Civilian casualties or child soldiers? - Sky News uncovers potential war crimes in Iran | Iran war YouTube video by Sky News

11 year old Alireza Jafari was killed while ‘on duty’ at a Basij checkpoint in Tehran. Tom Cheshire, Tara Kangarlou and I discussed child recruitment and how Annoa Abekah-Mensah and I geolocated and verified the strikes on checkpoints - you can watch here: youtu.be/T3cna7VuxHg?...

Israeli strikes before the ceasefire took out key railway lines in Iran, analysis by myself and @smassam.bsky.social shows - read more:

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Russian shahed launches went up over 300% in 2025 from 2024 - is the Ukrainian air force able to keep pace on interceptions? The numbers and the strategy:

Satellite images show US military edging closer to Venezuela - as questions raised about Trump's intentions Satellite images of a US military ship just under 200km from the coastline of Venezuela, carrying out military drills, have been verified by Sky News.

Satellite images show US military edging closer to Venezuela - as questions raised about Trump's intentions

Ukraine war latest: Questions over Putin's route to Trump meeting - as US president prepares to host Zelenskyy In a matter of minutes, Donald Trump will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy - who had been hoping to secure new long-range missiles from the US. Hanging over this meeting is Trump's planned summit with Vladimi...

Saratov oil refinery struck again last night, confirmed by Ukraine's SSO. Three times in three months - updated refinery strikes tracker map for the Sky News blog: news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

'We're being hunted': Russian attacks on Ukrainian emergency services rise ahead of Trump-Putin talks Sky News analysis shows an increase in attacks on Ukrainian first responders, as experts say Russian forces are breaking the Geneva Convention.

My previous article found a huge increase in attacks on emergency services in July 2025, and FPV drones filming 'double tap' strikes attacks targeting first responders. The vehicles were visibly medical/emergency and in the above case, clearly had UN/WFP logos
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Ukraine war latest: Questions over Putin's route to Trump meeting - as US president prepares to host Zelenskyy Donald Trump will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy today - who had been hoping to secure new long-range missiles from the US. Meanwhile, there are questions about how Vladimir Putin will get to the meeting ag...

I've kept an eye on the Russian Telegram channels posting attacks on emergency service vehicles in Ukraine since my piece in August (thread), and wasn't surprised to see one of them post footage of the Tuesday attack on
UN trucks outside Bilozerka, Kherson news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

Gaza hospital attack: Analysis contradicts Israel's evidence justifying airstrike Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the last two days, striking two of the territory's largest remaining hospitals.

Gaza hospital attack: Analysis contradicts Israel's evidence justifying airstrike