Cases, arrests, investigations
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel had already decentralised operations away from its founder's direct control. His stepson took over without a significant violent struggle for power.
Recruited renters use real identities to take luxury trucks for five days, leave them with keys inside, then cartel operators collect them and drive to the border. California rules stop agencies activating GPS tracking until after the return deadline — enough time to reach Mexico.
A 19-year-old wounded nine people in Ostrołęka and a 15-year-old killed a caretaker in Leszczydół-Nowiny on consecutive days. Poland's defence minister said Russia tried to exploit the attacks with a disinformation campaign, though authorities found no foreign involvement in either.
Mexican and Colombian operatives have entered the legion on forged documents to train as FPV drone operators. Ukraine opened a formal inquiry in July 2025, and the skills they bring home are already changing how cartels fight.
Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, was detained in Naha's entertainment district on Saturday after security footage showed a man leaving the hotel with Anna Yagi's belongings. Japan's prime minister has lodged a formal protest, and the case has renewed Okinawan anger over decades of crimes involving US military personnel.
The 18-year-old former students also wounded three people, including a student who lost a hand. The motive has not been established.
Joshua Kerry, 28, already faces a murder charge over the death of the former Conservative minister in July. He now faces a separate terrorism charge over alleged plans that included Reform UK's leader, Nigel Farage.
Flight FZ1073, carrying more than 170 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, plunged 17,000ft before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu said the attacker had been radically indoctrinated and that it was looking 'very likely' he intended to crash the plane.
Three attackers opened fire on a gathering in KwaMakhutha township, killing a pregnant woman among the dead. The shooting comes as police separately investigate nine unsolved murders of women in Ekurhuleni.
Five of the nine bodies turned up within four days this week, all in the Ekurhuleni municipality. Police have not confirmed the deaths are linked, but say the similarities were concerning enough to warn the public.
Darren Conway, 52, admitted inciting sexual assaults and soliciting images of unconscious women through an online group chat used to coordinate abuse. Police believe there may be more victims.
Jacques Ratliff was taken into custody on Friday after officers spotted him on Capitol Street. Police say the investigation is ongoing and further arrests are pending.
Erin Piacenti, 32, was knifed near West 41st Street on Monday afternoon. Police shot and killed her attacker, Pamela Cisneros, after she refused to drop the knives and advanced on officers.
Sarah Santiago, 17, is accused of agreeing beforehand to livestream the attack, share the recording and spread the shooters' white supremacist writings. Her attorney says she is innocent of all allegations.
An 18-year-old man attacked students at Brinell High School in Fagersta, central Sweden, on Friday afternoon. One person was killed and two teenage boys seriously wounded — for some, it was their first day back after the summer break.
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