An instructor who was supervising two British skiers allegedly ignored safety warnings before an avalanche which killed them.

The pair and a French man died on Friday after being swept away by the avalanche while skiing in an off-piste area in the French Alps ski resort of Val d’Isere.

Emergency services responded quickly but could not prevent the deaths. They said all of the victims had avalanche transceivers. 

The deaths followed a rare, day-long red alert across the south-eastern Savoie region on Thursday – a danger level issued only twice before, since the system was introduced 25 years ago.

The freelance instructor was unharmed and prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths. 

Skiers are warned against going off-piste when the avalanche danger level is above tier three.

The area had been issued a tier four warning when they took to the slopes. A day earlier the avalanche risk level was at five out of five – the first time in 17 years.

‘We can’t prevent people from going off piste,’ Cédric Bonnevie, the piste director, said.

The avalanche in Val d’Isere swept away six skiers in an off-piste area of the slopes, killing one French national and the two Britons, as red alerts were issued across the Alps 

The two Britons killed were part of a group of four skiers accompanied by a professional instructor and were skiing off-piste at the time. Pictured: A stock image of Val-d’Isere

‘We can’t hold everyone’s hand and there isn’t much we can do unless we close the slopes, which we don’t normally want to do.’

A third British citizen also suffered minor injuries from the avalanche on Friday, while a further two off-piste skiers died in an avalanche in the Courmayeur resort in Italy on Sunday.

Adrienne, 43, a professional skier at Val d’Isere, told The Times: ‘No one here understands why the instructor went off-piste and everyone thinks it was irresponsible.

‘I know that some instructors refused to take their groups out on Friday. The customers weren’t happy but it’s the price you pay for safety.’

Another skier, Jean-Louis, 42, added: ‘We get warnings almost every weekend. We’re told to be careful and now there’s a debate about whether off-piste skiing should be banned.

‘Personally, I think everyone has to take responsibility for themselves.’

The red alert which had been in place was lifted on Friday in Savoie but the risk level remained high across the Alps, with ‘very unstable snow cover’, especially above 1,800 to 2,000 metres altitude, according to the Meteo France weather service.

Storm Nils, which passed through France on Thursday, dumped 60-100 centimetres of snow.

The two Britons killed were part of a group of four skiers accompanied by a professional instructor and were skiing off-piste at the time.

All were equipped with avalanche safety gear, including transceivers, shovels and probes, according to the resort.

The public prosecutor, Benoit Bachelet, said alcohol and drug tests carried out on the instructor were negative.

The other two were among a group of five, including a professional guide, further down the mountain face and did not see the avalanche coming.

It was not clear what caused the avalanche, Mr Bonnevie said.

Last month, a British man was among six skiers killed in avalanches in the French Alps.

The Englishman, believed to be in his 50s, was skiing off-piste at the La Plagne resort in the south-east of France.

Rescue teams received an avalanche alert at 1.57pm on January 11 and immediately went to the site.

A team of more than 50 people, including medics, ski school instructors and a helicopter-deployed piste dog, were called in.

The man was located after 50 minutes, buried under eight feet of snow, but could not be revived.

He was with a group when the avalanche struck, but was not equipped with an avalanche transceiver and was not with a professional instructor.

By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER and EMMA RICHTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and EMMA JAMES IN TUCSON, ARIZONA

Updated: 00:10 EST, 16 February 2026

A growing number of investigators are said to be probing the possibility that Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping on February 1 began as a burglary gone wrong.

One person familiar with the ongoing investigation into Guthrie’s disappearance told Arizona Family on Sunday that police are looking at the possibility that a man caught tampering with her Nest doorbell camera may have just been trying to burglarize the $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona.

If that were the case, the source said there is hope that the 84-year-old could still be alive even as the search for her extends into a third consecutive week without any arrests.

Several people have been questioned in connection with her disappearance, but were later released. A series of ransom notes have also been sent to media outlets, including TMZ, demanding at least $6 million in bitcoin from the Guthrie family. 

Authorities are now waiting for confirmation on DNA samples from an unknown male profile that was lifted from a glove that the FBI has said ‘appears to match’ the pair the suspect was seen wearing in the shocking doorbell surveillance footage.

It was found last week near Nancy’s home along with several other gloves, which were sealed in evidence bags by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, and shipped overnight for testing at a private lab in Florida.

Nearly 16 gloves were collected near her home, and most of them were used and discarded by searchers at the site, the FBI told the Daily Mail. 

