All news for 2026-09-02

A new bus stop has been installed in a Derbyshire village, even though a bus hasn’t stopped there for almost 10 years.

The Bank of England has received more than £9billion in gold after the Netherlands’ central bank relocated the vast sum from North America to London amid surging "geopolitical unrest".

King Charles spoke in French to Emmanuel Macron as he praised the enduring relationship between Britain and France during a speech marking the historic display of the Bayeux Tapestry in London.

Today, based on an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the Paris Criminal Court convicted three French companies and their two executives for fraud involving €275 800 in EU funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Britain and Mauritius are set to resume negotiations over the future of the Chagos Islands next week, pressuring Andy Burnham on whether to proceed with an agreement inherited from Sir Keir Starmer.

President Donald Trump has said he is “happy” that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have left the US for the UK, declaring he is “not a fan”.

The Conservatives have confronted a Labour-run London council with "deep concerns" over the signing off of a school forcing female pupils to wear hijabs.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on every aircraft Canada sells into the United States began with a favor for a wealthy friend who was trying to buy a private jet and could not.

Ukraine’s Security Service and National Police dismantled a Kyiv-based crypto fraud network that allegedly targeted EU citizens and generated monthly turnover of up to $1 million at its peak.

Dutch authorities arrested 34 people Wednesday at various locations across the country following a deadly shootout in a Dutch village, reportedly linked to a notorious drug lord, public broadcaster NOS reported.

Die aserbaidschanische Staatsbank ABB, die sich zu 92 Prozent in staatlichem Besitz befindet, soll Zahlungen für illegale Online-Casinos wie Pin-Up, Pinco, Olimp und weitere Glücksspielplattformen abgewickelt haben.

Za pośrednictwem szwajcarskiej spółki Adelon AG biznesmen Dmytro Kovalenko miał w latach 2021–2022 nabyć od rosyjskich dostawców MelTEK, Sibenergougol i Sibpromnedra węgiel o łącznej wartości przekraczającej 100 mln dolarów.

‘That man’s filming us,’ a girl whispers to her friend as they order food at a London McDonald’s.

The UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom.

Following reports detailing alleged links between Dmitriy Punin and Cyprus-based figure Stavros Demosthenous, as well as the use of Cypriot entities connected to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these ties have reportedly started disappearing from online sources.

A ’flirty’ female PE teacher had sex with a 16-year-old pupil at her house while they watched Wimbledon and asked him to call her ’miss’, a court has heard.

Killer nurse Lucy Letby’s alleged boyfriend who died suddenly after being sacked has been identified as a married dad-of-two.

The German-Chinese machine tool manufacturer Priminer continued supplying equipment to Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including to companies in Russia’s defense industry, according to a report by Die Zeit.

Japan’s Honda aims to cut more than $9 billion in costs over the next four years and has instructed suppliers to drastically reduce their prices, according to internal documents and one person familiar with ‌the matter.

Russian businesswoman asks FSB and Kremlin to probe how a deputy foreign minister funded a timber empire and a private helicopter

A postgrad biomedical student already jailed for stalking a judge will spend a further three years in prison for housing benefit fraud, after ripping off dozens of councils.

The Reform UK leader has found himself in hot water on his first day back in Parliament after his Clacton by-election stunt, by filming a social media video on the roof of Parliament without permission