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Lord Cameron, the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, was informed by Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would "make its own decisions" regarding its response to an Iranian attack. During negotiations that the British government had hoped would prevent an escalation, he declared that his government would "do whatever was necessary to defend itself."

The government's use utilization of RAF aircraft in the contentious deportation scheme remains unconfirmed despite the Home Office's inability to secure an airline to charter the flights. A minister stated that the government is "working on operationalizing" Rwandan flights in response to rumours that RAF aircraft may have been utilized in the disputed deportation scheme.

As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza enters its seventh month and claims the lives of nearly 34,000 Palestinians, Madrid is promoting the recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state by July and urging neighbouring countries to do the same. Longtime advocate for Palestinian rights, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, views recognition as a potential key to achieving a two-state solution and concluding the disastrous conflict that erupted in October.

A group of scientists made the "shock" discovery that bees can survive for an entire week submerged in water by accident while experimenting. The primary objective of the research conducted in 2022 was to determine how pesticide residues in soil affected queen bees that were hibernating underground.