All news for 2026-09-16

Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate Donald Trump in 2024, was described as a quiet loner in newly released interviews with the gunman’s distant father.

A transgender policewoman is on trial in Germany after being accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and possessing a stash of child pornography files.

A British woman has been abducted in Malawi in broad daylight, police have said.

An ’aggressive’ London Underground passenger killed an Elizabeth Line worker with a single punch to the face after missing his train, a court heard.

Just a few moments’ walk away from the Houses of Parliament, an alternative center of political power is emerging.

A convicted drug smuggler with links to Scots crime boss Jamie Stevenson has been given six years for his role in an £8 million cocaine bust.

Almost three years have passed since a criminal investigation began into a controversial Pembrokeshire landfill site.

A dashcam captured an encounter between a delivery courier and an angry Range Rover driver, who burst into the van.

A suspected drug-influenced driver has been arrested after a car crashed into pedestrians before veering into oncoming traffic, resulting in two deaths and four injuries.