- Boy, 14, found dead in River Thames amid rise in water-related fatalities
- Russia permits banks to shoot down drones and arm employees amid attacks
- Portugal’s judicial police arrest five in socialist party corruption probe
- Eid celebrations in Gaza seen as a form of resistance after attacks
- Google engineer charged with insider trading after profiting $1.2 million on Polymarket
- Radley to close all stores, including flagship locations in London and Glasgow
- Fifteen students killed in fire at Utumishi Girls School in Kenya
- Beretta Defense Technologies to launch Livet automated weapon system
Metro - You’re nicked
Summary of the front page
The Metro leads on Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell being arrested in a probe over the SNP party’s finances, with the couple’s home scoured by police.
The paper features an image of blue tents and police tape outside the couple’s home in a quiet cul-de-sac in Glasgow and notes that a search of SNP HQ in Edinburgh was made at the same time. Mr Murrell, who resigned as chief executive last month, has been released without charge, pending further investigation.
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Boy, 14, found dead in River Thames amid rise in water-related fatalities
Emergency services retrieved the body of a 14-year-old boy from the River Thames near Donnington Bridge, Oxford, on Wednesday. His death, treated as ‘unexplained but not suspicious’ by Thames Valley Police, marks the 11th water-related fatality during the UK’s recent heatwave.

Russia permits banks to shoot down drones and arm employees amid attacks
Russia instructs financial institutions to shoot down Ukrainian drones amid increased airstrikes in Moscow, indicating a response to escalating threats.

Portugal’s judicial police arrest five in socialist party corruption probe
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Google engineer charged with insider trading after profiting $1.2 million on Polymarket
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Radley to close all stores, including flagship locations in London and Glasgow
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