Normandy
- Jun 17
Russian frigate fires warning shots near British yacht in the Channel, 23 miles off Isle of Wight
A Russian frigate fired warning shots within 500 metres of a British-flagged yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday morning, in what the UK Ministry of Defence described as an attempt to avert a collision.
- Jun 12
David Hockney, the painter of California light and record-breaking pools, dies at 88 as King Charles mourns 'a giant of the art world'
David Hockney, the British painter who turned sun-drenched Los Angeles pools into icons of 20th-century art and set auction records, died on 11 June 2026. King Charles III led tributes to the artist, remembering his genius and his yellow Crocs.
