Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Moscow on Thursday. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed the attack, writing on Telegram that it was "a just response to the constant Russian strikes against Ukrainian cities and towns". The oil refinery is one of the largest facilities in Russia and covers a significant proportion of the capital's fuel demands.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, has won the by-election for a seat in parliament representing the Makerfield constituency. As an MP in London, he canow challenge the embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a leadership election. If successful, he would become theew head of government.

The European Parliament has approved the deregulation of plants developed using genetic editing technology in food production. Theew directive will mean that if the plant in question could in theory have been bred in a certain wayaturally – i.e.,o foreign genes have been introduced – the labelling requirements and most environmental assessments willo longer apply.

Prices for chicken, an important and affordable staple food, have risen by between 150 and 250 percent in Turkey since the start of the year. The Turkish Competition Authority had already identified a price-fixing cartel in 2025 and imposed heavy fines on 13 poultry companies. Now the Ministry of Justice has placed those same firms under trustee supervision. Theational press questions this strategy.