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Here is the latest World News from Sky News.

Denmark Tops Happiest Country Survey Again
The same European nation has topped the happiest place survey for the third time out of four years.

Syria: Kurds Want Federal Region In North
The move comes as the Syrian government and Saudi-backed rebels enter the third day of peace talks with a UN envoy in Geneva.

Jolie In Crush At Piraeus Migrants’ Meeting
The United Nations’ special envoy chastised the press for getting too close as migrants from the other side rushed to greet her.

Argentinian Coast Guard Sinks Chinese Boat
The coast guard opened fire after the fishing vessel failed to respond to requests to be boarded, Argentinian officials said.

Homeless Man Gets $100,000 Police Reward
Matthew Hay-Chapman is handed a share of cash offered for the capture of two fugitives who escaped from a state jail.

Man Faces Jail Over Celebrity Nude Photo Theft
A hacker used phishing emails to steal nude photographs of celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence from iCloud and Gmail accounts.

Dramatic Video Of Canada Prison Break
Two prisoners were filmed dangling from a hijacked helicopter which had landed on the prison’s roof.

Mass Murderer Breivik Will Fight ‘To The Death’
The right-wing fanatic who killed 77 people argues he is the victim of inhuman treatment by being kept in solitary confinement.

Whale Without Tail Spotted In New Zealand
The young whale, passing through New Zealand waters during an annual migration, may have lost its tail flukes due to fishing nets.

Islamic State Flag Found At Terror Raid Scene
The suspect killed during a shoot-out with police is identified as 35-year-old Mohamed Belkaid, who was in Belgium illegally.

Australia Dumps Controversial ‘Backpacker Tax’
Backpackers heading to Australia on a working holiday visa will be spared a major tax hike on income they earn Down Under.

Black Hole Flashes As It Feeds On Star
A black hole is observed reacting violently to a rapid force-feeding by its companion – an orbiting star.

Bomb Planted Under Bus Seat Kills 15 In Pakistan
The bus was carrying local government employees to work in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

US Student Jailed For 15 Years In North Korea
An American student has been sentenced to 15 years hard labour after admitting stealing propaganda material in North Korea.

Sony Announces Playstation VR Release Date
Its launch comes in a big year for virtual reality technology with Facebook’s Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive also due out.

Trump And Clinton Lead As Five States Vote
Donald Trump is projected to have won Florida, with Ohio too close to call, as Hillary Clinton is tipped for two early victories.

Obama Reverses Course On Atlantic Drilling
The President drops a year-old proposal to allow new oil and natural gas drilling sites off the coast of four southern states.

Sharapova Dropped As UN Goodwill Ambassador
The organisation is the latest to cut ties with the Russian tennis star after she revealed she had failed a drug test.

Putin Has ‘Played A Blinder’ Over Syria
President Putin has, indeed, achieved his objectives in Syria – but those objectives may not be what they first seemed.

Tourist Held After Jerusalem ‘Treasure Hunt’
The unidentified teenager may have been overcome by what is known as “Jerusalem Syndrome”, local media reports.

Suspect ‘Neutralised’ In Raid Linked To Paris
A suspect reportedly holding a machine gun was spotted in a nearby garden and two others are believed to be on the run.

Storms Replenish Key California Reservoirs
Heavy snow and a series of storms could ease pressure on the drought-ridden state after years of very low rainfall.

Keith Emerson’s Death Confirmed As Suicide
The keyboardist – who formed superband Emerson, Lake and Palmer – killed himself at his home in Los Angeles on 11 March.

NFL Admits Link Between Sport And Brain Disease
A senior NFL executive references the work of a prominent neuropathologist on CTE and brain trauma caused while playing football.

Suu Kyi’s Childhood Friend To Lead Myanmar
A close advisor and loyal friend to the pro-democracy activist, Htin Kyaw is the country’s first civilian leader in decades.

