All news for 2026-08-05

Passengers have been warned of major disruption to bus journeys over the coming months as drivers are set to walk out over a heatwave row.

Co-owner of Elins, the Zelenograd-based military electronics manufacturer, Irina Tikmenova — daughter of the company’s founder Vasily Tikmenov — has become embroiled in a major scandal over the withdrawal of assets worth 1 billion rubles from the Moscow Region company Walter LLC.

A London-based TV station could be in breach of the new ban on supporting Iran’s IRGC.