The UK government plans to increase the use of home arrest and electronic monitoring as alternatives to incarceration due to a projected shortfall of 12,400 prison spaces by 2027, in an effort to manage rising prison populations more effectively.

The PM has stressed the importance of strengthening the UK’s relationship with the United States to counter the perceived threat from Russia, describing it as a “near and present danger” and advocating for increased cooperation and mutual investment between the two nations.

Russian airstrikes targeted Syria as President Assad committed to intensifying efforts to defeat rebels, aiming to regain control of strategic areas and push back opposition forces.

British MPs have taken a significant step towards legalising assisted dying by backing a landmark bill, which would allow terminally ill patients to receive help from doctors to end their lives, while the government remains neutral and further examinations of the bill’s details are planned for the coming months.