The humanitarian organisation said there has been a near-total collapse in hygiene infrastructure and a critical fall in contact tracing since the rare Bundibugyo strain began to spread. Only one in five health centres in the province of Ituru, one of the epicentres of the virus, has access to enough clean water, Oxfam's field data shows. In Mongbwalo, a town of nearly 140,000 people in the province, only 20% of people have access to clean water and only 25% to functional sanitation and hygiene facilities. 'First line of defence' has collapsed Manel Rebordosa, Oxfam's field response coordinator in Ituri, said the findings highlighted the crisis unfolding due to contaminated water, lack of handwashing infrastructure and the challenge of disposing of infectious waste. "Water – the absolute first line of defence in any public health emergency – is simply not available," he said. "Miners working in the surrounding areas have no toilets and handwashing stations. Then they return home to communities already battling the virus. "Clean water costs $2 (£1.50) for 20 litres. For most families here, that is far beyond what they can afford." Cases hit record high The warning came as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the outbreak was the largest of the Bundibugyo strain on record. There were 781 confirmed cases and 181 deaths in the country, according to the DRC Ministry of Health as of 13 June. The Bundibugyo strain has no licensed vaccine, meaning that clean water and sanitation are critical components of the fight against the virus. Contact tracing has also fallen to 43% coverage, which is far below the 79% recorded one month into the 2018-2020 outbreak in the same region. US funding cuts fuelling spread Mr Rebordosa spoke of shortfalls in funding resulting from the US withdrawing its support of disease surveillance. "One month into the 2018 outbreak, healthcare workers achieved contact tracing rates where nearly eight in 10 known contacts were successfully monitored," he said. "Today, following the withdrawal of the US funding for disease surveillance and severe funding shortfalls, contact tracing is reaching fewer than half of the contacts. "That gap is not just a statistic; it is a painful reality that allows the virus to spread undetected through communities." 'Rumours spread faster than the virus' With more than 70 health facilities being destroyed by conflict and only 0.2 doctors per 1,000 people, the DRC's health authorities are struggling to identify new infections quickly enough. In North Kivu province, deaths are being reported in communities before they are ever identified as Ebola cases, Oxfam said. In addition, many families are caring for sick relatives at home and exposing others to the virus. Aid funding for the DRC has been cut from $2.58bn (£1.92bn) in 2024 to $1.4bn (£1.04bn) in 2026, a reduction of 46%. As a result, aid agencies have scaled back, forcing organisations to reduce outreach services. Mr Rebordosa said: "When trusted community outreach teams disappear, rumours spread faster than the virus. "People now fear healthcare facilities, which they see as death traps. "Families are turning to traditional remedies, which risks delaying treatment and allowing the virus to spread further. Every day without funding, the virus takes more lives." Read more from Sky News:Oil prices drop and stocks rally after US-Iran dealCrown prince of Norway's stepson jailed over rapes Tibakanya Mireille, a mother of five in Ituri, said one of her children had started to show symptoms. "I brought my child to the hospital when I noticed she had a fever, and she is now being tested. We are very worried," she said. "Here, two houses have been quarantined, and one family lost several relatives after caring for a sick relative, which caused others to be sick. "The disease has already killed several people in our community of Shari, in Bunia." Oxfam has scaled up its operations in the DRC, launching an initial $11.6m (£8.64m) six-month intervention to provide clean water and hygiene kits to 200,000 people in Ituri province. The charity said the response fell short of what was required to contain the spread.

