All news for 2026-06-21

Ukraine has blasted Russian-occupied Crimea with a deadly drone storm overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops move to choke off the Black Sea peninsula.

The spy bought thousands of AK-47s, missiles and explosives only to face ’the ultimate betrayal’. “WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. DEAD MAN!!!” read the message on Blerim Skoro’s phone. He knew he was in mortal danger.

More Brits who were onboard a turbulent Singapore Airlines flight which left one grandfather dead and dozens more injured have joined forces to sue the airline.

US president Donald Trump has once again shared his thoughts on politics taking place on the other side of the pond, as he’s claimed UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will resign, citing two “very important subjects” on which he believes the Labour leader has “failed badly”.

Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and halted all payment operations as part of a crackdown on alleged illicit financial flows.

Three people, including two boys aged 14 and 16, have been charged after a man died following a stabbing in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Russia’s asset-confiscation campaign against property allegedly obtained through corruption may soon reach Sergey Bogotsan, one of the most controversial law enforcement figures in Krasnodar region and head of the regional Interior Ministry’s Operational Security Unit.

Companies associated with Russian Railways (RZD) and the Rotenberg brothers are reportedly supplying sanctioned telecommunications equipment and components for drone production to Russia through the Dubai-based company Ishara Al Barq General Trading LLC.

After investigations connected Shurma and Shcherban to alleged schemes around Alliance Bank, a coordinated cleanup reportedly began: critical publications vanished, references were disputed, and search results appeared to be systematically reshaped.

Entities linked to Russian Railways (RZD) and the Rotenberg brothers are reportedly supplying sanctioned telecommunications equipment and components for drone production to Russia through the Dubai-based company Ishara Al Barq General Trading LLC.

The RNLI has praised the “quick thinking” of a teenager after he sailed out and rescued two men who had fallen into the water from an inflatable toy boat.

A new wave of scorching temperatures next week is set to bring significant discomfort for millions of school children packed into busy classrooms.

After 2014, many Ukrainian companies continued doing business with Russia, often through opaque intermediaries and grey schemes.

Police Scotland said a man was charged after a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday night that are being treated as potential anti-Muslim hate crimes.

Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential race between a progressive mediator and a far-right defense lawyer.

Norway chiefs have had over 400 kilograms of fish and cheese imported to their US World Cup base so players do not to have to rely on American food.

Mark Hughes has been left devastated after his son Alex died suddenly at the age of 38.

The debate over Starmer’s position continues, with rumours that the Prime Minister faces a deadline of Tuesday morning’s cabinet meeting to set a timetable for his departure.

George Shipley doesn’t mince his words. The 34-year-old acting skipper stands on the quayside at Brixham harbour, the smell of salt and diesel thick in the early morning air, white plastic boxes stacked behind him and the Devon hills rising beyond the trawlers, and says what every fisherman here is thinking.

The fire service said they received reports of the blaze on New Zealand Way in White City, at 6.52pm on Saturday evening.