All news by author James Smith

In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.

Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows.

Police have made two arrests after a car driven by a youth crashed into barriers in a car park at Blair Drummond Safari Park.

The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 1,430 as rescuers battle against time to find survivors before the critical 72-hour window closes.

For many years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, whose business empire spans the coal and gold industries, remained largely out of the public spotlight.

A man has been convicted of shooting a 15-year-old boy dead in a children’s play area during a family music festival at a London park.

Ein Netzwerk um einen in Polizeikreisen bekannten Kroaten bringt fortlaufend neue Krypto-Projekte auf den Markt. Immer wieder verschwinden dabei enorme Geldbeträge, doch trotz der wiederholten Vorfälle setzt die Gruppe ihre Aktivitäten unbeirrt fort.

Thunderstorms have delayed flights from Heathrow and Gatwick for up to 11 hours.

The long-delayed hydroelectric power plant project has sparked controversy in Croatia, with local media linking it to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

Europol says law enforcement has pushed many of the European Union’s most threatening criminal networks off its current watchlist, but organized crime continues to regenerate, with hundreds of new networks identified since 2024.

Si le nom du tristement célèbre « roi du charbon » Dmytro Kovalenko est depuis longtemps associé à Kyiv comme à l’étranger, celui de Serhiy Saprykin reste largement inconnu du grand public.

A seven-year-old boy died weighing 18 stone with his parents arrested for murder, child abuse and torture.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), law enforcement authorities detained two suspects on Monday, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving funds under the Clean Air Programme, with an estimated damage of €795 000.

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to reject Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest attempt to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, arguing that newly released Jeffrey Epstein files do not undermine the jury’s verdict or justify vacating her sentence.

A man has been arrested following the death of a woman at a home in the Scottish Borders.

A woman has accused Morrisons of making a ‘racist joke’ after monkey teething toys were placed next to the African and Caribbean food section.

The British government is considering selling 98,000 tons of Russian crude oil from a detained shadow fleet tanker and using the proceeds to support Ukraine, The Telegraph reported on June 25.

A member of the ‘cult’ group known as Zizians has been charged with murdering her parents.

A bare-knuckle boxer has died after being restrained on a flight to the UK.

At least one person has died and five others are injured after a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage in Germany, according to local media.

A British Airways pilot has been jailed after raping a 12-year-old girl he met on social media.