Liverpool forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash

Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota, 28, of Portugal, and his brother Andre, two years younger, were killed in a road accident on the A52 motorway in the Spanish town of Cernadilla, EFE news agency reported. He was not driving the car during the tragedy, according to the investigation.more

The cost of a taxpayer-funded grant for the UK monarchy will increase by over 45 million pounds in the 2026-2027 year, sparking renewed controversy about the royal family’s spending. more

5,000 tourists left hotels in fire-prone areas in the south-east of Crete on Wednesday night into Thursday, the president of the local hoteliers' association, Giorgios Carakis, reported. The evacuations covered the Jerapetra area - the villages of Agia Fotia, Achlia, Galini, Ferma and Kutsunari.more

A Manhattan jury yesterday acquitted hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, of federal charges of conspiracy to commit extortion and human trafficking. However, after a seven-week trial, he was found guilty of two lighter offences - transportation to enable prostitution.more

Hubert Hurkacz, who withdrew from Grand Slam Wimbledon for health reasons, underwent a knee arthroscopy. ‘I am now starting rehabilitation and will only return to the court when I am 110 per cent ready,’ he - the Polish tennis player wrote on Instagram.more

Nearly 1,000 British workers will keep a shorter working week after the latest trial of a four-day week and similar changes to traditional working patterns. All 17 British businesses in a six-month trial of the four-day week said they would continue with an arrangement consisting of either four days a week or nine days a fortnight. All the employees remained on their full salary.more

A strike by air traffic controllers in France will cause major disruption at many of the country's airports. Controllers are on strike today and tomorrow, ahead of the summer school holidays which start on Saturday.more

Banknotes issued by the Bank of England are about to get their first major redesign in more than 50 years. Notable historical figures, such as Sir Winston Churchill on the current fiver, have featured on these banknotes since 1970 but could be on the way out. The public are being asked for their views on new themes, such as nature, innovation, or key events in history.more

The popular Taste Atlas food guide regularly publishes lists of the best dishes, snacks and treats in the world. This time, the sweet pastries from Central Europe were examined. Polish doughnuts were rated the highest.more

Women's tennis ranking leader Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the third round of the Grand Slam Wimbledon in London. The Belarusian defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 7:6 (7-4), 6:4 yesterday. After the first two days of the tournament, eight players from the top ten seedings have already dropped out. Pole Kamil Majchrzak also advanced to the third round.more

An airport just over an hour from London which has been out of action for a decade is set to make a comeback, with hopes that it will start offering budget flights to some of Europe's top holiday destinations.more

Households have been urged to send in meter readings ahead of the energy price cap falling by 7% on Tuesday. The typical household bill for those who have still not signed up to a fixed tariff will drop by £129 to £1,720 per year when the regulator’s new price cap – which sets the limit on how much firms can charge customers per unit of energy – comes into force.more

Sixth seeded Serb Novak Djokovic defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of Wimbledon. Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev surprisingly lost to Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (10-8), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6 and was eliminated from Wimbledon.more

An increase in babies born to fathers over 60 helped trigger the first increase in the number of births in England and Wales since 2021. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed there were 594,677 live births in 2024, up 0.6% from 2023.more

Almost 2,200 dog attacks were recorded on Royal Mail staff in the UK last year, the organisation has said. The highest number of incidents occurred in the Sheffield and Portsmouth post codes, with 66 and 60 attacks respectively.more

This June in Spain was the hottest in the country's history, and the first heatwave of the season will last longer than expected, the state meteorological agency AEMET reported. France is struggling with 40-degree heat, while Portugal recorded as much as 46.6 degrees Celsius.more

The UK will be the first country in the world to use an AI system to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the Government has announced. The technology can identify patterns of abuse, serious injuries, deaths or other incidents that can slip through the net.more

Arsenal have signed goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga from Chelsea for a fee of £5million ($6.9m). The 30-year-old Spaniard has signed a three-year deal at the Emirates and will be back-up to No 1 David Raya.more

According to an analysis conducted by experts from Personnel Service, production workers, forklift operators or warehouse workers who decide to work for a seasonal job in the Czech Republic, Norway or Germany can earn 80 to 100 percent more than in Poland. For example, forklift operators in Scandinavia can earn up to 3.1 thousand euros per month.more

Issues at an electrical substation which caused a fire that resulted in Heathrow Airport closing were first detected seven years ago but not fixed, a report has found. The investigation found that National Grid, which owns the substation, had been aware of a fault since 2018. more

Denmark on Tuesday expanded its military service to include women, as the Nordic country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defences amid heightened security concerns across Europe. Under a law passed by Denmark's parliament in June 2023, Denmark will require women turning 18 after July 1, 2025, to register for assessment days for potential military conscription, aligning with measmore

