Lawyer Baltasar Garzón, representing Chambers, said case against his client is ‘very strange’ as US requests extradition

FBI agents raided the Ibiza, Spain, vacation rental of 41-year-old James “Fergie” Chambers, a US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide, in the days following his arrest last month, the Guardian has learned.

Baltasar Garzón, a human rights lawyer representing Chambers, revealed the details in an exclusive interview. Chambers is wanted for extradition by the Trump administration for alleged financial support of Hamas, as well as other charges.

Neither the Kremlin nor the CIA have commented on the visit

Unannounced trip reported by US media is said to be Ratcliffe’s first known visit to Russia as CIA chief

The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, has made an unannounced visit to Moscow, US media reported, after flight data showed an American military aircraft flew to the Russian capital, where a US diplomatic motorcade was later spotted.

CBS News quoted sources familiar with the situation as confirming Ratcliffe’s trip, saying it was his first known visit to Russia as CIA chief. Axios separately confirmed the visit, quoting a US official.

Ratcliffe’s purpose and meetings in Russia are not immediately clear but it marks the first known trip from a US spy chief since November 2021

The 33-year-old was previously described as someone who was ‘not a fighter’

The UK is providing Ukraine with the blueprints to long-range SCALP missiles, the prime minister announced in Kyiv

Kyiv has increasingly targeted online retail logistics centres, accusing them of providing support to the Russian armed forces

Ukrainian drones spark fire at a logistics hub belonging to online retailer Ozon, after weeks of attacks targeting Wildberries

Search for survivors continues with nine people still missing following two strikes on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih

Andrey Kelin reportedly left his role in July

Wildfires in Europe, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Meta trial and swimming in Gaza – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officials

The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior ICC officials. The growing number of sanctioned jurists – now 13 – does not change the lawless nature of this quest.

Donald Trump and his henchman, Marco Rubio, want to make the world safe for US and Israeli war criminals. No one should let them.

The suspect is accused of being a member of a team of Ukrainian divers that allegedly planted explosives on the pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022

Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports

Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts

Nine people, including two children, are missing following Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian mall, according to local official

Ukraine increasingly contributes battlefield-tested designs and operational knowledge, while Britain can provide engineering expertise, industrial capacity, certification, capital and access to international markets

Anti-corruption bodies continue to scalp high-ranking Ukrainian officials amid a widening graft probe. James C. Reynolds and Alex Croft report

Analysts say that Putin could seize assets if cash is needed for his stalling invasion

Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine faces ‘systemic crisis of governance’

Poland says it is activating a range of defensive measures in response to the strikes unfolding across the border

Ukraine is projecting the conflict deep into Russian territory

The withdrawals are causing liquidity problems in Russia, a senior finance official said

The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer

Nato has raised the alarm over the threat of a Russian attack amid repeated incursions by Moscow’s drones

Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday

Ukraine has successfully targeted Wildberries hubs seven times in six weeks as part of a campaign to bring the war to Russia

The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026

Kyiv has been striking targets beyond enemy lines in recent months