All news for 2026-06-25

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Beretta boss linked to Russia arms flow as probe reveals 3,900 weapons shipped after invasion
Pietro Gussalli Beretta, CEO of the Italian arms manufacturer Beretta Holding, served on the board of Russian Eagle throughout 2022, a new investigation by The Insider has found.
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Anastasiades rejects graft claims and demands new probe to clear his name
Former Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades labeled an official anti-graft report a flawed "smear campaign" and demanded a fresh criminal investigation to clear his name.
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Woman accused of murdering her parents as "Zizian cult" deaths linked to 6 killings
A member of the ‘cult’ group known as Zizians has been charged with murdering her parents.
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Bare-knuckle boxer dies after being restrained on flight to United Kingdom following mid-air chaos
A bare-knuckle boxer has died after being restrained on a flight to the UK.
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British influencer faces death penalty in Dubai over fatal stabbing of man, 26
A brit influencer is facing the death penalty after she was charged with the murder of a 26-year-old man in Dubai.
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Drivers hospitalised after M25 crash as heatwave leaves motorists stranded in 30C temperatures
Some drivers stuck in traffic following a crash on the M25 had to be taken to hospital because of the heat on Wednesday.
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Farage under fire after ditching Commons defence debate for Brexit anniversary lunch
With a smug grin plastered across his face, here’s Nigel Farage after enjoying a Brexit anniversary celebration at a posh French eatery.
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Romanian escort killed 2 businessmen and poisoned 2 more in GBL honeypot scam
A romanian who posed as an escort killed two wealthy businessmen and poisoned two others in honeypot sex scams.
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Dad-of-two kidnapped, tortured and burned alive in £1m gang feud over cigarettes
A dad-of-two was kidnapped, tortured and set on fire after losing £1million-worth of cigarettes in a gang row, a court has heard.
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Ebola case detected in France as virus kills 267 and infects 1,000 in spiralling outbreak
The first case of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in France after a doctor returned from a visit to the Congo.
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One dead and several injured in knife rampage in German spa town
At least one person has died and five others are injured after a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage in Germany, according to local media.
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Chaos at Dublin Airport as runaway bunnies halt planes on runway
This is the hilarious moment two bunnies were captured causing chaos at an international airport, delaying flights for the cutest reason.
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Over 62,000 visa overstayers flagged as United Kingdom struggles to track illegal migrants
More than 60,000 migrants have no right to be in the country, a damning leaked Government report reveals.
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Fire breaks out at Heathrow Terminal 2 as smoke engulfs parked aircraft
A dramatic blaze erupted at a major airport on Wednesday, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky as firefighters raced to the scene.
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From cockpit to prison; airline pilot jailed after abusing 12-year-old girl
A British Airways pilot has been jailed after raping a 12-year-old girl he met on social media.
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Trump calls Burnham “extremely liberal” and urges North Sea oil push
Donald Trump has branded Andy Burnham “extremely liberal” in his first comments of the PM-in-waiting – and urged him to do one thing Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly refused.
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Up to 100,000 feared dead as massive earthquakes flatten parts of Venezuela
It is feared that tens of thousands of people are dead after two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude.
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Full list of UK schools closed today due to extreme temperatures
Thousands of pupils will either not be able to attend school this week or will head home earlier than usual because of full or partial school closures amid the extreme heat.
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“You’d have to ask very high up to touch us”: how Ilya Traber and his network of Russian crime figures saw themselves as untouchable
Media outlets have published a photograph of Ilya Traber at the grave of Dagestan crime boss Abakar Darbishev. In the image, he sits on a bench in a leather jacket next to influential businessman “Sanya Kaliningradsky.”
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Budapest cannibal kept human skin face and bones in “trophy lair”, police say
Horrifying photos reveal a cannibal’s lair where he kept a reconstructed face made from human skin which he flaunted in a trophy case.
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Mone and Barrowman sued as government fights to recover £122m PPE Medpro losses
Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in an attempt to recover some of the millions owed to the government by his collapsed company, PPE Medpro.
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