All news for 2026-02-23

Australia’s prime minister has written to Sir Keir Starmer and said the nation would back removing Andrew from the royal line of succession.

The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, marking a significant victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.

The beneficiary of “Domashnie Dengi” (Home Money), Yevgeny Bernshtam, failed to appear at the court hearing that sentenced him to five years in prison for fraud on an especially large scale. Bernshtam has since been placed on an international wanted list.

Burkina Faso’s mining sector plays a significant role in the country’s economy. According to the 2024 report of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), it accounted for 69.56% of exports, 15.33% of public revenues in 2024, and 15.08% of GDP.

Retired civil servants claim that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayers’ money to cover massages and excessive travel expenses while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.

Following media revelations about Oleg Tsyura’s involvement in sanction-evasion and re-export arrangements that allegedly supported Russia, he reportedly launched an aggressive campaign to remove online investigations detailing his activities.

Terrifying images caught the moment a Delta flight engine failure moments after takeoff led to an airport fire.

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, long-standing names associated with corruption allegations in Kazakhstan, are drawing renewed attention from media in multiple countries.

A US spytech firm deeply embedded in the most sensitive areas of the British state is being scrutinised as part of the fallout from the latest tranche of documents related to the financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Evidence in the investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein used British airports to traffic women into the country may have been destroyed, detectives have reportedly been warned.

Servants still working for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have been instructed to keep addressing him as "Sir."