UK
🇬🇧 Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils historic £40bn tax overhaul targeting businesses and wealthy, pledges massive public service investment. Markets wobble as borrowing plans signal fewer BoE rate cuts ahead.
🇬🇧 Neo-nazi Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months after deliberately flouting court order in Syrian refugee libel case. Refuses judge’s offer to reduce sentence by removing Infowars-backed documentary, declaring himself “above the law.”
🇬🇧 A British police officer, Martyn Blake, was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, an unarmed Black man, after a three-week trial. Kaba’s family expressed “deep pain of injustice” while the case has renewed focus on violence and discrimination within the UK’s Met Police.
🇦🇺 Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe fiercely confronted King Charles during his Canberra visit, accusing him of “genocide” and demanding a return of stolen land and a national treaty. Thorpe’s protest disrupted his speech, challenging the monarchy’s legitimacy in Australia.
🇩🇪 Germany is stepping back while Britain leads the charge on supplying Eurofighter jets to Turkey. Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed the project is still in its early stages, with the UK taking point in a potential deal with NATO ally and “strongman” Erdogan.