But one of the gloves is different from the rest and appears to match the ones the unidentified masked captor was wearing in the doorbell video captured at Nancy’s front porch, the FBI said.

DNA results usually take about 24 hours to come back

Follow along for more details as the investigation unfolds. 

Abduction could be burglary gone wrong

A source with knowledge of the investigation has told Arizona Family’s true crime correspondent Briana Whitney there is a growing belief among investigators that Nancy Guthrie’s abduction on February 1 was a burglary gone wrong.

If that is the case, they believe there is a possibility the 84-year-old could still be alive.

The hypothesis comes after multiple experts who reviewed Guthrie’s doorbell camera footage from the night of her disappearance told Arizona Family the incident did not appear to be a planned out kidnapping.

Glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home ‘matches’ the one’s worn by suspect in chilling video, FBI says

A total of 16 gloves were found about two miles from Nancy’s home, the FBI told the Daily Mail.

On Sunday, it was revealed that most of those gloves were used by searchers who then discarded them on the ground.

But one of the gloves appeared to be a match to the one’s a male suspect was wearing in doorbell footage captured in the early hours of February 1, the agency said.

Law enforcement throws cold water on burglary theory

Despite a report suggesting investigators were increasingly probing the possibility that Nancy Guthrie’s abduction on February 1 was a burglary gone wrong, an unidentified law enforcement source poured cold water on the theory.

‘This is not the working theory inside the unit,’ the unidentified source told Fox News, noting that nighttime residential burglaries are uncommon.

The source then went on to question why a burglar would target Guthrie’s home.

‘We don’t have any indication that [Guthrie] really kept anything valuable there, and if this was a burglary gone wrong, they don’t take the victim with them usually.’

‘I guess anything is possible but my gut says it’s something else entirely.’

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos also told the outlet that the information about the burglary theory ‘did not come from us’ and he has ‘no idea’ where it came from.

‘Even though that is one of many possibilities, we would never speculate such a thing,’ Nanos said.

‘We will let the evidence take us to the motive.’

Investigators ‘leaning away from family’ as suspects

The FBI is leaning away from the possibility that Nancy Guthrie’s family may be behind her abduction, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.

Agents are also said to be leaning away from both the man who was stopped in a car in Rio Rico last week and the man whose home was searched Friday night as potential suspects.

But Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has previously said ‘nobody is fully cleared’ until the person or people who abducted Guthrie are in custody.

Savannah Guthrie posts new video pleading with captors to ‘do the right thing’

Today Show host Savannah Guthrie posted a new video on Sunday to mark two weeks since her mother was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

She said she and her siblings ‘still have hope,’ before turning her attention ‘to whoever has her or knows where she is.

‘It’s never too late, and you’re not lost or alone, and it is never too late to do the right thing,’ she said.

‘We are here and we believe, and we believe in the essential goodness of every human being and it’s never too late.’

Holster suspect was seen wearing could have come from Walmart

The holster a suspect was seen wearing in Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell video camera is cheaply made, and may have come from Walmart, an active-duty Miami-area police officer told Fox News.

The officer noted that the holster’s seemingly light-colored appearance is misleading, since it appeared in an infrared recording.

Instead, the officer said the main panel comprises a different material from the piping, and the shape and other details align with a Strategy brand hip holster available at some Walmart stores for around $10.

As of Saturday afternoon, the holster was listed as in stock at five Walmart stores in the Tucson area: 1260 E. Tucson Marketplace Blvd., 7150 E. Speedway Blvd., 7635 N. La Cholla Blvd., 1650 W. Valencia Road and 8280 N. Cortaro Road, according to the retailer’s website.

It describes the water-resistant holster as being designed to hold a revolver with a barrel measuring four to six and a half inches, and is designed for right-hand use.

The FBI has previously announced that the suspect was seen carrying an Ozark Trail backpack, which is also exclusively sold at Walmart stores.

Meanwhile, the officer told Fox that the gun in the Nest video appeared to be a Walther semiautomatic or something similar – which is not considered popular among gun aficionados.

As a result, the officer said he doesn’t expect that investigators will find many purchases for the gun.

Almost immediately after news broke of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, the country became captivated with the investigation.

At the same time, amateur journalists and internet sleuths have thrust themselves into the probe, with many of them setting up camp right outside of the 84-year-old’s home in Tucson, Arizona.

