Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in London as the Trump administration pressures Ukraine to give up land to end the war. Ukraine is resisting and public opposition to territorial concessions remains strong.
UK and EU are negotiating UK association to Erasmus+ from 2027 as part of a wider youth, mobility and standards deal to reset post‑Brexit relations.
Landmark UK–US pharma pact scraps US tariffs on British medicines in return for higher NHS drug prices and looser NICE rules from 2026.
Fact-check reveals viral claim that the UK pledged £40bn to rebuild Gaza is false: Britain has offered millions in aid, not tens of billions.
Jury trials aren’t an old-fashioned courtroom ritual but a core democratic safeguard that puts ordinary citizens between state power and individual liberty. If governments can spend vast sums on war, prisons and surveillance, they can fund public justice that remains visibly accountable to the people. Weakening or removing juries in common-law systems quietly shifts power away from citizens and towards officials, eroding one of the last defences against arbitrary punishment.
