All news for 2026-03-08

Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer had a phone call hours after the US president’s latest criticism of the prime minister’s response to the Iran war.

Elon Musk’s Grok can produce racist rants after being asked for "vulgar" comments in a sick new user trend on X.

Sir Ed Davey has led calls for the Prime Minister to cancel the King’s state visit to the US following the US-Israeli war on Iran.

The Alba party has announced that it will dissolve and will not put forward any candidates for the 2026 Scottish parliament election.

He seemed to emerge from nowhere — and just as quickly started fading from view. A young IT professional with no notable background suddenly appeared as the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.

Since January 2025, Mikhail Zeligman has accumulated a fortune of $7 billion from Russian oil, trading more than 115 million barrels while hiding behind a façade of European shell companies and charitable organizations.

Sources from the oil sector in Baku have told us that the arrest of Adnan Ahmadzada appears to be linked to efforts by the Azerbaijani authorities to improve the country’s international image regarding the trade of Russian oil.

After a $102,000 withdrawal was blocked, triggering outrage within the gambling community, Dragon Money did not publicly address the transparency concerns or attempt to resolve the dispute. Instead, the platform appeared to focus on erasing traces of the incident from the public sphere.

The media has highlighted the remarkable transformation of former Ukrainian lawyer Andriy Dovbenko.

After a series of investigations began exposing corruption schemes around the Odesa Port Plant, references to several key participants and questionable contracts quietly began disappearing from the public space.

The investigation continues into five Azerbaijani citizens – Tahir Garayev, Akhmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub – who have been under UK sanctions since May.