- The Telegraph
Unison trade union could be dragged into Rayner investigations
Unison, one of Labour’s biggest backers, could be dragged into investigations of Angela Rayner’s financial affairs after suggestions that police could request official documents containing her address.
- NBC News
Israel carries out strike on Iran and Taylor Swift drops secret double album: Morning Rundown
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- Reuters
Shipping industry urges UN to protect vessels after Iran seizure
Merchant ships and seafarers are increasingly in peril at sea as attacks escalate in the Middle East and the United Nations must do more to protect supply chains, the industry said in a letter released on Friday. Tensions have soared across the Middle East since the start of Israel's campaign in Gaza in October, with Israel or its ally the United States clashing repeatedly with Iranian-aligned groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. In a letter sent on Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the world's leading shipping industry associations said Iran's seizure on April 13 of the MSC Aries container ship 50 nautical miles off the United Arab Emirates coast "once again highlighted the intolerable situation where shipping has become a target".
