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Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs he would use next month's UK-EU summit in Brussels to push for new post-Brexit deals, saying deeper cooperation in some areas was key to growing the UK economy and that sticking with the status quo was not good enough. He said he wanted to reduce administrative burdens on farmers, deepen cooperation on immigration and discuss a youth mobility scheme, while keeping to Labour promises to stay out of the customs union, the single market and freedom of movement. Kemi Badenoch said he would not get a better deal than the Conservatives secured. The broadcast also reported his comments about Russian interference, including that he had been given a clear answer that there was interference in the 2016 referendum; MI5 said in 2018 there was no evidence Russia influenced the result, and the Prime Minister later said Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election. The Liberal Democrats commended his courage and called for evidence, Reform UK's leader called him a liar, and Boris Johnson said he had been told there was no evidence of successful interference. Europe editor Katya Adler said EU countries wanted the UK back, but negotiations would be detailed and the EU itself was changing ahead of elections in several countries.

Saudi Arabia promised what it called a serious response after a wave of deadly Houthi attacks, including at least two strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport. Officials said one person was killed and 11 wounded in Sunday's attack, hours after another Houthi-claimed attack killed 13 and wounded hundreds; airport operations were suspended until the weekend. The Houthis said they were targeting Saudi Arabia over its support for government forces in Yemen's civil war, and had advanced along the coast, threatening the Bab al-Mandab Strait. A report examined how Saudi air defences were penetrated despite heavy defence spending, and another from southern Yemen described pro-government forces retaking ground, Houthi drones, and wounded fighters and civilians, including a 12-year-old boy, in hospital. The broadcast reported that the UK gets less than 3% of its oil from Saudi Arabia, but the risk to output added two dollars to the oil price, raising concerns about inflation, borrowing costs and public finances; the Chancellor was due to attend an IMF meeting in Bangkok.

Russia's foreign minister said Ukraine did not deserve any respite, a day after President Trump announced Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. President Zelensky said he would support a ceasefire but accused Russia of attacking six energy facilities within 24 hours, and called on Trump to increase pressure on Putin. A report from Kyiv described power cuts, residents preparing for outages, and a Russian strike on a Kharkiv suburb. The Home Secretary announced an urgent review of security arrangements for all high-profile public figures after the killing of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, saying the state must go further; the man charged over her murder had also been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including against Reform leader Nigel Farage. High-profile politicians who are not MPs will receive police help, and Sir Stephen Lovegrove will lead a six-month review. Reform UK welcomed the announcement but called for immediate changes and round-the-clock protection for parliamentarians. It also emerged that the man mauled to death by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park was visiting alone; the park was closed for a third day and Doncaster council launched a health and safety investigation, with the tiger not to be euthanized. Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died at 34. Hundreds of French supermarkets were hit by a cyber attack that caused fridges and freezers to heat up and ruined millions of pounds of food; French prosecutors opened an investigation. The AI minister warned UK cyber defences would likely be breached at some point and set out plans to use advanced AI, while the AI Safety Institute's work was said to have been hampered after the White House blocked Anthropic and Google from submitting models to UK scrutiny before access was allowed after government intervention, and East Midlands Police said it would not renew its contract with US tech firm Palantir. Second World War Normandy veteran Henry Rice died at 100.