UK officials engaged in discussions with representatives from Intellexa, a spyware company linked to the targeting of journalists. The firm’s software, Predator, has been implicated in surveillance abuses worldwide. Subsequent court rulings in Greece found key executives guilty of breaching privacy laws.

Police in South Yorkshire have defended the use of Tasers on a group of teenage girls in Rawmarsh, stating it was ‘proportionate, necessary and justified’. Footage showed officers responding to a reported fight, leading to some girls being restrained as tensions escalated.