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Images show the joint operation as the oil tanker is intercepted.

UK helps France seize 'Russian oil tanker' in commando-style raid

World January 22, 2026

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Zelensky says Europe 'looks lost' after closed-door meeting with Trump

World January 23, 2026

Five-year-old boy Liam Conejo Ramos detained by ICE after pre-school

Picture that shames the US: Five-year-old boy detained by ICE after pre-school

US January 22, 2026

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What does Trump’s Greenland deal look like?

World January 22, 2026

A graphic showing the number: £10,600,000 against images of money and champagne.

Someone in London is sitting on a £10,600,000 fortune and they don't know it

UK January 20, 2026

Storm Goretti hits 99mph with thundersnow and power knocked out for thousands

UK January 9, 2026

Details on EuroMillions lottery tickets are seen in this illustration photo taken June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Illustration

Someone from Birmingham has a month to claim £1,000,000 National Lottery win

UK January 20, 2026

Image shows a russian tanker previously called the Tia which was seen sailing through the English channel

Russian shadow vessel enters English Channel as tensions mount

World January 8, 2026

Advertising sign for The National Lottery outside a shop.

British grandad in ‘complete shock’ after £10,000 a month National Lottery win

UK January 8, 2026

Caveman aliens could be hiding on Mars, scientists say

Tech December 31, 2025

Image shows man wanted in connection with an incident at a Wetherspoons bar in Plymouth

Man groped and punched on Wetherspoons dance floor by male pub-goer

UK December 31, 2025

Image shows Andrew Cox who received fifteen weeks’ imprisonment suspended for eighteen months for secretly filming his colleagues on the toilet

Office worker says he spied on colleagues in the toilet because they bullied him

UK December 31, 2025

Teenager missing and man dead after boat overturns at Australian beach

World December 31, 2025

Image shows Abdirahman Yalahow who posed as a police officer to defraud vulnerable elderly people

Scammer conned elderly victims out of £100,000 to fund taste for ‘expensive goods’

UK December 30, 2025

Hanningfield: Aircraft incident Main article content News Published: 12:35 29/12/2025 We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Hanningfield Reservoir, Chelmsford. We were alerted shortly after 2pm on Sunday 28 December to reports involving a small aircraft entering the water. We are working with several organisations at the scene now and that work will be ongoing. We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues. An investigation has been launched.

Pilot's body found after small plane crashes into Essex reservoir

UK December 30, 2025

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida on February 22, 1997. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Epstein's brother makes wild claim 'billionaire was about to name names'

UK December 23, 2025