Sport Ex Real Madrid boss sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion The now Brazil national team head coach was found guilty of evading taxes on his image rights in 2014. Although he will probably not serve the prison term, he'll have to pay a fine and is set to be disqualified from receiving tax benefits in Spain for three years. 09/07/2025
World News BRICS summit opens in Brazil with key leaders notably absent BRICS leaders set to discuss key global political issues in Rio de Janeiro, but questions over the bloc’s cohesion arise as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin opt to skip the summit. 06/07/2025
Culture news Oasis dedicate 'Live Forever' to Jota in return after 16-year hiatus The song was dedicated to the late Liverpool and Portugal national team football player, Diogo Jota, who was killed on Thursday in a car crash in Spain alongside his brother, in the iconic rock band's first gig after a 16-year hiatus. 05/07/2025
Europe News Russia instructed arson attack on Ukrainian restaurant, Estonia says A court says Russia’s intelligence service hired the Moldovan national and sent him to Estonia to carry out the attack. 03/07/2025
Culture news Diddy denied bail after mixed verdict clears him of top charges Diddy’s legal team have requested an expedited process after Judge Subramanian proposed 3 October as a date for the rapper’s sentencing in his months-long sex trafficking and racketeering case. 03/07/2025
USA USAID closes its doors after six decades amid Trump crackdown The agency, its few remaining staff, functions and programmes will now be absorbed into the US State Department, marking an end to humanitarian relief work which USAID supporters say saved countless lives around the world. 02/07/2025
Culture news Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial jury reaches partial verdict Jurors have reached decisions on four of the five charges Sean "Diddy" Combs faces, but the verdict is yet to be revealed as they remain deadlocked on the most serious final charge of racketeering conspiracy. 02/07/2025
Gaza Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for 60-day ceasefire in Gaza Trump says Qatari and Egyptian mediators will deliver the final ceasefire proposal to Hamas soon and says a deal is likely to go into effect as early as next week. 02/07/2025
USA Donald Trump signs executive order lifting US sanctions on Syria The new order does not rescind existing sanctions on ousted longtime President Bashar al-Assad, his top aides, officials and family members who are accused of having committed war crimes and human rights violations against Syrian civilians. 01/07/2025
Culture news Bezos-Sánchez wedding: Who's on the star-studded guest list? Stars flooded the City of Canals on Thursday as they arrived to attend Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' wedding. The star-studded guest list included everyone from retired talk show host Oprah Winfrey, to socialites, athletes and Blockbuster Hollywood names. 27/06/2025
Europe News Russia, Ukraine confirm new prisoner swap after talks in Istanbul The two countries continue to trade attacks despite diplomatic efforts to secure an end to the fighting. It’s not clear how many prisoners were traded in this round of exchanges. 27/06/2025
Europe News Zelenskyy and Council of Europe to launch tribunal for war in Ukraine The Ukrainian president said the tribunal is a “real chance” to achieve justice as he hopes it will one day try top Russian officials, including Putin, for their unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 26/06/2025
Europe News Flights cancelled in Brussels amid strike over proposed pension reform Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Brussels’ Zaventem and Charleroi airports as protesters took to the streets for the fifth general strike of the year to oppose the federal government’s proposed cuts and reforms to pensions. 26/06/2025
Europe News Macron meets IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in Paris after NATO summit Macron says it’s urgent that the UN nuclear watchdog resumes its mission after Iran moved to suspend its cooperation with the agency as he met with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in Paris upon returning from the NATO summit in The Hague. 26/06/2025
Europe News Trump casts doubt over US commitment to NATO mutual defence clause The US president was praised in a warm welcome by Dutch King Willem-Alexander and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in a dinner with other NATO leaders at the royal palace in The Hague. 25/06/2025
World News France, Indonesia evacuate citizens stranded in Israel and Iran More than 100 French citizens were evacuated from Israel to Cyprus on Tuesday after being stranded there as the war with Iran broke out. Close to 100 Indonesian nationals in Iran were also successfully repatriated as Jakarta plans to carry out further evacuation missions. 25/06/2025
Iran US strikes on Iran only set back nuclear plans by months, report says The report contradicts earlier statements by Trump in which he claimed that the US’ targeted operation on Iranian nuclear sites “obliterated” their programme, setting it back many years. 25/06/2025
World News Trump to decide on US joining strikes on Iran within two weeks Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz also said that Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “cannot continue to exist”, as he likened the Iranian leader to a “modern day Hitler” in a post on X. 20/06/2025
World News Trump approves Iran attack plans, holds off on giving final orders Israel issues fresh evacuation warnings as it fires a fresh barrage of strikes on various targets in Iran as the conflict enters its seventh day. 19/06/2025
USA US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee on gender affirming care for minors The decision comes as the Trump administration continues its push to regulate the lives of transgender people, including restricting access to sports competitions and dictating which public spaces they can use. 19/06/2025