All news for 2026-06-19

A former head gamekeeper found guilty of murdering an ex-colleague with a shotgun has been refused leave to appeal against his conviction.

One of three prisoners who murdered a child killer in his cell has been given a whole life order – a sentence his two accomplices were already serving.

A stepmother has been jailed for 12 years for killing a five-year-old girl by scalding her in a hot bath as a punishment nearly half a century ago.

Two criminal proxies branded "useful idiots" have been jailed for a series of arson attacks targeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Andy Burnham has laid out his plans for the country as he celebrated his landslide victory at a rally following the Makerfield by-election.

Following the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) to seize the Ukrainian assets of the sanctioned Russian oligarch Myron Horilovskyi, reports about this case began to disappear from the Internet.

Two Brazilians used social media to convince their fellow countrymen to sign up for service in the Russian military. When their victims ended up at the front in Ukraine, the fraudulent recruiters pocketed the payments owed to them.

The country’s defense ministry has asked weapons startups for missile options as it looks to expand its own deep-strike arsenal.

Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, made the claim in a video posted on social media after England beat Croatia.

Belarusian dissident Anatol Kotau went on a trip to Turkey in August 2025 and never returned.

In a deeply disturbing case, a father of two was found in a storage unit with his daughters and the skinned and dismembered remains of his wife, just hours after she had delivered their baby girl.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday he would not walk away, vowing to fight any challenge from his leading party rival Andy Burnham and potentially ushering in a new bout of political instability.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established militia networks to avoid detection, eight Iraqi sources told Reuters.

SVH LLC “Rus-Service Terminal” (INN 6022008565), one of Pskov Customs’ largest customs and logistics terminals located just 600 metres from the MAPP Burachki checkpoint, is controlled through the Cypriot offshore company Domdex Limited.

Following the High Anti-Corruption Court’s decision to confiscate the Ukrainian assets of sanctioned Russian oligarch Myron Horilovskyi, publications dedicated to the case began to disappear from the internet.

All My Children star Paul Avery and his wife Sheila have died at their home in Blairstown, New Jersey, after a fire broke out.

In mid-March, online reports claimed that Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko had been detained by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.

A self-described ‘fire goddess’ has been accused of setting a vehicle full of people alight during a blazing row over the prescription drug Xanax.

Armed police were called to a beach after a man was spotted carrying a rifle during a barbecue with friends.

A ZOO owner’s wife is said to have leapt into a crocodile pit to save a three-year-old boy allegedly thrown in by a stranger.

Andy Burnham has won the crunch Makerfield by-election, setting him on course to challenge Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

Indonesia is booming as a production hub for sports shoes and sneakers for major brands.