All news for 2024-05-23

Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult

Keir Starmer says Tory plans ‘up in the air or in the bin’, with proposals to end no-fault evictions also likely to be dropped

The buttoned-up lawyer is about to roll up his sleeves on the campaign trail.

Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s law enforcement have apprehended a Dutch citizen of Iraqi descent suspected of orchestrating a criminal network that smugged more than 1,500 Iraqi nationals to the EU accruing a substantial illicit financial profit in the process.

Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.

Unite union says workers are being ‘fleeced’ by supermarket’s changes to pension contribution rules

Action against Letzte Generation could have ‘immense chilling effect’ on climate protest, campaigners say

Standards committee says Michael Matheson should also lose salary for 54 days in most serious sanctions ever imposed on MSP

Nigel Farage has confirmed he will not be standing in the General Election because he cares more about the US presidential election.

A major Microsoft outage left thousands unable to use its flagship search engine Bing on Thursday morning, with the technical issues also appearing to affect DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT.

EU countries are divided on whether to recognize a Palestinian state or not.

Though final result is difficult to predict, Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace face an uphill battle for re-election in latest poll.

The 11 year old suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Alder Hey hospital for surgery. He is now recovering. The incident happened at about 7.20pm on Monday

The summer holidays are fast approaching and if you’ve booked a holiday around this time, you’re likely already dreading the journey.

A schoolgirl has died after getting caught in a mudslide during a school trip near Carlton Bank in Yorkshire yesterday.

Berlin promised to help Ukraine source crucial air defenses, but the reality has been disappointing.

Rishi Sunak kicked off the Tory election campaign in east London this evening- by ejecting a Sky News reporter from the building live on air.

The Prince of Wales has made a last minute decision to cancel a trip which had been planned for May 23 2024.