These are the key developments on the 1,405th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published on December 30, 2025.30 December 2025 Click here to share this article on social media. share Here’s what happened on Tuesday, December 30: Allegation of attack on Putin’s residence The attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Novgorod, northwestern…
The inscriptions on the rolled-up piece of lead are hardly visible to the unaided eye. (Image credit: Archeology in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (AIM-V)) The discovery came from a place no one expected to yield anything remarkable. During routine excavation work for an extension to Rostock’s town hall, archaeologists lifted an unassuming, tightly rolled strip of lead…
A couple has been jailed for beating and burning their 10-month-old son to death on Christmas Day after almost every bone in his body was found broken. The case, which the detective in charge described as the “worst” he has seen in his three-decade-long career, comes after Stephen Bowden and Shannon Marsden murdered their young…
Octopus Energy Group is on the brink of selling a big stake in its software arm, Kraken Technologies, at a valuation that will cement its status as one of Britain’s biggest private companies. Sky News has learnt that Octopus Energy has lined up a syndicate of investors to buy Kraken between 10% and 20%. Sources…
Celebrating her friend’s birthday with an evening of cocktails at a popular bar, Radharani Domingos Telles had no idea she was drinking poison – until she went blind. After taking a sip of her third caipirinha, the 43-year-old interior designer blacked out and was taken to intensive care – where she remained for nine agonising…
The rising number of patients ending their lives in hospitals could impact the level of treatment this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders has been told. A consultant in palliative care highlighted the impending “crisis” during an online internal meeting of health leaders in Sussex, a recording of which has been heard by the…
BBC Winkleman said viewers could expect some “juicy roundtables” in the forthcoming series of The Traitors Viewers have been sharing their theories on social media after a teaser released on Christmas Day showed a figure wearing a red cloak, in a departure from the usual green worn by the traitors. “All I will say is…
