All news for 2024-05-29

Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.

Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali spent his career holding authorities to account –– and many believe he was killed for it.

A Moroccan cybercrime ring has taken a liking to gift card fraud, stealing victims’ personal information and using it to buy and sell gift cards for profit, in a venture that generates the group up to US$100,000 per day, according to a Microsoft intelligence report.

It’s unclear who was behind the calls, which targeted journalists and activists and were disguised using a “spoofing” app.

The British Medical Association’s industrial action will take place from 27 June to 2 July - meaning it will clash with the ongoing general election campaign.

Edinburgh Airport was flooded with emergency services this morning after a Virgin Atlantic flight made an emergency landing.

Russian soccer and hockey clubs are increasingly signing contracts with foreign athletes who have been convicted of crimes or are under investigation abroad.

From political witch-hunts and nobbling bank mergers to hacking Covid regulations, the ECB’s brushes with the law are varied and plentiful.

Former PM Boyko Borissov and sanctioned media mogul Delyan Peevski are in the driving seat ahead of an election on June 9.

IPPR research examines transport emissions by income, gender, location, ethnicity and age

Daniel Gee Gee was jailed after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager

Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.

Almost every new day of Russia’s war in Ukraine brings with it fresh stories of “meat grinder” assaults – Russian attacks in which large numbers of poorly trained, mobilized troops are sacrificed in the pursuit of questionable military objectives.

Footage filmed by Palestinian journalist Alamuddin Sadiq at the scene of the strike appears to indicate which specific munition was used, 1,000 of which were supplied by the US to Israel in 2023.

The company’s parent firm said its branding and UK headquarters would remain in place as part of the deal, along with its universal service obligation to "one-price-goes-anywhere" first class post six days a week.

Ex-President Donald Trump was seen holding a handwritten note – with a message he’s uttered repeatedly throughout his hush money trial – during the closing arguments.

Almost one in five male professional players who took part in a new survey are using snus, nicotine pouches or both - and nearly half would like to stop using snus within 12 months.

Three police officers were injured and 40 people have been arrested during a demonstration in Westminster.