Now, officially two weeks into the search for Savannah Guthrie’s beloved mother, tensions have appeared to grow between locals and internet personalities pushing out information on the case, including a lot of speculation and unconfirmed reports.

Man wearing similar backpack to Nancy Guthrie suspect is seen in another clip

Newly released footage showed a man trying to scale a wall in Tucson while wearing a similar backpack to the one Nancy Guthrie‘s captor was seen with.

An unidentified bald man donning a gray zip-down jacket and blue jeans was seen taking off one backpack while another remained on his back around 1.53am local time on February 1, the same day the 84-year-old was reported missing.

He then appeared to try to get on the other side of the stone wall, but after a couple of moments of difficulty, he walked away.

Gabby Petito’s father speaks out on Nancy Guthrie case

Black latex glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s house

Concerned residents have reported a black latex glove found around two and a half miles from missing Nancy Guthrie’s house.

The glove was discovered in a dusty riverbed close to a shopping strip more than two weeks after the 84-year-old vanished.

Several locals reported the item to the Pimo County Sheriff’s Office, but no law enforcement has yet shown up to process the possible evidence.

It comes after federal authorities announced this morning that they had found several discarded searchers gloves in their search.

One of the gloves found has been submitted for DNA profiling as it matches the kind of glove worn by the suspected kidnapper caught on Nancy’s doorbell.

Despite the FBI issuing a statement explaining they are expecting new information from DNA processed by a lab in Florida, there has been little movement from law enforcement as of Sunday afternoon.

Democrat lawmaker slams internet sleuths for camping outside Nancy Guthrie’s home

Almost immediately after news broke of Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance, the country became captivated with the investigation.

At the same time, amateur journalists and internet sleuths have thrust themselves into the probe, with many of them setting up camp right outside of the 84-year-old’s home in Tucson, Arizona.

Now, officially two weeks into the search for Savannah Guthrie’s beloved mother, tensions have appeared to grow between locals and internet personalities pushing out information on the case, including a lot of speculation and unconfirmed reports.

Democratic Rep. Alma Hernandez, who represents Tucson, said she is fed up with the presence of true crime sleuths who have taken over Tucson and the Pima County area.

‘I am so sick of watching the “reporting” grifting, insane speculation, lies and BS by random wannabe journalists and YouTubers who have now caused more harm than good to this entire situation and put this serious case in jeopardy,’ Hernandez said in an X post late Saturday evening.

By CAITLIN LENG

Published: 17:04 EST, 15 February 2026 | Updated: 21:16 EST, 15 February 2026

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday night said Vladimir Putin ‘must be held accountable’ after it emerged her husband was killed by a frog poison.

Yulia Navalnaya thanked Britain and its allies for establishing that Mr Navalny’s death two years ago is likely to have been caused by neurotoxin epibatidine.

The poison is only found in nature on the skin of the Ecuadorian dart frog and results in a painful death of paralysis and respiratory arrest if ingested.

Ms Navalnaya said: ‘I was certain from the first day that my husband had been poisoned, but now there is proof: Putin killed Alexei with [a] chemical weapon.

‘I am grateful to the European states for the meticulous work they carried out over two years and for uncovering the truth. Vladimir Putin is a murderer. He must be held accountable for all his crimes.’

On Saturday, the UK, along with Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and France, accused the Russian state of killing 47-year-old Navalny in a Siberian colony.

Navalny had been sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment on dubious embezzlement charges. His death was announced by the Russian state on February 16, 2024. At the time, his allies accused the Kremlin of murdering him because of the political threat he posed.

In their joint statement, the five nations said laboratory analysis found traces of epibatidine in Navalny’s body, a toxin associated with South American dart frogs.

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday night said Vladimir Putin ‘must be held accountable’ after it emerged her husband was killed by a frog poison

It is not clear how the frog poison was allegedly administered to Mr Navalny (Pictured during his imprisonment)

Navalny’s death was the result of poison from a South American dart frog toxin called epibatidine (Pictured: Ecuadorian poison dart frog)

The statement read: ‘Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in Russia.

‘Russia claimed that Navalny died of natural causes. But given the toxicity of epibatidine and reported symptoms, poisoning was highly likely the cause of his death. Navalny died while held in prison, meaning Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison to him.’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday described the report as Epibatidine, which is classed as a chemical weapon, is said to be 200 times stronger than morphine and can cause paralysis, respiratory failure and death.

