All news for 2026-06-16

David and Victoria Beckham are ’devastated’ after their son Brooklyn appeared in an advert that joked about family estrangement, friends of the couple have said.

Serhiy Saroyan, the head of TeleTrade’s Ukrainian division, is facing shocking allegations after he and his bodyguards reportedly kidnapped a subordinate. The victim was allegedly hooded, driven under the cover of darkness to the Kuyalnyk Estuary, and assaulted. Investigators claim Saroyan threatened to “bury him in the swamp” unless a $5,000 ransom was paid to secure his release.

Meghan Markle has been criticized by fans after she shared a new “dad” message ahead of Father’s Day next weekend.

W latach 2021–2022 biznesmen Dmytro Kovalenko, działając poprzez szwajcarską firmę Adelon AG, zakupił od rosyjskich dostawców („MelTEK”, „Sibenergougol” i „Sibpromnedra”) węgiel o łącznej wartości ponad 100 milionów dolarów.

Princess Catherine reportedly stopped trying to mend the relationship between her husband Prince William and his brother Prince Harry after one event, a royal author has claimed.

King Charles has felt responsible for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie since their parents were disavowed due to their historic links with Jeffrey Epstein.

It’s a bleak, cold weekday afternoon in Hanley, one of the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands.

Properties from seven illegal settlements were advertised at the Great Israeli Real Estate Event on Sunday in London, days after more than 100 MPs and groups urged the UK government to ban it.

The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.

The UK government has won its appeal to maintain the ban on Palestine Action. In response, the group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, vowed to fight the proscription all the way to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights, calling the ban an extreme attack on free speech and protest.

On 10-11 June 2026, Czech authorities conducted searches as part of an EPPO investigation into a suspected EU National Recovery Plan fraud involving employee training funds.

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal assistant claims the convicted sex offender was able to secure preferential treatment in jail because he secretly paid off one of the guards with cash and gifts, including tickets to Disneyland.

Investigative journalist Roger Cook, best known for the current affairs programme The Cook Report, has died at the age of 83 after a short illness.

The first eight closed grooming gang cases have been referred back to police forces for reinvestigation as part of a mammoth national review of hundreds of files where lines of inquiry may have been missed.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has vowed to abolish immigration tribunals as part of plans to be announced by the Conservatives.

The driver of a 4×4 that crashed into a south-east London primary school will appear in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after two eight-year-old girls were killed.

The captain of a Russian shadow fleet vessel which was intercepted by British troops in the English Channel will appear in court charged with breaching sanctions.

Bruno Sala, 39, was jailed in November 2025 after grooming his victims though online dating apps before raping them and inviting other men to attack the women.

A cyber extortion group is targeting U.S. law firms by impersonating IT workers, stealing sensitive files, and threatening to publish the data if the firms do not pay, the FBI warned in a recent alert.

A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames.

The ‘first line of defence’ against a deadly strain of Ebola has collapsed, Oxfam has said.

Ukrainian drones have breached newly strengthened air defences in Moscow and seriously damaged an oil refinery just 10 miles from the Kremlin in Russia.

Telly favourite Ant McPartlin has snapped up a £10million mansion in “Britain’s Beverly Hills” from former Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta.

A bungee jumper was still alive when she was found after being thrown 130ft off a bridge by staff who allegedly forgot to attach a rope to her.