Shots Fired In Police Raid ‘Linked To Paris’
Roads in the Brussels suburb of Forest are closed off as police reportedly hunt for two suspects who fled the scene.

Fossil Of T-Rex’s Horse-Sized Cousin Found
Bones found in Uzbekistan suggest the new species had agility like its killer cousin – but lacked massive, bone-snapping teeth.

Sony Buys Jackson’s Music Stake For $750m
The agreement gives Sony/ATV Music Publishing the sole ownership of music by artists from The Beatles to Taylor Swift.

Uber Driver Claims App Made Him Kill Six People
Jason Dalton tells police the Uber app on his phone switched from red to black and “would literally take over your whole body”.

Deadly Car Bombing In Central Berlin
Police seal off the area and check the vehicle for more explosives after it explodes in rush hour traffic.

Killer Breivik Gives Nazi Salute In Court
The murderer is challenging the “degrading” conditions in Skien prison, where he is kept in isolation and often strip searched.

Zimbabwe Admits Four Million Need Food Aid
More than a third of the country’s population need help as people struggle with the worst drought for decades.

Republicans Fight For ‘Winner Takes All’ States
Wins in Florida and Ohio for Donald Trump could secure his nomination, as John Kasich and Marco Rubio fight to stay in the race.

Criminal Probe Into Kellogg Urinating Video
The breakfast cereals maker says it believes the graphic video was filmed in 2014 and any foods impacted have since expired.

Pair ‘Accidentally’ Shot Dead In Wildlife Park
Two anti-poaching volunteers are killed after apparently being mistaken for elephant poachers in a Zimbabwean national park.

Palin’s Husband Injured In Snow Machine Crash
Todd Palin is in hospital after a “bad snow machine crash” in Alaska, Donald Trump’s campaign says.

North Korea Could ‘Burn Manhattan To Ashes’
The claims come as the UN calls for Kim Jong-Un and other officials to be prosecuted for committing crimes against humanity.

Anti-IS Forces Close In On Group’s Raqqa HQ
Sky’s Alex Crawford travels with the Syrian Democratic Forces as they battle Islamic State and close in on its headquarters.

Putin Orders Start Of Troop Pullout From Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of the withdrawal of his military from Syria.

US Islamic State Militant Detained In Iraq
The man, identified as Muhammad Jamal Amin, is shown on Kurdish TV along with identification and bank cards.

Trump Rejects Responsibility For Rally Violence
Rivals claim the language used by the tycoon is fuelling a caustic atmosphere at his rallies and leads to violent incidents.

Dozens Held For ‘Torturing’ Drug Traffickers
Police arrest 30 people in connection with a racket involving the kidnapping and robbing of people bringing drugs into Spain.

Auction House Staff On Trial For ‘Theft Scheme’
The famous Drouot’s porters are accused of keeping valuable artworks and trying to sell them at the auction house later.

‘Butcher Dentist Broke Jaws And Ripped Out Teeth’
Jacobus van Nierop, who says he has identity issues, is accused of carrying out useless and painful procedures on many patients.

Armed 7-Eleven Customer Shoots Masked Axeman
A 60-year-old man drinking his morning coffee pulls a pistol and guns down the attacker as he slices the store clerk.

More Than 100 Cars In Massive Freeway Pile-Up
A series of crashes thought to have been caused by a wet road and blinding sunshine left motorists stranded in North Carolina.

Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Find Missiles Bound For US
Two Hellfire missiles are discovered in a cargo package destined for Oregon on a passenger airline in Belgrade, Serbia.

Three Migrants Drown Trying To Reach Macedonia
Two men and a woman die trying to bypass the closed land border between Greece and Macedonia, where crowds continue to grow.

Syria Talks: ‘Only Plan B Is To Return To War’
Negotiations between the Syrian regime and opposition restart on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the war.

1,000-Year-Old Chess Set To Be Auctioned
The 16 pieces, including a stylised king, queen and knights, date from the 10th century and are expected to fetch up to £30,000.

