Month: October 2025

Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris’ public prosecutor has said. They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Laure Beccuau’s office said. A main suspect was among those taken into custody, AFP reported. The new arrests come after two men “partially recognised” their involvement in […]

Supplied Suzanne Rees was found dead hours after her cruise boat left Lizard Island The daughter of a woman who was left behind by a cruise ship on a remote island and later found dead has accused the operator of a “failure of care and common sense”. The body of Suzanne Rees, 80, was found […]

Gordon CoreraBBC Security Analyst BBC It is a question that successive governments have struggled with: what kind of threat does China really pose to the UK? Trying to answer it may have contributed to the high-profile collapse of the case in which two British men, Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, were accused of spying for […]

The centrist liberals under Rob Jetten have taken a shock lead in the Dutch election, according to the main exit poll, two years after his party languished in sixth place in the last vote. Jetten staged a remarkable campaign in recent weeks, and the Ipsos I&O exit poll suggests his D66 liberals have won 27 […]

The French parliament has ratified an amendment to add consent to the legal definition of sexual assault and rape law. Previously, rape or sexual abuse in France had been defined as “any form of sexual penetration committed with the use of violence, coercion, threat or surprise”. Now, the law will say that all sexual acts […]

© RMN – Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) Mathieu Rabeau Precious crown jewels including the Parure Marie-Amélie diadème are yet to be recovered Two men arrested in connection with the Louvre theft two weeks ago have “partially recognised” their involvement in the brazen heist, according to officials. The pair in custody are suspected of being […]

Peter Mwai, Merlyn Thomas and Matt MurphyBBC Verify BBC Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions. Fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have executed a number of unarmed people after capturing the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, new videos analysed by BBC Verify show. The RSF, which has engaged in a brutal war […]

Sudan’s military government has ordered two senior officials at the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country amid widespread famine sparked by a gruelling civil war that erupted in April 2023. The WFP said directors of its Sudan operation were declared “personae non grata” and told to go within 72 hours, without explanation. […]

Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers in 1916 have been found more than a century later on the country’s south-western coast. The cheerful notes were penned just a few days into their voyage to join the battlefields of France during World War One. One of the soldiers, Pte Malcolm Neville, told his […]

Koh Ewe,Singapore and Kathryn Armstrong,London Getty Images The meeting comes as both countries are still trying to reach a trade deal The US and South Korea have reached a broad trade deal, both countries have said following talks between their leaders. South Korea’s presidential aide, Kim Yong-beom, said the two sides had agreed to keep […]