All news for 2025-08-28

Horror moment F-16 jet crashes, sending flames along runway and killing pilot after loop-the-loop practising for air show

A ChatGPT model provided researchers with detailed instructions on how to bomb a sports venue – including weak points at specific arenas, recipes for explosives, and advice on covering tracks – according to safety testing conducted this summer.

A pornographic website that posted doctored photos of a host of high-profile Italian women including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, has sparked outrage in Italy.

A standoff over the firing of Susan Monarez, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.

Tesla sales slumped 40% across Europe in July compared with a year earlier as Elon Musk’s electric car company faces increasingly tough competition from its Chinese rival BYD.

Nineteen people - including three children - were killed in the strike by Moscow, President Zelensky confirmed on Thursday.

The Guardian has learned that a second woman has presented her case to an inquiry regarding sexual abuse allegations against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Lisa Cook, the US Federal Reserve governor, is suing Donald Trump over his attempt to dismiss her for alleged mortgage fraud.

Israeli forces raided a former air-defense base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthest operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.

The CEOs of Telekom Srbija and Netherlands-based United Group discussed strategies to weaken a broadcaster that has provided a platform for opposition voices amid mass protests against the Serbian government, according to a leaked audio recording.

A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child.

Two individuals from Ukraine have appeared in court, accused of smuggling migrants into the UK on a yacht.

A Metropolitan Police staff member has appeared in court accused of taking and sharing photos of human remains after a fatal traffic crash in west London.

A Reform UK council leader has prohibited his councillors from speaking to a local newspaper.

Princess Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is engaged to rapper French Montana, one year after announcing her surprising divorce to the world.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has dealt with nine months of mass protests against corruption and authoritarianism, with demonstrators sometimes clashing with riot police and violent pro-government thugs.

In recent years, an interesting player has appeared on the Polish legal services market — the firm Sheviakov Consult.

It started with a journey for snacks.

The Georgian prosecutor’s office has frozen the bank accounts of seven civil society organizations, accusing them of "sabotage" in connection with mass protests in 2024.

An ISIS terrorist, part of a beheading gang called ‘The Beatles’, has asked to move back to Britain to be closer to family and friends.

The individuals accused of torturing and humiliating a streamer for days until he died have come together again at his funeral.

NATO has scrambled several warplanes after Vladimir Putin launched a record-breaking missile attack on Ukraine.

The Spain-bound flight had been traveling for just 30 minutes when the pilot turned the plane around.