The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has issued a warning that gonorrhoea strains resistant to ceftriaxone, the first-line antibiotic treatment, are increasingly being detected across European countries and are now spreading person-to-person within Europe rather than being imported cases.
For the first time, Brussels granted Ukraine an exemption from EU defense loan procurement rules, permitting Chinese-made drone components to be purchased under the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan because European suppliers cannot produce them in sufficient quantities.
Members of the royal family gathered in Gloucestershire to celebrate the wedding of Peter Phillips, the King's nephew and son of Princess Royal Anne, to NHS nurse Harriet Sperling. The couple announced their engagement in August 2025.
