Keir Starmer has privately told friends he plans to resign and set out an “orderly timetable” for leaving No. 10, possibly before the June 18 by-election.

Publicly Starmer is still defiant.

90+ MPs have called for him to go, ministers have resigned.

Source: Daily Mail

Canada is strengthening Arctic defense ties with Nordic countries as trust in the U.S. weakens under Trump’s threats to seize Greenland and annex Canada.

Ottawa is expanding military cooperation with Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland while helping Greenland develop a local ranger force modeled on Canada’s Arctic Rangers.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada still values its NORAD partnership with the U.S. but wants stronger alliances among “middle powers.”

Source: Reuters

The EU is set to approve the terms of its €90B Ukraine loan next week, clearing the way for a first €9B payout in June.

The money would fund €5.9B in drones and €3.2B in budget support, including soldiers’ salaries.

The loan, agreed in December, is backed by joint EU debt after plans to use frozen Russian assets stalled. Half the funds will be distributed in 2026, with the rest in 2027.

Ukraine still faces a €135B budget gap, and EU officials warn more support may be needed if the war continues into next year.

Source: POLITICO

Bulgaria won the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with Dara’s song “Bangaranga,” beating Israel and Romania in the final.

Trump threatened to back a primary challenger against Rep. Lauren Boebert after she campaigned for Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky.

Boebert, usually a strong Trump ally, supported Massie despite Trump’s push to unseat him.

Trump called Boebert “weak minded” on Truth Social and invited challengers to run against her in Colorado’s 4th District.

Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a close ally of Nicolás Maduro, was deported to the U.S., Venezuela’s migration agency said Saturday.

Saab was arrested in Caracas in February during a joint U.S.-Venezuelan operation, shortly after Maduro’s own capture by U.S. forces.

Saab, a Colombian-born businessman, had previously faced U.S. bribery charges after his 2020 arrest in Cape Verde. He was pardoned in 2023 in exchange for the release of detained Americans in Venezuela.

Source: Reuters

The Trump administration allowed a sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil to expire Saturday, ending temporary permission for countries like India to keep buying Russian crude.

Ukrainian drone attacks reportedly targeted Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Ghalibaf has been appointed Iran’s special representative for China affairs.

Source: Tasnim

US demands from Iran (per Fars News):

— No compensation or damages paid to Iran
— Iran transfers 400kg of uranium to the US
— Only one nuclear facility allowed to remain active
— None of Iran's frozen assets released
— Ceasefire conditional on negotiations, not guaranteed

Iran's preconditions for any talks:

— Full ceasefire on all fronts, especially Lebanon
— Lifting of all anti-Iran sanctions
— Release of frozen Iranian assets
— Compensation for war damages
— Recognition of Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz

BIG: A drone hit an electrical generator near the UAE's Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi.

No injuries, no radiation risk, all four reactors still running.

The fire was quickly contained.

No group has claimed responsibility.

WATCH: Iranian state TV airs a public tutorial on how to use a PK machine gun.

Ukrainian FP-2 drone fires unguided rockets at a target in Crimea.

Separately, a Ukrainian drone struck a Russian Project 10410 Svetlyak patrol vessel near the port of Kaspiysk in Dagestan; hitting directly from the stern.

The International Criminal Court issued secret arrest warrants for five Israeli officials, including three politicians and two military officers.

Source: Haaretz

Angela Merkel:

No country on earth can solve all the problems we face alone.

Even a country as large and strong as the United States should, in my view, have some interest in having a few friends in the world.

That can't hurt.

Netanyahu:

We in Gaza now hold already something... no longer 50%... already 60%. That is today.

Our mission is one: to ensure that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel.

Our eyes are also open regarding Iran. I will speak today, as I do every few days, with our friend President Trump — to hear impressions about his trip from China, and perhaps also about other things.

Certainly, there are many possibilities; we are prepared for any scenario.

(on Hezbollah's drone attacks) You have no budget limit. Whatever it costs, it will cost.

I have no doubt that Israel will be the first country to bring a complete solution to this problem too.

NEW: Trump advisers fear Xi will invade Taiwan within 5 years — and the US chip supply chain won't be ready.

One adviser says Xi used the Beijing summit to signal:

"We're not a rising power. We're your equal. And Taiwan is mine."

Source: Axios

BIG: Cuba has acquired 300+ military drones from Russia and Iran and has discussed using them to attack Guantanamo Bay, US naval vessels, and Key West.

CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Havana to personally warn Cuba against hostilities.

US officials say Cuban soldiers who fought for Russia in Ukraine are now bringing drone warfare lessons home.

Source: Axios