MADELINE McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner has laughed off suggestions he could be extradited to Britain to face trial. The convicted paedophile and rapist, 48, was named prime suspect in the disappearance of Maddie in 2020 - but charges were never brought. Now cops are reportedly pushing for Brueckner to stand trial in the UK...

THIS is the shocking moment a woman leaps out of a moving taxi because the cab driver reportedly looked at her in the mirror. Hair-raising footage shows the terrified passenger spring from her seat and fling herself face down into the busy road. Her shoes and phone go flying as cars suddenly brake to avoid...

AN EX-JPMORGAN banker who claimed his boss kept him as a sex slave has filed bombshell new evidence, including claims of a lurid threesome invitation. Chirayu Rana, 35, previously claimed that high-ranking boss Lorna Hajdini, 37, sexually assaulted, racially abused and drugged him. It is part of a suit that suddenly reappeared in a Manhattan court this...

A BARE-CHESTED Vladimir Putin throws his arms out wide as he enjoys a fishing trip in Siberia alongside his closest ally. The shot of the Russian leader with then-defence minister Sergei Shoigu was published by state media in 2024. Just two years later, Putin's hunting pal is rumoured to be at the centre of a...

A SICK mother who locked up her daughter for seven years has been jailed for just five years even though the isolation left her child barely able to walk. The depraved woman imprisoned her one-year-old baby in the home of the girl’s grandparents in Western Germany. The girl, now aged 11, was so weak from...

A SICK Brit will be evacuated from a virus-ravaged cruise ship after medics boarded the stranded vessel off the coast of Cape Verde. The nightmare is unfolding on the MV Hondius, where a suspected rat-borne hantavirus has left passengers stuck at sea as potential cases rise to seven. A British man, 69, is already fighting...

IRAN has chillingly warned it is "just getting started" after unleashing a barrage of missiles towards the UAE. Monday's attack sparked fresh fears of full-scale war in the region as Donald Trump refused to say if the ceasefire agreement still stands. Trump sank seven Iranian small boats in the Strait of Hormuz as he launched...

AT LEAST 21 people are dead and 61 have been injured after a huge blast at a firework factory in China. The explosion erupted in the city of Changsha in Hunan province, on Monday afternoon, according to state media. Almost 500 firefighters were deployed to the Huasheng Fireworks plant to tackle the inferno. Footage showed thick...

A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy has died in Mexico after being left in a sweltering car after authorities claim his mother went out partying. The child, Vicente, was found unresponsive in a vehicle parked outside a home in Mexicali. Authorities believe he died of heatstroke after being trapped inside the car for more than 12 hours. According...

A BRITISH PoW is suing the Russian state in a landmark legal case after he was starved, beaten and electrocuted by enemy troops. Ex-soldier Shaun Pinner, 52, is set to take his case to the High Court in London after he was tortured at a black site in 2022. Brave Shaun, a former soldier with...

A YOUNG British couple are facing up to 30 years in a Turkish jail for allegedly trying to smuggle two suitcases packed with cannabis to the UK. Holly Cooper and her boyfriend Taylor Johnson, both 20, were collared within minutes of landing at Istanbul on a flight from Thailand. Customs officers swooped as they headed...

SEVEN Iranian "small boats" have been destroyed in the Strait of Hormuz as Donald Trump claimed "it was all they had left." After launching "Project Freedom" to wrest control of the waterway, the US President shared an update about how the operation is going. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, he said: "Iran has...