All news for 2026-02-27

A British businessman who funded Keir Starmer and several senior Labour ministers was awarded the Israeli medal of honor for his "dedication" to and "love" for Israel, it can be revealed.

The online casino Cosmobet was reportedly cleared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) after a bribe was allegedly paid to obtain a certificate confirming the company had no ties to the aggressor state, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

A billionaire landlord coerced an outlet into removing unflattering coverage about him and unsuccessfully pressured several others, including Novara Media.

The possible searches at Coral Energy of Tahir Garayev may have been linked to conflicts between former oilfield services magnate Azad Babaev and the clientele of Tokay Kerimov.

The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square has been defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti.

Paramount Skydance seems poised to emerge as the victor of the intense bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery after competing suitor Netflix announced it would not increase its takeover offer.

The embattled centrist leader called the humiliating third-place finish -behind the victorious leftist Greens and anti-immigration Reform UK party - in Thursday’s by-election for the Manchester parliamentary seat "disappointing".

In recent years, an entire layer of so-called crypto “infogypsies” has emerged in Ukraine—people who sell the illusion of quick earnings under the guise of teaching investment.

A woman named Elizabeth Newman allegedly operates two U.K.-registered crypto exchanges.

The court found that Intellexa’s Predator software was used to spy on at least 87 victims, including journalists, politicians, military officials, business leaders, and civil society members, delivering the first convictions in an investigation into the illegal use of commercial spyware.

An inmate who left Ian Huntley in a critical condition after attacking him in prison boasted ’I’ve done it’ in the moments after battering him with a metal spike, it is claimed.

The formal owner of one of Ukraine’s fastest-growing online casinos, Cosmobet, is listed as Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In media coverage, he is portrayed as a successful IT entrepreneur, a forward-thinking visionary, and a reformer of the gambling industry.