Editorial
🇬🇧 Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils historic £40bn tax overhaul targeting businesses and wealthy, pledges massive public service investment. Markets wobble as borrowing plans signal fewer
🇱🇧 Lebanon’s PM reveals potential breakthrough: Israel and Lebanon could strike a 60-day ceasefire deal within days, featuring Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory. Meanwhile, Israeli
🇹🇷 Erdogan unveils ambitious “Steel Dome” defense plan to rival Israel’s Iron Dome, vowing military independence despite US sanctions. Announcement comes after Kurdish militant attack
🇪🇺 EU slaps massive 45% tariffs on Chinese EVs despite German opposition, sparking fears of economic cold war. Beijing retaliates with probes into EU brandy,
🌍 TB surpasses COVID as world’s deadliest infectious disease, killing 1.25M in 2023. WHO reports record 8.2M new diagnoses, calls situation “outrageous” as underfunding plagues
🇮🇹 Italy flexes military muscle with massive €8.2B tank modernization plan through 2038, partnering with Germany’s Rheinmetall to replace aging fleet. Only 50 of 200
🇵🇸 Hamas signals openness to Gaza war-ending deal, demands complete Israeli withdrawal and permanent ceasefire. Qatar races against US election deadline for breakthrough, as Netanyahu
🇸🇩 US condemns Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces for brutal attacks on civilians, threatens further sanctions as violence rages on. Meanwhile, humanitarian crisis deepens with shocking
🇲🇲 UN envoy Julie Bishop reveals unprecedented meeting with Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing amid worsening civil war that’s displaced 3.1M. Calls for end
