China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices – Reuters

  1. China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices  Reuters
  2. China Retaliates Against EU on Medical-Device Procurement  Bloomberg
  3. China blocks EU companies from medical device contracts in tit-for-tat move  South China Morning Post
  4. China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices  AP News
  5. Siemens Healthineers does not expect China restrictions to affect business  1470 & 100.3 WMBD
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Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers – AP News

  1. Poland reinstates border controls with Germany and Lithuania to discourage asylum-seekers  AP News
  2. Poland begins controls on borders with Germany and Lithuania  The Guardian
  3. Poland imposes checks on German and Lithuanian borders amid migration fears  Reuters
  4. Escalating German-Polish border dispute hampers Europe’s free movement  The Washington Post
  5. Poland reinstates border controls with Germany, Lithuania to curb illegal migration  France 24
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BRICS condemns attacks on Iran, Gaza war, Trump tariffs: Key takeaways – Al Jazeera

  1. BRICS condemns attacks on Iran, Gaza war, Trump tariffs: Key takeaways  Al Jazeera
  2. As Renewed U.S. Tariffs Loom, Emerging Economies Turn to One Another  The New York Times
  3. Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems | Jonathan Watts  The Guardian
  4. Putin says that globalisation is obsolete and the future belongs to emerging markets  Reuters
  5. Brics 2025: 'We don't want an emperor,' says Brazil's Lula; slams Trump tariffs, hints at dollar alternat  Times of India
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Apple appeals against ‘unprecedented’ €500m EU fine over app store

iPhone maker accuses European Commission of going ‘far beyond what the law requires’ in ruling

Apple has launched an appeal against an “unprecedented” €500m (£430m) fine imposed by the EU on the company, in the latest clash between US tech companies and Brussels.

The iPhone maker accused the European Commission – the EU’s executive arm – of going “far beyond what the law requires” in a dispute over its app store.

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U.N. council votes to keep researching anti-LGBTQ abuses despite U.S. U-turn – NBC News

  1. U.N. council votes to keep researching anti-LGBTQ abuses despite U.S. U-turn  NBC News
  2. UN council votes to keep researching abuses for LGBT people despite US U-turn  Reuters
  3. UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity  International Service for Human Rights
  4. UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of LGBTQ+ rights expert - JURIST - News  JURIST Legal News
  5. ImpACT International | Why the UN’s SOGI Mandate Renewal Matters for Global Human Rights Progress  impactpolicies.org
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Minister won’t rule out support cuts for children with EHCPs amid Send overhaul – UK politics live

Stephen Morgan, the early education minister, would not confirm every child who has an EHCP would continue to keep the same provisions

The Conservatives will try to change the government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal independence payments (Pip) and universal credit, PA Media reports. PA says:

Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are “now the only party committed to serious welfare reform” after Keir Starmer shelved plans to restrict eligibility for Pip in the face of a backbench revolt this week.

The Tories will look to lay amendments to the legislation – set to be renamed the universal credit bill – and party leader Badenoch is due to deliver a speech on welfare on Thursday.

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Kew Gardens to host largest outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore’s sculptures

Show will include 30 monumental pieces displayed across gardens and 90 works filling Shirley Sherwood Gallery

Henry Moore believed “sculpture is an art of the open air” and that his works should be seen in “almost any landscape, rather than in or on the most beautiful building”.

Now the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is planning the world’s largest outdoor exhibition devoted to the miner’s son who became one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, it will announce on Monday.

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