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May 30 0800 UTC Brief
In the UK
A 16-year-old has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in east London. Police say the case is still under investigation.
Separately, Sir Keir Starmer is weighing more borrowing to help fund an £18 billion defence increase. Ministers are still trying to work out how to pay for the plan without breaking Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules, which leaves the Treasury doing what it does best, pretending the numbers will negotiate with themselves.
More than 20 councils are also refusing to allow on-street EV charging gullies, despite government efforts to make them easier to install. Local authorities cite safety, legal, and parking concerns, which means plenty of households are still stuck with the usual British compromise, wanting cleaner cars and nowhere sensible to plug them in.
In Manchester, cafe owner Shams Sadiq says police offered him financial benefits and hinted they would overlook low-level offences if he agreed to inform on Palestine Action. He says the approach came when he tried to collect devices seized during his arrest last year.
In Ukraine
Ukraine says it destroyed two Russian Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft on the ground at Taganrog military airfield in an overnight drone strike. Ukrainian forces released video showing the aircraft catching fire after multiple direct hits, another reminder that military aviation is having a very bad week.
In Afghanistan
A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan and killed 18 people, including 10 children, according to a provincial official. The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from Pakistan, and the crash fits the grim pattern of deadly road accidents on poorly regulated roads.
On Iran and the United States
The United States says it is ready to resume war with Iran if no deal is reached, while President Trump says any agreement must meet his red lines. Iran says there is still no final deal.
In sports
The Carolina Hurricanes have reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006 after beating Montreal in the Eastern Conference final. It ends a long playoff barrier for Rod Brind’Amour’s team.
Former NHL forward Claude Lemieux has died at 60. He won four Stanley Cups, and his family and former teams have paid tribute to his career and legacy.
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