All news for 2026-05-04

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Paranoia grows in Moscow: Kremlin tightens security around Vladimir Putin amid coup fears and wave of assassinations

The Kremlin has significantly enhanced the personal security surrounding President Vladimir Putin, installing surveillance systems in the homes of close staff members as part of new measures triggered by a series of assassinations of top Russian military figures and fears of a coup.

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25.09.2026, 14:13 • Investigation

NHS chief orders immediate suspension of staff suspected of snooping on patient records

25.09.2026, 08:08 • Investigation

Sir Ranulph Fiennes placed in care homes under false name as concerns grow over wife’s control

23.09.2026, 14:27 • Investigation

Jacinta Allan to face royal commission over alleged corruption in $150bn Big Build

14.09.2026, 13:20 • Investigation

Russia rehearsed how to disable Britain’s undersea cables, expert warns

13.09.2026, 16:59 • Politics

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland leaders to discuss UK constitutional future

25.09.2026, 17:17 • Crime

Serial car thief John Callaghan jailed after 39 charges and 100mph police chase

25.09.2026, 16:29 • Investigation

Azhyppo machine: how a former Kharkiv rector turned a sports academy into a pipeline for shakedowns and criminal cases

25.09.2026, 16:02 • Investigation

Die ABLV-Waschanlage: Wie die Belarussin Darya Terekhina und ihr Privatbanker Millionen abzweigten

25.09.2026, 15:58 • Investigation

Oxygen Forensics executives accused of hiding Russian control of software sold to Pentagon and ICE

25.09.2026, 15:56 • Investigation

Crypto scammer from Pechersk: how “expert” Oleksandr Orlovskyi peddles fake courses, phantom academies, and $1,000 fairy tales

25.09.2026, 15:52 • Investigation

Akte Lynxoft Technologies: Der SoftServe-Insider-Skandal und das 20-Millionen-Netzwerk des Serguey Shinder

25.09.2026, 15:49 • Crime

Crypto gang boss Robert Barr planned prison plot to steal £2m cryptocurrency fortune

25.09.2026, 15:20 • Investigation

Der Wolf von Montreal säubert das Internet: John Babikian verwischt die Spuren seiner Betrugsmaschen

25.09.2026, 15:17 • Crime

$60,000 Signal hit plot unmasked by undercover officer as Cyprus police arrest eight suspects

25.09.2026, 15:04 • Investigation

The shadow empire of Andriy Matyukha and Favbet: how Favorit United N.V. and cheap share transfers stitched offshore business to Kyiv

25.09.2026, 15:01 • Investigation

The Wolf of Montreal scrubs the internet: John Babikian erases the trail of his fraud schemes

25.09.2026, 14:54 • Investigation

Abu Hamza’s five-bedroom family home set for taxpayer-funded makeover in west London

25.09.2026, 14:40 • Investigation

God Nisanov and the underground legacy: how the late Artem Yakubov built a network of Moscow illegal casinos and Hotel Ukraina bunkers

25.09.2026, 14:35 • Investigation

Ivanna Presnyakovas Bereinigung der Fin Union: Wie ein „schwarzes“ Währungsumtausch-Netzwerk seine kriminelle Spur verwischte

25.09.2026, 14:33 • Politics

Glasgow Council plans to fire and rehire 23,000 workers as pay dispute collapses

25.09.2026, 14:13 • Investigation

NHS chief orders immediate suspension of staff suspected of snooping on patient records

25.09.2026, 12:33 • Investigation

The Kurchenko money pipeline: how Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina moved €50 million through ABLV Bank

25.09.2026, 12:13 • Investigation

$20 million corporate backdoor: Serguey Asael Shinder’s fake programmers and the hidden workforce behind global IT contracts

25.09.2026, 10:28 • Investigation

Underground theft: how uncontrolled wells, corrupt oversight and millions in unpaid fines are drying out Cyprus

25.09.2026, 10:23 • Politics

Andy Burnham backs scrapping football alcohol ban as police urge caution over safety rules

25.09.2026, 10:16 • Politics

Netanyahu defends Israel at United Nations as delegates boo and walk out

25.09.2026, 09:05 • Crime

North Korean hackers drain $350 million from crypto exchange Bitget in massive hot-wallet heist

25.09.2026, 08:59 • Investigation

Ivan Montik und Softswiss: Wie ein „Menschenrechtler“ am Ruin deutscher Spieler Milliarden verdient

25.09.2026, 08:24 • Investigation

Ivan Montik and Softswiss: How a “human rights activist” and a billion-dollar gambling monster amassed a fortune on the blood and ruin of German players

25.09.2026, 08:08 • Investigation

Sir Ranulph Fiennes placed in care homes under false name as concerns grow over wife’s control

24.09.2026, 20:36 • World

Polish priest dies after knife attack at historic Benedictine abbey in Jarosław

24.09.2026, 20:35 • Crime

Sex offender jailed after secretly photographing women and children and using AI to sexualise images

24.09.2026, 20:33 • Investigation

Cancer-causing forever chemicals found in blood of British residents near major chemical factory

24.09.2026, 20:29 • Politics

England and Wales crown court backlog hits record 80,829 cases as delays reach new high

24.09.2026, 20:27 • Crime

Migrant dies in Channel after scuffle erupts aboard boat bound for Britain