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Serious Fraud Office mounts seven raids on sites linked to Home Reit which raised £850m to tackle homelessness Business live – latest updates The Serious Fraud Office has arrested six people and raided seven sites in connection with a bribery and fraud investigation into a social housing fund. The agency estimated there had been £300m of “suspected offending” at Home Reit, which was once listed o…

AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on X Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide. “I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero,” Musk said in an X post. Musk’s comment comes as xAI and X fa…

Sam Levinson’s hit HBO drama series returns in April with Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi returning The first trailer for the third season of Euphoria promises more sex, drugs and violence, teasing a troubled life after high school for the show’s characters. Zendaya , Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer and Jacob Elordi are among those returning for episodes four years in the making. The new …

Robin Kelly and other House Democrats move against the homeland security secretary over ICE killing of Renee Good Democratic representative Robin Kelly on Wednesday formally introduced articles of impeachment against Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem , following the fatal shooting of a US citizen by an immigration agent in Minneapolis last week. “Secretary Noem has brought h…

State attorney general found far-right group harassed ‘Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers’ New York ’s attorney general, Letitia James , announced a settlement on Tuesday with Betar US, a far-right pro-Israel group, after an investigation from her office that found the organization engaged in what her office described as “bias-motivated assaults, threats, and harassment targeting M…

French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement France’s interior ministry has announced ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists who travelled to the country. Officials said they took action after reports that members of the Raise the Colours movement had conducted anti-migrant activities in France. Continue rea…

Results for 2025 risk further unsettling economies about China’s trade practices and overcapacity, and their own over-reliance on Chinese products China has reported a strong export run in 2025 with a record trillion-dollar surplus, as its producers brace for three more years of a Trump administration set on slowing the manufacturing powerhouse by shifting US orders to other markets. Beijing’s re…

Apparent suicide of Alexei Panov comes after disappearance of oligarch Vladislav Baumgertner and amid corruption scandal Europe live – latest updates Authorities in Cyprus are investigating the “unnatural death” of a diplomat at the Russian embassy. “The incident at the embassy is being treated as an unnatural death because it seems, based on the autopsy, it was a suicide,” said Cyprus’s police s…

Judiciary chief threatens swift punishment after Trump says US will intervene if Iran begins executing demonstrators Iran protests: live blog updates Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital Iran protests: what we know so far about the anti-government demonstrations The Iranian government has signalled that detained protesters are to face speedy trials and executions, defyin…

Sarah Porter was running the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South race when she was withdrawn due to threats to her life A woman was pulled out of Britain’s most gruelling ultramarathon after receiving death threats over her fundraising for Afghan women and girls. Sarah Porter was nearly a third of the way through the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South endurance race when or…

St Michael’s Mount launches major operation to clear up devastation caused by 112mph winds The tidal island of St Michael’s Mount in the far south-west of Britain is usually a place of peace and quiet. But it has become a hive of noisy activity as gardeners equipped with chainsaws and wood chippers get to grips with the devastating damage caused by Storm Goretti . Continue reading...

The president’s disregard for international law exposes the continent’s reliance on the US. Leaders have hardened their language in support of Denmark, but the price of confronting him is high • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Donald Trump’s threat to take control of Greenland “one way or the other” has left the territory and its sovereign power Denmark reeling and …

Shabana Mahmood statement is blow to Craig Guildford’s chances of remaining West Midlands police chief constable UK politics live – latest updates The home secretary has said she has lost confidence in the West Midlands chief constable after a “damning” report into a ban on Israeli fans from a football game in Birmingham. The inquiry, which was ordered by Shabana Mahmood and carried out by the po…

NGOs estimate that there are still close to 1,000 political prisoners in Venezuela despite claims by new leaders The United States has welcomed the release of US citizens by Venezuela , which has been freeing political prisoners in a process that NGOs describe as slow and opaque. Many in the country also warn that, despite efforts by the regime to appear more open after the seizure and rendition …

Bob Debus says operations at Glenbog state forest on south coast show native forest logging is untenable Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A former New South Wales Labor environment minister has called on the government to halt imminent logging in a forest on the state’s south coast, after citizen scientists recorded 102 trees that they say are home to endangered greate…