The NHS is facing a legal challenge over its data deal with controversial Silicon Valley firm Palantir, Sky News can reveal. Palantir, which has become notorious for its close ties to security services and immigration agen

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the government's timeline for unlocking coronavirus restrictions won't be sped up - and could even be slowed as ministers remain "vigilant" against infection rates. Prime Minister B

Key Takeaways: In total, 726,000 jobs have been lost since the crisis began - however, the Office for National Statistics' latest unemployment figures show the number of people out of work versus those searching for work has

Key Takeaways - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce Monday how and when lockdown restrictions will start to be lifted in England. - He is slated to give a televised press conference at 7 p.m. London tim

All schools in England will reopen to all pupils on 8 March under the prime minister's roadmap out of lockdown to be announced today, with outdoor after-school sports and activities also allowed to restart. And on the same

Key Takeaways - European banks have a much stronger capital position now than they did in 2008. - Governments haven’t announced that they are lifting financial support, but that would put pressure on certain firms, whic

Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in an attack in the east of the country, its foreign ministry has said. Luca Attanasio, 43, died in hospital on Monday after the United Nations convoy

Russia has recorded the world's first cases of humans being infected with the H5N8 strain of bird flu. The cases were confirmed by Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, on Saturday. Seven poultr

The manager of a refugee centre in the city of Pau, south-west France, was killed on Friday in an attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese migrant. The stabbing happened at about 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT) and the susp

Prince William is said to be "shocked and saddened" by his brother's behaviour over Megxit, according to reports. Harry and wife Meghan Markle have faced criticism for the seemingly terse statement they snapped back with a

Boris Johnson has pledged that every adult in the UK should be offered a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July. The accelerated vaccine rollout would help protect the most vulnerable sooner and also enable the easing of some

Key Takeaways - The U.K.’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Uber’s drivers should be classified as workers rather than independent contractors. - Uber insists its drivers are self-employed and that it acts as more of

A Belarus court has jailed two TV journalists for two years on charges of fomenting protests, for filming a rally against the country's leader. Katerina Andreyeva, 27, and Daria Chultsova, 23, were arrested in a Minsk apar