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Published on 18/06/2026 – 20:11 GMT+2•Updated 20:13 Police in the UK said on Thursday that a man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy “ended up in the crocodile enclosure” at a zoo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Cambridgeshire Constabulary said the toddler had sustained “serious injuries” and was in a “critical but stable” condition at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. It did not specify how the injuries had been inflicted and whether they were from a crocodile. “A 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder,” the police force added, noting specially trained officers…
A judge investigating Spain’s former Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling has expanded his politically explosive probe to the Socialist’s daughters, a court said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The investigation into a titan of the Spanish left comes as a string of other graft probes into Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s family and former top political allies have threatened to topple the government. Zapatero, who governed Spain from 2004-2011, was placed under formal investigation last month suspected of influence peddling in connection with the €53 million bailout of small airline Plus Ultra in 2021. Investigating judge…
Published on 18/06/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2 Cuts in development aid by wealthy countries tend to drive up displacement away from the world’s poorest regions, the head of the UN’s International Organisation for Migration warned in an interview with the AFP news agency on the sidelines of the Berlin Climate Mobility Forum on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “When we see cuts in development assistance, we’re actually just making the likelihood that people will have to leave in search of safety, in search of stability, so much higher,” Amy Pope said. “We’ve seen it in places like Sudan, which is the world’s largest…
Published on 18/06/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2 A British court jailed two dual Chinese-British nationals on Thursday after they were convicted of spying on Hong Kong dissidents in the UK on behalf of China. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Former UK Border Force official Peter Wai, 40, was jailed for 10 years and retired Hong Kong policeman Bill Yuen, 65, was given an eight-year term for conducting “shadow policing” on British soil. Sentencing Yuen and Wai at London’s Old Bailey court, judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said their actions had been “deliberate, concerted and serious.” They had caused “real and significant” harm, leaving those targeted in…
Political parties in Lithuania signed a coalition agreement on Thursday, with the Social Democrats, the Democrats “For Lithuania” and the Farmers and Greens Union, along with partners, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, striking a new deal. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Third time’s the charm,” Mindaugas Sinkevičius said in a press briefing on Thursday. The coalition deal is focused on defence and social security. The partners committed to allocating no less than 5% of GDP to defence, prioritising air threat detection and defence systems and strengthening cybersecurity. The agreement also includes a commitment to resolve internal disputes…
Published on 18/06/2026 – 15:58 GMT+2 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has downplayed a blistering attack by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth who described European allies as “shameful” for not helping the US in the war in Iran. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hegseth was in Brussels for a meeting of NATO defence ministers, where he informed allies the Pentagon will review the number of US forces in Europe within the next six months. Announcing the details of what he described as “NATO 3.0”, Hegseth also told allies the US would reduce its contributions to overall NATO budget if countries weren’t on…
Polish police have arrested a man suspected of participating in the murder of a Russian artist critical of President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The suspect in the daylight murder, which took place on Monday, “is using a Georgian passport,” Tusk wrote in a post on X. “Services are working to establish the mastermind,” he added. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński confirmed the Georgian passport at a news conference in Warsaw and said the suspect is 36 years old. Kierwiński said the man is suspected of links to organised crime and is being linked by…
Updated: 18/06/2026 – 11:54 GMT+2 Retired US General Ben Hodges believes the situation is now “much worse” than four months ago. With Israel and Lebanon left out of the deal between the US and Iran, Hodges thinks the potential for Israel and Hezbollah to “resume fighting is really high”. … More
Published on 18/06/2026 – 12:07 GMT+2•Updated 12:20 “If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it — we will not sit quietly, we will respond,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his comments on Ukraine’s strike on Moscow’s oil refinery on Thursday morning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If Ukraine burns, so will Moscow,” Zelenskyy said. Ukraine’s president said Kyiv’s drone strike on the Moscow oil refinery is Kyiv’s response to Russia’s attack against the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important historic and religious symbols of Ukraine. “We were at the Lavra, and I said we will…
Published on 18/06/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2•Updated 10:31 US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said Europe must take the lead on building out a revamped “NATO 3.0” and creating a “real, hardline military alliance”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hegseth made the comments while speaking ahead of a meeting with his NATO counterparts in Brussels on Thursday. “NATO 3.0 is post-Cold War recognition that needs to go back to a real, hardline military alliance that has real military capabilities capable of deterring right here on the continent and taking the lead for the conventional defence of Europe,” Hegseth said. US president Donald Trump…