Fischer to step down after blunders prompt international embarrassment and questions about systemic failures Artefacts stolen from British Museum ‘may be untraceable’ The head of the British Museum has resigned and his deputy has stepped back over its handling of the suspected widespread theft of artefacts following a string of […]

Ministers initially ignored calls by victims’ families for inquiry that would be able to force witnesses to give evidence Relatives of Lucy Letby’s victims have welcomed the clearest indication yet that ministers will reverse their decision not to order a full statutory inquiry into how the former neonatal nurse was […]

Speculation grows that Wagner chief’s plane was downed by bomb after it took off from Moscow Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, saying the Wagner chief had made some made “some serious mistakes” and met with a “difficult fate”, as speculation […]

Rawalpindi police chief says his force have interrogated relatives of dead 10-year-old’s father, wanted for questioning Pakistani police are “close to locating” the family of a 10-year-old girl, whose death in Surrey earlier this month sparked an international manhunt, it has been reported. The body of Sara Sharif was discovered […]

Officials say Wagner chief behind June mutiny was on jet that crashed in Tver region, killing all 10 onboard Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner paramilitary chief who launched an armed mutiny in June, has been reported dead. Russia said he was onboard a private jet […]