Indonesian rescue workers searched for a Spanish soccer coach and his three children on Saturday after a tour boat carrying 11 people sank overnight off a popular destination. Komodo National Park officials said.

The boat carrying a family of six, four crew members, and a local guide sank on Friday evening after an engine failure while travelling from Komodo Island to Padre Island, said Fathur Rahman, head of the Maumere search and rescue office.

A passing ship rescued three people, while search and rescue teams picked up four others. Survivors include a Spanish mother and a daughter. The father, two sons, and another daughter are missing, he said.

Spanish football club Valencia said its women’s reserve team coach Fernando Martín and his three children were among the victims.

In a statement on X, Valencia CF expressed condolences, saying his death had been confirmed by local authorities.

Real Madrid CF also expressed its condolences over the death of Martin, 44, and his three children.

“Real Madrid wishes to express its horror and express its condolences and deep affection to his wife, Andrea, and his daughter, Mar, at this incredibly difficult time.”

the club said this in a statement. “Similarly, we extend our condolences to all of his family members, loved ones, and the entire Valencia community.”

According to Real Madrid, the ages of the three children were 12, 10 and 9 years.

Rahman said the search was halted on Saturday evening due to severe weather and poor visibility and would be resumed on Sunday morning.

“Our teams are searching the northern waters of Padar Island until evening,” Rahman said. “We are committed to finding the victims.”

Komodo National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its rugged landscapes, pristine beaches, and the endangered Komodo dragon.

The park attracts thousands of tourists for diving, trekking and wildlife tourism.

The survivors were treated at the port office in Labuan Bajo city, Rahman said, after strong waves up to 8.2 feet high and darkness hampered emergency responders overnight.

The search involved several rescue units in inflatable boats, a navy ship with diving equipment, and a rescue ship, with assistance from local fishermen and residents.

It was concentrated within a 5 nautical mile radius of the sinking site, where rescuers found the boat’s debris, Rahman said.

Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, where boats are a common means of transportation.

Lax safety standards and overcrowding problems frequently lead to accidents.

The head of the UN refugee agency has made a sensational claim that the Channel migration crisis is not as bad as many are making it out to be.

Filippo Grandi said the arrival of around 40,000 small boats in the UK in 2024 was equivalent to daily arrivals in some countries around the world.

This comes after a French border chief expressed similar sentiments.

Some 41,000 migrants have crossed the Channel this year, leading to claims that efforts to stop small boats are failing.

Mr. Grandy claimed politicians were partly to blame for the public’s negative attitudes towards migrants.

He said, “There is nothing that creates a hostile environment [much like] a badly organised welcome, and unfortunately, we have seen that.”

In the UK, the arrival of small boats and the challenges associated with managing these individuals, along with certain decisions made by the government that it is now attempting to rectify, have contributed to a misconception that this situation results in chaos.

Mr Grandy said the 36,816 people who crossed the Channel last year were equivalent to the “daily arrival” of refugees in countries like Chad.

He said that immigration to Western countries needed to be “better managed,” and this included deporting people who did not qualify for asylum.

When this lack of action occurs, people claim there is no leadership amidst the chaos, deeming it dangerous and advocating for those who say, ‘Withdraw, build walls, don’t save people in the ocean.’

Xavier Delrieu, head of the office fighting migrant smuggling, said the number of small boats in Britain was “not very large.”

He said, “There were 636 successful crossings in 2025 compared to 633 last year. This is not massive. On the other hand, the number of migrants who managed to cross is 39,000, whereas in 2024 we were at 36,000 because there are many more migrants per boat, an average of 62 in 2025 against 53 last year.

Despite 200 days of favourable weather, police pressure on the beaches has prevented 58% of crossings to date.

“If one day we get to 80%, it will become much less profitable for these networks.”

Mr Delrieu also told local newspaper Lavoix du Nord: “The phenomenon of taxi boats spoils these good results a little, which is why we must block maximum traffic to prevent it from harming us. If we could, we would be more efficient.” Asked whether the England-France border was too weak, he said, “We can’t let all migrants go to England either.

“In 2018, small boats did not exist; it was the Iranians who created this practice.

“In 2020, the situation evolved due to the health crisis.” The networks could no longer go through the trucks and they came back to the small boat; they saw that it was profitable, with a success rate of up to 70% in the beginning.

“The Kurds took over this area because they were at the forefront of this crime; it gave them an opportunity to make a huge profit quickly and they kept at it.”

The death toll of Palestinians has risen to 411 amid almost daily Israeli violations in Gaza since the ceasefire began.