His family said in a statement: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Roger Cook, who died peacefully on Saturday after a short illness. "Alongside a distinguished and award-winning career in journalism, Roger was first and foremost a beloved husband and father. "He will be deeply missed by all of us, and we ask for privacy as we navigate this difficult loss." A New Zealand-born British journalist, Cook joined ITV in 1985, launching the eponymous The Cook Report two years later. The most popular current affairs programme on television at the time, with an audience of up to 10 million, it ran for 16 series and more than 120 episodes over 12 years, as Cook pursued criminals, conmen and corrupt officials. The show was fearless in its pursuit of justice - exposing child pornography, Northern Ireland protection rackets, baby trading in Brazil and the illicit ivory trade. It also tackled illegal immigration, war criminals in Bosnia, those behind 9/11 and other terrorist plots, as well as the Russian black market in weapons-grade plutonium. Broken ribs in the pursuit of justice Cook was injured many times in the course of making his programme and exposing wrongdoing, including suffering three broken ribs after confronting a Brighton antique dealer over his sale of fake antiques. More than just compelling TV, his programmes had a real-world effect, with a number of his investigations followed by successful police prosecutions or major changes in the law. Cook won a Bafta Television special award for the show in 1998. Starting his journalism career in Australia, he moved to London in 1968 to join BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme as a reporter and presenter. He later created and presented his BBC Radio 4 show Checkpoint, which ran from 1973 to 1985 and would lead the way to The Cook Report, which shared a similar format. A Spitting Image puppet and spoof from Sir Stephen Fry Cook's cultural impact was reflected in parodies from Benny Hill and Reeves and Mortimer, his own Spitting Image puppet, and nods on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4, in dramas with investigative journalists inspired by him played by Sir Stephen Fry and Tony Slattery, respectively. In 2007, Cook revisited some of his most famous stings in a 90-minute special titled Roger Cook's Greatest Hits, during which he admitted he had received death threats due to the series. A statement from ITV, which launched his groundbreaking show The Cook Report in 1987, said: "In a career spanning an incredible five decades, Roger Cook's groundbreaking approach to investigative journalism made him one of broadcasting's most trusted and respected figures. "On his eponymous current affairs programme, The Cook Report, Roger worked tirelessly to expose criminal wrongdoing and injustice, helping to drive important and lasting changes in the law. "His fearless contribution to journalism will long be remembered, and we send our deepest sympathies and condolences to his wife, family and friends at this difficult time."

Ms Cox was killed by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair in her Batley and Spen constituency on 16 June 2016, during the Brexit referendum campaign. Kim Leadbeater, who was elected MP for the seat following the tragedy in Birstall, West Yorkshire, said her sister would have been "deeply concerned" about the current divisions in society. But she would not have shied away from the challenge of uniting people, Ms Leadbeater added. And she said it was important to "push back on the divisive rhetoric and the dangerous language" while declining to name names, as it would give "bad behaviour oxygen". Following the case of Henry Nowak, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faced criticism for saying the public should feel "pure, cold rage" about what happened to the student. The 18-year-old was murdered last December by Vickrum Digwa, who falsely claimed he had been racially abused, and Mr Nowak was handcuffed by police. Officers ignored Mr Nowak's pleas that he could not breathe as he lay dying. There were violent protests earlier this month in Southampton near where the teenager was fatally stabbed. Also, billionaire X owner Elon Musk was criticised over social media's role in last week's violence in Belfast where homes were set alight and people targeted based on their race. 'I worry about where we end up' Ms Leadbeater, 50, said it is "absolutely fine to be angry about things", from concerns around immigration to the cost of living and housing, but not to stoke division. She said: "They seem to be shouting and not listening. And what that shouting does is it stokes that division. And it only takes one individual to not be able to draw the line between the anger and the violent language, and then acts of violence. And I find that deeply disturbing. "And I worry, if that continues, where we end up as a society. "So I suppose the 10th anniversary of Jo's murder is a moment in time to say to everybody, whatever your political views are, whatever your ideologies are, let's keep them in a safe, sensible space and not push people towards the extremes because there are no wins in that." Ms Leadbeater remembered her sister as being "full of kindness, full of compassion, but also full of a steely determination to make a difference and to get things done". She said: "Even though she would look, as I am doing at the moment, at some of the challenges we face as a country and be deeply concerned, she would not stop working hard to address those challenges and to look at how we can bring people together." Read more from Sky News:Nowak killer's sentence referred to Court of AppealHenry Nowak murder protesters jailed for violence Ms Cox, who was aged 41 when she was shot and stabbed, days before the Brexit referendum, had spoken against division in her maiden speech in parliament a year earlier. She told the Commons: "We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us."

