Boris Nadezhdin, recently designated a 'foreign agent' by the Kremlin, has announced he has left Russia. He posted a video from Paris, stating his departure was driven by the current political climate.
The Royal Navy has dispatched HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, to the Middle East. The deployment is described as 'pre-positioning' for a 'potential role' in an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway controlled by Iran following recent US and Israeli aggression.
Twenty-two British nationals from the MV Hondius, a cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, will be brought to Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside for isolation and clinical assessment. Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed, including one fatality on board the Dutch vessel, with other Britons receiving treatment abroad.