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man east of Gaza City as they continue ceasefire violations and widespread raids across the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian news service Wafa reported on Friday that Israeli forces fired on Uday al-Maqdama as he sat near the entrance of a school in Gaza. He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died from his injuries there.

Israel has been carrying out deadly attacks and imposing severe restrictions on aid in Gaza since the beginning of a ceasefire agreement in October, where at least 411 Palestinians have been killed and 1,112 injured.

Wafa reported earlier this week that two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.

Israeli restrictions on vital humanitarian aid also continue in defiance of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas, depriving displaced Palestinians of essential goods and temporary housing during periods of harsh winter storms.

The Gaza government media office said.

The Gaza government media office said earlier this week that an average of only 244 aid trucks were entering the strip per day, far below the daily rate of 600 mandated by the ceasefire agreement.

Attacks on Israeli residents and raids by Israeli soldiers have also intensified in the occupied West Bank.

Wafa reported that a Palestinian municipality worker was injured after being attacked by a group of settlers outside Nablus on Friday, while Palestinian farmers trying to work on their land were detained by Israeli forces east of Tubas.

Several Palestinians were also detained during Israeli raids targeting the communities of Yatta and Beit Omar near Hebron, including a woman, four children and an elderly man, whom Palestinian activists say was arrested after damaging the fence around his home.

Israeli officials almost never hold settlers responsible for acts of violence against Palestinian communities.

Two people were also killed in northern Israel, where police and emergency officials say a Palestinian man from the occupied West Bank drove his car into a crowd of people in the town of Beit She’an.

The attack came a day after footage emerged of an Israeli settler running over a Palestinian man praying on the roadside in the occupied West Bank.

In addition to the violence against Palestinians, Israel is also carrying out almost daily attacks in Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire.

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday that they again came under “heavy machine gun fire” from Israeli positions in southern Lebanon.

UN forces said live ammunition and a grenade attacked a patrol inspecting a road blockade in the village of Bastara.

“UNIFIL informed [the Israeli military] that, following the normal practice of patrolling sensitive areas along the Blue Line, UN forces will be briefed in advance about activities in those areas,” the UN forces said in a statement.

Attacks on or near peacekeepers constitute a grave violation of Security Council resolution 1701. We reiterate our call.” [Israeli military]

“To prevent aggressive behaviour and attacks on or near peacekeepers working for peace and stability along the Blue Line.”

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One person was killed and 27 people, including two children, are said to have been killed when the Kremlin targeted Kyiv with missiles and drones on residential buildings.

Kyiv attacked just days before planned peace talks with Donald Trump (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)

Volodymyr Zelensky has hit out at Russia after it attacked war-torn Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks with Donald Trump.

One person has been killed and 27 others, including two children, are said to have been killed after the Kremlin targeted Kyiv with missiles and drones. The attack came ahead of the Ukrainian leader’s meeting with the US president on Sunday to end the conflict as its fourth anniversary approaches.

Writing on social media on Saturday morning, Zelenskyy asked,

“Many questions have been raised over the past few days – so where is Russia’s response to the proposals to end the war put forward by the United States and the world?”

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Zelensky asked, ‘…Where is Russia’s response to the proposals to end the war put forward by the United States and the world?’ (Image: AP)

He said, “Russian representatives continue to engage in lengthy negotiations, but in reality, the Kinzels and the ‘martyrs’ speak for them.

This is the true attitude of Putin and his inner circle. They do not want to end the war.

But they want to use every opportunity to inflict even more suffering on Ukraine and increase their pressure on others around the world. And this means that the pressure in response is still insufficient.

If Russia transforms the Christmas and New Year period into a time of destroyed houses, burnt apartments, and ruined power plants, then such destructive actions can only be met with truly strong responses.

The United States possesses this capability. Europe also possesses this capability. Many of our partners have this capability. The key is to use it.”

There were several hours of explosions in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday morning due to the attack of ballistic missiles and drones, which continued until daybreak.

In his social media post, Zelensky reported,

“Another Russian attack is still ongoing: since last night, about 500 drones—a large number of ‘martyrs’—have arrived, as well as 40 missiles, including Kinzhal.

“The primary target is Kyiv – energy facilities and civilian infrastructure. Sadly, there have been attacks there, and normal residential buildings have been damaged.

. In some districts of the capital and the region, electricity and heating are currently unavailable. Firefighting efforts are ongoing.”

According to Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko, more than 10 residential buildings were damaged in the attack. The attack took place at seven locations in downtown Kyiv.

injured two children, according to Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration. A body was found under the debris of a damaged building, Klimenko said.