The team's build-up to the tournament has been profoundly impacted by the conflict between Iran and the US, with the squad forced to move their training camp to Mexico. They earned a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in their opening Group G fixture on Tuesday, roared on by a passionate Iranian-American crowd after their anthem had been jeered by some sections of the 70,000-strong attendance at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. As it happened | Teams | Stats | Group G guideWorld Cup day-by-day schedule | Latest: World CupFollow our World Cup coverage in the Sky Sports App Iran were not expected to even be at these finals when co-hosts the United States, alongside Israel, began a bombing campaign in February. While a peace deal may have finally been agreed on Sunday, the build-up to the game only served to highlight the complexities and polarised views around the team's participation, with Ghalenoei appearing to aim strong criticism at the US authorities. "We've spent so much time commuting in the air," he said. "They didn't even give us time to recover after the game today. They said we had to leave immediately. "It's very important for us to have time for recovery and yet we were asked to return to Tijuana and we are really troubled by that. "We do not know why they are returning us. I think it's very strange. It seems like others are doing the planning for us, decisions are made elsewhere, we were supposed to arrive two nights before the game and we were not permitted, we were supposed to stay tonight and return tomorrow lunchtime but I have no idea why, and they haven't told us. "Our team is the most oppressed one in the whole World Cup. "The federation is absent here. Our media isn't here. Our management team, many of them aren't here. We used to have a part of a coaching team to help with substitutions but we didn't have that. Many in the technical area had to deal with that." Sky Sports News has approached FIFA for comment. Iran captain Mehdi Taremi described their treatment as a "disaster" and revealed FIFA president Gianni Infantino had been in the dressing room, offering to "help" the team. Footage of Infantino published on X sees him telling the players "you are stronger than everything", "this is just the beginning" adding that the team were "writing history, the whole world is watching you". Infantino is also understood to have told the players he would do what he could to ensure more of the Iranian delegation, who did not receive visas, could travel to the USA for their remaining group games. Taremi added: "We don't have our President, and no one from staff, also, which is so important for us. Our manager, for example, has come here doing the job of the media, and you know everything is like a disaster for us." Protests and boos at Iran's first game Protestors gathered outside the stadium before kick-off, calling for change in Tehran. The Iran national anthem was greeted by audible boos within the stadium but minutes earlier, there had been loud cheers when images of the team in the tunnel appeared on the giant screens above the pitch, and the team also had strong vocal backing once the match kicked off. The Iranian community in Los Angeles is primarily comprised of those who fled the country around the time of the 1979 Islamic revolution, or the children of those who did, and as such anti-regime sentiment is strong here. FIFA won a case to ban flags with the pre-revolution 'Lion and Sun' emblem on from being brought to the stadium earlier on Monday, but plenty were in evidence within the venue in the lead-up to kick-off. Protesters had promised "hell" in the build-up to the match and while some aggressive anti-regime slogans were chanted around SoFi Stadium, describing the leaders in Tehran as "terrorists", many attending the match were keen to separate the team from the state they represent.

Prince William became the first senior royal to enrol there in 1995, while Prince Harry attended from 1998. It was a decision William and Kate long deliberated over, with reports they'd visited several schools before plumping for Eton, including co-ed Marlborough College, Kate's old school. But there's one obvious advantage to Eton College - its location. Just over the river from Windsor Castle, it's a short 15-minute drive from Forest Lodge, George's family home. And of course his dad knows the school well. Its handy location meant William often visited his grandmother for tea at Windsor while he was a pupil. But the prestige of Eton has a hefty price tag. The annual fees will set you back £21,099.60 per term, well out of the reach of most people. Among the old boys, no less than twenty British prime ministers, from Sir Robert Walpole in the 1700s to David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Other old Etonians include George Orwell, Eddie Redmayne and Damian Lewis. The list goes on. This expensive and elite education has taught generations of the British establishment. The young prince can expect classmates from similarly privileged backgrounds. But Eton will offer him little insight into the day-to-day experiences of most teenagers growing up in Britain. The college is steeped in archaic tradition, with the boys still wearing tailcoats. For a royal couple keen to be seen as modern parents raising their children differently, this is a decision that feels anything but. George, 12, who made an appearance with his family at the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the weekend, is currently studying at Lambrook School, a private prep school in Berkshire, where he boards. The school is also attended by his siblings Princess Charlotte, 11, and eight-year-old Prince Louis. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app. You can also follow us on WhatsApp and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the latest news.

