UK: Jaguar’s rebrand prompts mockery, confusion online

British luxury carmaker Jaguar is under fire over a colourful new advertising campaign that promotes inclusivity but lacks one key ingredient – any reference to cars. Released across multiple social…

Australia: Authorities proposes $32m fine for social media firms flouting under-16s ban

Australia’s centre-left government has introduced a “landmark” bill in parliament to ban children under 16 from social media. The legislation could see platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram…

Somaliland: Opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi wins presidential election

 Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, leader of Somaliland’s opposition, has been elected president of the breakaway region of Somalia, according to reports.Abdullahi – also known as Irro – of the Waddani Party…

Ukraine: War could end today if Putin stopped aggression- UK PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the war could “end today if Putin stopped being aggressive”. In a round of interviews with regional BBC journalists the PM was asked…

Ukraine: Threat of global conflict is serious and real- Polish PM

Russia’s new missile that moves at hypersonic speed Rarely has the use of a generated such widespread anxiety and debate. The deafening explosions that shook Dnipro in the early hours…

Ukraine: Never before has threat of nuclear war been greater- Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says “never before” has the threat of a nuclear war been greater, blaming the US for its “aggressive and hostile” policy towards Pyongyang. “Never…

Netherlands: Nato chief to meet with Donald Trump in Florida, according to Dutch and US media

Nato secretary general and former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is expected to meet with US president-elect Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine, according to reports from Dutch and US media.…

Ukraine: Russia deploys new Shrapnel drone in Sumy

Russia has used a drone equipped with shrapnel munitions against a building in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy, local authorities say.This is the first reported use of such a…

Ukraine: Russia’s missile travelled at speed of Mach 11 – Ukrainian military intelligence

Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR suggests the ballistic missile used by Russia against Dnipro yesterday may have been intercontinental and was likely a Kedr (“Cedar”) missile – which official Russian…

Ukraine: UK and France to do ‘everything necessary’ to support Ukraine

The UK and France will do “everything that is necessary” to support Ukraine and achieve lasting peace, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said in a newspaper piece co-written with his French…