France

French doctor goes on trial for allegedly poisoning 30 patients

Péchier maintains his innocence but is alleged to have contaminated medicine which caused the deaths of 12 victims.

8 September 2025

Australia

Australian woman jailed for life after serving toxic mushroom lunch

Erin Patterson handed prison sentence after killing three relatives with beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms.

8 September 2025

Culture news

'Ketamine Queen' pleads guilty to selling fatal dose to Matthew Perry

Sangha is the fifth and final person to plead guilty to charges connected to the supply of drugs to the actor, who died in October 2023.

4 September 2025

Culture news

Gérard Depardieu faces trial over rape and sexual assault allegations

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been ordered to stand trial over allegations of rape and sexual assault in 2018. He was convicted in May of sexually assaulting two members of a film production crew four years ago.

2 September 2025

Culture news

Kneecap cancel US tour due to ‘close proximity of next court hearing’

The Irish rap trio, who performed in Paris on Sunday night despite pro-Israel supporters attempting to disrupt their performance, confirmed the cancellation of their upcoming US tour - but that they have a surprise in store...

26 August 2025

Culture news

'Ketamine Queen' to plead guilty in death of Matthew Perry

A woman who was charged with selling 'Friends' star Matthew Parry the dose of the drug that killed him has agreed to plead guilty.

19 August 2025

Culture news

Harvey Weinstein's next retrial could happen this fall

Prosecutors and Weinstein's lawyers vowed Wednesday that they were willing to square off at yet another trial. It would be his third in New York and fourth overall.

14 August 2025

Culture news

Judge says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs must stay in jail until sentencing

Since the July verdict, Combs’ lawyers have repeatedly renewed their efforts to get him out on bail until his sentencing, which is set for October.

5 August 2025

Markets

Ex-star trader Tom Hayes cleared as rate-rigging convictions quashed

A decade-long battle ended on Wednesday when the UK Supreme Court overturned the convictions of two former city traders, Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, who were at the centre of one of the largest financial scandals following the 2008 financial crisis.

23 July 2025

Culture news

Celebrity reactions to split Diddy verdict: ‘I’m gonna vomit’

The hip-hop mogul was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy after a six-week trial. Reactions have been mixed. To say the least.

3 July 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.

3 July 2025

Culture news

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of the most serious charges – racketeering and sex trafficking of ex-partner Casandra Ventura and another woman referred to as "Jane". The heavily followed trial has been running in New York since May.

2 July 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.

2 July 2025

Europe News

Spain's justice minister to face probe over alleged embezzlement

Judge Juan Carlos Peinado asks the Supreme Court to investigate the minister for alleged embezzlement and false testimony in the hiring of an advisor to Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

24 June 2025

Culture news

Kneecap rapper released on unconditional bail over terror charge

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, is accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London concert last year.

18 June 2025

Culture news

Kneecap debut London billboards ahead of terror court appearance

Controversial Belfast rapper Mo Chara – real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – appears in court in London today over terror charges. The band have debuted a series of billboards in the capital and fans have turned up to Westminster Magistrates Court to show their support.

18 June 2025

Culture news

Doctor to plead guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine

Los Angeles doctor Dr Salvador Plasencia called the actor a "moron" who could be exploited, according to a co-defendant. He has greed to plead guilty to giving the Friends actor ketamine in the lead up to his death, and faces up to 40 years in prison.

17 June 2025

Culture news

Landmark French #MeToo trial for gaming giant Ubisoft comes to an end

The prosecutor called for suspended prison sentences of up to three years and fines for all three former top Ubisoft executives, describing the accusations as “extremely serious”. The verdict is expected on 2 July.

6 June 2025

Culture news

Sexual harassment trial opens in France for former Ubisoft bosses

Serge Hascoët, Thomas François and Guillaume Patrux appeared before the Bobigny criminal court in France on charges of psychological abuse, sexual harassment and attempted sexual assault. The trial is seen as a landmark #MeToo moment in the male-dominated video game publishing industry.

2 June 2025

Culture news

Russell Brand pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault

The British comedian and actor denied two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault.

30 May 2025