Chemical Spray Kills Eight Thai Bank Workers
Seven people were also injured when chemicals were released during an upgrade of a fire extinguisher system.

Ankara Bomber ‘Was Female PKK Militant’
One of the suicide bombers who killed at least 37 people in Ankara was a female PKK member, Turkish security officials said.

Methane On Mars? Rocket Mission To Find Life
European engineers are sending a Russian rocket into space to sniff out methane gas to prove if life existed on the Red Planet.

Queen Urges Inclusivity In Commonwealth Speech
The head of the Commonwealth says working for the common good is an essential ingredient of belonging to the family of nations.

Merkel Faces Election Drubbing Over Refugees
The state polls are the largest since the German leader opened the country’s doors to more than a million migrants.

Brazil Protesters Demand President’s Removal
Dilma Rousseff insists she will not quit despite more than a million demonstrators taking to the streets to oppose her leadership.

IS ‘Sex Slave’ Victim Tells Of Months Of Abuse
A woman tells Sky News her four young children were beaten, while another victim says she was not allowed to bury her baby.

Ivory Coast Hotel Shooting: 12 Dead – Reports
At least 12 people are dead, including four Europeans, after a gun attack on a beach resort in Grand-Bassam, according to police.

At Least Five Killed In Ankara Blast – Reports
The large explosion, reportedly caused by a bomb, leaves several people dead and wounded in the Turkish capital, local media say.

Francis Bacon Paintings Worth £23m ‘Stolen’
Police are said to be investigating a heist from the house of a former friend of the Irish-born British artist in Madrid.

600 IS Fighters ‘Killed In Three Weeks’
The US Secretary of State also claims the militant group has recently lost territory around twice the size of London.

Bear ‘On Rampage’ Shot After Villagers Killed
A wildlife officer who tried to tranquillise the animal is killed after searching for it in the wake of two deadly maulings.

Car Slams Into Bus As Man Runs For His Life
Passengers were seen bracing themselves for the impact as the chaos was captured on the on-board camera system of the bus.

Germanwings Report Urges Checks On Pilots
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was referred to a psychiatric clinic two weeks before deliberately crashing the plane.

Militant Clashes On Eve Of Syrian Peace Talks
Islamist fighters seize weapons and bases from rebels shortly before the latest round of peace negotiations are held in Geneva.

Man Held For Crashing Into Dog Sled Race Team
One dog is killed and at least three injured when a snowmobile hits two ‘mushers’ in the tough Iditarod race in Alaska.

Alps Plane Crash Families Want ‘Lessons Learned’
Families bereaved by the Germanwings air crash call for improvements to aviation safety as a report is due to be published today.

Iron Maiden’s Plane Damaged In Santiago
The British band’s Boeing 747 is damaged in a collision with a ground tug while being taken for refuelling at a Chilean airport.

Migration Key As Germany Votes In State Polls
Angela Merkel seeks to shore up her position in regional polls as she tries to push through a deal to revolve the migrant crisis.

Trump Shaken As Protester Tries To Storm Stage
Security guards swarm around the billionaire as he addresses supporters in Ohio, but his critics say he only has himself to blame.

Teen Girls Accused Of Concert Hall Attack Plot
The suspects, aged 15 and 17, claimed they wanted to launch an assault similar to those in Paris last November, police said.

Secret Islamic State Files: 64 With Links To UK
Several Britons have been connected to IS training camps in Syria – including two young, married fathers from Manchester.

Tragedy Of Children Scarred By Syrian War
Psychologists are dealing with an overwhelming level of suffering and warn of a hidden mental health crisis.

Six Dead And Several Missing In Alps Avalanche
Rescue teams with dogs are continuing to search for survivors on Monte Nevoso amid fears up to 10 people are buried.

Iraq: ‘Fear And Panic’ After IS Chemical Attacks
A three-year-old girl is killed and hundreds of people are injured after jihadists targeted a town in two assaults.

