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An ITV Exposure undercover investigation released further examples of racism, bigotry and vetting failures in Reform UK. An aspiring MP, Jason Powell, was heard saying Muslims cannot be British and calling for concentration camps for migrants arriving by small boats, while councillor David Care endorsed machine-gunning grooming gang perpetrators and commented on Reform's ruling board. Reform UK said investigations had begun where behaviour was inappropriate, some suspensions had been made, vetting had improved, unsuitable individuals could still enter the party, and there was no room for racism in the party.

Around 400 people were arrested in France as protesters clashed with police across the country, with more than half a million demonstrating over the cost of living, falling education standards and other issues. Some protests turned violent, with looting and fires in parts of Paris and Lyon, and the French government blamed delinquents and ultra-left groups. The defence secretary condemned Russian strikes on Ukraine, some hitting energy infrastructure, and accused Vladimir Putin of using winter as a weapon, while Donald Trump paused a new package of US sanctions on Russia; Volodymyr Zelensky said the decision helped only the Russians.

The SNP passed a motion calling for a UK-wide ban on the social media site X, accused of becoming a hotbed of mis- and disinformation, and said the Scottish government should stop using it. John Swinney's keynote speech focused on independence and future generations, and he set out a proposed bill to tackle misogyny and an extension of the £2 bus cap across Aberdeen and the North East. Iran's state television broadcast video it said showed an oil tanker hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz; Israeli settlers attacked European diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian media; and Pope Leo was discharged from hospital in Rome after lung cancer surgery.