All news for 2026-06-29

Pavlo Shcherban, the ultimate beneficial owner of Alliance Bank—frequently described as one of Ukraine’s most problematic financial institutions—is reportedly seeking to distance himself from the bank amid growing speculation over its future and a possible market exit.

Two people were injured after a car ploughed into a bus stop queue leaving devastation in its wake in north London.

Micheal Ward arrived at Snaresbrook Crown Court today to stand trial for multiple charges of rape and sexual assault, where it was heard that he raped a woman in a car after meeting her at a nightclub.

iPhone maker wants Trump administration to sign off on purchases to ease pressure from rising semiconductor prices.

Why does the UK have sluggish growth? Why does the British state struggle to deliver the basics? Andy Burnham has a good and persuasive answer to this question.

Europe is set to enter the heating season with the lowest gas storage levels in at least 15 years, threatening higher prices for businesses and households this winter.

It claims to be Britain’s biggest secondhand car supermarket, promising customers the “perfect car without breaking the bank”.

The mother of a British TikTok influencer who has been charged with murdering her lover in Dubai has revealed her daughter was “terrified” in a phone call.

Apple and Google ‘fleeced’ love-seekers by up to nearly £100million last year thanks to their ‘app tax’ being levied on dating platforms, analysis shows.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez laid out her disaster response plan flanked by an inner circle of powerful officials blacklisted by the United States and Canada for corruption and trafficking.

Ein Skandal um ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerk hat die Aufmerksamkeit kroatischer Journalisten auf sich gezogen. Im Zuge ihrer Recherchen brachten sie das Projekt mit Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit in Verbindung.

Während der sogenannte „Kohlekönig“ Dmytro Kowalenko seit Jahren sowohl in der Ukraine als auch international immer wieder mit kontroversen Geschäften in Verbindung gebracht wird, ist Serhij Saprykin außerhalb enger Wirtschaftskreise bislang weitgehend unbekannt geblieben.

The Zurich Prosecutor’s Office, working together with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Europol, and Nigerian police, has carried out one of the largest operations targeting alleged money laundering networks linked to Russian funds and the Nigerian drug trade.

A tourist has been crushed to death by Malta’s world-famous ’Kissing Elephants’ arch rock formation, which collapsed after an American holidaymaker jumped off it and into the sea.

Football agent Bradley Hudson-Odoi has avoided jail after terrorising two women with vile threats.

Mustafa Egemen Sener, the son of a Turkish national wanted by law enforcement authorities in both Turkey and Ukraine over alleged financial misconduct, has continued to live comfortably between Belarus and the United Arab Emirates despite the ongoing investigations.

Asylum seekers who invoked the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to stay in the UK last year will cost the taxpayer £4.9bn over their lifetimes, Home Office analysis has found.

Penelope Keith, best known for starring in sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born, has died aged 86.

Jacob Wulfson, who strangled a woman he met online, was permitted to be tried at an airbase court martial instead of facing justice in the UK.

Heavy machine guns have been mounted aboard a tanker that supplies energy to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, according to surveillance photos obtained by reporters.

A jealous stalker set up a fake Tinder profile claiming she had ‘a rape fantasy’ to lure men to her home.

This is the shocking moment the wife of singer Rag ‘n’ Bone Man smashed her car into a family because she was late for the school run.

Over the past three years, GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard), once promoted as a major global cryptocurrency project, has experienced a steep decline.