

Lando Norris is in total control of the F1 drivers' title after winning in Sao Paulo on a day when Max Verstappen produced the drive of 2025.

Parts of El Paso that were once teeming with migrants now lay largely silent as border crossings hit a 50-year low.

US lawmakers are working over the weekend as they seek a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown, which is now on day 40.

There may be more to this than meets the eye, says the BBC's culture and media editor.

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, among other things. According to the indictment: The defendants agreed […]

PLUS: CISA layoffs continue; Lawmakers criticize camera security; China to execute scammers; And more

Infosec in brief  There's no indication that the brazen bandits who stole jewels from the Louvre attacked the famed French museum's systems, but had they tried, it would have been incredibly easy.…

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign after criticism Panorama misled viewers with an edit of a speech by Donald Trump.

Police have charged Harshita Brella's husband with murder - but, despite sightings, he remains on the run.

The mystery youth in the photo turns out to be Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a 15-year-old detective fan.

A manhunt is under way for the 68-year-old's killer and other suspects who were at the scene in Tema.

The BBC's director-general Tim Davie and Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News, have resigned from their positions.

In the pouring rain, Nicola Pickett wiped a tear from her eye as she stared up at a 12-foot (3.7m) monument that finally gave recognition to her father, Job. 

The government is pleading with Iranians to save water as reservoirs dry up and rainfall is at a record low.

Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection of tracks recorded in the mid to late '80s. Ambient as a genre was already relatively well established by the time many of the artists on this compilation recorded their songs. But as we neared the end of […]

After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

Report finds that new football regulator chair David Kogan had made two separate donations of £1,450 to the culture secretary.

Manchester City delivered an ominous statement of intent by outclassing Liverpool in Pep Guardiola's 1,000th match as a manager, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Under his tenure, Tim Davie has had to deal with a lot.

Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), hit the Philippines as a super typhoon and later weakened.

Managerial changes have given the Old Firm a timely boost, but should surprise league leaders Hearts be worried?

Tim Davie stepping down as director-general of the BBC comes after several controversies faced by the broadcaster in recent years.

How the commercial man from Pepsi tried to drive change during challenging times at the BBC.

Newcastle are two points above the relegation zone after a 3-1 defeat at Brentford as their struggles on the road continued.

Jeremy Doku scores the pick of the goals with a stunning curling effort, as Manchester City soundly defeat Liverpool 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium to move up to second in the Premier League.

The food assistance programme has been caught in a back-and-forth legal battle over funding as the government shutdown drags on.

The Israeli military confirmed the soldier's body had been returned from Gaza after 11 years on Sunday.

McLaren's Lando Norris extends his championship lead over team-mate Oscar Piastri to 24 points with a dominant victory in Sao Paulo.

Liverpool were on the end of a 3-0 defeat by Manchester City, but did a pivotal moment dramatically alter the course of the game?

The director general says "mistakes have been made" but "allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong".

Khadija Shaw says Manchester City have had a "mentality shift" this season, after moving top of the Women's Super League.

The tax body had used travel data to conclude that thousands of parents had left the country permanently but many say they just went on holiday.

Arturia's KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular synth users and the DAWless crowd. It's small, cheap, has an easy-to-use sequencer, and offers decent connectivity. But it was also released way back in January of 2016. The world of music gear moves more slowly than, say, smartphones, but […]

Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general.

Emergency services have warned tourists and locals to keep away from coastal paths due to rough sea conditions.

Nottingham Forest, the Tricky Trees as they are known to their fans, are starting to show shoots of revival.

New Wales head coach Steve Tandy suffers an opening defeat in his first game in charge as Argentina power to a record win in Cardiff.

Sir Keir Starmer's been on the other side of the world for most of the week - at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, his 40th foreign trip in 16 months.

Two care workers are charged with the ill-treatment of four people at a mental health unit in 2022.

King Charles was joined by about 20 World War Two veterans at the annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations.

When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulting device, the Fire Phone, wound up more densely packed with big ideas than just about any gadget you'll find anywhere. There was just one tiny problem: they were mostly bad ideas. The Fire Phone shipped in […]

Do the ornaments you adorn your Christmas tree with reflect you or your family’s interests? If not, maybe you should rectify that. We recently went hands on with Hallmark’s realistic Xbox 360 replica ornament, which plays a snippet of audio from Halo 3. As it turns out, there are many other ornaments available that are […]

A man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy at a campsite in Scotland has died in prison.

