All news for 2025-10-27

A Wetherspoons pub, which underwent £2,750,000 worth of renovations, had thousands of pounds of damage inflicted on its windows just 24 hours after reopening.

The caregivers of the dogs that have settled at the Chernobyl site have observed some canines with blue fur, a first occurrence in the disaster zone.

Israel will not accept the presence of Turkish armed forces in Gaza under a US plan to permanently end the conflict in the Palestinian territory, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday.

The much-awaited trial of the man accused of murdering former prime minister Shinzo Abe starts on Tuesday.

Lithuania’s two border crossings with Belarus, at Medininkai and Šalčininkai, were both closed for several hours as a result of the balloon incidents.

Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to reduce expenses and address overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Tom Hayes, the first banker jailed over Libor interest rate rigging, is suing his former employer UBS for $400m (£300m), claiming he was a “hand-picked scapegoat” for the Swiss bank as it tried to avoid regulatory scrutiny.

The sculpture takes the form of a crumpled bronze letter bearing words from personnel who were affected by the ban on gay and transgender people from serving in the armed forces.

Turkey’s football federation revealed that 371 of its 571 referees hold betting accounts, prompting the prosecutor’s office to open an investigation into alleged match-fixing.

Germany is becoming a frontline for hybrid warfare, with German intelligence warning that Russia is recruiting so-called "low-level agents" — ordinary civilians paid small amounts to carry out acts of sabotage or espionage.

As world leaders convene this week for the Paris Peace Forum, commemorating a decade since the significant climate accord aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, researchers are cautioning that numerous new and existing fossil fuel projects could drive the planet far beyond its remaining carbon budget.

Protesters returned to Morocco’s streets a month after anti-corruption rallies swept the country, this time demanding freedom and justice for more than 1,500 detained demonstrators. Hundreds have already been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

Nigel Farage has dismissed accusations of racism against a Reform UK MP who complained about adverts being “full” of black and Asian people.

Two Just Stop Oil activists who sought to spray orange paint on Taylor Swift’s private jet have been spared jail.

The agreement is the largest fighter jet deal in nearly 20 years.

Five members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland.

Singer Vanessa Rios has died aged 42 after a battle with a rare and aggressive form of lung cancer.

A UK airline is reportedly on the brink of administration, which would be a significant setback for the British travel industry.

Landlords will be compelled to investigate and fix damp and mould in social housing in England within strict timescales after new regulations came into effect.

If you’ve been walking along UK high streets recently, you probably have noticed a wave of shop closures and empty units.

A Reform UK campaign office has been vandalized after the party lost what would have been a historic by-election victory.

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.

The Solomon Islands state water company terminated its contract with an Indian firm that was years behind schedule to build a clean water treatment plant.