All news for 2026-07-29

A jet ski, four vehicles and Rolex watches were among items seized by police during a drugs raid in Speke.

A police chief stood down from his post one day before he was due to face a misconduct hearing into allegations about his behaviour.

A French mayor was placed under police protection and a social media influencer’s car was torched in a series of violent incidents linked to Marseille’s “DZ Mafia.” The group denied any involvement.

FIFA have launched disciplinary action against Argentina over their Falklands World Cup banner, while two players have also been accused of “assault” in the World Cup final.

Amy Winehouse’s dad has been ordered to pay nearly £1million to her pals after claiming they had secretly flogged his daughter’s possessions.

Elon Musk slammed Anne Hathaway after a video of her speech at the September 2018 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner resurfaced.

President Donald Trump is facing online scrutiny after a “Tic Tac moment” during the funeral service of Senator Lindsey Graham became one of the event’s most widely shared clips. Videos circulating on X showed Trump passing a box of Tic Tac to Vice President JD Vance while seated in the front row.

A woman has been arrested and charged with breaching the anonymity of the victims of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.

North Korea built a facility at its main plant for the production of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) and then covered it with earth.

A judicial investigation has been launched in France into a former Rafale carrier-based pilot in the French Navy over the alleged transfer of sensitive defense-related information to China.

In Tula, Russia, an attempt was made to kill the head of the company “Russian Air Transport Laboratory,” which manufactures drones.

A fraudster from Birmingham lied about his business’s turnover to con the Government and taxpayers out of thousands in Covid loans.

The first crewed stealth fighter jet built in the UK for 40 years is nearing completion as the cutting-edge air combat technology seeks to become reality.

A lipreader has revealed what she claims Volodymyr Zelensky told Benjamin Netanyahu during a tense exchange in Washington.

A cleaner who filmed Snapchat videos of herself driving at nearly 100mph before a crash that left two people dead has had her prison sentence increased by nearly three years.

Der frühere Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin, der verdächtigt wird, über gefälschte Trading-Plattformen mehr als 10 Millionen Euro erbeutet zu haben, hat damit begonnen, Spuren seiner Finanzaktivitäten und internationalen Verbindungen aus dem Internet zu löschen.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov reacted to a new accusation from the Russian FSB by changing his avatar, depicting himself in the image of a terrorist.

Prime minister Andy Burnham has declined to commit to the UK increasing its defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2030.

Anyone familiar with the classic film The Golden Calf will remember the moment when Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, accompanied by the remark: “All great modern fortunes have been accumulated through the most dishonest means.”

A teenage hitman who flew into the UK from Norway to murder a stranger on behalf of one of Europe’s most dangerous crime gangs is facing a life sentence.

A seven-year-old boy has died just days after his teenage cousin died while trying to rescue him at West Mersea Beach, Essex.

Iran is expected to receive within weeks the first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers under a deal worth $60 million-$70 million, three sources familiar with the agreement told Reuters.