Clinton ‘Sorry’ For Nancy Reagan Aids Comments
The presidential hopeful performs a climb down on Twitter after her misguided praise for the former First Lady.

Frontman Apologises For Slur On Bataclan Staff
The Eagles Of Death Metal singer “begs forgiveness” for “unfounded and baseless” accusations against Bataclan employees.

North Korean Submarine ‘Missing’ Amid Tensions
The North warns of a “blitzkrieg” in the Korean peninsula as thousands of US and South Korean troops take part in military drills.

Paris Attackers ‘Listed In’ Leaked IS Files
The names of three of the jihadis behind the Bataclan massacre are said to appear in IS documents, which were passed to Sky News.

IS Battle: More UK Troops To Train Iraqi Forces
Britain is to step up its training mission to the Iraqi armed forces – taking the number of UK personnel inside Iraq to 300.

Sharapova: I Didn’t Get Five Warnings On Drug
The Russian posts a lengthy rebuttal on Facebook about what she considers to be misreporting of her positive drugs test.

Muslim Women In US Learning To Fight Back
A leading advocacy group says attacks on Muslims in America have tripled in recent months and that 80% of the victims are female.

Violence As Trump Rally Cancelled In Chicago
Scuffles break out in Chicago after Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump cancels a rally on a university campus.

Stars Past And Present Mourn Nancy Reagan
Four first ladies are at the memorial, along with the likes of actors Mr T, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Selleck and Bo Derek.

Auschwitz Survivor Becomes World’s Oldest Man
When Polish-born Israel Kristal was rescued from the Nazis by Allied forces in May 1945, he weighed only 37kg.

Chilling Glimpse Into Islamic State War Machine
Sky News finds booby-trapped bombs, a “rape house” and a makeshift gallows in a Syrian town liberated by Kurdish fighters.

Bryan Adams’ Guitar Defaced By Cairo Customs
Airport officials reportedly almost didn’t let the instrument into the country and then put “graffiti” on it with green ink.

Escaped Murder Suspect Holds Family Hostage
Rafael McCloud, who escaped from jail last week, confronted the family at their home and held them hostage for several hours.

Former Republican Rival Carson Backs Trump
The former neurosurgeon says there are two Donald Trumps – the stage performer and the private, “cerebral” man.

Madonna Sparks Concern By Drinking On Stage
Fans questions whether her custody battle with Guy Ritchie over son Rocco is taking its toll as the singer starts four hours late.

Former Putin Aide Died From Blunt Force Trauma
Initial reports had claimed Mikhail Lesin died after a heart attack in his hotel room in Washington DC in November last year.

Japan Tsunami Victims Remembered Five Years On
People across the country pause in a moment of silence for the many thousands who died or remain unaccounted for.

Greece Hopes To Clear Camp Within Two Weeks
Authorities are trying to persuade thousands of migrants living in a crowded border camp to relocate.

S Sudan Pays Forces By Letting Them Rape: UN
In one incident troops argued over whether to rape a six-year-old and then shot her, says a UN report.

Don McLean Accused Of Abuse In Divorce Papers
The singer was arrested on domestic violence charges in January and is not allowed to have contact with his wife.

Mum Drops Kids From Window Of Burning Flat
The children – one of them a two-day-old baby – were unharmed by the 20ft fall from the second-floor window of their Sydney flat.

Wild Mountain Lion Breaks Into Zoo
The seven-year-old big cat was spotted on CCTV footage in Los Angeles Zoo on the same night a koala was found mauled to death.

Andy Murray: Sharapova Should Be Suspended
Speaking ahead of the BNP Parabas Open, Andy Murray also says he disagrees with his racket sponsor’s support for Sharapova.

North Korea Seeks To Boost Nuclear Capability
North Korea’s leader orders the country to “improve nuclear attack capability” after the latest series of missile tests.

Kenny Steps Down As Ireland’s Prime Minister
Ministers concede it may be weeks, even months, before a minority government or power-sharing alliance is agreed.