All news for 2025-05-15

A citizen of Ukraine has been accused of three counts of arson with the intent to endanger life concerning fires at two properties and a car associated with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

There has been a sharp rise in plots by the Iranian regime to kidnap or assassinate dissidents, journalists and political foes living abroad, according to reports by Western intelligence agencies.

The husband of a childminder jailed over a social media rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks said he hopes his wife will return within a week.

The use of force by officers to arrest Sex Education star Reece Richards after he was mistaken for a suspect “was reasonable in the circumstances”, the police watchdog has found.

War now feels dangerously close on Nato’s eastern flank after a Russian fighter jet tore into Estonia’s airspace.

Ryanair has been ordered to refund a passenger £124 after a court determined that hand luggage should be classified as ’essential’ regarding air travel.

The co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream was arrested and removed from a US Senate committee hearing after protesting against US policy on the war in Gaza.

An original edition of the Magna Carta, which auctioneers incorrectly listed as a copy in the 1940s and sold for a "rather insignificant price," has been discovered.

Some 320 patients a week may have died needlessly in England last year due to very long waits in A&E for a hospital bed, figures suggest.

Russian leader rejects Ukrainian president’s bold proposal for face-to-face meeting in Turkey

A Spanish court has officially opened a criminal case against Real Madrid youth player Raúl Asencio, who is facing charges related to the non-consensual recording and distribution of a sexually explicit video involving a minor.

Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Márquez shot dead during livestream — case investigated as femicide