Mistrust between the Treasury and MoD is holding back UK defence
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Ireland seeks EU money to keep Aughinish Alumina open
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IRAN EYES BILLIONS IN ANNUAL FEES, SEEKS LONG-TERM CONTROL ROLE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ
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Former Iranian diplomat Sadegh Kharrazi said his uncle Kamal Kharrazi, a former foreign minister and senior adviser to slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed inside a hospital after what he described as “infiltration,” suggesting the method involved inhalation. Iranian media previously said Kharrazi died April 9 from injuries sustained in an airstrike on his home.
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Andy Burnham is odds-on favorite to replace UK PM Keir Starmer in a Labour Party leadership contest scheduled to start July 9. But he’s keeping quiet when it comes to picks for an eventual cabinet.
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Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski publicly criticized President Karol Nawrocki's decision to revoke Ukraine's Order of the White Eagle from Volodymyr Zelensky, calling it disproportionate and personally humiliating:
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Iran cautions southern Gulf nations against permitting attacks from their soil
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Iran: Armed forces conduct defensive strikes on targets linked to U.S. troops
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Iran: US airstrikes hit multiple sites on southern coast, breach war-ending memorandum
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Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian said US strikes on targets in southern Iran on Friday violated the US-Iran memorandum of understanding and called for a firm response from Iran's negotiators.
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Venezuela quake toll tops 900, search intensifies for hundreds trapped
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Americans Are Rushing Toward A Backup Plan As Citizenship Applications Hit Record High In This European Country.
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South African freight operators are delaying deliveries, mapping alternative routes and weighing additional security before anti-migrant demonstrations scheduled for June 30
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US Pentagon delayed publicly announcing US strikes on Iran until after the US stock market had closed at 4 PM ET on Friday, per NBC News.

The timing of the announcement was reportedly intended to "reduce the immediate impact on financial markets.
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Germany, Poland poised for soaring temperatures as heatwave moves east
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Iran will not change its current level of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency until negotiations reach a final stage and Tehran’s demands are met, a member of parliament’s National Security Committee said.
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Mohseni Sani accused the IAEA director general of “hostile” conduct, saying his actions had helped advance anti-Iran resolutions at the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors.

He said that under Iran’s law requiring the government to suspend cooperation with the IAEA, the agency would not be allowed to enter the country to inspect the sites it wants to visit.
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APPLE AND MICRON CLASH AS AI MEMORY SHORTAGE HITS DEVICE PRICES

Apple raised Mac and iPad prices by $100 to $300 after Tim Cook called the memory spike “unavoidable.” Micron’s Sumit Sadana pushed back, saying past rock-bottom pricing left suppliers unable to invest when profits collapsed.

This is the bill from cheap chips. AI servers now eat memory supply, consumers pay more, and hardware makers lose margin control.
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Apple MacBooks, iPads price hike: India hit hardest globally! Some models get up to 70% costlier
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Ukraine's Budanov says Russia's recruitment of agents inside Ukraine is driven almost entirely by economics, not ideology — calling the targets "the $300 people."

The foundation is poverty. We called them the $300 people.

Standard recruitment price is $300.

There is little that can be done to stop them.
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German AfD politician Maximilian Krah on Chinese spy in his office:

It shows that I'm not a racist at all because he was a friend and I hired him.
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