Alex

I’m told that in cabinet this morning from someone in the room that PM spoke “really movingly” when this he received the carriage clock. Apparently, his Dad loved clocks and had loads of them - they were his biggest love after his family - and that fed back to his tool-making & love of precision. I’m told he got a standing ovation and the mood was emotional

🚨 NEW: England vs Argentina has been rated the “highest risk” match of the World Cup by the FBI

We’re sanctioning Russia at speed and scale. Today’s measures, together with the upcoming 21st sanctions package, will add 250 individuals and entities to the Russia sanctions regime. This is our biggest round of individual designations since Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion, and includes also the EU’s largest-ever cyber sanctions package. The financial backbone of Russia’s war machine is the main target. Every measure weakens Moscow’s ability to wage war. My doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓

🚨 UPDATE: The white British man arrested over the suspected murder of Ann Widdecombe has been re-arrested on suspicion of preparing or instigating acts of terrorism

May her soul rest in peace.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died.

Andy Burnham's backed a land value tax for 16 years. This Sunday we'll be publishing an analysis of how an LVT would work in practice. Plus a model that lets you design an LVT and answer the key questions: Who'd win? Who'd lose? And the big question: can it be done at all?

Huawei’s telephoto camera turned a twin-engine jet into a bird.

New York Magazine by Susanna Hayward.

Huawei’s telephoto camera turned a twin-engine jet into a bird.

Temperatures have exceeded 34°C today for the 8th day this year 🌡️ That makes it a record for the most number of 34°C or higher in a calendar year 👇 The record was previously set in 1976 and 2020 for 7 days

Hereford in London was part of a redevelopment project that replaced a 1950s block of flats with a pre-blitz style Victorian stucco-fronted terrace.