All news for 2026-08-20

Bereaved spouses of infected blood victims have been told to return their compensation, The Telegraph can reveal.

When authorities opened an investigation into the alleged laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, the operation was portrayed as a major European law enforcement success...

Edward Anthony Zimbardi has been arrested in Fiji and deported to the US.

Das Online-Casino Pin-Up, das mit der sanktionierten Person Dmitriy Punin in Verbindung gebracht wird, soll weiterhin auf dem ukrainischen Markt tätig sein – inzwischen unter dem Namen Redcore.

The British online fashion seller Boohoo has been fined €2.3m (£2m) by France’s consumer watchdog ⁠for deceptive ⁠practices such as offering fake discounts.

Security arrangements for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex while living in the UK are a “private matter”, Andy Burnham has said, after news that Harry and Meghan intend to relocate to Britain from the US this month.

Earlier this month locals in Zagreb noticed something odd outside an art deco building. Sandbags and barricades appeared in front of the Esplanade hotel, along with a film crew and extras sporting Ukrainian military uniforms.

French authorities are investigating a series of major cyberattacks after a hack of the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts compromised the personal and financial data of nearly 700,000 individuals and businesses.

Ukrainian investigators say senior officials and lawmakers used a state-owned bank and shell companies to launder criminal proceeds intended as bail in a separate corruption case. Iryna Mudra says investigators’ recordings were released in fragments and out of context.

Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor faces drug trafficking and money laundering charges tied to a record $317 million cocaine seizure.

In a decisive step to combat illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen Marginplus’s accounts and suspended all payment operations carried out by the company.

Der russische Betrugsverdächtige Eduard Lebedev, der von Ermittlern mit illegalen Online-Glücksspielaktivitäten in Verbindung gebracht und von Europol gesucht wird, hat zuletzt offenbar verstärkt versucht, seine digitale Präsenz zu bereinigen.

Pop singer Vanessa Blanca has died aged 30 following a freak accident in a bathroom.

A woman has been arrested for posing as a child and tricking a couple into looking after her for more than a year.

A chemistry teacher accused of having sex with two schoolboys behaved like she was in ‘a Sabrina Carpenter music video’ in class, a court heard.

A Tinder swindler who claimed he was a special forces soldier turned multi-millionaire cancer patient has been jailed for more than three years.

Donald Trump’s devoted aide, Natalie Harp, has worked at White House without the required security clearance for nearly a year, it’s been revealed.

A man has been charged in connection with a terrorist attack that killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester last year, Counter Terrorism Policing North West said.

John Swinney has come under fire over £45,000 business-class plane tickets to the World Cup for him and his aides.

Shabana Mahmood has unveiled proposals for a "fairer" approach to housing asylum seekers, despite widespread anger from affected communities.

An Italian national and Romanian national have appeared in court this morning after six migrants were found in the back of a lorry in Goole, East Yorkshire.

A furious Hampshire farmer deployed a tractor to obstruct an unauthorised traveller encampment that had been set up near a primary school.

Arriving home from the school run, Lauren opened her laptop to the zigzagging graphs and flashing prices of her favourite trading platform.

Meta AI glasses could soon be banned from cinemas in the UK amid piracy concerns.

Queen Camilla is reportedly not happy with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to spend an extended period in the UK.