'Healey to defer defence spend target' and 'Fergie's coming home'
Summary
UK Chancellor John Healey plans to delay reaching the goal of spending 3% of the UK's economy on defense by 2030. The US may pressure the UK to increase defense spending by threatening to challenge British control over the Falkland Islands. Meanwhile, floods in Nepal have caused deaths and missing people, including some British citizens.Key Facts
- Chancellor John Healey will postpone the target of spending 3% of the UK’s GDP on defense by 2030.
- Healey resigned earlier as defense secretary over disagreements on defense spending plans.
- The US Pentagon is considering measures, including possibly opposing UK sovereignty over the Falklands, to encourage the UK to meet NATO’s 5% spending pledge.
- King Charles III has expressed shock and sent condolences over a fatal crash that killed two police officers.
- New polls show the Labour Party rising in popularity, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK loses support.
- British economic advisor Lord O’Neill criticized potential UK tax increases amid worries about economic growth and the Iran war’s impact.
- Nepal has been hit by devastating floods, causing many deaths and missing people, including four Britons.
- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is returning to the UK after leaving due to controversies linked to Jeffrey Epstein, and will rent an expensive home near London.
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