It is used by indigenous South American tribes in blow darts or blowguns when they hunt.

It is not clear how the frog poison was allegedly administered to Navalny.

On Sunday morning, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed for the first time that Russia has had possession of the toxin, pointing out that ‘it can be produced synthetically’.

Ms Cooper also said work has taken place over the last two years ‘on pursuing the evidence and pursuing the truth’ around Navalny’s death. She said: ‘They wanted to silence him because he was a critic of their regime.’ 

Roman Abramovich has been warned ‘time is running out’ for him to hand over £2.5billion from the sale of Chelsea FC before it’s taken out of his hands.

He agreed to transfer the cash – earmarked for humanitarian causes in Ukraine – after selling the Premier League club when he was sanctioned nearly four years ago following Putin’s invasion. But the funds remain frozen in a bank account.

Mr Abramovich was told in December that ministers would take legal action if he failed to hand over money. ‘The clock is ticking on him,’ Yvette Cooper said on Sunday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that all of the Epstein files have been released in accordance with with Section 3 of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 

The Trump administration has been drip-releasing millions of emails, photos and documents relating to the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Bondi included a list of 305 high-profile individuals – including Donald Trump, Bill Gates, and Kim Kardashian – that have showed up in the files published by the Department of Justice.

Her letter to Congress, released on February 14, included the list of people who ‘are or were a government official or politically exposed person’ and were also named ‘in the files released under the Act at least once.’

Federal workers spent countless hours sifting through the data and releasing them in batches across December and January.

The Epstein files have had a cataclysmic impact on society – forcing top-tier businessmen and academics to resign from their posts, triggering high-profile marriages to break, and signaling the downfall of dignitaries like Britain’s Prince Andrew – who was stripped of his royal titles in the collateral damage.  

The names, from politicians like the Obamas to singers like Bruce Springsteen, appear in a ‘wide variety of contexts,’ Bondi and Todd Blanche, her deputy, noted.

Being named in the Epstein files does not assume any guilt or wrongdoing connected to Epstein’s heinous child sex crimes. 

The Trump administration, and its AG Pam Bondi (pictured), has been drip-releasing millions of emails, photos and documents relating to the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

The list published on Saturday included Barbra Streisand, Keir Starmer, Amy Schumer, Jeff Zucker, Benjamin Netanyahu, Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. 

Diana Ross, Melinda Gates, Tucker Carlson, Beyonce, and Meghan Markle are also included in Bondi’s list.

The letter added: ‘No records were withheld or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.’ 

The Epstein Files Transparency Act, which the Department of Justice is following after Trump signed it into law on November 19, 2025, calls for the public release of all unclassified records relating to Epstein and his convicted madame, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Under the law, the only elements of the files allowed to be redacted are those protecting victims’ identities, active investigation details, and child sexual abuse material.

The FBI estimated that there are more than 1,000 Epstein victims in total.  

In Bondi’s letter on Saturday, she explained that all of the files relating to the law have been released, which have been categorized into nine different sections.

The categories spelled out by the Justice Department are: Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, flight logs or travel records, individuals named in connection with Epstein’s criminal activities, details on corporate, nonprofit, academic or governmental entities with ties to Epstein, immunity deals involving Epstein and his associates, internal DOJ communications, all communications relating to the destruction of evidence relating to Epstein, and finally, documentation of Epstein’s detention and death. 

Bondi then explained what has been withheld during the Epstein files release.

A photo of Donald Trump, surrounded by redacted women, was in the Epstein files

The Epstein files have had a cataclysmic impact on society – forcing top businessmen to quit their roles and dignitaries to be ostracized over their links to Epstein  

Deborah Blohm, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Gwendolyn Beck at a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, in 1995

The identity of someone who sent a disturbing email to Epstein is redacted. It was released in one of the many file drops between November and February 

The letter stated: ‘The only category of records withheld were those records where permitted withholdings under Section 2(c) and privileged materials were not segregable from material responsive under Section 2(a).

‘As discussed in the Department’s December 19, 2025, and January 29, 2026, letters to Congress (the Prior EFTA Letters), the privileges that applied to the withheld records were deliberative-process privilege, work-product privilege, and attorney-client privilege.’

Section 2(c) allows the withholding of information that may detriment victim privacy, child sexual abuse material, an active investigation, graphic content, or national security. 

It then reiterated that no records were withheld or redacted to spare high-profile individuals from ’embarrassment.’

