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The civilian workforce tasked with equipping the UK's armed forces to be ready for war has been told it must wait until next year for an already limited and disputed pay rise, Sky News understands.

The rate of UK growth has slowed but the economy remained resilient despite the Iran war, according to the latest data.

Retailers have warned that a ban on zero-hours contracts risks inflicting a "hammer blow to young people's job prospects" after the government's own analysis found the move could cost businesses billions of pounds a year.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the US may soon be equipped with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks.

The son of Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner has denied stabbing his parents to death in their Los Angeles home after a new allegation of lying in wait for them.

The leader of African football has told Sky News the FIFA election is the way to challenge Gianni Infantino's position – cautioning against moves to force out the embattled president early.

Donald Trump's press secretary will be departing her White House role, the US president has announced.

A bus driver shot dead outside a south London pub has been named by police.

The scale of the war in Sudan is hard to take in.

Serial sex attacker Simon Levy has joined a list of roughly 70 people serving a whole-life order in the UK after he was handed the sentence for murdering two women and raping a third.

Eurovision Song Contest organisers have announced changes to the rules, saying winning broadcasters are to be prevented from hosting if involved in armed conflict or a "sensitive geopolitical situation" that could affect the safety of the event.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after a suspected shark bite off the Irish coast.

A 102-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in South Wales.

Six teenage boys have been arrested after a police officer was hit by a car while investigating a suspected burglary.

Lionel Messi has raised "serious doubts" over his footballing future in a touching tribute to his father, Jorge, who died last week.

A couple who "offered sexual services" so they could drug men and steal from them have been jailed after two of their victims died.

A rapist jailed for attacking a Dutch student in 2006 could be monitored for life after he was found guilty of two other attacks at around the same time.

A semi-pro footballer filmed driving at 191mph on a motorway has been jailed, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

The retail billionaire Mike Ashley was on Wednesday putting the finishing touches to a rescue deal for Harvey Nichols, the department store chain.

Former MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell has failed to win the Republican nomination for Minnesota governor, despite Donald Trump endorsing him in May, saying he would be "spectacular" for the state.