The House of Commons on Monday began work on addressing the mounting wave of misconduct across Westminster that’s included multiple allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against MPs in recent years.
The US Commerce Department restricted exports to entities that it says recruited Western pilots to train Chinese military personnel, as well as some that helped develop hypersonic weapons.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he hopes Ukraine’s counteroffensive “is as victorious as possible to be able to then launch a phase of negotiations in good conditions. But our support will last as long as necessary.” Macron spoke in Paris alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda. At the White House, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said “we’re going to refrain from providing an armchair assessment” of the Ukrainian offensive as it develops.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum will resign from her post on June 16 to start her presidential campaign ahead of next year’s election.
NATO should respond to steps by Russia aimed at deploying nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda.
The Bank of Canada will have to keep rates higher for longer unless governments do more to dial back their spending, one of the country’s largest commercial lenders warned.
Bulgaria moved to dismiss the country’s top prosecutor, a controversial figure who has for years faced accusations of political meddling and links to organized crime.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is facing investigations into whether a political vehicle he created for a presidential primary in 2016 benefited from illegal financing.
French President Emmanuel Macron was due to host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda for talks on supporting Ukraine late Monday. Kyiv meanwhile seized back more eastern villages in a counteroffensive to recover Russian-occupied territory, according to the Ukrainian military and local media including Suspilne TV.
The passing of Silvio Berlusconi may trigger a wide-scale redrawing of his business empire just as it sets off another front to consolidate political power in Italy.
