The Taliban administration has banned all FM radio broadcasts of BBC programmes across Afghanistan. This move impacts millions of listeners who relied on FM for news and information, though other broadcast methods remain active.
Labour has formally reported claims of Russian state actors hacking Nigel Farage's phone and bank accounts to the Metropolitan Police and the National Cyber Security Centre. This follows Reform sources alleging that a £5 million gift to Farage from a crypto-billionaire was exposed via this compromise.
The United States has implemented new tariffs of 10-12.5% on imports from 60 countries, including the UK, EU, Canada, India, and Japan. This action follows a US Trade Department investigation concluding these nations have failed to address the importation of goods produced with forced labour, despite previous judicial setbacks to the Trump administration's trade policy.
