All news for 2026-07-02

At least ten years ago, the Orbán government already had documentation showing that the healthcare system was struggling with systemic problems, yet they never spoke about this openly.

In the family courts of England and Wales, justice is rarely seen. While real progress has been made towards making the courts more transparent, only a tiny fraction of cases are actually reported on.

Coinbase has been cosying up to the ministers and mandarins behind the UK’s upcoming crypto policy – and is already reaping the rewards

Reform UK’s deputy leader said last week that a parliamentary debate into Israeli influence on British politics was “antisemitic in its very motivation and at its core”.

More than 40 per cent of jurists at the Court of Justice have declared private financial interests, with some working on cases concerning industries where they hold stakes.

At the request of the EPPO in Berlin and Katowice, 11 suspects were arrested in Germany, Poland and Latvia in the ‘Water into Wine’ investigation into a large-scale diesel VAT fraud scheme. More than 100 searches were carried out across six European countries.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), searches were carried out in the Paris region and six individuals were questioned as part of an investigation into a suspected multi-million VAT fraud scheme.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), eight suspects were detained today, including a public official, over a €900 000 subsidy fraud involving employment benefits.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), the Judge for Preliminary Investigations in Prato has issued a freezing order covering over 7.8 million metres of fabric and more than 237 000 garments, as part of an ongoing investigation into a VAT and customs fraud involving the smuggling of textile products from China.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) has carried out searches and asset seizure measures in an investigation into suspected organised subsidy fraud involving funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021–2027.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan, Italian authorities seized assets worth more than €23.5 million as part of an investigation into a VAT fraud scheme involving imported fuel.

Lighthouse Reports travelled to Eastern Libya to expose the UAE supported RSF network of military training camps that enabled them to continue their war in Sudan.

The paparazzo who took graphic photographs of Princess Diana’s final moments claims he feared spies tried to blow up him and his London-based photo agency to destroy evidence linked to her death.

Anewly-elected Reform councillor in Rugby appears to have shared even more content linked to far-right figures prior to his election than previously exposed.

The demand for the expulsion of millions of Muslim people from the UK received 36 million views after being shared by Musk on his X platform

In June 2026, the Swiss Parliament approved the EFTA–Malaysia free trade agreement. Concerns had been raised early in the negotiations about the tariff reductions on palm oil that were ultimately adopted.

A 16-year-old boy has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after being shot in Birmingham, police have said.

The NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of patients, analysis has found.

A student has drowned while on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) trip in Wales, police have said.

A police officer has been jailed after beating up a teenage boy asking for help while he was on duty.

Trans activists and allies have flooded the Royal Family’s latest post after Queen Camilla met with JK Rowling.

England fans have gathered in Atlanta ahead of the Three Lions’ must-win World Cup tie against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The grieving son of late boxing legend Ricky Hatton has revealed his dad’s car was firebombed in a shocking targeted attack.