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Four members of Britain’s richest family have received jail sentences after being found guilty of exploiting their vulnerable domestic workers and providing unauthorised employment. Indian-born tycoon Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal, along with their son Ajay and his wife Namrata, were, however, cleared by a Swiss court of more serious charges of human trafficking

On the coastline of southern Italy, a small group gathered at the water’s edge. They could not go any further into the Ionian Sea although they clearly wished they could. “Is Europe worth all this trouble, I swear to God it’s not,” says a man called Setar. “Why put your wife and children through this?”

Photographs show the Tenerife property where British teenager Jay Slater is believed to have been last seen before he went missing on Monday. A Snapchat video shared by the 19-year-old on Sunday night appears to show the property he visited in the northwestern mountain village of Masca after attending the NRG music festival. Mr Slater,

Vladimir Putin hit out at what he called “Western isolation” and heaped praise on Vietnam, as Russia’s president continues his tour of Asia. In an opinion piece, published to coincide with his arrival in Hanoi, Putin praised Vietnam for its “balanced” stance on the war in Ukraine. Ukraine war latest: UK says ‘bizarre’ deal should

A British teenager who is missing in Tenerife had “cut his leg on a cactus” and did not know where he was, a friend has told Sky News. Lucy Law said 19-year-old Jay Slater is “not a stupid boy” and would have flagged down any passing car or spoken to passers by. Mr Slater, from

So here’s a story of a morning at the beach. There’s no ice cream, no sandcastles and no sense of fun in this tale – but there are criminal gangs, dune buggies and desperate people. The beach is an illustration of the lengths people will go to, the risks they will take, just to try

It’s a bizarre sight. After hours of winding through paddy fields full of farmers toiling in the searing heat, I’ve arrived at what looks like a Disneyland tribute to Rome. It’s a shock of golden gates and palatial mansions, framed by statement statues and Renaissance pillars. This is Billionaire Village – a place once poor,

This will only be Vladimir Putin’s second visit to North Korea. The first was soon after he assumed office in 2000, nearly a quarter of a century ago. That’s a long time to wait for a return trip. Was it the hospitality? Or did he just have better options elsewhere? Either way, it’s very much

Eighty countries called for Ukraine’s “territorial integrity” to be the basis of any peace deal on Sunday – but a number of nations did not join in. World leaders including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France’s Emmanuel Macron were among around 100 delegations at a two-day conference in Switzerland this weekend. The

Dozens of Palestinians have gathered near the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli airstrikes to perform Eid al Adha prayers. They were surrounded by the debris and rubble of collapsed houses at the former site of the al Rahma mosque in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza to mark the start of

An eight-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he was shot in the head at a waterpark in Michigan – with eight other people injured. His mother is also in a critical condition, while his four-year-old brother is in a stable condition with a leg wound, after a gunman opened fire in a Detroit

Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed inside Gaza, the Israeli military has confirmed. The military personnel were killed in a blast in the southern city of Rafah on Saturday morning, according to the Israeli military. It comes amid Israel’s ongoing offensive there and its operation to rescue the remaining hostages taken by Hamas militants on

Firefighters rescued 28 people who were stuck dangling 100ft upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Oregon. One person with a pre-existing medical condition was taken to hospital as a precaution after the AtmosFEAR ride stopped, Oaks Amusement Park, in Portland, said in a statement posted on social media. However, they said

As ever with Vladimir Putin, timing is everything. It’s no coincidence his latest speech was made on the eve of the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland. Russia won’t be there as it hasn’t been invited. So this was about putting Moscow’s side across first and undermining the summit’s legitimacy before it has even begun. Putin

Even before Euro 2024 kicks off, Scotland fans think they have won something – the partying. The bagpipes in Bavaria signalled the Tartan Army are back. Thousands of Scots – many in kilts carrying crates of beer – packed into Munich’s Marienplatz on the eve of the curtain-raiser against Germany. Not that you’d realise the

Americans will still be able to buy an abortion pill after the US Supreme Court threw out a bid by campaign groups to restrict access to it. The decision was made by the same court that two years ago overturned Roe v Wade – which had previously given women rights to terminate a pregnancy. The

NASA accidentally aired a medical drill meant for training on an official livestream which simulated an astronaut being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) – prompting alarm on social media. The audio, which was broadcast on NASA‘s live YouTube channel, captured a female voice instructing crew members to “get commander back

Evgeniia Kozlova was at home in St Petersburg last weekend when she got the call from her Israeli liaison officers. “They asked, ‘how are things, how are you feeling? Are you alone there? Are you sitting down?’ “I dropped the phone to one side, and it fell under the table.” Israel-Hamas war latest: IDF strikes

Flights were unable to take off and land at Majorca’s international airport on Wednesday because of flooding on its runways, following heavy rain that hit the popular Spanish holiday island. Water also streamed from the ceiling of the complex’s shopping area and leaked through windows, videos posted on X appeared to suggest. A weather station at the

President Joe Biden so often talks about “inflection points'”. He has repeatedly framed his own presidency through a series of global inflection points – era-defining moments in which he has tried to cast himself as the sober voice of calm leadership. His life story too has been defined by a series of personal and tragic