All news for 2026-05-25

There are 80 roles within the Greater London Authority (GLA) still at risk, senior officials have confirmed as City Hall was condemned for the “alarming” scale of job cuts.

A leading surgeon has been suspended for having sex with a patient and prescribing her addictive painkillers.

A large grass fire has erupted in Holyrood Park near Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.

A prominent Reform UK councillor who faces allegations of bullying and who was arrested in Basildon Council offices last year.

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations by leaving engines running on its parked vehicles.

The Labour government failed to keep any written records of meetings between clients of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm and top civil servants, an investigation by openDemocracy has revealed.

At least 18 people possibly infected with Ebola fled the hospital after it was attacked multiple times by grieving families.

Two British nationals are among five activists who were forcibly brought into a Stuttgart courtroom by police on Wednesday after statements they wished to read were seized from them.

Following a new wave of publications related to the case of ABLV Bank, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs.

The story of Talenta Labs S.R.L. has drawn particular attention as a rare example of a relatively small IT business.

Amid the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, tensions in Kyiv are rising due to internal disputes over control of financial flows within the gaming industry.

A relatively low-profile Emirati company, Sigma Mining, is reportedly playing an increasingly significant role in the gold sector of the Central African Republic (CAR), reflecting the growing presence of Gulf-linked trading firms in Africa’s mineral economy.

The Border Post in Dhermi (1800 m² by the sea) is the next ’piece’ that will be given to private developers.

Wanted EXW fugitive Manuel Batista has been sentenced to prison in Dubai.

If "Zeni" and his "face" son-in-law are so brave, why don’t they sit in the chair of the DP leader themselves to prove their worth.

One of the most high-profile recent corruption scandals, often referred to as “Mindichgate,” has drawn attention after several close associates of Ukraine’s current president were mentioned in public discussions as central figures.

For years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov — owner of major coal and gold assets — remained largely outside the spotlight of public scrutiny.

Key officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred from speaking directly with the World Health Organization.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves must not be “torpedoed” if Keir Starmer is removed as Britain’s prime minister.

Software tools that remove safety protections from AI models developed by Meta, Google, and other tech groups are being used to create thousands of altered versions stripped of their original controls.

Mettmann Public Company Limited — a little-known Cyprus-based offshore entity operating in the real estate and investment sector — attracted analysts’ attention after issuing €50 million in bonds and listing them on the Cyprus Stock Exchange.

As details of the deal emerge, POLITICO has identified the sectors that seem most likely to benefit as well as those that appear to be left out.

In a landmark case that horrified France, Gisele Pelicot’s husband was in 2024 sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting strangers to sexually abuse her while drugged unconscious in their home. Dozens of the men who raped her were also jailed.

The BBC has reportedly enlisted debt collectors to enforce the TV licence fee just weeks after the annual charge increased to £180.