UK News & Investigations

US President Donald Trump has signalled that Washington may soon begin winding down its war with Iran, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support for Tehran and tensions escalated with a reported missile attack on a key UK-US military base. Posting on Truth Social on March 20, as the conflict entered its fourth week, Trump said the United States was “getting very close to meeting our objectives” in its military campaign against Iran. He outlined those objectives

TEHRAN's busiest aiport was blazing overnight as Israel intensified its air strikes campaign against Iran as the joint war with the US entererd its second week. Large explosions were reported at Mehrabad Airport in the Iranian capital. Videos circulating on social media showed major fires at the facility, with witnesses saying several aircraft were burning. According to Israel’s military, more than 80 fighter jets took part in the latest operation early Saturday. The strikes

Iranian state media have announced that two of the country’s most senior military figures were also killed in joint US and Israeli strikes. According to the state-run news agency Islamic Republic News Agency, Admiral Ali Shamkhani — a top adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and secretary of Iran’s Defense Council — and Major General Mohammad Pakpour, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed on Saturday, February 28 2026. It follows co

IRAN has announced 40 days of public mourning after confirming the death of its leader Ayatollah Khameni, 86, following a large-scale military operation, including air strikes on his palace by the US and Israel. In a statement the Islamic Republic news Agency said: "The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khameni, has been martyred following an attack by the Israeli and US regimes. "Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was marty

THE Bondi Beach terror attackers, who shot at Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah, were a father and son, New South Wales Police have said. In a press briefing it was confirmed the 50-year-old father was killed and the 24-year-old son is in hospital in a critical, but stable condition. Sixteen people, including a ten-year-old girl have now died, while 42 other people, including at least three other children, remain in hospital. Those killed range in age from 10 to 87, police s

MORTUARY staff were put at risk of cyanide poisoning when they received bodies from the Air India Boeing 787 crash in June, it has emerged. There were 241 people on the aircraft who died and at least 19 on the ground when the aircraft crashed just 32 seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport to London Gatwick at 1:39pm on June 12 this year. Several of the bodies of British citizens killed in the tragedy were repatriated to Westminster Public Mortuary after being wrapped

A UKRAINIAN MP said to have been "branded a traitor by President Volodymyr Zelensky" for alleged "pro Russian views" was tortured by the country's security services, a British court has been told. Powerlifter Artem Dmytruk, 32, (above and below) is fighting extradition to Ukraine amid allegations he was involved in separate attacks on an officer of Ukraine's SBU in 2022 and another man in 2023. But, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard claims yesterday the request is "politic

Terrorist Jihad al-Shamie (above) had been arrested and bailed in connection with an alleged rape, had a criminal history and was in...

THE Manchester synagogue attacker was born in Syria and came to the UK 19 years ago, the Home Office has confirmed. British citizen of...

The Met Police has made what is believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world, worth, at this time, more than...