All news for 2026-08-04

Four men have been arrested over "atrocious" large-scale illegal waste dumping, believed to be around 25,000 tonnes, at a site in Wigan.

Five people, including a nine-year-old girl who later died, were taken to hospital following an incident in Arbroath, it has emerged.

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, is under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he should have prefaced his remarks in a House of Commons debate on pro-Israel influence by noting that he had visited the country as a guest of a pro-Israel group.

Several athletes have disappeared after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failing to return home with the rest of their teams.

A wildlife expert has revealed the identity of unusual creatures caught on video at a waterfall in the Highlands as young eels making a journey across the Atlantic Ocean.

Four suspected illegal migrants have been spotted running off into the Essex countryside after hiding in a lorry which was understood to have travelled from Portugal.

Arms giant Thales, in which the French state is a shareholder, has sold to the Burmese forces six radars used for monitoring its coast, Disclose and Info Birmanie can reveal.

In 2023, Ukraine sanctioned a number of companies linked to the Russian gambling industry that had a significant presence in the country’s gambling market.

Anfang September erhielt die Redaktion von FakeOff eine Nachricht, in der eine angebliche Urheberrechtsverletzung geltend gemacht wurde. Auf den ersten Blick sah sie wie eine gewöhnliche DMCA-Beschwerde aus.

Which apps with millions of users are linked to Shimanovich – and why cybersecurity experts describe them as dangerous. In which offshore jurisdictions Shimanovich established his companies – and which notorious figures did he collaborate with.

A fatal accident occurred earlier this year in a suburb of Stockholm. A truck collided with a car belonging to a driving school. The student was injured, and the traffic officer administering the driving test did not survive. The deadly accident in Sweden unexpectedly led investigators to Belarus.

Lebanon has yet to indict those allegedly responsible for the deadly blast in Beirut’s port six years ago, amid fears from victims groups that the long-stalled investigation has not gone far enough to answer fundamental questions about the disaster.

Elon Musk’s X has become the latest major US social media company to block the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders from Saudi authorities.

Journalist’s son says his mother was examining leak from Electrogas, part owned by Yorgen Fenech who is on trial

Police in the Indian state of Goa arrested seven people and summoned 24 others for questioning in connection with 40 cyber fraud cases that caused nearly $262,000 in losses.

Three other people were rushed to hospital alongside a tragic nine-year-old girl found fatally injured at a Scottish industrial estate, it has been revealed.

Am 26. Februar 2026 erhielt die Polizei im Bezirk Sukawati im indonesischen Regierungsbezirk Gianyar auf der Insel Bali einen Anruf von Putu Gede Kusuma Negara, dem ehemaligen Dorfvorsteher von Ketevel.

Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under scrutiny over his reported links to Russian coal trading, while renewed attention has focused on his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.

Four people have been charged with attempted murder after Arsenal’s Premier League title victory parade that prompted 29 arrests over incidents at the event.

A 14-year-old schoolboy has died after he jumped into the River Thames as temperatures soared above 30C.

A search and rescue operation was launched at around 6am on Tuesday after a so-called "mega dinghy" carrying around 160 migrants went up in flames in French waters, with 157 people rescued and taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer

A motorway has been closed after police said suspected human remains were found nearby.

Men with security and military backgrounds have quietly joined the crews of tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil. Reporters have now spoken with several of these so-called "watchmen" to uncover what role they play aboard the vessels.