28 h. ago Passport of model fed to dogs by footie star in 2010 mysteriously turns up on bookshelf thousands of miles away

The passport of Brazilian model Eliza Samudio, murdered and fed to dogs in 2010, has been found in Lisbon making a haunting twist in a notorious case

Culture

54 h. ago Buckingham Palace issues explanation after true use of royal helicopters emerges

Buckingham Palace has defended the Royal Family and one of their modes of transport after reports emerged that their helicopter fleet racked up tens of thousands of miles in less than a year

Politics

56 h. ago Deep in the vaults: the Bank of England’s £1.4bn Venezuelan gold conundrum

Nicolás Maduro’s seizure by US reopens question of who controls country’s reserves held in the UKTrump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firmsBusiness live – latest updatesVenezuela live – latest updatesDeep under London’s streets, thousands of miles from Caracas, Nicolás Maduro’s seizure by the US has reopened a multibillion-dollar question: who controls Venezuela’s gold reserves at the Bank of England?After the ousting of Maduro, global attention has largely focused on the South American country’s vast oil wealth – believed to be the largest reserves of any nation in the world. However, Venezuela also has significant gold holdings – including bullion worth at least $1.95bn (£1.4bn) frozen in Britain. Continue reading...

Economics

68 h. ago Oil tankers break Trump’s blockade of Venezuela by escaping in ‘Dark Mode’ coordinated dash past US Navy & Coast Guard

MORE than a dozen sanctioned oil tankers have fled Venezuelan waters, defying Trump's naval blockade. The vessels - mostly loaded with Venezuelan crude and fuel - stealthily escaped the country's waters by throwing off location trackers, making the ships appear to be thousands of miles away. Flicking trackers into "dark mode", the ships bypassed American...

Politics

1 week ago The mystery of flight MH370: will a new search find the missing airliner after more than a decade?

In 2014 the Malaysian Airlines jet vanished over the Indian Ocean. Now the team that located Shackleton’s Endurance is looking again with the latest undersea robotsMore than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing after veering thousands of miles off course, its location remains unknown.The Malaysian government has promised to pay a private company, Ocean Infinity, $70m (£56m) to search for the plane on a “no find, no fee” basis. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago King Charles' heartbreaking wish as he spends another Christmas not seeing Archie and Lilibet

King Charles and his estranged son Prince Harry will spend Christmas Day thousands of miles apart, meaning that the monarch will once again not see Archie and Lilibet

Politics

3 w. ago Hugh Bonneville reveals the devastating moment he learned his secret spy mum had died

Hugh Bonneville has revealed the heartbreaking moment he discovered his secret spy mother had died while he was thousands of miles away from home.

Events

last month Christmas shoppers issued AI warning as scammers impersonate UK businesses

Christmas shoppers have been warned over websites purporting to be “ quaint UK businesses,” but are actually made by artificial intelligence (AI) and based thousands of miles away.

Events