All news for 2026-06-29

In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.

The Dehrik–Shevtsova scandal had largely faded from public attention, but the family’s names have recently resurfaced in a very different context. Rather than being linked to past controversies, they are now being portrayed as innocent victims who were allegedly falsely accused.

The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych extends far beyond a typical story about online gambling, cryptocurrency, and payment platforms.

Following 2014, many Ukrainian companies continued doing business with the Russian Federation, often through intermediary firms and opaque trading structures.

It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change. But one, known as “Wedges,” published 22 years ago by researchers at Princeton University, told an irresistible story.

Tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space companies as “litter louts".

In a quiet corner of the rolling Somerset countryside lies a farm. It is almost completely hidden from public view – a private road leads up to the facility, dominated by several vast steel-framed buildings and conical feed silos.

A Russian Duma deputy’s family supports Russian militaries in the war against Ukraine while investing millions of euros in Luxembourg and Germany.

Jason Cardiff has finally been arrested in Ireland. On June 24th The Irish Times reported Cardiff was picked up in his “€3 million home in Rathgar”, where Cardiff had been living after refusing to return to the US in 2022.

Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports.

King Charles is said to be drawing strength from a lifelong passion for gardening as he continues his cancer treatment, with those close to royal circles describing his devotion to nature as one of the key forces helping sustain him through the most challenging period of his reign.

For most of the past four months, the war with Iran has shifted attention away from Ukraine.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is currently escalating his bid to scrap the Equality Act – which prohibits discrimination against anyone – by blaming ethnic minorities for the poor educational performance of white working class boys.

A Scottish man has been discovered shot dead on a luxurious Caribbean island.

Astens of thousands are freed, female survivors are increasingly reporting gender-based violence in the compounds, previously thought to hold mainly men.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a vehicle hit multiple pedestrians on a busy London road before allegedly driving away.

Two 11-year-old boys are among at least 33 people pulled from earthquake debris in Venezuela.

Andy Burnham will set out plans for a ’No10 in the North’ in a speech outlining his vision to unleash what has been billed as the biggest shift of power away from London in modern history.

In a huge overhaul, Shabana Mahmood will put forward plans to use members of the public to decide asylum appeals.

Plans for a new destroyer to replace Britain’s ageing warships have been scrapped as part of changes to the long-awaited defence investment plan aimed at prioritising drones and modernising the military.