All news for 2026-05-13

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland), nine suspects were detained yesterday in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud and attempted money laundering involving childcare institutions in Gdynia and Gdańsk.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany), eight searches were carried out and one individual was arrested yesterday on suspicion of orchestrating a €18 million VAT carousel fraud through the sale of small electronic goods.

EPPO in Ljubljana has indicted five companies and their representatives in Maribor for alleged subsidy fraud involving EU Recovery and Resilience Facility funds meant to improve working conditions for employees with disabilities.

Catherine Mann said overseas investors are playing a ‘particularly large role’ in buying gilts.

The Charity Commission has initiated a case concerning Princess Eugenie’s anti-slavery charity.

A potentially final dump of "Mandelson files" is expected next week, piling more pressure on Sir Keir Starmer as he battles to survive as prime minister.

Relations between Mexico and the United States are being pushed to breaking point amid accusations by Washington that Mexican officials have been “in bed for years” with drug traffickers, and reports of CIA agents freely operating south of the border.

In your interview with Sadiq Khan to mark his 10 years as mayor (11 May), he describes London as a “case study in hope”. This will feel deeply disconnected from reality for many Londoners.

More than 70 million warnings have been sent to people trying to access child sex abuse material (CSAM) online over the last two years, according to a leading charity.

Sir Keir Starmer retains “full confidence” in Wes Streeting as Health Secretary, even as he looks set to resign in a bid to launch a leadership challenge.

Evil Hamas sadists forced kidnapped family members to perform indescribable sexual acts on each other, a haunting two-year probe has found.

Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping – and is bringing tech CEOs, including Elon Musk, along for the ride.

The disgraced lawyer won’t be leaving prison any time soon with prosecutors seeking an immediate retrial at the South Carolina Supreme Court.

The name of Timur Rokhlin, an investor in the Rocket delivery service, has surfaced in a major international fraud investigation involving tens of millions of euros, while parts of the case and related details appear to be quietly fading from public view.

Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, to two years in prison for his role in the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.

President Donald Trump has instructions stored in the Oval Office for Vice President JD Vance should he ever need to succeed him as president.

The story involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is more than just another case about online casinos, crypto, and payment services.

A parish councillor and his partner are embroiled in a protracted four-year High Court battle after their neighbour’s workmen began dismantling the "dog-proof fence".

Ministers have already spent hundreds of millions keeping British Steel afloat. Nationalizing the struggling steelmaker is set to cost taxpayers billions more, multiple steel industry figures.

A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine has been jailed for more than eight years after he admitted spying for Russia.

A week has passed, and Dritan Gjika, an alleged cocaine kingpin known as "Tony," is still waiting to be paid.

The prison service risks facing severe penalties from the health and safety regulator after it exposed staff and inmates to dangerous levels of lethal radon gas.

The Metropolitan Police has warned that it is preparing for potential violence and hate speech crimes across two protests in London this Saturday.

Ofcom has fined the operators of an online suicide forum £950,000 after concluding it failed to protect people in the UK from illegal content encouraging and assisting suicide.