The UK economy grew far more than expected in the month before the war in Iran began, latest official figures show.

One in five teenagers in the UK do not share their political views due to a fear of being "cancelled", according to a new report. 

A cruise passenger who was overserved alcohol and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury after falling down some stairs has been awarded £220,000 in damages.

A large fire has broken out at one of Australia's two operating oil refineries - prompting fears over the country's petrol supplies amid global disruption caused by the Middle East conflict.

Police have warned protesters after saying they are unable to identify suspects who raped a woman outside a church in Surrey due to a lack of information.

Manufacturers are demanding immediate help with energy bills after the government revealed an expansion of a key support scheme, but said it would not begin until next April as planned.

On 15 April 2026, Europol supported law enforcement authorities in Montenegro in conducting a large-scale operation targeting a significant cell of the Balkan Cartel. Europol also supported law enforcement authorities in Germany regarding the investigation targeting potential contact persons. This action day resulted in the arrest of twelve suspects (four in Germany), including a High Value Target (HVT) apprehended in Montenegro.

The suspects, who are Algerian, Moroccan, and Spanish nationals, maintained the migrant smuggling network’s strong presence in Almería, Spain. While based primarily in this Spanish region, the criminal organisation is connected to other criminal groups and cells operating in France, particularly in Marseille and Perpignan, as well as in La Jonquera, Spain. These interconnections facilitated a robust logistical structure that...

On 30 March 2026, a coordinated international French-led operation, which was supported by Europol and involved law enforcement and judicial authorities from Germany and Hungary, led to the dismantling of a Vietnamese migrant smuggling network. The criminal organisation operated across several European countries, with the United Kingdom as the final destination of the migrants. Such migrant smuggling networks link facilitators in countries of origin, transit hubs, and destination countries, while generating significant illicit profits.

On 30 March 2025, Europol supported an action day against criminal networks smuggling migrants from Vietnam to the European Union and the United Kingdom. Law enforcement authorities across Europe have intensified their efforts to disrupt migrant smuggling networks as part of a coordinated whole-route approach addressing every stage of the criminal business model.

A Canadian man has been sentenced by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related offences, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC).The individual, based in Ontario’s Niagara region, pleaded guilty to producing and disseminating violent white supremacist propaganda as part of the online extremist network known as the “Terrorgram Collective”....

The main suspect, a Turkish national holding a Greek residence permit, is believed to have coordinated the sourcing and transport of firearms into Spain, while overseeing the purchase and onward distribution of drugs to countries including Greece and Bulgaria.Flow of illicit firearms into the EUThe investigation began in March 2025, when the Spanish Mossos d’Esquadra detected the illegal introduction of...

Developing countries are banking on having a stronger voice in debt negotiations, following the launch of a new country-led borrowing initiative on Wednesday on the margins of the annual IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.

Foreign ministers from across the world met in Berlin on Wednesday to show support for Sudan, where a fourth year of brutal warfare has begun as humanitarian needs deepen. 

Six-time Trinidad and Tobago archery champion, Anthurium Lewis, has told UN News how sport helped her overcome age barriers in environmental advocacy and how in the future it can contribute to reaching globally agreed poverty and sustainability goals.

Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million children were protected through routine immunisation, but the continent remains offtrack in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases. 

As we confront increasingly complex and interconnected crises - from climate change to the AI revolution - the leadership and voices of young people have never been more vital, says the UN. 

The UN Security Council met Wednesday over the deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and wider Great Lakes region. Despite mediation efforts in Doha and Washington, regional tensions between the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi remain acute. Follow the full live updates below from our Meetings Coverage team, and app users can click here.