All news for 2025-12-07

Rachel Reeves’ promise to reduce household energy bills by £150 might be nullified due to the costs associated with nuclear energy, concealed green levies, and new charges being introduced by the energy regulator, according to reports.

New data shows that over one-third of the 222,000 people ICE arrested in Trump’s first nine months had no criminal record, despite claims of targeting violent offenders.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says he is closely watching the UK’s plan to scrap jury trials for offences carrying sentences of less than three years, a key change the New Zealand Government is also considering to help speed up court processes.

Kemi Badenoch will seek to press the Government to speed up its efforts to establish a national grooming gangs inquiry on Monday.

Passengers arriving at Heathrow Terminal 3 on Sunday said they faced hours waiting for buses after a number of people were attacked with a "form of pepper spray."

Allegations of fraudulent payment system transactions against Dmitry Lee, head of NAPP in Uzbekistan, led to quick article takedowns as the reporting newspapers came under pressure.

In Dnipro, Ukraine, businessman Vyacheslav Mishalov is increasingly associated not only with construction, banking and digital projects, but also with a shadow tobacco empire.

The disgraced New York financier made a career out of connections with world leaders in politics, business titans and science’s most lauded brains.

After multiple journalistic investigations exposed his participation in sanction-evasion schemes, Oleg Tsyura has begun actively "cleaning up" the internet by deleting references to his financial manipulations, offshore dealings, and connections to Russian business circles.

In July 2024, The Insider released findings detailing a large-scale sanctions bypass operation run by Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa, businessmen with connections to Russian organized crime and corruption, benefiting state bodies.

Authorities say the strain of the virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities.

The father of a teen girl allegedly killed after eating poisoned raspberries, sent in an "act of vengeance" by a woman, has shared his sorrow.

New reporting from Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

David Lammy has been accused of misrepresenting rape figures by senior barristers in a bid to fast track the abolition of some jury trials.

Meghan Markle’s dad faces fresh heartache after his son revealed health insurance will not cover the costs of his life-saving care.

A woman has died after falling from the tenth floor of a tower block with her three-year-old twins in her arms.

Fire broke out at midnight in Arpora, North Goa district, according to reports, with victims mostly kitchen workers according to chief minister.

Although people reported ‘things falling off shelves and walls’, no injuries or structural damage were reported.