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The broadcast led with Laura Kuenssberg's exclusive interview with Earl Spencer about his book and his claims concerning the night Princess Diana died. Spencer stood by his assertion that the then Prince Charles sounded giddily elated, like a lottery winner, and said he was reporting events as he saw and felt them at the time. He also spoke about his grief for his sister, described the book as his final word and a celebration of her, and discussed press intrusion and Harry and Meghan. Buckingham Palace strongly objected to the claims and said the King was mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory; Spencer insisted he had told friends and family at the time and was telling the truth.

The authorities in Moscow said at least two people were killed and six injured in a massive overnight Ukrainian drone attack, which Russia said was an attempt to disrupt parliamentary elections ending that day. Ukraine's president confirmed Kyiv hit a key Russian oil facility and a logistics site, while Moscow's mayor called it the largest drone attack on the capital yet and said some 450 drones were shot down; Russian authorities claimed more than 1,600 drones had been repelled since Saturday. A BBC Russia editor reported quiet resignation in Moscow and said the tightly controlled election was being used to try to show national support for the Kremlin and the war. Breaking news from AFP reported an explosion near Erbil airport in Iraq's Kurdistan region, which hosts US-led coalition troops, with the cause unclear and grey smoke seen nearby. Voting was also under way in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where further poor results could weaken Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who had cancelled plans to attend the UN General Assembly and faced speculation about his future amid low approval ratings and voter frustration over the cost of living, the economy and immigration.

Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was reportedly arrested in Lahore ahead of a planned PTI protest march, according to a party spokesman, with the government and police yet to comment. Imran Khan has been in prison since August 2023 after convictions he says are politically motivated. In Gaza, more than half a million children returned to formal education for the first time in nearly three years, with the UN saying 97 percent of schools had been damaged or destroyed and about 700 education facilities opened. Dutch police clashed with several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague after an anti-immigration demonstration spiralled into violence, with fireworks and projectiles thrown and at least 24 people arrested. Converse withdrew an advert after criticism that its imagery evoked the Ku Klux Klan, and Ed Sheeran, in his first concert since Macklemore was dropped over pro-Palestinian comments, described Gaza as catastrophic and unjustifiable, called the Hamas attacks horrific and said Israel's response had been disproportionate.