- 3d ago
Freddie Mercury commemorated on 80th birthday anniversary marking Queen legacy
The Queen frontman would have turned 80 on 5 September 2026, recalling a career that led from Zanzibar and art school in London to stadium rock.
- 6d ago
Danny Boyle opens 83rd Venice Film Festival with Rupert Murdoch drama 'Ink'
The Oscar-winning director premiered 'Ink' on the Lido on Wednesday night, while star Guy Pearce revealed Rupert Murdoch's positive reaction to his casting.
- Aug 28
Macron and Burnham meet in London to discuss EU ties and migration as Bayeux Tapestry opens
French President Emmanuel Macron met British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at Downing Street to discuss post-Brexit relations, Channel migration enforcement, and the EU's Made in Europe agenda following a preview of the Bayeux Tapestry.
- Aug 28
Thieves steal $4.3 million Van Cleef & Arpels diamond necklace from Vienna museum
Two unmasked men broke a display case with a hammer at Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts on Thursday afternoon, escaping with an Art Deco necklace once owned by Queen Nazli of Egypt as police conduct an international search.
- Aug 26
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrive in Birmingham for extended UK stay
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived at Birmingham Airport on Wednesday aboard a private jet from California with their two children, beginning an extended relocation to the British countryside.
- Aug 22
World's oldest living person Ethel Caterham celebrates 117th birthday in Surrey
Ethel Caterham, the world's oldest living person and the first recorded British citizen to reach 117, celebrated her birthday on 21 August at her care home in Lightwater, Surrey.
- Aug 20
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to relocate to private UK residence six years after departure
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to move from California to a private residence outside London before the end of August, enrolling Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in a British school while remaining non-working royals.
- Aug 19
Meghan Markle's reported casting in Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen is withdrawn
Discussions for Meghan Markle to appear in season three of Guy Ritchie's series The Gentlemen were dropped following public reaction in Britain as the Sussexes prepare their UK return.
- Aug 15
Bonnie Tyler laid to rest in Wales as thousands honor the 'Total Eclipse' singer
The Welsh rock singer was buried in Swansea on August 17 after dying in Portugal on July 8, with thousands of fans paying tribute across her homeland over several days.
- Aug 14
Workers find 9 million euro gold treasure hidden in wall of former Belgian brewery
Construction workers renovating a former brewery in Dendermonde, East Flanders, discovered 49 gold bars and thousands of coins worth an estimated 9 million euros, triggering a police investigation and a five-year wait for potential claimants.
- Aug 12
Eurovision bars countries in armed conflict from hosting the song contest
The EBU's revised rulebook, published on August 12 and effective in 2027, automatically excludes winning broadcasters whose countries are affected by armed conflict or sensitive geopolitical situations from hosting, while raising the minimum artist age from 16 to 18.
- Aug 12
Spanish airports set record July with 34.4 million passengers, Barcelona-El Prat nears 5.9 million
Aena's Spanish airport network handled 34.4 million passengers in July 2026, up 5% year-on-year, with Barcelona-El Prat posting its best-ever July at 5.87 million and Bilbao jumping 16.8%.
- Aug 11
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to two federal stalking charges for the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, with prosecutors seeking life imprisonment and his lawyers moving to dismiss the separate state murder case on double jeopardy grounds.
- Aug 10
Las Vegas jury convicts ex-gang leader Duane Davis of murder in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur
A Clark County jury deliberated for three hours before finding the 63-year-old former South Side Compton Crips leader guilty of first-degree murder, concluding a two-week trial that rested largely on Davis's own public confessions.
- Aug 9
Belfast hosts Fleadh Cheoil for first time as visitors top one million
The world's largest Irish traditional music festival has come to Belfast for the first time, drawing over a million visitors and exceeding all forecasts with one day still to go. Only the second Fleadh ever held in Northern Ireland, it has brought cross-community participation to a city once defined by sectarian division.
- Aug 4
Princess Eugenie gives birth to a daughter in Lisbon, the first British royal born in Portugal this century
The princess, niece of King Charles III, delivered a healthy girl on 3 August at 18:20 in a Lisbon hospital. The newborn becomes 15th in line to the British throne.
- Aug 4
Berlin's Hotel Adlon up for sale at €280 million minimum as 4,000 investors vote on exit
The Jagdfeld Group is seeking to sell the landmark Hotel Adlon on Pariser Platz in Berlin, with a minimum price of €280 million. More than 4,000 investors in the Fundus-Fonds 31 are voting through August on the proposed liquidation.
- Jul 30
Ceuta schools reopen under military guard following July migration influx
Primary and secondary schools in Ceuta resumed classes on 8 September under military and police surveillance, with student attendance reaching roughly 70% as Spain declassifies intelligence files on the July border surge.
- Jul 26
Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz US territory as Iran rejects the claim
President Donald Trump told a rally in Garden City, New York, that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, prompting Iran's deputy foreign minister to insist the waterway 'will remain Iranian.' The 60-day memorandum of understanding expires on Monday 17 August.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
