On 1 January 2026, Jakub Jankowski, a Polish national, will become the president of Inter IKEA Group, the company has announced. Jankowski has been working at IKEA since 2001 and is currently the managing director of Ikea Industry.more

The first migrant who illegally crossed the English Channel to the United Kingdom was deported to France yesterday, according to Sky News. A second man was deported this morning. These are the first cases of forced departure under the ‘one for one’ agreement between the United Kingdom and France.more

Barcelona, with Robert Lewandowski in the line-up, won 2-1 away at Newcastle United in the Champions League. After the first round, Eintracht Frankfurt is the leader of the competition, having defeated Galatasaray Istanbul 5-1 at their home stadium.more

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron will present evidence in an American court that the president's wife was born a woman. The couple is suing right-wing American influencer Candace Owens, who stubbornly insists that Brigitte Macron is a man, the BBC reported yesterday, citing the Macrons' lawyer.more

Two men and a woman were arrested in Essex, eastern England, on suspicion of collaborating with Russian intelligence services, British police said yesterday.more

I thought the war in Ukraine would be the easiest to resolve, given my relationship with Vladimir Putin, but Putin really let me down, US President Donald Trump said yesterday at Chequers during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.more

The UK public could be steered towards healthier, greener food choices through simple measures like including more beans in school meals and rearranging hospital menus, researchers have found. A series of studies, published Thursday, explored ways to transform Britain’s food system as part of a major five-year, £47.5 million research programme funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).more

For 60 days next year, tourists in Venice will be required to pay an entrance fee for one-day visits, excluding overnight stays, local authorities decided on Wednesday. This system, unique in the world, will come into effect for the third consecutive year in early April.more

Mourinho was sacked last month by Fenerbahce after just over a year in charge; The former Manchester United boss returns to Benfica, where he was briefly in charge between September and December 2000.more

The Superloop network could soon be expanded with an express bus between Barnet and Ealing, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. Plans put forward by the authority propose running a new double-decker route - SL13 - from the Hendon War Memorial to Ealing Broadway in a bid to speed up journey times.more

Heavy rain is set to drench much of the UK over the next few days with the possibility for flooding and travel delays in the hardest-hit locations.more

Almost half of renters would choose to get a pet if new proposed new rules for landlords come into effect, a new survey has suggested. The Renters’ Rights bill, introduced to Parliament this time last year in September 2024, aimed to improve conditions for private tenants, including pet ownership.more

Iga Świątek defeated Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-2 in the second round and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament on hard courts in Seoul.more

The UK government announced $205 billion in investments from American businesses, including a deal for the first British-built US Air Force aircraft in over 50 years. Blackstone Inc. will invest £90 billion, while other companies like Palantir Technologies and Prologis will create 7,600 jobs. more

Keir Starmer will reportedly recognise a Palestinian state over the weekend after Donald Trump concludes his state visit to the UK. The prime minister has previously said he plans to recognise Palestinian statehood before the UN general assembly in New York this month if Israel does not meet a series of conditions to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.more

Sir Sadiq Khan’s salary has increased to more than £170,000 – which appears to have made him the best-paid politician in the country. The London mayor has accepted a £5,281 pay rise – meaning his annual salary has increased from £165,001 to £170,282, The Standard can reveal.more

A survey published today by the Pollster Research Institute for "Super Express" shows that as many as 70 percent of surveyed Poles declared that they would not leave Poland in the event of Russian aggression.more

Are you allowed to leave clothes or other items outside a charity shop if it is closed or a charity bin if it is full? A man was handed a £400 fine after leaving a bag of clothes outside a charity shop.more

Italian teams featuring Polish players had mixed fortunes in the first round of the Champions League. Piotr Zieliński's Inter Milan defeated Ajax 2-0 in Amsterdam, while Atalanta Bergamo – with Nicola Zalewski as a reserve – lost 4-0 to the previous season's champions, Paris Saint-Germain.more

The Norwegian Peace Research Institute (PRIO) today announced the five entities most likely to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize. US President Donald Trump isn't among them, but one of the frontrunners is based in Warsaw.more

Our countries, Great Britain and the USA, have the closest ever relationship in the fields of defence, security and intelligence, King Charles III said yesterday during a speech at a banquet held at Windsor Castle on the occasion of the state visit of US President Donald Trump.more

The main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was released from a German prison on Wednesday after serving a seven-year sentence for an unrelated sex crime. German prosecutors first named Christian Brueckner as a suspect in 2020, when he was already serving the sentence for raping a 72-year-old woman in Portugal.more

A treasure hunt is being held on 20 September to mark the 125th anniversary of the Central line, as part of London's Open House Festival. The free drop-in event starts at Shepherd's Bush station, running along the line's original route to Bank, and will run from 10:30 to 15:30 (BST).more

The latest data published by Eurostat shows that in 2024, an average of 6.4 per cent of the EU population faced severe material and social deprivation.more

After earning the equivalent of at least PLN 220 million over the past 12 months, Manchester City footballer Erling Haaland jumped from 194th to 114th place in the annual ranking of the Norwegian magazine Kapital. During this time, his fortune is said to have almost doubled.more