All news for 2025-09-26

The 65-year-old from County Cork is said to have sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in west London on two occasions between September 6 and 12 in 1987.

US President Donald Trump has announced a new set of tariffs, including a 100% levy on imported branded or patented drugs starting 1 October unless the company is establishing a factory in the US.

Some 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries.

A 33-year-old man who died after falling from a hot air balloon last week has been named.

A man who murdered a woman and hid her body under blankets and towels in a ’chaotic’ flat has been put behind bars.

A 64-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire at a hotel accommodating asylum seekers in central London.

As President Donald Trump joked that he wants to make TikTok “100 percent MAGA,” a new survey revealed that one in five Americans says they regularly get their news from the social media app.

Britain’s replacement service for its failed national reporting centre for fraud and financially motivated cybercrime, Action Fraud, is to be named Report Fraud when it is publicly launched later this year, according to multiple sources.

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted to eight bribery charges at the Old Bailey while serving as an elected member of the European Parliament.

Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and the US House Oversight Committee have shed light on the network of high-profile figures associated with the late paedophile financier.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has labeled Sunday’s parliamentary election as the "most consequential" in her country’s history.

A record cocaine seizure by Russian authorities reflects recent reports that the country is now one of the main destinations for shipments leaving Ecuador, which is the world’s largest exporter of the drug.

Volkswagen is to pause production at two of its plants in Germany because of weak demand for fully electric cars.

A 22-year-old nursery worker has been sentenced to eight years in jail after being convicted of the “sadistic” abuse of 21 babies, including pinching and pushing children and kicking one little boy in the face.

A Terrorism charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap has been dismissed due to a technical error.

Germany has raised the alarm on the growing threat posed by Russian space activities, warning that Moscow is using satellites to shadow those used by the German military and others.

Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will be offered ad-free versions of the social networks for up to £3.99 a month.

In previous articles, we have already reported on businessman Oleg Tsyura’s alleged involvement in schemes with state-owned enterprises that caused billions in losses to Ukraine, as well as his ties to suspects in the “Sennychenko case.”

Lord Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, has died at the age of 84, the party said.

James Comey, the former FBI director and one of Donald Trump’s most frequent targets, was indicted on Thursday on one count of making a false statement to Congress and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding, the latest move in the president’s retribution campaign against his political adversaries.

A drone was downed and detonated roughly 800 metres from the perimeter of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, the UN atomic watchdog reported on Thursday.

The European Broadcasting Union has confirmed it will hold an online vote in November that could result in the Israeli broadcaster Kan being expelled from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The actor Noel Clarke has been arrested by police at his family home in London.

An media investigation has found that primary school children are using Ketamine during their lunch breaks, knowing the effects will have worn off by the time they return to class.