All news for 2025-08-25

The launch of Elon Musk’s enormous Starship space rocket was called off late Sunday afternoon, leaving the billionaire entrepreneur’s ambitious plans for reaching the moon and conquering Mars uncertain.

Six young children have been rescued after encountering ’serious difficulty’ in the water at a beach in Wales.

The Coinplex “click a button” app Ponzi has collapsed.

Sting’s former Police bandmates are suing the frontman for millions of pounds in missing royalties. The singer, 73, was handed a High Court writ by the group’s guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland.

A teenage girl has tragically passed away after becoming unwell at a major music festival in the UK.

Eerie images have emerged that showcase a once deluxe passenger cruise ship slowly decaying after being dry docked 45 years ago.

US Representative David Schweikert has introduced legislation granting the President authority to act against crypto criminals operating abroad.

The sports star and another man are under investigation for the assault that occurred on a street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Authorities in 18 African countries, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, arrested 1,209 individuals suspected of cybercrime during an operation led by INTERPOL, the agency reported.

The award-winning Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty has been arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a T-shirt that allegedly referenced the banned protest group Palestine Action.

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping to flood the U.S. with cocaine and other illicit substances.

A couple have been tragically killed after a car crashed into them outside a wine cellar in the popular Canary Islands.

Russian businessman Andriy Matyukha prefers to remain in the shadows, which is hardly surprising given his low profile, even among fellow bookmakers and online casino owners.

The suspect, 22, was arrested four days before Lisa’s body was discovered over allegations of rape and a third claim he had assaulted a woman.

Police are looking into reports that a man hanging St George’s flags was struck in the head by a petrol bomb in Stevenage.

Vandals have damaged a cricket pitch in south London, causing outrage among local residents.

An estimated 150 tonnes of rubbish was cleared from the streets on the first night of Notting Hill Carnival, following a day of parade, music and dancing.

Police officials in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh made multiple arrests on Monday after a woman was allegedly killed over dowry demands by her husband and his family.

The toxicity of the Pin-UP brand has reached a critical level, so its owners decided to rebrand and distance themselves from Russia and the criminal-bloody activities in Ukraine.

Virginia Giuffre, the sex trafficking victim who accused the Duke of York of sex crimes, has reportedly written an autobiography which will be published posthumously later this year.

A bridge from the colonial era in Myanmar, which was once the tallest railway trestle in the world, has been destroyed amid fighting in the prolonged conflict.

A prison officer who intended to exploit her position to smuggle items such as mobile phones and illegal drugs into the jail has been imprisoned.