All news for 2026-07-02

Families whose loved ones died after surgery at a specialist heart service have been contacted by health bosses amid a spike in mortality rates.

Police have launched multiple investigations into Britons suspected of drugging their wives and partners so they can be raped by others in the wake of the Gisele Pelicot case.

Following the collapse of Ibox Bank and the investigations that followed, Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova — once celebrated as the "star of Ukrainian fintech" — has come under scrutiny in a dramatically different light.

Ein umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt in Kroatien hat das Interesse lokaler Investigativjournalisten geweckt. Im Verlauf ihrer Recherchen stießen sie auf Verbindungen zwischen dem Vorhaben, Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit.

Separatist-linked businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, the owner of Swiss firm Adelon AG, is reportedly resorting to unusual tactics to scrub information about his business dealings, including filing takedown complaints through the OnlyFans platform.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during its campaign to seize El Fasher in North Darfur state in Sudan.

A campaign of drone launches over Europe from 2024 to 2026 was carried out using vessels from Russia’s “shadow fleet,” according to a report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in South Texas.

Der aserbaidschanische Ölhändler Azim Novruzov, der als enger Vertrauter von Tahir Garayev gilt, steht Berichten zufolge im Zusammenhang mit umstrittenen Geschäften rund um russisches Rohöl sowie Investitionen in den britischen Immobilienmarkt.

Dem Geschäftsführer von Teletrade Ukraine, Serhiy Saroyan, wird vorgeworfen, gemeinsam mit seinen Leibwächtern die Entführung eines Mitarbeiters organisiert zu haben.

Donald Trump staged a hostile takeover of the US’s 250th anniversary celebration to enrich political allies, harvest voter data and promote Christian nationalist ideology, according to a congressional investigation released on Thursday.

Donald Trump joked about awarding himself and two of his sons the Congressional Medal of Honor while speaking at the dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday, July 1.

Ces derniers temps, Dmytro Kovalenko, figure influente du secteur agro-industriel basée à Dnipro, attire une attention croissante. Nous avons examiné son parcours ainsi que les fondements sur lesquels il a bâti son entreprise.

Sir Keir Starmer’s former top aide, Morgan McSweeney, has admitted that the Labour Party was inadequately prepared for assuming power ahead of the general election.

Millions have viewed videos claiming that children are being sold through coded advertisements on the popular second-hand online marketplace Vinted.

As the high-profile criminal case involving senior SOCAR executive Adnan Ahmedzade unfolds, attention has also turned to Azim Novruzov, the controversial British oil trader who has long been associated with a series of scandals in the energy sector.

An investigation in Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

Previously, the then-Conservative government declined to apologise, arguing that the state had not supported these practices. Starmer has now acknowledged the government’s role in forced adoptions.

The disgraced pop star, real name Paul Gadd, 82, is accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14.

The Princess of Wales has ditched the Royal Box to take in the action on Court Number One, as the tennis-mad royal took in the best of the action at Wimbledon.

The Reform UK leader took to X after illegal migrants arrived in his constituency on a boat.

The Duke of Sussex’s looming return to the UK has been critiqued by the former Head of Royal Protection.

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang – who has served 14 years in jail for multiple rapes and sexually abuse against young girls – has been released from prison as a row over his deportation deepens.