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Published on 27/07/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2 A British funeral director faced a possible prison sentence on Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left “stored on racks” and uncremated, while relatives were given other people’s ashes, prompting calls for tighter regulation of the funeral industry. After receiving a tip-off, police searched the premises of Robert Bush’s funeral home and found 31 bodies in cold storage that should have been cremated months earlier, including a stillborn baby whose body had been there for nearly two years. They also found more than 100 sets of ashes. “There were bodies stored on the…
Published on 27/07/2026 – 21:54 GMT+2 Ukraine fired hundreds of drones towards Russia on Monday, targeting export and energy facilities as it continues its campaign to put pressure on Russia’s war capabilities. “Last night, our long-range sanctions were effective in the Rostov region. An export terminal approximately 250 kilometres from the front line was hit,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Facebook. “Deep strikes also targeted oil facilities in the Yaroslavl region and the Udmurt Republic, which is 1,300 kilometres from Ukraine’s state border,” he added. Russian officials said five people were killed in the strikes on…
Published on 27/07/2026 – 21:13 GMT+2 Gunther von Hagens, a German anatomist who drew both fascination and controversy with his “Body Worlds” exhibitions of preserved human bodies, has died aged 81. His family and the Institute for Plastination, which he founded, said he died on Friday. They provided no further details in a statement released on Monday. Von Hagens announced in 2010 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Von Hagens blurred the lines between science, entertainment and commerce with his travelling exhibitions, as well as headline-grabbing events such as public autopsies. At the heart of his work was…
Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu said the aircraft were “Shahed-type drones” used by Russia. They likely crossed into Romanian airspace during Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region on the Black Sea, near Romania’s southeastern border. The country’s president, Nicușor Dan, described the repeated incursions as “inadmissible and intolerable,” saying they violated Romania’s sovereignty as well as NATO and EU airspace. Incursions by Russian drones into European airspace have become common during the past year as Moscow’s bombardment of Ukraine, which borders Romania, drags on and Vladimir Putin tests the resolve of NATO countries. The ambassador was also…
Published on 27/07/2026 – 16:10 GMT+2 Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyers are set to meet federal prosecutors in Miami on Monday to establish a timetable for the brothers’ fight against extradition to the UK, where they face rape and sex trafficking charges. A date for a bond hearing will likely be set during the status conference, along with other important dates like deadlines for filings and a formal extradition hearing. The Tate brothers made a brief court appearance two days after their July 18 arrest. They are not required to attend Monday’s hearing, and their lawyers said they do not…
“We will build this and we will work through the different issues that President Zelenskyy has, many of which we’ve gone into today,” Burnham said. The meeting came as Britain announced it would share intellectual property to help Kyiv’s war effort. The new prime minister announced that the U.K. will share its “Stone Cloak” electronic warfare system —devices attached to drones to help them evade detection — helping Ukraine to produce the technology on a mass scale. Burnham has focused on domestic matters after taking over from Keir Starmer, who was criticized by some in his party for spending too…
Firefighters from Spain’s Military Emergencies Unit (UME) are battling a wildfire in Sotillo de la Adrada, west of Madrid, as emergency crews continue to tackle major blazes across central Spain. The wildfires have devastated parts of the Madrid, Ávila and Toledo regions. Spain’s Minister for Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, said around 77,000 hectares have been affected, with the largest burned area in Ávila province. Firefighters remain on the ground to contain hotspots and prevent the fires from spreading further. Burned homes and charred streets in Navaluenga illustrate the scale of one of Spain’s most severe wildfire emergencies in recent years.
By Doloresz Katanich with AFP Published on 27/07/2026 – 13:10 GMT+2•Updated 17:26 The share price of Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca rose in European trading on Monday after the company reconfirmed its full-year outlook following second-quarter results that beat analyst expectations. Net profit climbed more than 2% to $2.51 billion (€2.2bn) in the three months to the end of June compared with the same period last year, driven by continued strong growth in sales of its cancer medicines. AstraZeneca said total revenue increased 5% at constant exchange rates to $15.38bn (€13.49bn) in the quarter, driven by growth in cancer and rare disease medicines. Reflecting…
The request for provisional detention and extradition was delivered through diplomatic channels via Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek, the National Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The extradition request covers 19 of the 26 alleged offenses for which prosecutors want to charge Ziobro. The charges include leading an organized criminal group inside the justice ministry, abuse of power, rigging grant competitions to benefit government-friendly organizations, and deploying Pegasus spyware against political opponents. The former government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which was politically allied to the former PiS government in Warsaw, had granted Ziobro asylum but the new Budapest government under…
Dozens of defence-related companies and nationals propping up the Kremlin’s war machine have been targeted in the 21st package of sanctions against Russia. “More than 50 military-industrial entities are included, (as well as) key actors involved in the production of Russia’s long-range drones,” the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday, when the measures were adopted. “Russia will only negotiate to end its illegal war and stop killing civilians if it is pressured to do so. Sanctions add to this pressure.” With the new sanctions package, the EU is continuing to target suppliers of dual-use goods and technologies…