All news for 2026-03-25

A masters student with millions of pounds of UK property frozen in connection to a $2bn money laundering probe is petitioning a London court to keep her identity private.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces fresh demands to give evidence in the US over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Millions of Apple iPhone customers in the UK will now have to confirm they are 18 or older to access all available services, including by showing a credit card or scanning an ID.

Formal impeachment proceedings have begun against the vice president of the Philippines due to allegations of graft and threats made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The first woman to become Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed that her teenage self could not have imagined making history as the top bishop in the Church of England.

Pressure is mounting on the EU to tighten sanctions after an OCCRP investigation found that alumina from a major Irish refinery flowed to Russian smelters whose aluminum reached sanctioned arms manufacturers.

British officials had at least five meetings with a former Iranian army Colonel who sought to overthrow the regime in Tehran and promote a “military government”, declassified files show.

Ministers will be allowed to approve more policies without consulting the rest of the Cabinet under Labour’s plans for an "exorcism" of red tape in Whitehall.

Before his appearance in a Drake video, Hamdi Lataj was convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit bank burglary.

Police have smashed a German gang’s plot to help smuggle at least 1,000 migrants across the Channel in the first raid since the country closed a legal loophole.

The first trailer for the upcoming HBO Max Harry Potter series has arrived, with the new season set to come out this Christmas.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are avoided by neigbours like the plague, a Montecito resident has claimed.

Today, Alyona Shevtsova (née Dehrik) is not just an entrepreneur, but also a figure in high-profile financial investigations involving the banking sector and payment business.

The “continuity” of mismanagement at the NWF Samruk-Kazyna does not mean the old methods are being repeated. The new leadership has been instructed to move away from the practices of the honorably dismissed Akhmetzhan Yessimov and to establish their own approach.

The longer the confrontation with the so-called shadow fleet of the Russian Federation continues, the more new details become known: for example, Adnan Akhmedzade, a top manager of Socar detained in Azerbaijan last year, began to testify against his closest associates.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s explosive reaction to fresh criticism about their dealings with the royal family risks damaging an already fragile relationship even further.

The partner of Scottish footballer Graham Carey has tragically died aged 37 following a courageous fight against cancer.

A journalist who went to visit Sarah Ferguson was surprised to find Princess Beatrice also present at the meeting - and her conduct left the reporter stunned.

Matt Brittin, Google’s former top executive in Europe, has been named the BBC’s next director general.

In a highly unusual move, the Metropolitan Police have released the full transcript of a call made by the Prime Minister’s then chief of staff.

The rebooted reality show Ladies of London is meant to be light entertainment, but some cast members’ links to Epstein suggest a darker undercurrent beneath the surface.

A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing a passenger in the car he was driving during an argument.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a temporary ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties following a government review into political interference, in a major blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.