The attack came ahead of the Ukrainian leader’s meeting with the US president on Sunday to end the conflict as its fourth anniversary approaches. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) )

A fire broke out in an 18-storey residential building in the city’s Dnipro district, and emergency teams rushed to the scene to control the flames

. And a 24-storey residential building in the Darnitsa district was also affected, Tkachenko said, with more fires breaking out in the Obolonsky and Holosiivsky districts.

In the wider Kyiv area, the attacks hit industrial and residential buildings, according to the Emergency Service of Ukraine.

In the Vyshhorod area, emergency workers rescued a man found under the debris of a destroyed house.

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that it carried out a “large-scale attack” overnight on “energy infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian armed forces” as well as “Ukrainian military installations.”

industrial complex enterprises” using “long-range precision-guided munitions from land, air, and sea,

including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and drones. The ministry said the attack occurred in response to Ukraine’s attacks on “civilian objects” in Russia.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 27, 2025. (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) )

Earlier on Saturday, the ministry said its air defences shot down seven Ukrainian drones overnight in the Russian regions of Krasnodar and Adygea.

Poland deployed fighter planes during the Russian attacks and closed airports in Lublin and Rzeszow, near the border with Ukraine, for several hours.

the country’s armed forces command said. It said there was no violation of Polish airspace.

Civil aviation authority Pansa said both airports had resumed operations.

When the Russian attacks targeted Kyiv, located far across the border, it was unclear what triggered the alert in Poland. Zelenskyy previously said he would meet with Trump in Florida over the weekend.

He told reporters that the 20-point plan under discussion was “about 90% ready.”. An “economic agreement” would also be discussed, he said, but he was unable to confirm whether “anything” would be finalised by the end.

The Ukrainian side will also raise “regional issues”, he said. The announced meeting is the latest development in a broader US-led diplomatic effort to end the war.

seeking to address sharply conflicting demands from Moscow and Kyiv. After illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Some of Britain’s biggest public sector pension schemes are in talks to take a stake in Center Parcs, as its Canadian owner finalises a recapitalisation of the holiday park giant.

Sky News has learnt that bodies, including the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the London-based Local Pension Partnership (LPPI), and the Edinburgh-based Lothian Pension Scheme, are among those that have been in negotiations about buying between 15% and 20% of the company.

local government pension scheme,

The GMPF, which is part of the Northern LGPS, is the UK’s single-biggest local government pension scheme, with well over £30bn under management and responsibility for the retirement savings of more than 430,000 members.

City sources said this weekend that the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), which manages the pensions of university lecturers, had also been involved in the discussions.

However, it remains unclear whether the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) will be included in the final syndicate of backers.

The process, set to conclude during the first quarter of 2026, will value Centre Parcs at approximately £4.5bn.

A deal has not yet been finalised, and some of the pension funds that have been exploring it may decide not to participate, according to sources.

The Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation, which is already a shareholder in Center Parcs, may invest more capital into the leisure group, according to insiders.

The process, which has been initiated by Center Parcs’ Canadian owner, Brookfield Asset Management, would reflect a push by the Treasury to see more of British pension funds’ capital invested in UK assets.

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, claimed in May that the Mansion House Accord would unlock £50bn from 17 major workplace pension providers to invest in UK-based assets.

Brookfield is expected to remain the majority owner after the Center Parcs refinancing process has been completed.

Center Parcs has enjoyed strong trading since the lockdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it boasts one of the British leisure industry’s best-known brands.

Its resorts draw millions of visitors annually to its five UK sites and the latest addition to its portfolio, at Longford Forest in Ireland.

The company recently won planning permission to build a new £450m site in the Scottish Borders.

Its locations offer a mixture of adventure and leisure activities for families, such as watersports and horse riding, as well as upmarket spa packages which have become an increasing focus for its management.

The company opened its first site in the UK in 1987 at Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire.

Center Parcs has been a public company in the past, floating on London’s junior AIM market in 2003 before moving to a main market listing two years later.

It was then taken over by Blackstone, the private equity firm, in 2006, before being sold to Brookfield in 2015 in a deal reported to have been worth £2.4bn.

The European business, which also operates under the brand, owns Centre Parcs’ UK and Ireland operations separately.

The Center Parcs name dates back to 1968, when the first village opened in The Netherlands.

Run by chief executive Colin McKinlay, Center Parcs’ shareholders have received hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends since Brookfield bought the business.

It owns resorts in Cumbria, Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire, Suffolk and Bedfordshire, as well as the Longford Forest site in Ballymahon, Ireland.

A previous attempt by Brookfield to sell the company stalled in 2023.

Bankers from Bank of America, Barclays, and Eastdil are managing the recapitalisation process of Centre Parcs.

Brookfield and USS declined to comment, while none of the other pension funds which have held talks about a deal could be reached for comment.

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