John Sparks

6 days ago | news.sky.com | John Sparks |James Mathews

Canada will head to the polls on 28 April to choose a new prime minister. What seemed like a clear-cut race for the opposition Conservatives, who had enjoyed a double-digit lead over the Liberals before Mr Trudeau resigned, has turned into the Liberals gaining a lead in the polls - with the election called against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and threats from Donald Trump to make Canada part of America. Here is everything you need to know. What political parties are in the running?

1 week ago | news.sky.com | John Sparks

It is not like Sudan's brutal civil war has been forgotten. The horrific consequences of a power struggle between two factions who once served the same government, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) - and their rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - have been documented by journalists and aid groups and acknowledged by politicians in the West.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | John Sparks

Here is a question that Canadians are now asking themselves. When Donald Trump gets worked up about his neighbours to the north, as he seems to do most days as US president, will he refer to the new leader of Canada's Liberal Party - and the country's incoming prime minister - as "Governor Mark Carney?"Mr Trump has taunted Canada's outgoing leader Justin Trudeau by referring to him as "Governor Trudeau" and riled the rest of the country's 40 million inhabitants, by calling it "the 51st state".

2 months ago | news.sky.com | John Sparks

As the geographical spread of US President Donald Trump's pronouncements increases, so do the furrowed worry lines of leaders worldwide. Day 14 of the Trump presidency brought threats of a global trade war and news of the likely demise of USAID - the US international aid and development agency. But the 78-year-old also spent his time complaining that "South Africa is confiscating land" and "certain classes of People" were being treated "VERY BADLY" in a post on his Truth Social website.

2 months ago | news.sky.com | John Sparks

These are major American policy announcements with massive implications for the rest of the world, delivered in an off-the-cuff style by President Donald Trump and his billionaire strategist, Elon Musk. Speaking after visiting his home in Florida, Mr Trump said the US government's international aid and development arm, USAID, was "run by lunatics".