A judge in Long Island, New York, sentenced 62-year-old architect Rex Heuerman to life in prison for the murders of eight women between 1993 and 2010. Those killed were between 20 and 34 years old. All are believed to have been sex workers. The investigation into the case began in 2010 after the remains of four women were found in bush along a secluded seaside road in the Gilgo area. The case became known as the Gilgo Beach murders.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested businessman Ilya Traber on charges of murdering deputy Alexander Petrov in 2020, Caution News reports . Alisultan Nadirbegov was arrested along with Traber. He was accused of murder for hire committed by a group of people and illegal weapons trafficking. Nadirbegov is a former professional boxer; he was ranked in the top ten by the World Boxing Organization.

What are they? And why didn’t the security forces touch their businesses for more than 30 years? The owner of the oil port in Ust-Luga and the owner of many other businesses, Ilya Traber, also known as Antikvar, was detained on June 17 in St. Petersburg. The search was carried out by FSB officers, and a case about his involvement in the murder of deputy Alexander Petrov was opened in the capital's Investigative Committee. Together with Traber, his partner Vladimir Danilenko was detained.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, will arrive from the US to the UK in July with their children, seven-year-old Archie and five-year-old Lilibet, the BBC has learned. This will be the first visit by King Charles III's youngest son to his family in four years. Harry and Meghan live in California. It is unknown whether the King of Great Britain will meet his grandchildren.

A light aircraft crashed in the Moscow region, TASS and Caution News reported, citing operational services. The plane crashed in the Sergiev Posad urban district during landing. When it hit the ground it caught fire. There were two people on board. They died. According to the Shot telegram channel close to the security forces, the dead were an instructor and a pilot. According to the 112 telegram channel, these were the pilot and owner of the plane.

It was a warning light Maxar Technologies / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" On June 16, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich opened warning fire towards a small private yacht that approached it in the English Channel. As a result, no one was injured. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the Russian sailors' actions "reckless" but said the incident was unlikely to be "malicious".

On June 17, Vladimir Putin arrived on a two-day visit to Kazan, where the Russia- ASEAN summit is taking place. As Faridaily notes , this is the Russian president’s first trip to the region in the last seven months. To this day, Putin’s last regional trip was a visit to Samara in November 2025. According to the publication’s calculations, in the last six months the Russian president has almost stopped traveling around the country.

On June 15, Lithuanian authorities deported a Russian military man to Kaliningrad who deserted from the front in Ukraine. After crossing the border into Russia, he was arrested. The further fate of the Russian is unknown, the “Word to Defense” project reported . The project did not specify the name of the Russian.

Two Belarusian citizens detained after the murder of Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska have been released, the Polish prosecutor's office reported. It turned out that the detainees had nothing to do with the murder, the department said. They were questioned as witnesses and released. Earlier it was reported that among those detained was the taxi driver who brought the participants in the assassination attempt from Warsaw.

If you're an England fan at the World Cup, now's the time to watch it BBC Today, June 17, England will play their first match at the 2026 World Cup (against Croatia). We're talking about a series that explains how the English team has changed over the past ten years. According to the show “Dear England”, this happened thanks to the efforts of coach Gareth Southgate. This is a real person, a former player who realized from his own experience that the main enemy of the team is the fear of defeat.

Moreover, they also criticize the decision to end the war Saul Loeb / AFP / Scanpix / LETA On June 19, the United States and Iran are finally scheduled to sign a peace treaty . This war, which has lasted almost four months, has already become one of the most unpopular in the States. Because of it, gasoline prices have risen sharply in the United States, and the country’s participation in the conflict is criticized not only by Democrats, but also by Trump supporters.

1575th day. Friedrich Merz: “Perhaps for the first time there is a chance for peace.” At the G7 summit, Trump (unexpectedly for many) agreed with Europe to put pressure on Moscow together Evelyn Hockstein/Getty Images Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Traber is suspected of murdering St. Petersburg deputy Alexander Petrov Update. The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested businessman Ilya Traber on charges of murdering deputy Alexander Petrov in 2020. In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, FSB officers came to search several addresses associated with businessman Ilya Traber. Fontanka writes that security forces searched Traber's mansion in the Leningrad region, his office on Starorusskaya Street and several enterprises.

The National Payment Card System (NSCP), through which all transactions take place in Russia, announced that it is going to gradually withdraw Visa and Mastercard cards from circulation. To achieve this goal, it is planned to reduce interbank remuneration rates (interchange) for cards of international payment systems. We are talking about payments that the bank that issued the buyer’s card receives from the seller’s bank.

The Federal Air Transport Agency, at the request of the Ministry of Defense, banned flights of light and ultra-light aircraft, as well as civilian drones at an altitude of up to 5.2 kilometers in several regions of Central Russia. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, restrictions on the use of airspace from June 20 will apply over Moscow, most of the Moscow region and partially over the Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Tver, Yaroslavl and Vladimir regions.