All news for 2024-04-26

26 Apr 2024 460

Pro-Palestine activism has extended to 40 campuses across the United States, resulting in the arrest of hundreds

Following Columbia’s lead, students across the US are demanding ceasefire and divestment – and hundreds have been arrested

World

26 Apr 2024 452

The Ukraine agriculture minister has been detained as part of a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry

Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP

News

26 Apr 2024 577

A fresh inquest has been recommended into the 1971 McGurk’s Bar bombing in Belfast

Attorney general decides atrocity that killed 15 people merits further scrutiny amid new evidence

News

26 Apr 2024 560

King Charles plans to resume public duties while undergoing ongoing cancer treatment

Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress

News

26 Apr 2024 597

Briton charged with aiding Russia and planning arson against Ukraine-linked business in UK

Dylan Earl accused of organising arson attack in east London and four others charged in connection with investigation

News

26 Apr 2024 495

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond successfully intercepts and neutralizes a missile launched by Houthi forces in Yemen

A Royal Navy destroyer has shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

News

26 Apr 2024 373

Shoplifting in England and Wales has reached a record high

Shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales have risen to the highest level in 20 years.

News

26 Apr 2024 516

A tribunal judge is facing allegations of engaging in bullying behavior and displaying misogyny

Five women have accused a judge of bullying and sexist behaviour during employment tribunal hearings.

News

26 Apr 2024 385

DWP has made significant errors and is currently pressuring carers to repay overpayments, resorting to bullying tactics

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing criticism after ordering more than 34,000 people to repay benefits, with possible fines of up to £20,000.

Politics

26 Apr 2024 545

Uni recruits will need MI5 clearance in bid to weed out Chinese spies & stop hostile states stealing sensitive research

It follows a government review that uncovered hostile states trying to access serious research in higher education

Crime

26 Apr 2024 468

A 13-year-old girl has appeared in court on charges of triple murder bid following the stabbings at an Ammanford school

The teenager who was arrested after another pupil and two teachers were injured at a school in Carmarthenshire was taken to Llanelli Magistrates’ Court today

26 Apr 2024 457

A British man has undergone testing for the first personalized melanoma vaccine

An important trial of the world’s first "personalised" mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer - melanoma - is now under way in the UK.

Opinion

26 Apr 2024 473

Andy Beckett: The cost of living crisis has made the UK a poorer, more anxious nation – and worse is yet to come

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless

World

26 Apr 2024 432

Cambridge student tortured to death with severe burns and every finger broken in spy ’mistake’

A trial is currently underway in Rome to determine the guilt of Egyptian intelligence officers accused of torturing Giulio Regeni, 28, to death by burning his body and beating him relentlessly with sticks

Breaking news

27.06.2024, 14:19 • Investigation