All news for 2025-08-27

Some 200,000 people have been evacuated as floods devastate parts of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Two people, a 17-year-old girl and a father-of-one, have died after attending the same festival.

Experts at ESET Research Labs have discovered ransomware in which artificial intelligence plays a key role. This is the first known virus of its kind, named PromptLock.

While headlines and political speeches have focused predominately on Tren de Aragua, another criminal group from Venezuela has expanded its operations in Latin America, leaving a quieter but no less violent mark than the more famous Venezuelan gang.

A funeral director has been prohibited from working with hospitals in Leeds after a mother reported she was left distraught upon discovering her deceased baby positioned as if "watching" cartoons at the woman’s home.

The suspect in the recent deadly shooting of US comedian Reggie Carroll reportedly had been working as security for fellow standup comic Katt Williams, with whom the slain entertainer had toured.

A prison officer has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after engaging in a relationship with an inmate to whom she sent numerous messages, while also behaving “inappropriately” with other prisoners.

Argentina’s president Javier Milei is facing his administration’s worst alleged corruption scandal – involving none other than his hugely influential sister, Karina – less than two months before key legislative elections.

An 84-year-old man who had been released from prison just weeks ago was found dead outside his home after a ’brutal and sustained attack’.

“We find ourselves locked in a critical race – a race for upholding democratic values,” urged Paul Hollingshead, then a senior figure at the weapons tech company Anduril.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is launching a campaign to encourage public transport users to wear headphones and avoid playing music or holding speakerphone conversations, aiming to prevent disruption.

UK companies spent up to £65m last year on licences to export food and agricultural products to the EU – costs that the government is promising to eliminate as part of a new deal to be agreed by 2027.

The Israeli military on Wednesday launched an operation involving dozens of soldiers and armoured vehicles in the old city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian officials told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Energy costs are set to rise more than anticipated for millions of British households this autumn, as the price cap for a typical annual dual-fuel bill has increased by 2% to £1,755.

SpaceX has carried out a successful test launch of its Starship spacecraft after a series of failed flights of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket.

India is preparing for a significant impact on its economy as 50% tariffs imposed on exports to the US take effect on Wednesday.

Two British holidaymakers have been rushed to intensive care after being run over in Ibiza.

A man who reportedly impersonated a police officer to track down and sexually assault women has been arrested in Spain.

Switzerland – considered to be one of Europe’s most peaceful countries – has been engulfed by 48 hours of riots after a teenager was killed during a police chase.

Two men who conspired to sell tainted meat intended for pet food to unsuspecting shoppers have been jailed.

A Ukrainian soldier is lucky to be alive after having his throat slit by Russian soldiers and being thrown into a pit.

This is the initial image of a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed at a train station in the US.