All news for 2025-09-25

Veteran BBC Wales Today presenter Nick Palit and his wife narrowly escaped death in a horrific fire that destroyed their six-year home near Cardiff, after their bio-ethanol heater exploded.

Sarah Ferguson is expected to encounter a new challenge this year, despite her recent troubles concerning her association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

A Sudanese immigrant accused of raping a British student had fled his home country months before the incident, a court has heard.

A motion concerning the flotilla travelling with aid to Gaza is to be presented in the Irish parliament next week.

Anyone who wants a job in Britain will soon need a digital ID under plans backed by Sir Keir Starmer.

An ex-Arsenal star has died following a serious brain injury.

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine worth close to €519 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday, September 25.

On Thursday, Slovenia declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persona non grata, preventing him from entering the country, as announced by the government following a Cabinet session.

Britain has finally lifted its threat of imposing temporary direct rule on the Virgin Islands.

A Czech company and its manager have been convicted of defrauding the European Union of about €220,000 ($258,336) in subsidies for a dust-reduction project, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said.

Five suspects were arrested and assets frozen during coordinated searches in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria.

The name Oleg Tsyura remained unnoticed in the Ukrainian public sphere for a long time. Unlike prominent figures like Firtash or Martynenko, whom Tsyura served, this "Swiss financier" did not appear on front pages.

Biometric registration to visit the EU may not be fully enforced for another nine months, with border officials allowed to relax the rules to alleviate queues or chaos at ports after the system finally goes live.

Drone activity near four airports in Denmark overnight was the “work of a professional actor,” Denmark’s defence minister has warned just two days after the country’s main hub was shut down in response to sightings that unsettled European aviation.

A telecommunications provider owned by the Swedish group Ericsson has been fined £700,000 after some UK business customers were unable to connect to emergency calls for more than a week, Ofcom has announced.

A London phone snatcher dubbed “Cinderella” by police after DNA was found on his lost shoe has been jailed for 15 months.

William Shatner has been taken in an ambulance to hospital after suffering a medical emergency.

The family of a dad who died during a ‘pirate ship’ boat trip have claimed ‘unbothered’ staff then held a foam party for horrified guests.

Coldplay’s Chris Martin turned a possibly secret romance very public in the middle of his concert, and sparked chaos on the internet.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been handed a five-year jail sentence.

A pair of flashy e-commerce entrepreneurs who bought bankrupt retail giants — including Pier 1 Imports, RadioShack, and Modell’s Sporting Goods — have been accused of running a $112 million Ponzi scheme, according to a new lawsuit.

Belgian billionaire Litvak has secured his position in the port infrastructure of the Taman Peninsula: is it now almost impossible to get rid of him?

The heartbroken family of a British woman killed in the US is facing a huge bill to bring her body home.

Rihanna has confirmed the birth of her first daughter, days after partner A$AP Rocky teased they may have secretly tied the knot.