The Latest Breaking News from London

Sanctioned billionaire brings High Court challenge over upkeep of London mansion

Mikhail Fridman is subject to UK Government sanctions put in place after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Greta Thunberg detained by police at London climate protest

Swedish activist pictured being led away by officers at anti-oil protest in London

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023

Greta Thunberg arrested at protest as activists blockage oil summit at luxury London hotel

Photographs show her being led to a police van by two Metropolitan Police officers

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Greta Thunberg joins activists to disrupt oil executives' forum in London

Greta Thunberg has joined dozens of climate activists outside a central London hotel to disrupt a meeting of oil and gas company executives

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

OPINION - I stand with Israel — why do people think because I’m black and Muslim I won’t?

Is it different because I’m a black Muslim woman? I stand with Israel, just as I stand with other countries that are the victims of terror attacks. Yet people say anti-Semitic things in front of me and expect me to agree, or they grow angry at my condemnations of terror.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023

Is it going to snow in London this weekend? Met Office forecasts sub-zero temperatures

Icy weather is coming this week so does it promise a white Christmas?

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023

Just Stop Oil plan to stop more London cars than ever in biggest protest yet

The new ‘slow march’ is planned for later this month

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023

Surgeon treating patients in Gaza says police in London ‘harassed’ his family

Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who has a practice in UK capital, claims it is a ‘brutal attempt at silencing us’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Job vacancies fall as cautious firms wait on signs of economic upturn

The latest data came as a survey showed hiring in London falling for the 12th consecutive month

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023

Trial of 19 people accused of involvement in Vietnamese migrant lorry tragedy opens in Paris

The trial of 19 people accused of being involved in a people-smuggling operation the resulted in the death of 39 Vietnamese migrants, who suffocated to death in a refrigerated container near London, begins Tuesday in Paris.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 17, 2023