Nearly two years after the American drag artist Heklina was found dead in London, her friends and fans gathered outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters to protest against the force’s handling of the case. Heklina, whose real name was Steven Grygelko, was found at a flat in Soho, central London, on 3 April 2023, by a friend…

Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for around 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies, despite warnings from senior staff about the potential risks. According to two people familiar with the situation who spoke with the New York…

Three of the four US soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week were found dead on Monday, the US army said after rescuers recovered their armoured vehicle from a peat bog. The fourth soldier is still missing. The Lithuanian authorities received a report on Tuesday that the soldiers went missing on an expansive training ground…

The US has sent 17 more people accused of being gang members to El Salvador without providing their names or any other identifying information, the latest in the Trump administration’s controversial method of deporting people to be imprisoned abroad without due process in the US. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the overnight military…

The owner of the Sun has run up more than £1.2bn in losses since the start of its costly battle to end allegations of illegal phone hacking almost 15 years ago. News Group Newspapers (NGN), a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK which publishes the Sun and retains liability for the activities of the now…