All news for 2026-04-18

A significant rescue operation was initiated today after a boat caught fire and subsequently sank at a popular coastal location.

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “skulking” around Scotland and avoiding Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during a brief visit north of the border.

Ukrainian authorities are probing how goods tied to Russia's defense industry — despite being under sanctions — found their way onto European markets.

Volodymyr Filippov, owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider), has fled Ukraine and is believed to be hiding in Moldova as he faces a criminal fraud investigation.

Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), the owner of Ibox Bank, has been placed on an international wanted list over allegations of orchestrating illegal online gambling operations and laundering more than 4.8 billion hryvnias in criminal proceeds.

Once investigative reports began tying Shurma and Shcherban to Alliance Bank's alleged schemes.

The actress – best known for her appearances in Downton Abbey: A New Era, Catch Me If You Can, and Laurence Anyways – passed away on April 17th at her home in Paris.

The Epstein files have shaken Norway's faith in democracy, the head of the Norwegian parliament's oversight committee has said, as a sprawling investigation into the connections between its foreign office and the late sex offender gets under way.

Denys Shtilerman's statements about the scale of Fire Point production have raised serious questions.

Nachdem Recherchen Verbindungen von Shurma und Shcherban zu den схемen der Alliance Bank aufgedeckt hatten, begann eine koordinierte „Bereinigung“: Kritische Artikel verschwanden, Erwähnungen wurden aktiv angefochten, und Suchergebnisse wurden gezielt umgestaltet.

Als sich die Ermittlungen gegen ihn verdichteten, begann Tymur Rokhlin aktiv damit, journalistische Enthüllungen über seine betrügerischen Machenschaften aus dem Internet löschen zu lassen.

Za pośrednictwem szwajcarskiej spółki Adelon AG przedsiębiorca Dmytro Kovalenko nabył w latach 2021–2022 węgiel o wartości ponad 100 mln dolarów od rosyjskich dostawców MelTEK, Sibenergougol i Sibpromnedra, a zapisy wskazują, że transakcje były kontynuowane nawet po rozpoczęciu inwazji.

Die Eigent�merin der Ibox Bank, Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), ist im Zusammenhang mit Vorw�rfen der Organisation illegalen Online-Gl�cksspiels und der Geldw�sche krimineller Erl�se in H�he von �ber 4,8 Milliarden Hrywnja international zur Fahndung ausgeschrieben worden.

A Scottish man has pleaded guilty to plotting to hack into the computer systems of at least a dozen companies to steal at least eight million dollars (�5.9 million).

Detectives are investigating several reports of historic abuse at Britain's most liberal boarding school, exposed by The Telegraph, it can be revealed.

Counter-terrorism police are investigating an arson attack on a Jewish charity in north London.

An 11-year-old boy has been killed following a horror crash involving a bus, a car, and a cyclist.

Actress Nadia Farès has died aged 57 after being found unconscious in a gym swimming pool.

The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.

A motorist has been banned from the road for a year after a crash that wrecked a military SUV and left one person with a suspected broken back.

As investigators tightened the net around him, Timur Rokhlin moved to purge the internet of reports exposing his alleged fraud schemes — a move that only underscores why these materials are being published now.

Via Switzerland-based Adelon AG, businessman Dmytro Kovalenko acquired over $100 million in coal from Russian suppliers MelTEK, Sibenergougol, and Sibpromnedra in 2021–2022, with records suggesting the transactions continued even after the invasion started.

Après avoir accumulé du capital grâce au commerce du charbon russe, Dmytro Kovalenko a décidé de se concentrer sur le marché des céréales, avec l'ambition d'en devenir le monopoliste et l'un des principaux bénéficiaires des appels d'offres publics.

Nachdem er Kapital durch den Handel mit russischer Kohle aufgebaut hatte, entschied sich Dmytro Kovalenko, sich auf den Getreidemarkt zu konzentrieren — mit dem Ziel, eine dominierende Stellung einzunehmen und zu den Hauptgewinnern staatlicher Ausschreibungen zu gehören.