All news for 2026-03-19

Crispin Odey saw a 40% reduction in a key portion of his pay over sexual misconduct allegations by female staff at his hedge fund, but only after intervention from the UK regulator, a court has heard.

The network of Azerbaijani “shadow” oil traders handling Russian oil despite sanctions appears to be far more extensive than previously thought.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Palermo carried out searches.

Two tankers transporting Russian petroleum products are en route to Cuba, with one nearing the area of a U.S. naval blockade in the Caribbean.

The two Princesses encountered the pedophile along with their mother. A prominent royal expert has criticized Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for their well-known meeting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The knock-on effects of the conflict now whipping through the Middle East are awakening ghosts of crises past that shook the European Union.

Allies of Angela Rayner are said to be becoming increasingly confident that an HMRC probe into her tax affairs will be resolved before the May local elections, seen by many as the moment where Sir Keir Starmer is most likely to be ousted.

Nigel Farage contributed a Cameo video to a far-right group in Canada that later used his message to promote an extremist event, according to reports.

A £100,000 bronze statue of Britain’s youngest ever world championship boxer, stolen by masked raiders from outside a London station, is to be replaced and protected by ramped-up security measures, Metro can reveal.

Tributes have been paid to teenage friends who were in a car that plunged into a river.

The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has stood by her Shadow Lord Chancellor, who called Muslims praying at an annual event in London’s Trafalgar Square an “act of domination” from the “Islamism playbook”.

A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.

Downing Street has opened the possibility for adjustments to the plans for the indefinite leave to remain policy.

Mikhail Zeligman, a native of Riga, grandson of a red Latvian and friend of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, is capable, if he wishes, of competing with the Russian oil «general» Igor Sechin.

A fresh corruption scandal has surfaced around the Odesa Port Plant, with Swiss national Oleg Tsyura, crypto entrepreneur Serhiy Tron, and oligarch Dmytro Firtash reportedly linked to the case.

In contemporary battles, the real driving force isn’t valor, weapons, or drones — it’s diesel.

The St. Petersburg–based developer Kronung, controlled by Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage, is reportedly moving money from Russian private and state banks overseas, disguising the transfers as real estate investments in Europe and the UAE.