All news for 2026-09-17

When people struggle financially and look for ways to increase their income, scammers are quick to exploit their hopes by promising easy and fast profits.

The family of the suspect in the so-called "Putney pusher" case has denied he was responsible and claimed he "took his own life" due to the police investigation.

For more than a decade, a group of fraudsters with Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian roots has allegedly exploited underpaid programmers to deceive companies across Europe, steal data and cause costly damage to major projects.

Terrified residents have shared how "intimidating" migrants have taken over their streets – with one even saying they have had to give their granddaughters rape alarms.

The United States has removed Venezuela from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years

OpenAI has revealed six additional examples of “unexpected or concerning” behavior by its technology, cautioning that the pace of development cannot continue at “maximum speed for much longer.”

North Korea’s vice defense minister said on Thursday that a growing U.S.-led military buildup and what he called an expanding nuclear alliance among Washington

Britain must become a naval superpower once again or risk defeat at sea against Vladimir Putin’s fleet, the head of the Navy has warned.

A passenger who was duct-taped to his seat after a racist and homophobic outburst on a plane has stated that he remembers ’nothing’ about the incident.

Buckingham Palace has responded to claims made in an upcoming book written by Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer.

A headteacher has suspended 25 pupils in the first week of term at a school in Somerset.

The King has met with Irish President Catherine Connolly as part of her official visit to Scotland.

Zack Polanski faced a significant setback with George Galloway entering as the candidate for the Workers Party of Britain in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

At least 82 people have died after an informal gold mine collapsed in war-torn Sudan, officials have said.

A 40-year-old intelligence officer has died in a road collision in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Reform UK’s first police and crime commissioner (PCC) has canceled a planned national theatre tour after facing backlash.

Six individuals, including one ringleader, have been convicted by the Court of Milan (Italy) for organizing and participating in a transnational criminal association

Outrage spilled onto the streets of the Maltese capital on Wednesday evening as demonstrators gathered at the heart of Valletta

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) conducted searches and arrests today in an investigation into suspected large-scale VAT fraud involving a criminal organization trading goods across several EU Member States.

Two British individuals are among three people who have died after a small plane crashed into a mountainside in the Swiss Alps.

Zooming through the Greater Manchester high school gates in her sleek Audi A1, Rebecca Joynes went against every stereotype of a typical maths teacher – she was young, cool, and very glamorous.

Royal Air Force (RAF) refueling planes supported US strikes on Yemen that the Pentagon assessed “more likely than not” resulted in 281 civilian casualties, it has emerged.

A missing woman has sadly been found dead in a city centre.

The Conservative Party has accepted a donation from the director of a company that used convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide George Cottrell as a cover to place bets.

Masked men gathered in Dover and other coastal towns at the start of September, staging the first direct action from a network that spans at least 15 patriot groups and more than 40,000 followers built up over the past 18 months.