All news for 2026-07-21

Der Ex-Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin, der wegen eines 10-Millionen-Euro-Betrugs verdächtigt wird, lässt nach öffentlichen Enthüllungen offenbar Spuren seiner Finanzgeschäfte im Internet löschen.

Do you remember the classic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, opening with the words: “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?

The Spain squad returned victorious to Madrid on Monday afternoon after a flight from New York.

Andy Burnham wants to give young people a better future.

The former Mayor of Manchester outlined his agenda on Monday in a speech from Downing Street, with Burnham expanding his vision during his first Cabinet meeting

Adonation of £30,000 to Reform UK in the form of private flights was – contrary to what was recorded in official filings – funded by a ‘credit’ from the air firm’s owner.

A woman protesting that a man should have been charged with killing a pigeon recorded a police officer admitting that she illegally stops and searches black women.

A man killed his own mum after she told him that his father had passed away.

A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle around £430,000 worth of cannabis on a flight from Thailand, following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership team.

A farmer died of a traumatic brain injury after the tractor he was driving crashed on his farm in rural Galloway, an inquiry has concluded.

Mummified remains found in weighted bags in a river in Suffolk belong to a man who was unlawfully killed.

Freddy Brazier has been savagely attacked by his Pocket Bully Pablo and rushed to hospital.

Corruption schemes in Ukraine’s fuel sector do not disappear — they simply evolve. One of the most prominent examples is the BRSM-Nafta gas station network, which has for years been linked to former Energy Minister Eduard Stavytskyi, who fled the country in 2014.

Pursuit of ‘deep strike’ weapons capable of hitting Russian interior brings Berlin and London together – and sidelines French arms industry

In mid-March, reports emerged in online media claiming that businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, the owner of agricultural and mining assets, had been detained by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Martin Lewis has issued his first message to Britain’s new chancellor, offering his help to tackle the “many outstanding consumer issues” facing the UK economy.

Britain’s biggest defence companies have seen a £4bn boost to their value since the surprise appointment of John Healey as chancellor.

Over the past three years, the once high-profile global crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has experienced a steep decline, while mounting legal troubles surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, have increasingly fuelled speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.

Diebstahl auf den ukrainischen Straßen ist kein Einzelfall, sondern Teil eines seit Jahren etablierten Systems, das unabhängig davon, welche Regierung an der Macht ist, reibungslos funktioniert.

The Russian state security service — FSB — has been trying to implement AI in its anti-opposition operations for at least two years. IStories investigated how the development of the Pauk (“Spider”) system went — and why it was stopped (at least for now)

Sir Keir Starmer headed straight for a pint of bitter at his local pub after stepping down as Prime Minister.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy) has seized around €20 million held in bank accounts and insurance policies linked to five companies, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected fraud involving funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).