All news for 2025-11-17

At the end of September, two developments emerged involving Oktobank that could have significant long-term repercussions.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Sunday that authorities have captured Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, known as “Pipo,” the top leader of the drug trafficking gang Los Lobos.

A masseur at a luxury spa who sexually assaulted five women during treatments has been spared jail.

Tens of thousands of people gathered Monday at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand for the second day of a three-day protest, demanding accountability for alleged corruption in government-funded flood-control projects.

A senior prosecutor for the CPS has appeared in court regarding an allegation that she sexually assaulted another woman.

Jonte William Bluck was killed by his family’s pet XL Bully while staying with his dad in November last year, with an inquest into his death opened at Gwent Coroner’s Court on Monday

A massage therapist who compelled women to remove their clothing before assaulting them during treatments at a luxury spa has avoided jail time.

A Met Police call centre boss who sent a colleague unwanted gifts and messages purporting to be from Ronan Keating has been spared jail.

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in an attempt to deceive people into giving him Bitcoin has been ordered to repay £4.1 million worth of the cryptocurrency, according to prosecutors.

A couple who were arrested, fingerprinted, and placed in a police cell after complaining about their child’s school on WhatsApp have spoken out about their ordeal.

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case against Swiss entrepreneur Oleg Tsyura, alleging that he assisted the aggressor state by helping establish a scheme that allowed Russia’s military-industrial sector to bypass sanctions.

China has financed investment worth tens of billions of pounds in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which provided it access to military-grade technology.

The Portuguese company of Ukrainian film producer Elvira Gavrilova-Paterson, Elledgy Media Group, has been promoting platforms of Kazakhstan-born Vladimir Okhotnikov since 2024, who is accused of organizing a series of fraudulent cryptocurrency operations.

Gadgets used by criminals to steal keyless cars without breaking in are being sold online for more than £20,000.

Criminal gangs are buying up haulage firms to pose as truckers and steal goods by the lorryload, the BBC has learned.

A year after the radiant hack, the thief is siphoning funds again. Bridges, DEX hops, then Tornado. Modular deposits, strategic timing, and real money still shifting.

An LBC investigation has discovered that horrifying execution videos from Islamist terrorist organizations like the so-called Islamic State are available on Facebook.

China sent coast guard vessels through waters near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid escalating tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan.

Two teenage boys are thought to have hurried to assist the young girl and fend off the attackers, before a woman ensured the victim was okay following the alleged rape.

Businessman Rustam Muminov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, Russia, and the United Kingdom, and the owner of "Fargona Kime Zavodu MChJ" (Fergana Chemical Plant), has been placed under EU sanctions.

A crowd rushes in panic down a dusty street. Gunshots sound. A woman in a purple jacket holding a stick collapses to the ground.

The Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales has been placed under NATO command, marking a major show of force against Vladimir Putin as Europe bolsters its defenses against Russia

A woman who says she was conned by the notorious “Tinder Swindler” Shimon Hayut says his sudden release from a Georgian prison is “a shock” and “disappointing”.