- The Telegraph
Reporter manhandled out of Rishi Sunak’s campaign launch on live TV
Security staff at the launch of Rishi Sunak’s general election campaign manhandled a political journalist out of the event live on camera.
- Reuters
Growth across UK business dips in May, in early blow to Sunak, PMI survey shows
Growth across British businesses has cooled noticeably this month and by more than any economist polled by Reuters had predicted, a survey showed on Thursday, in an early blow for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's election campaign. The S&P Global UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index for the services and manufacturing sectors fell to 52.8 in May from 54.1 in April, undercutting the median poll forecast for a much more modest dip to 54.0. That will be unwelcome news for Sunak's Conservative Party, languishing in opinion polls behind the opposition Labour Party.
- Reuters
World Court to rule on Friday on measures over Israel's Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday May 24 on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza, it said on Thursday. In hearings last week South Africa had asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, to order a halt to Israel's offensive in Gaza, and in Rafah in particular, to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people. The demand for such an emergency measure is part of a larger case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide.