The European Union is blocking Britain's attempts to join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), which would ease supply chain problems for UK exporters, the Financial Times reported today, citing sources from both sides.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, President-elect Karol Nawrocki and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski found themselves on the podium in the trust survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of Onet. Fourth place went to outgoing President Andrzej Duda, and fifth to Confederation politician Sławomir Mentzen.more

Iga Świątek has advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The eighth-seeded Polish tennis player defeated Russian Polina Kudiermietova 7:5, 6:1 yesterday. Magdalena Fręch and Magda Linette have already said goodbye to the London tournament.more

England has had its warmest June on record, while the UK has experienced its second warmest since the series began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office statistics.more

Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields, as the latest UK heatwave pushes temperatures close to record levels.more

Kamil Majchrzak defeated Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the first round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The Pole advanced to the second round of this event for the first time in his career. The match lasted three hours and seven minutes.more

The royal train is going to be taken out of service by 2027, in a cost-saving measure announced by Buckingham Palace. There have been dedicated trains for monarchs since Queen Victoria's reign, but as part of a "drive to ensure we deliver value for money" it's been decided to decommission the historic rolling stock.more

Three former senior staff at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to kill seven others have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.more

Egyptians have begun tracking sharks in the Red Sea from space, Egypt Independent reported. Monitoring shark movements in real time will help understand the behavior of specific species, and could potentially reduce the risk of shark attacks.more

Local bus services in England have continued to decline despite attempts by successive governments to bolster investment in services, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report.more

Cezary Kulesza, who has been the president of the Polish Football Association for four years, was elected yesterday for another term. He was the only candidate during the General Assembly of Reporting and Elections of PZPN Delegates in Warsaw.more

Members of the British rap punk duo Bob Vylan had their visas revoked by the United States and are under investigation by local police after leading a crowd to chant “death” to Israel’s military at a UK music festival this past weekend.more

A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on 28 June 1967.more

Without additional help from the West, Ukraine could find itself in a critical war situation with Russia in the autumn, Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the British daily Financial Times, warned yesterday.more

British border police have seized 2.4 tons of cocaine with a value of almost £100 million ($137 million) in one of the biggest drug busts in years. The enormous haul was found under containers on a ship arriving into London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said.more

The surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea was 26.01 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the highest in June, the meteorological office Meteo France reported yesterday, citing data from the Copernicus programme, the EU's Earth observation programme.more

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Grand Slam. The second-seeded Spanish tennis player, who was also the best in London in 2023, defeated Italian Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.more

The image of Marie Antoinette will be the subject of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The exhibition "Marie Antoinette Style" will be available to view from September 20 to March 22, 2026.more

Entry-level jobs are in freefall as the rise of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT causes low-paying and graduate roles to disappear. Recently released data shows that the number of entry-level roles being advertised has fallen by a third since the launch of OpenAI’s chatbot in November 2022. more

Former England captain Paul Ince has been charged with drink-driving after crashing into a central reservation, police said. The ex-Manchester United and Liverpool midfielder was arrested after a black Range Rover crashed at 17:00 BST on Saturday on Chester High Road in Neston, Wirral.more

Britain's decision to allow the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel, despite accepting they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law in Gaza, was lawful, London's High Court ruled on Monday.more

The European Union has not gone as far as US President Donald Trump in toughening its approach to migration, but the change is big, wrote the American "New York Times".more

The prime minister has condemned UK punk duo Bob Vylan for urging "death" to Israeli troops in what he called "appalling hate speech". Glastonbury Festival organisers have also said they were "appalled" after frontman rapper Bobby Vylan led chants of "free, free Palestine" and "death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]".more

According to an IBRiS survey conducted for the Onet portal, 43.6 percent of respondents fear the outbreak of a world war in the coming months.more

Dozens of British MPs from across the party spectrum have called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to adopt a visa solution for Gaza residents similar to the one granted to Ukrainians after the Russian invasion, Sky News reported today.more

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Miami 4-0 in the 1/8 finals of the Club World Cup held in the United States. The American team's first team included Argentine Lionel Messi, who played for PSG in 2021-23.more

Canada should be the 51st state of the USA because it depends on us completely - said US President Donald Trump yesterday on Fox News. He noted that the USA has suspended trade talks with Canada because of the taxes it has introduced.more

A groceries delivery driver has described how he used a lorry to rescue a man from a burning building in Dublin. Tomasz Zareba reversed his lorry up to the city centre building to allow a man who was trapped at a third-floor window to jump to safety onto the roof of the vehicle.more

Those living in flats or rented homes in the UK could soon plug in their own “balcony solar panels” to save on their energy bills under plans set out in the government’s solar power strategy.more