All news for 2025-09-17

Cocaine use is now more popular than ever in the U.S., with a major resurgence in recent years, allowing the Mexican drug lord largely responsible for the boom to profit.

Shabana Mahmood accused migrants of "making a mockery" of Britain’s laws and generosity as she vowed to fight last-minute appeals against the Government’s "one in, one out" deal.

Police investigating the rape of a British-born Sikh woman in a racially aggravated attack in the West Midlands have renewed their appeal for public assistance as they released a man on bail.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 80-year-old in Worthing, Sussex Police have said.

An 88-year-old woman died after being knocked over and trampled by a cow.

On Wednesday, a Kyrgyz court sentenced two former employees of Kloop, a leading investigative newsroom and OCCRP partner, to five years in prison and handed three years of probation to two former accountants, all charged with conspiring to “incite mass unrest,” officials said. Lawyers and Kloop management have called the case baseless.

Two men from San Fernando Valley have been charged with orchestrating a $611 million scheme to export fraudulently obtained consumer electronics and gift cards, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

As Lebanon’s Parliament resumes debate on a new media law, rights groups are urging lawmakers to ensure the legislation protects, rather than curbs, freedom of expression.

A second teenager has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged arson attack at an Indian restaurant in east London.

Donald Trump has joined King Charles to watch a Red Arrows flypast after the US President received a royal welcome to Windsor Castle this afternoon.

The EU executive has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel and sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that two foreign laboratories had confirmed her husband was poisoned, after tests on biological samples secretly smuggled out of Russia.

France has put forward a proposal to limit the use of British-produced military components in the EU’s €150bn defence fund, which could potentially complicate the discussions over the UK’s entry into the scheme.

Official Britain is rolling out the red carpet for Donald Trump today. It marks the first full day of his significant state visit, and he will spend it with King Charles at Windsor Castle, experiencing the finest pageantry the nation can offer.

Fresh concerns have emerged regarding the conditions within a Texas detention facility housing immigrant families, according to new revelations from a legal challenge.

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from prison in Germany.

At least 900 tourists have been left stranded near Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after their passenger train was suspended due to a protest, the country’s tourism minister said.

Spain has announced it will not compete in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna next May if Israel takes part in the competition.

A strategic enterprise is being robbed again.

Four people have been arrested after images of Donald Trump and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle.

At least 1,147 people in the UK died from climate change-driven heatwaves over this summer, leading scientists and epidemiologists have found.

Two Labour MPs travelling to the West Bank as part of a UK parliamentary delegation said they were denied entry to Israel.