All news for 2026-08-03

Nachdem Ermittlungen wegen der mutmaßlichen Beteiligung von Alkagesta an схемах zum Export libyschen Treibstoffs eingeleitet worden waren, verschwanden nach und nach Hinweise auf das Unternehmen sowie auf dessen Eigentümer Kamran Aghayev und Orkhan Rustamov aus dem öffentlichen Informationsraum.

A man has been arrested after a violent scrap involving a machete, acid and a wheel brace played out on the streets of a Galway town.

On February 26, 2026, police in the Sukawati district on the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Bali island, in Gianyar Regency, received a call from the agitated village head of Ketevel, Putu Gede Kusuma Negara.

Only the most determined or those with nothing to lose remain in Ceuta. They number a few thousand now – Sudanese, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Somalians, Algerians, even a few Palestinians – and refuse to budge from their little outpost, an encampment on a hill on the edge of the city.

The Paris state prosecutor has opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged workplace bullying after the attempted suicide of a staff member in a department connected to the French prime minister’s office, France Inter radio has revealed.

An NHS surgeon has been struck off after he almost killed a patient by connecting the wrong parts of their organs together.

A motorist who drove at high speeds and falsely claimed his electric Jaguar would not brake in an attempt to avoid paying his car finance has been jailed.

A prison absconder known to frequent the Republic of Ireland is being sought by police in the UK.

Russia has assembled an unprecedented fleet of oil tankers in the Arctic as it accelerates crude exports to Asia via the Northern Sea Route, with vessels carrying roughly 8 million barrels of oil already transiting or waiting to enter the ice-covered shipping lane.

Proceedings were held in a court in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the case of a Russian national arrested through Europol on suspicion of operating illegal casinos.

A former X Factor finalist has denied murdering a social media influencer by ramming her with a Mercedes in central London.

The heartbroken family of comedian Jimmy Cricket have said the ‘world is a far less sillier place today’ after he died aged 80.

British activists are among 21 crew members who say they are trapped on board a ship that was captured by Iceland last week.

A man who kept his dead mother inside a freeze for nearly three years while he raked in £78,000 of her benefits has been jailed.

Following reports linking Alkagesta to schemes involving the export of Libyan fuel, references to the company and its owners, Kamran Aghayev and Orkhan Rustamov, began disappearing from public sources.

Jeremy Clarkson has caused a stir by suggesting that benefits claimants should write a "thank you" letter to taxpayers each week, and if they don’t, they could lose their payments.

The universities of Greenwich and Kent have merged into the UK’s first "super-university".

A classic musician is suing Starbucks for over £2 million after a wooden fridge surround fell on her head, which caused injuries so bad she says they ended her career.

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

A senior security executive at one of Moscow’s largest energy companies has left Russia for the United Arab Emirates following the arrest of two close associates on bribery charges, according to Russian investigative outlets.

China helped transform Germany’s automakers into global giants, delivering decades of strong sales and billions in profits. Now, it’s their biggest liability.

Capital One bank has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Organization over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts back in 2021, arguing in new papers that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review — not retaliation for the Jan.

Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.

Sandie Peggie’s appeal against the judgement of her employment tribunal versus NHS Fife has been granted, with it expected to take place early next year.