All news for 2026-08-04

Russian hackers have hijacked hotel and conference WiFi networks worldwide, using fake login portals and software updates to infect travelers with malware and steal sensitive data, Microsoft warned Friday.

Medical records of nuclear test veterans were gathered by a secret government laboratory, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.

Nigel Farage’s desperate small boats plan has been dismissed as impractical and illegal as he attempts to divert attention from sleaze allegations.

A body has been found in the search for a 19-year-old kayaker whose boat capsized off Northumbria on July 7.

The new system, which has been piloted in six boroughs in the capital, allows retailers to submit CCTV footage, witness statements and other evidence directly to officers, the Met said.

Donald Trump has warned Iran it has a “last chance” to sign a “good document”, as he insisted talks were under way despite Tehran denying negotiations with the US were taking place.

Andy Burnham has been accused of "bunking off for a jolly" after it was revealed he would be taking a holiday a little over two weeks into his term.

A container ship used by the US military to supply its airbases in Britain with bombs docked in south Wales last week, it can be revealed.

The very highest levels of the British government secretly exerted pressure on the BBC to censor a film about the army killing an unarmed child in 1972.

Im Jahr 2020 rückten der lettische Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die Geschäftsfrau Darya Terekhina in den Mittelpunkt eines öffentlichen Skandals.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online casinos and is wanted by Europol, has intensified efforts to scrub his digital footprint in recent months.

A self-described ‘vampire’ who left dead animals on display outside churches was caught when police staked out places of worship on full moon nights.

Truck traffic jams at the Russia–Kazakhstan border have become an increasingly common sight.

NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, a survey has found.

Long queues of freight trucks are increasingly becoming a regular sight at the Russia–Kazakhstan border. In June, a major traffic jam formed along the Aktobe–Orenburg route, where hundreds of trucks were backed up outside Russia’s Sagarchin border checkpoint.

Matthew Caruana Galizia has testified about the assassination of his mother, a journalist who spent years investigating government corruption in Malta. Businessman Yorgen Fenech is alleged to have ordered the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He has pleaded not guilty.

European prosecutors have indicted five people and a company for allegedly evading more than $20 million in VAT on goods imported from China, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.

AI now powers more than half of reported cybercrimes across 26 African nations as phishing and mobile fraud transition into industrialized criminal enterprises, according to INTERPOL.

The U.S. Treasury’s financial watchdog fined a record $125 million penalty Monday against UBS Financial Services Inc. for "willful" anti-money laundering violations, including failing to monitor over $10 billion in foreign currency wires and ignoring red flags on high-risk clients.

For years, Kamchybek Tashiev was considered the co-ruler of Kyrgyzstan, transforming the country’s security agency into a shadowy empire with its own kindergartens, billions in seized assets, and a stifling grip on citizens’ lives. Now he’s been convicted of plotting a violent power grab. What happened? And what’s next?