Bondi’s letter on February 14 was sent to Congress as part of a requirement related to the Act. She was ordered to inform and update them within 15 days of completing the release of all the files. 

Todd Blanche said on February 1 that there is a small number of documents that are pending approval from a judge to be released from the files.

But apart from that, ‘this review is over,’ Blanche told ABC News. 

He said: ‘We have released – there are a small number of documents, as I said on Friday, that we’re waiting for a judge to say we can – we’re allowed to release because of a protective order. 

‘But there are – this review is over. I mean we reviewed over six million pieces of paper, thousands of videos, thousands – tens of thousands of images. Which is what the statute required us to do.’ 

As part of the final drop on January 30, the US Department of Justice published a tranche of over three million files.

More than 180,000 images and 2,000 videos – or 14 hours of footage – were included in the release, giving the public a glimpse into the sordid operation the serial pedophile ran.

The files show how the disgraced financier solicited explicit, self-filmed from young women as a matter of habit, with several of the clips featuring girls in a state of undress.

In many, the young women are seen performing sexual acts in their bedrooms, often featuring the same large teddy bear in frame.

Pictured: Epstein in July 2019 in images released by the DOJ after a ‘possible suicide attempt’

In one video, the pedophile is seen forcibly exposing an unidentified woman’s breasts to the camera, despite multiple attempts from her to remove his hands away.

Also released in the files were several pornography films the American millionaire presumably downloaded onto his personal computer, including a vintage video entitled ‘Tiny Bubbles’, featuring Japanese adult entertainer Azari Kumiko.

Epstein also made young girls perform in semi-clothed catwalk auditions, lending evidence to the theory that the financier lured victims into his control by masquerading as a Victoria’s Secret talent scout.

Other disturbing clips show Epstein dancing alongside potential victims, as well as him enjoying private ‘entertainment’ by unclothed young females in a red-paneled study in his Paris home.

Several of the disturbing clips showing young girls stripping in their bedrooms seem to feature the same stuffed animal – a large, brown teddy bear.

The Daily Mail has edited the footage to further conceal the victims’ identities, in addition to the redactions already put in place by the DOJ.

Other heinous parts of the files include emails between Epstein and his associates – alluding to alleged victims being abused, and the young ages of the girls in the financier’s orbit.

One of the earliest such email redactions, chronologically, came on April 24, 2009, when Epstein sent an email to an associate saying: ‘where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video.’

An email exchange about a ‘torture video’ in which the name of Epstein’s associate is redacted

Files released by the DOJ included numerous disturbing images of Epstein with young women

The unnamed person, replying from their BlackBerry, wrote: ‘I am in china I will be in the US 2nd week of may.’

Epstein responded: ‘Hope to see you.’ 

Another controversial redaction features in a 2014 email in which the sender, whose identity is protected, told Epstein: ‘Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty.’

That email was sent on March 11, 2014, from an iPhone to Epstein’s account jeevacation@gmail.com.

Everything in the email is readable except for the name of the sender, which is covered with two black bars.

The email was sent six years after Epstein was jailed for procuring a minor for prostitution. 

On March 19, 2018, another redacted associate sent Epstein an email saying: ‘I found at least 3 very good young poor but we was so tired. I will cover up this week. Meet this one, not the beauty queen but we both likes her a lot.’

The files also contained a draft indictment from 20 years ago, which was drawn up before Epstein obtained a lenient 2008 plea deal for sex crimes in which he served 13 months.

The 56-page draft indictment listed three people as co-conspirators employed by Epstein, but their names are redacted.

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Ukraine’s president has said Vladimir Putin ‘doesn’t have too much time left’ amid questions over the Kremlin leader’s whereabouts as he has not been seen in over a week. 

Speaking to Politico during the Munich Security Conference on Friday, just days before the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky said: ‘I’m younger than Putin…He doesn’t have much time, you know.’

While his remarks prompted a laugh from the audience, the Ukrainian president added: ‘No, no, believe me, this is important.’

The 48-year-old also described his rival, 73, as a ‘slave to war’ earlier today as he drew parallels between the current conflict and the 1938 Munich Agreement.

The agreement forced Czechoslovakia to surrender its bordering region with Germany, the Sudetenland to Adolf Hitler – a year before World War II began. 

Zelensky’s recent comments come as Putin has mysteriously vanished from the public eye for over a week, with Russian state media broadcasting pre-recorded footage of the Kremlin leader meeting officials in recent days. 

