Residents from Portadown's Garvaghy Road have failed in their High Court bid to overturn a decision permitting the annual Drumcree Orange Order march. Judges ruled their role was confined to the lawfulness of the determination, not the parade's merits.
Two defence ministers resigned over inadequate funding, exposing a significant gap between the government's military ambitions and its financial allocations. The UK faces increasing state-on-state threats and pressure from the US to meet Nato spending targets, yet its defence investment plan remains uncertain.
A French government agency, Viginum, has accused Israeli tech firm BlackCore of orchestrating online disinformation campaigns targeting Scottish First Minister John Swinney and the Scottish National Party (SNP) ahead of the Holyrood election. BlackCore, which claims to "shape narratives," allegedly used hundreds of fake accounts to post coordinated comments on Swinney's social media, coinciding with his vocal criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza.
