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Zimbabwe’s president has issued a rallying call to his country to unite behind him and work together to re-build the nation. Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former enforcer of long-time leader Robert Mugabe and head of the Zanu-PF party, was on Friday announced as the winner of an election held the previous Monday, with 50.8% of the vote.Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to challenge the result, saying that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) group won the popular vote.The party is threatening to challenge the outcome in the courts and have until 10 August to do this.But speaking to Sky News…

All 20 people on board a vintage World War Two plane which crashed in the Swiss Alps have died, police say. The Junker Ju-52 aircraft smashed into a mountainside near the resort of Flims in the east of the country on Saturday.The tourist plane had been flying passengers back from a two-day trip to Locarno in southern Switzerland to its base at Duebendorf, near Zurich, when it came down. Image: The plane is not believed to have crash-resistant cockpit voice and data recorders. Pic: Polizei Garubunden Among the victims were 17 Swiss, and three people from the same Austrian family,…

The family of Samantha Eastwood have thanked supporters after police found a body believed to be that of the midwife. Ms Eastwood was last seen when she left her night shift at the Royal Stoke Hospital at 7.47am last Friday, and officers investigating her disappearance found a body in a rural area near the city at around midday on Saturday.Staffordshire Police have now confirmed that the body is believed to be that of the 28-year-old, with formal identification and a post mortem to take place later. Image: Her disappearance was out of character, according to police In a statement, her…

Veteran entertainer Barry Chuckle, one half of the Chuckle Brothers comedy act, has died aged 73. The comedian died peacefully at home surrounded by his family, his manager Phil Dale said.His partner in the Chuckle Brothers, Paul, said: “I’ve not just lost my brother, I’ve lost my theatrical partner of many, many years and my very best friend.”The duo shot to fame with their slapstick comedy and catchphrase “to me, to you”.Barry and Paul had recently filmed a new series called ChuckleTime for Channel 5.Barry – whose real surname was Elliott – had not been well towards the end of…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he survived an assassination attempt using drones, and blamed right-wing enemies, Colombia and US financiers. Mr Maduro was delivering a speech in Caracas when at least two explosions were heard. He cut short his address as hundreds of soldiers broke rank in fear.His wife, Cilia Flores, was standing next to him on a stage for a celebration of the National Guard’s 81st anniversary and could be seen on live state television wincing and looking up after the sound.Hundreds of soldiers lined up as part of the procession on Avenue Bolivar then began running. The…

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has said “intransigence” from the European Union is pushing Britain towards a no-deal Brexit. With less than eight months until Britain quits the bloc, the prominent Brexiteer put the odds of the UK leaving the EU without agreeing a deal over their future relationship at “60-40”.Mr Fox said he believed the risk of a no-deal scenario had increased, pinning the blame on the European Commission and Brussels’ chief negotiator Michel Barnier.His comments are in stark contrast to the position he took in July of last year, when he said a trade deal with the EU…

The Foreign Office says it is “deeply concerned” by outbreaks of violence in the wake of the controversial election in Zimbabwe. Clashes have erupted since President Emmerson Mnangagwa held onto his post in the first vote since Robert Mugabe resigned last year, with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa having vowed to challenge the result.The electoral commission announced that Mr Mnangagwa, head of the Zanu-PF Party, had secured a narrow majority in parliament on Monday.However, Mr Chamisa told Sky News believes his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) group won the popular vote.Protesters have taken to the streets in the capital of Harare…

Wonga, one of Britain’s largest short-term money-lenders, has been saved from going bust by an emergency £10m cash injection from a consortium of high-profile technology investors. Sky News ‎can exclusively reveal that Wonga, which was among the pioneers of the UK’s online payday lending sector, has been rescued in the last few weeks after its chief executive warned shareholders that it was in danger of becoming insolvent.The fundraising is understood to have taken place at a valuation of just $30m (£23m) prior to the injection of the new money – a stunning decline for a financial technology group which once…

Mars has withdrawn all its advertising from YouTube after one of its products was featured alongside a rap video linked to violent crime in London. An advert appeared with a video featuring the Moscow17 collective, whose member Incognito was stabbed to death in south London on Wednesday.Mars said it was “unacceptable” for its adverts to appear next to such videos and that it would be working with Google to “understand what went wrong”.Two other males, aged 16 and 31, who also suffered stab injuries in the Camberwell incident, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.Moscow17 are part of the drill…

Police investigating the disappearance of midwife Samantha Eastwood are searching a disused quarry near Stoke-on-Trent. Specialist teams are carrying out searches in Caverswall in a bid to find clues as to the whereabouts of the 28-year-old, who has not been seen in more than a week.Her colleagues at Royal Stoke University Hospital reported her missing after she failed to turn up for a night shift on Friday 27 July, having last seen her leaving work at 7.45am that morning.She was described as being “jovial and happy” as she left, and her workmates said her unannounced absence was “very much out…