The Kremlin leader was last seen by the public delivering a speech on February 5, and it remains unclear what has caused his latest absence. 

It is not the first time Putin has disappeared from public view, with the dictator having cultivated a reputation for vanishing for periods of time with no explanation.  

Ukraine’s president has stated that Vladimir Putin ‘doesn’t have too much time left’

The Kremlin leader was last seen by the public delivering a speech on February 5

Pictured: Firefighters at the site of a Russian drone strike in Ukraine on February 13

Pictured: Damaged cars in Odesa, Ukraine, after they were hit by a Russian strike

However, such absences have led to speculation of Putin undergoing secret medical treatment.

Zelensky’s statement comes as the United States continues to strive for Russia and Ukraine to end the almost four-year war, with Trump recently setting a June deadline for the two sides to negotiate peace.

On Friday, Trump said Zelensky would miss an opportunity if he doesn’t ‘get moving’, and claimed Russia was willing to end the war through a peace deal.

‘Russia wants to ‌make a deal, and Zelensky’s going ‌to have to get ⁠moving. Otherwise, he’s ⁠going to miss a great opportunity. He has ‌to move,’ he said.

Between February 17 and 18, a new round of peace negotiations involving Ukraine will be conducted by the US and Russia in Geneva.

The Kremlin has confirmed Vladimir Medinsky, a presidential aide to Vladimir Putin, will lead the Russians. 

More recently, Kyiv and its Western allies have accused Moscow of deliberately freezing Ukraine’s population with its attacks on the energy grid.

‘There is not a single power plant left in Ukraine that has not been damaged by Russian attacks,’ Zelensky said. ‘Not one.’

‘But we still generate electricity,’ he added, praising the thousands of workers repairing the plants.

The Ukrainian President appealed once again to his Western allies to deliver air-defence systems to Ukraine more quickly.

Taking a brutal swipe at the Kremlin leader, Zelensky added: ‘He may see himself as a tsar, but in reality he is a slave to war.’

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold US-brokered talks next week, as Zelensky maintains Kyiv is doing ‘everything’ to end the almost four-year war.

It comes as questions over Putin’s health were raised in November when he met with Yekaterina Leshchinskaya, 22, the chair of the Russian Healthy Fatherland movement.

As he reached to shake the woman’s hand, the Russian leader’s right hand was seen with visible bulging veins, prominent tendons, and thin, wrinkled skin.

Pictured: The State Emergency Service of Ukraine on February 13, 2026

Pictured: A house destroyed in a Russian airstrike in Ukraine on February 13

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a panel discussion during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the hotel ‘Bayerischer Hof’, in Munich, Germany, 14 February 2026

Footage saw the Russian leader appear to nervously move his fingers and clench them into a fist under his blazer sleeve.

Following the circulation of the clip on X, and later in Polish media, Ukrainian sources suggested that the Russian dictator may be suffering from pain.

Prominent interviewer, and media personality Dmytro Gordon said: ‘Putin clenches his hands into something resembling fists.

‘They look swollen and sore, with veins bulging prominently on one hand.’

Another source said that Putin merely exhibits the normal signs of male ageing which he seeks – through alleged cosmetic surgery – to hide from Russians after more than a quarter of a century in power.

Questions over Putin’s whereabouts come as a group of European countries on Saturday said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin. 

The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of samples taken from Navalny’s body ‘conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine’ – a neurotoxin found in the skin of dart frogs in South America. 

A joint statement said: ‘Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison.’

Putin has mysteriously vanished for more than a week, while Moscow state media has been using pre-recorded footage of the dictator 

The five countries said they were reporting Russia to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The announcement came as Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany as the second anniversary of Navalny’s death approaches.

Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died in an Arctic penal colony on February 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence that he believed to be politically motivated.

‘Russia saw Navalny as a threat,’ British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said. ‘By using this form of poison, the Russian state demonstrated the despicable tools it has at its disposal and the overwhelming fear it has of political opposition.’

It comes after five European countries today claimed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by Russia. Pictured: Navalny attends a hearing at a court in Moscow in 2017 

Navalny pictured with his wife Yulia in 2020 

‘Putin killed Alexei with a chemical weapon,’ she wrote on social network X. She said Putin was ‘a murderer’ who ‘must be held accountable’.

Russian authorities said that the politician became ill after a walk and died from natural causes.

