In today’s newsletter: World leaders descend on Vilnius, Lithuania this week for Nato’s annual summit – but what’s on the agenda?
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Today, Nato members are gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, for their annual summit. Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the military alliance seemed to have lost a lot of its purpose, and was desperately seeking relevance. Now, thanks to the threat posed by the Kremlin, it has been revitalised. The agenda is packed and the goal is to try to create common ground and settle the conflicting goals and desires of its members, as well as making key decisions on the war in Ukraine and redefining what the future of a relationship between Russia and Nato might look like.
BBC | The young person at the centre of a scandal over a BBC presenter reportedly paying for explicit pictures has issued a statement through a lawyer claiming the key allegations are “rubbish”. The lawyer told BBC News a denial was provided to the Sun before the publication of the original story but the tabloid pressed ahead, without including the young person’s side.
Immigration | Controversial plans to house asylum seekers on a barge to reduce reliance on expensive hotels will save less than £10 a person a day, according to a report from the NGOs Reclaim The Seas and One Life To Live.
UK news | A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a male teacher at a school in Gloucestershire was stabbed and taken to hospital. The school was placed into lockdown until Monday afternoon when pupils were sent home to their parents. The teacher was later released from hospital.
Environment | The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet as a whole, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This year had already seen the hottest June on record, the UN body said, driven by climate change and the early stages of an El Niño weather pattern.
Theranos | Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence was quietly shortened by two years, new records show. Holmes had reported to a minimum-security, federal women’s prison camp in Texas after being convicted in November 2022 on four counts of defrauding investors and sentenced to 11 years and three months.
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