All news for 2025-08-30

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to take “immediate, drastic action” to protect the city’s residents before the Trump administration deploys the military, possibly in the coming days.

A last-minute Bruno Fernandes penalty saved Manchester United as they defeated Burnley 3-2 to secure their first win of the 2025/26 season.

Prince Harry is reportedly poised to confront his estranged father, King Charles, but not without making a dramatic set of demands that have left royal insiders in disbelief.

US Open star Kamil Majchrzak eventually managed to get a souvenir cap to a young fan after seeing one ripped from his grasp.

Five people were arrested at a protest in London, where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate will hand over the infamous “birthday book,” which is central to President Donald Trump’s defamation case with the Wall Street Journal, to Congress, according to the top Democrat on the House committee leading the investigation into the handling of the late sex offender’s case.

Three people have been killed after protesters set fire to a council building in eastern Indonesia, amid nationwide demonstrations over the death of a ride-sharing driver.

An Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, as stated by the Houthis.

A night of heavy rain has caused flooding in Devon and Cornwall, forcing some businesses to close or delay opening.

Online rumours of President Trump’s demise were greatly exaggerated—much to the dismay of creepy leftist critics.

A woman has been stabbed to death at her home in southeast London.

Former speaker of Ukraine’s parliament Andrii Parubii has been shot dead in Lviv, authorities confirmed on Friday.

The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest.

A man has driven a car into a crowd outside a bar in northern France after a dispute in which one person was killed, and five others injured, according to prosecutors.

City of London Police are searching for a woman wanted in connection with the illegal sale of counterfeit weight loss drugs after more than £32,000 worth of the medicines were seized.

Sir Keir Starmer’s new budget adviser has previously advocated for more wealth taxes on inheritance, land, and property.

The Bank of Lithuania has fined Pervesk UAB, a company linked to the troubled Bankera cryptocurrency project, €130,000 ($151,525) for serious violations of anti–money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing rules.

Three people lost their lives and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set a regional parliament building on fire, authorities reported on Saturday, as demonstrations present the first major challenge to President Prabowo Subianto’s government.

On Thursday, Azerbaijani authorities arrested a photojournalist and ordered nearly two months of pre-trial detention in connection with the Meydan TV case.

The US has started to deny and revoke visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the UN general assembly meeting in September, the state department announced on Friday.

A British teenager who was caught at Heathrow Airport with a large stash of cannabis smuggled into Britain from Thailand has been jailed.

US President Donald Trump has been trending on X (formerly Twitter) for a couple of days, but not for his usual political moves, announcement of tariffs, or off-the-cuff remarks.

It was a case of murder by algorithm.

A targeted Met Police operation in southwest London has led to the arrest of six teenagers linked to an organized phone snatching gang, with robbery and theft in hotspot areas falling by up to 84 percent in just three months.