Epibatidine is found naturally in dart frogs in the wild, and can also be manufactured in a lab, which European scientists suspect was the case with the substance used on Navalny. It works on the body in a similar way to nerve agents, causing shortness of breath, convulsions, seizures, a slowed heart rate and ultimately death.

Navalny was the target of an earlier poisoning in 2020, with a nerve agent in an attack he blamed on the Kremlin, which always denied involvement. His family and allies fought to have him flown to Germany for treatment and recovery. Five months later, he returned to Russia, where he was immediately arrested and imprisoned for the last three years of his life.

The U.K. has accused Russia of repeatedly flouting international bans on chemical and biological weapons. It accuses the Kremlin of carrying out a 2018 attack in the English city of Salisbury that targeted a former Russian intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal, with the nerve agent Novichok. Skripal and his daughter became seriously ill, and a British woman, Dawn Sturgess, died after she came across a discarded bottle with traces of the nerve agent.

The poisoning of Navalny shows ‘that Vladimir Putin is prepared to use biological weapons against his own people to remain in power,’ French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot wrote on X.

Yvette Cooper pictured with Navalny’s widow Yulia today during the Munich Security Conference 

Yulia Navalnaya, human rights activist and wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gives a press statement on the death and circumstances of her husband’s death on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday Feb. 14, 2026

Navalny’s widow said last year that two independent labs had found that her husband was poisoned shortly before he died. She has repeatedly blamed Putin for her husband’s death. Russian officials have vehemently denied the accusation.

Yulia Navalnaya said Saturday that she had been ‘certain from the first day’ that her husband had been poisoned, ‘but now there is proof’.

A British inquiry concluded that the attack ‘must have been authorised at the highest level, by President Putin’.

The Kremlin has denied involvement. Russia also denied poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in London in 2006 after ingesting the radioactive isotope polonium-210. A British inquiry concluded that two Russian agents killed Litvinenko, and Putin had ‘probably approved’ the operation.

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend, Zelensky also poked fun at Hungarian leader Victor Orban’s belly, saying Ukraine’s fight against Russia allowed Europe to live freely. 

Zelensky was describing how Europe gains from having Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s relations with neighbouring Hungary have been strained by Orban’s support for Russia and have deteriorated further in recent weeks as the veteran leader has ramped up attacks on Ukraine ahead of a closely fought parliamentary election in April.

‘There can be a sovereign Moldova and a Romania without dictatorship and even one Victor can think about how to grow his belly, not how to grow his army to stop Russian tanks from returning to the streets of Budapest,’ Zelensky said.

‘But look at the price. Look at the price, look at the pain Ukraine has gone through, look at the suffering Ukraine has faced. It’s Ukrainians who are holding the European front,’ he said.

Although Ukraine applied to join the European Union days after Russia invaded, it has been unable to advance accession talks because of Orban’s vetoes.

Unlike other European countries, Hungary has not diversified its imports from Russia since Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.

By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Published: 11:03 EST, 14 February 2026 | Updated: 11:40 EST, 14 February 2026

New video footage has shown the moment a chaotic mass brawl broke out between British passengers on a flight from Turkey to Manchester.

The airplane was forced to make an emergency diversion after the fight broke out, with dramatic footage showing passengers screaming as others exchanged blows and wrestled in the aisle mid-air.

Now new video footage has shown how the brawl on a Jet2 flight began when a man standing in the plane aisle appeared to attempt to snatch a woman’s phone who was filming.

Passengers previously claimed one of those detained had been drinking heavily and making racist remarks before the situation escalated.

A male passenger could be seen trying to take a seated woman’s phone out of her hands after spotting she was filming what was already a tense encounter.

The footage shows how another male passenger intervened, while a woman shouted: ‘Get off her.’

The first man then appeared to snatch the second man’s glasses from his face, prompting him to shove him.

Multiple passengers then attempted to intervene to calm the situation, with cabin crew seen also trying to ease things.

The airplane was forced to make an emergency diversion after the fight broke out, with dramatic footage showing passengers screaming as others exchanged blows and wrestled in the aisle mid-air

Passengers previously claimed one of those detained had been drinking heavily and making racist remarks before the situation escalated

The brawl erupted between British passengers and prompted the flight to make an emergency landing in Brussels 

But a third man then joined in shoving the would-be phone snatcher, prompting all hell to break loose.

During the ensuing altercation a woman could be heard screaming as a female flight attendant rushed in to try and separate those fighting.

