Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift

Electoral Commission reviewing whether Reform UK leader should have declared billionaire’s gift before entering parliament

The UK elections watchdog is considering whether to investigate an undisclosed £5m gift received by Nigel Farage before he announced his candidacy at the last general election.

The Guardian revealed this week that the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne gave the Reform UK leader the money.

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Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire – BBC

  1. Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire  BBC
  2. Woman killed, children injured as Israel attacks Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  3. Opinion | Israel’s new “buffer zone” in Lebanon is a huge gift to Hezbollah  MS NOW
  4. IDF chief says there’s ‘no ceasefire’ in south Lebanon amid continued fighting with Hezbollah  The Times of Israel
  5. Mirroring Gaza, Israel is destroying towns and villages in southern Lebanon  NPR
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‘Profoundly distressing’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW

There were 66 deaths in custody and police operations in 2025 – 18 more than the previous year

  • Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died

There were a record number of New South Wales deaths in custody and police operations last year, with almost a quarter of prisoner deaths recorded as self-harm, a coroner’s court report states.

Of those who killed themselves, most were by hanging, despite millions being invested to remove ligature points.

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BAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft

EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRC

Britain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, is facing a £120m lawsuit after scrapping support for aircraft used to deliver aid to some of the world’s neediest countries.

EnComm Aviation, a Kenya-based aid cargo operator, claims the decision forced the cancellation of humanitarian contracts and reduced supplies to South Sudan, now threatened by famine, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), among others.

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Mali attacks spotlight the growing reach of militants across West Africa – Reuters

  1. Mali attacks spotlight the growing reach of militants across West Africa  Reuters
  2. Rebel checkpoints reported around Mali’s capital, northern town seized  Al Jazeera
  3. Fall of Kidal—What JNIM’s Latest Offensive Means for Mali’s Future: Africa File Special Edition  Critical Threats
  4. 'A common enemy, but not a common project': A fragile jihadist-separatist alliance in Mali  France 24
  5. What can save Mali from collapse?  Atlantic Council
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