The city's military fire department says one of the helicopters crashed in a car dealership where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire which was later extinguished. Officials say an investigation is under way into the cause of the collision. Police say 32-year-old Tree, an alternative singer and internet personality, was on the list of passengers handed to aviation authorities, but the bodies of those killed in the crash have yet to be identified. Tyre repair worker Fernandes de Freitas told local media he saw one of the helicopters in flames following the collision and noticed one of the passengers had jumped out of the other aircraft before hitting the ground. "It was terrifying, absolutely horrifying," De Freitas said. Tree was in Brazil as part of a world tour when the crash occurred, where he was due to play more than 70 shows across 30 countries. He had performed in Buenos Aires on 4 June and published a video on Saturday playing football in a local neighbourhood of Rio. The other names on the list of passengers were Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known online as "Gaspi", a Brazilian producer and an Argentine film director, along with the pilots of both helicopters. Read more on Sky News:Three dead after Royal Navy helicopter crashes into Devon fieldHelicopter crash in Borneo, Indonesia, kills eight Internet personality KSI and judge on ITV's Britain's Got Talent paid tribute to Tree on his social media, posting a series of pictures of the two together. "Can't believe I'm actually having to type this. You're 32 man. You should still be here. You still had so much life to live. So much music to make. So much content to make. You're a legend and will always be a legend. Still doesn't feel real. Genuinely feel sick. I love you bro," said KSI, accompanied by a love heart emoji. Tree was known for songs including Life Goes On, Miss You, Alien Boy and Voices, the latter of which he sang alongside KSI. Miss You, in which he featured as the main artist along with German producer Robin Schulz, was nominated for Best International Song at the 2024 Brit Awards. The track peaked at Number 3 in the UK singles chart, and No 4 in the Australian charts. His debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful, peaked at Number 14 in the US album charts and Number 42 in the UK charts. Tree also has a Guinness World Record for the largest kick scooter, measuring at 4.16m tall and 3.13m long.

As world leaders gather at the G7 summit - what's Keir Starmer's top priority? With tensions in the Middle East, a trade dispute with China, a continuing war in Ukraine and Russia's apparent involvement in arson attacks on homes and a car linked to Keir Starmer, the PM has his hands full. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy assess whether Starmer can turn high-level diplomacy into meaningful progress. The duo also examine the latest polling data, which suggests Andy Burnham remains the only Labour figure the public sees as a potentially stronger prime minister than Starmer. Plus, does Wes Streeting have the support to mount a leadership challenge if Labour's succession debate begins?

The 41-year-old endured a difficult 2025 as he went through a whole season without standing on the podium for the first time in his Formula 1 career. Hamilton is back on form this season and could become a serious threat to Kimi Antonelli in the title race at just 41 points adrift of the teenager after seven rounds. So what has caused this recent Hamilton resurgence, which has been over a year in the making? 'I was in a low place' - Lewis Hamilton reveals self-doubts before 'dream' Ferrari winF1 2026 standings | F1 2026 Calendar | F1 Gossip ColumnDownload the Sky Sports app for expert analysis, best video & more📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺New 2026 F1 car regulations The previous ground effect F1 cars from 2022 to 2025 may be seen as an outlier in Hamilton's career as he struggled to fully get to grips with a car that the drivers could not hustle and move around to be fast, instead a smoother driving style was needed. In his final season at Mercedes in 2024, Hamilton was largely outperformed by team-mate George Russell, although he did take two wins at the British and Belgian Grands Prix, and it was a similar story at Ferrari in 2025 against Charles Leclerc where the deficit was often even bigger. But, the more nimble and narrower 2026 cars are a return to previous technical regulations where a more aggressive driving approach is rewarded and it seems to be helping Hamilton. Immediately, he was able to visibly hustle the car more during pre-season testing and was a match for Leclerc in terms of pace at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. "From the word go in the Barcelona Shakedown, he said, 'this thing actually talks to me, I can get a read on what it's going to do, I like the way it moves around' and he responds well to that," said Sky Sports F1's Anthony Davidson. He claimed his first Ferrari podium at the second round in China before two off weekends in Japan and Miami which led to a few questions, perhaps even from Hamilton himself, about whether he still had "it" - "it" primarily being raw speed. There was pressure going into May's Canadian Grand Prix, an event Hamilton has enjoyed huge success at, and he delivered with his best Ferrari result of second, overtaking Max Verstappen late on. Another second place followed in