One man placed another in a headlock, and terrified families and elderly travellers reportedly became caught up in the disorder.

Witnesses described seeing blood on seats and teeth scattered on the floor.

Several passengers were later spotted giving basic first aid to those involved. 

The flight was diverted to Brussels on Thursday evening before police boarded the aircraft on landing and took two individuals into custody.

‘At one point it became very physical. Passengers were distressed. People were frightened. The atmosphere turned chaotic,’ one traveller said. 

Another added: ‘Respect to the passengers who stood up against the racism, including the kind person who sat with and comforted those shaken. The Jet2 crew dealt with the situation calmly and professionally.’ 

The pilot later told passengers that in 30 years of flying he could count his emergency landings on one hand, adding he had never witnessed an incident as violent.

The aircraft later continued to Manchester following the unscheduled diversion.

Jet2 described the behaviour as ‘appalling’ and said those involved would be banned for life.

Three individuals have been detained during a SWAT operation just 1.9 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona home, according to reports. 

A man and a woman were pulled from a house in Marana by Pima County Sheriff’s SWAT team in a huge raid Friday night as the search for Nancy Guthrie intensified, Fox News reports.

According to TMZ, the individuals appeared to be a mother and son. 

The second man was detained at a traffic stop nearby, per NewsNation. 

Pima County Sheriff Chamonis Valdez told the Daily Mail that the raid was in connection with the Guthrie case.

The home in question is the only location police are focusing on as of tonight. 

The Pima County Police Department released a statement late on Friday. 

‘Law enforcement activity is underway at a residence near E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave related to the Guthrie case,’ it read. 

‘Because this is a joint investigation, at the request of the FBI, no additional information is currently available.’

Roads were closed off near the residence as the SWAT raid continued 

Pima County police were seen standing near the blocked off roads

Several media members and law enforcement officials surrounded the home

Nancy Guthrie is the mother of TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie

A source told Fox News that a judge issued a warrant to enter the home, though it remains unclear at this time if the detained individuals are suspects in the missing 84-year-old’s disappearance.

The raid saw officers surround the property and pull the two detainees from the residence, NewsNation reported.

FBI officials told CNN Nancy Guthrie has yet to be located and her abductor has not been identified.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the operation was part of investigators ‘actively working a lead,’ AZ Family reported.

Roughly two dozen officers, including FBI officials, were seen standing near blocked–off streets in the pouring rain, as one Pima County Sheriff’s Office plane was spotted flying over the Tucson neighborhood.

Law enforcement activity increased at the site Friday night as more vehicles arrived, including units believed to be federal agents.

Marked sheriff’s cars were followed by a federal evidence truck, according to CNN. SWAT were seen leaving the scene earlier, while forensic teams remain in the area.

Some earlier reports suggested the home belonged to a former county attorney. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department clarified that these claims were ‘not accurate.’

Swarms of police officers surrounded the property in the pouring rain

Armored SWAT vehicles were seen leaving the scene during the SWAT operation

The SWAT team was reportedly activated around the same time that the aircraft was launched. 

This comes just days after the FBI asked for the public’s assistance in identifying a masked figure seen near Guthrie’s home before she disappeared. 

Doorbell camera images of the individual showed the masked man wearing a black jacket, a backpack and gloves.

Residents within a two-mile radius of Guthrie were asked to check their doorbell and security camera footage dating back to the beginning of January.  

Guthrie was last seen entering her home in Tucson on the evening of January 31 after having dinner with her daughter, Annie, son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, and her grandchildren.

The next morning, she was reported missing when she failed to attend a virtual church service with friends, Nanos said. 

An individual was spotted outside of Guthrie’s Arizona home before she went missing on February 1

Nancy Guthrie has been missing from her home since February 1 

Nancy was last seen entering her home in Tucson, pictured here on Tuesday, on the evening of January 31

On Friday, investigators discovered that DNA found on Nancy’s property during the investigation did not belong to her family or anyone ‘close’ to her. 

‘DNA other than Nancy Guthrie’s and those in close contact to her have been collected from the property,’ the sheriff’s department said, adding that investigators are working to identify who it belongs to and are not disclosing where it was found.

Investigators also found several gloves, ranging from roughly two to 10 miles away from Nancy’s home.

Officials described the suspect as a 5-foot-9-inch or 5-foot-10-inch male with an average build. 

The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward for information in Guthrie’s case. 

The Daily Mail contacted the Pima County Sheriff’s Office for more information.