Make-up artist Joyce Connor reveals her pro tips and which trend has been completely played out in her answers below...

Defender Marc Guehi is expected to miss England's final World Cup qualifying games after suffering a foot injury in Crystal Palace's midweek Conference League win.

The Conservatives have demanded a further investigation into the culture secretary Lisa Nandy over a failure to disclose donations from the new head of the football watchdog.

It's not often that a band returns to soundtrack the same game nine years after its release - then again, most games aren't No Man's Sky. Once demoed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and at splashy E3 press conferences, in 2016, No Man's Sky was heralded as gaming's future. And it was all […]

Aaron Rai holds off the challenge of Tommy Fleetwood in a play-off to win the Abu Dhabi Championship after a thrilling final round at the Yas Links.

Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart asked for assistance this week in the form of UK personnel and equipment.

The broadcaster's chair is set to issue a response to a parliamentary committee over claims a Panorama documentary misled viewers.

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl […]

The NHS has now issued a "flu jab SOS" as fears grow that this will add up to a brutal winter.

In his latest BBC Sport column, World Cup winner Matt Dawson outlines why Fin Smith should be England's starting fly-half against New Zealand on Saturday.

Malaysian authorities are looking for more survivors after the vessel capsized near the resort of Langkawi.

Norway international Andreas Schjelderup says he is facing conviction for illegally sharing a video.

King Charles III laid a wreath at the Cenotaph during the service attended by 20 World War Two veterans.

A train crew member who was seriously injured while trying to protect passengers during a mass stabbing has regained consciousness.

A Palestine Action protester who was temporarily freed from jail to go to his brother's wedding has failed to return to Wandsworth prison, Sky News understands.

Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share?

A row is brewing in Europe over the 6 GHz part of the wireless spectrum, between those who believe it should be licensed for use by cellular networks and others that want it reserved for Wi-Fi.…

The UK is deploying a specialist Royal Air Force team to help defend Belgium's skies following a series of sightings of "rogue" drones, the defence secretary and his military chief have revealed.

Three people have died after they were swept into the sea off the coast of Tenerife during treacherous weather, officials said on Sunday.

How some self-reflection on a mid-season holiday helped Aryna Sabalenka go from near-misses to year-end number one.

Misdirection is the new resolution at major video game house

The CEO of the company behind note-taking app Obsidian says the well-known video game house of the same name has sent one of its customer queries to his own team – claiming that "off-the-shelf AI support software" is why the gaming firm gave a user the wrong email address.…

Four people have been killed and 11 injured after a speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar in Tampa, Florida.

The government is "gripping" the prisons crisis, minister Lisa Nandy told Sky News, as she said it is "unacceptable" the number of prisoners being wrongly released has risen.

There is an "environmental catastrophe" at Camber Sands after "millions" of plastic beads washed up on the East Sussex beach, an MP has warned.

A project to revive red kite populations in south-west Spain sees new mating pairs and chicks.

A red poppy features on every front page, with a number of the papers running special editions for Remembrance Sunday

Nearly a million people have been evacuated after a storm bearing down on the Philippines intensified into a super typhoon.

BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty questions how important the outcome of Sunday's Etihad meeting will be to Manchester City and Liverpool's title hopes.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden and partners have been working to successfully reintroduce the species.

Wales kick-start a new era under Steve Tandy today, and fans will hope the arrival of the new head coach can help restore some pride to the Welsh jersey.

Former Labour Health Secretary Alan Milburn will lead the investigation, with conclusions set to be published next summer.

The Syrian leader will meet the US President at the White House on Monday for security talks.

A third body has been pulled from rubble after a boiler tower at a thermal power plant collapsed in South Korea.

Three firms told to stop operating MD-11 and MD-11F planes until safety checks are carried out.

Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is "much, much happier" since being moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas, leaked emails reveal.

We look at the Christmas ads that are out so far - and what they tell us about the year that’s been.

Once found by the roadside offering local produce for a few pence, honesty boxes are being reborn via social media.

You might not have heard of it, but can training your vagus nerve give you a moment or two of peace?

The director on pressure to get her sequel right, while also working on a reimagining of A Christmas Carol.

Fara Williams - England's record appearance maker - has expressed concerns that football is now an "expensive sport" and wants more investment in grassroots facilities.

Thousands more flights have been delayed or cancelled as the reduction of air travel capacity continues during the federal government shutdown.

Many women seem reluctant to hard-launch their relationship on social media - but what's behind that?