Monaco, which was more impressive given he outperformed Leclerc in the Monegasque driver's home event, before his masterful drive on Sunday in Barcelona to cap off a genuine return to form which has been 18 months in the making at Maranello. "They [the team] have been so kind. You come back to the garage after a difficult race and they just say like, 'Don't worry, next time', they're just so supportive through it all," said Hamilton. "But for sure, results like this change everything and for sure reinstate, if there is a lack of confidence, reinstates it all. And I hope that this was a convincing gap and race, but I think it's been happening over the last few races. "The changes that I've asked for and pushed for all last year have been made and I now have the right team around me, I now have the right car around me, and now I can start doing what I do best." Input on 2026 car Hamilton described 2025 as a "building year" and believes one reason for his struggles was arriving at a new outfit which has a completely different culture to his previous Mercedes and McLaren teams. The British driver also had no say on last year's Ferrari whereas he's been able to point the Scuderia in a direction he wants with their 2026 machine. "The team have really listened and really worked hard to add performance and be innovative," said Hamilton, who has spent less time on the simulator in the last two months. "This year is all about innovation. We came out with the bit on the rear exhaust. We came out with, what else was it, the rear wing, the Macarena. This is what I was asking for last year. "It was like, this team has to be the leaders in that, and they've shown that they can and they will." Hamilton joined Ferrari just three months after Loic Serra joined the team as chassis technical director. Similarly to Hamilton, Serra did not have full control of the 2025 car's chassis but has led the development of the current SF-26. The Frenchman was at Mercedes during Hamilton's championship-winning years and was performance director for the 2020 Silver Arrows, one of the most dominant cars in F1 history. That technical prowess has translated into a 2026 Ferrari F1 car that is the benchmark in the corners and suits Hamilton's driving style too. The Italian Bono In a key change made ahead of his second season at Ferrari, Hamilton's engineering team is now led by Italian race engineer Carlo Santi, who replaced Riccardo Adami in the role. Hamilton famously worked with Peter 'Bono' Bonnington throughout his time at Mercedes, with the pair forging the most successful driver-engineer combination in the sport's history. By contrast, the Hamilton-Adami dynamic appeared far less smooth, particularly in team radio discussions, last season. This year, the communication between Hamilton and Santi has been much smoother and clear, with the seven-time world champion rarely frustrated on the team radio, even during difficult sessions. The Hamilton-Santi combination was originally an interim appointment but Sky Sports News learned earlier this month there are no plans to make any changes to Hamilton's engineer, who he calls "the Italian Bono". "We didn't know each other, we'd never spoken and I didn't really know anything about him. We met and I think got on straight away," said Hamilton. "It's great to be able to connect with an engineer other than what I used to have. I had it for such a long time and then you kind of lose that feeling because Bono's now doing it with Kimi [Antonelli]. "He's very, very quiet. You could tell it's hard for him to express his emotions. He's just smiley and, I'm giving him these big hugs and pulling him in, saying 'thank you'. I like to think that this [win] has probably reignited the love that he has as being an engineer as he has done for me as a driver." Happy Hamilton off the track Hamilton revealed he carried an injury for much of 2025, after a big crash during pre-season testing, and "unplugged from the matrix" after the season to reset himself. He said: "I spent lots of time with family, lots of time with friends, real people that know me, that have never doubted me, have stuck to and by me my whole life. "I just went on the mission from Christmas Day. The training that I put in was harder than I've ever experienced, to keep myself in good shape, because at the beginning of last year I got injured and carried that for months. "I know to never second-guess yourself, never doubt yourself. You've got to continue to believe in yourself at the core. And those are the things that I've managed to reimplement into my mentality. I've rebuilt my mind to this point, to get myself back to where I was." Hamilton has also admitted "I'm happier in my life as well", which partly must be down to his relationship with Kim Kardashian. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was Hamilton's boss for over a decade and thinks it is having a positive impact. "I saw him on the podium, on the telly, that face shows me that he's very happy. Maybe the girlfriend helps!" he said. "[It] helped me to have a partner that you have a stable family life, and they seem to be getting on really well. "I think it's all of those factors that put together the emotional and the personal and professional perspective. If they are in a good place, you win." Formula 1's European season continues with the Austrian Grand Prix on June 26-28, live on Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - no contract, cancel anytime