All news for 2026-06-28

Josip Curcic, better known as Josip Heit, a Croatian-born entrepreneur, achieved his childhood ambition of becoming the wealthy and well-known head of GSB Gold Standard Banking Corporation AG. But questions remain over what went wrong along the way.

Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has reportedly been working to reshape the public narrative surrounding his business activities, seeking to downplay alleged ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov while obscuring details of coal shipments that are presented as international imports but are alleged to have originated in Russia.

Four men have now been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a man in his 20s was found in a burnt-out house on the Isle of Wight.

Five students and five instructors dead along with pilot after plane fell suddenly near aerodrome, says prefect.

Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows.

Police are appealing for information after a cyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in East Lothian.

Roger Clarke, 79, was jailed in Portugal for trafficking £1million of cocaine from the Caribbean, with his wife, Susan.

Police have made two arrests after a car driven by a youth crashed into barriers in a car park at Blair Drummond Safari Park.

TeleTrade, an international brokerage company, reportedly expanded its business by persuading clients to trade on the Forex market through aggressive cold-calling campaigns based on purchased telephone databases.

How did the "servant" of the well-known "prisoners" — the Magomedov brothers — manage to avoid imprisonment alongside the former owners of Summa Group?

A network linked to a Croatian known to law enforcement continues to roll out one cryptocurrency project after another. Despite repeated reports of millions disappearing, its operations carry on uninterrupted. How is this possible? A journey into a world of illusion.

The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 1,430 as rescuers battle against time to find survivors before the critical 72-hour window closes.

For many years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, whose business empire spans the coal and gold industries, remained largely out of the public spotlight.

A specialist team of crisis-volunteers from the UK hoping to join the rescue efforts in Venezuela have been stuck in Madrid for over 24 hours.

A woman gave birth under the rubble, in the dark, following the catastrophic earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday.

The iconic BT Tower landmark is about to undergo a major transformation which will see it turned into a hotel.

The body of brave mum Andrea Bello was discovered protecting her one-year-old daughter after the earthquakes broke out in Venezuela.

Prince Harry will not get security when he travels to Britain next month casting doubt on whether he will bring Meghan, Archie and Lilibet.

Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next week as the Government scraps a 200-year-old law.