President Joe Biden of the United States has declared that his administration will cancel $7.7 billion in student debt for an additional 160,000 borrowers.  According to the US Department of Education, Wednesday's most recent action has increased the number of individuals who will benefit from the president's debt relief initiative to 4.75 million.

After a draft Russian decree suggested revising Russia's borders in the Baltic Sea, Finland and the Baltic states have demanded calm.  Lithuania cautioned that the Kremlin was engaging in a "deliberate, targeted escalatory provocation" to intimidate its neighbours, while Latvia claimed it was attempting to elucidate the situation.

In anticipation of the late president's interment later this week, the coffins were loaded onto a trailer for a procession through downtown Tehran.  A funeral procession for Iran's late president, foreign minister, and other victims of a helicopter accident has been attended by tens of thousands of mourners.  On Sunday, an accident near the border with Azerbaijan claimed the lives of Ebrahim Raisi and seven other individuals.

Paula Vennells, the former head of the Post Office, has acknowledged that the evidence she provided to MPs investigating issues with the Horizon IT system in 2012 was inaccurate. During her first public appearance in nearly a decade, Ms. Vennells was questioned about the scandal and broke down in tears. She stated that her previous assertion that there had been no failed Horizon prosecutions was incorrect.

Subsequently, Israel's foreign minister instructed his country's ambassadors in Norway and Ireland to return home immediately, asserting that Wednesday's decision serves as a warning to the world that "terrorism pays." Israel has recalled its ambassadors from two of the European nations in response to the official recognition of Palestine as a separate state by Ireland, Norway, and Spain.

A new analysis has revealed that insurers are writing off and scrapping electric vehicles at a rate that is half that of petrol and diesel automobiles.  A series of reports indicate that insurers are disposing of electric vehicles (EVs) at an alarming rate due to the unrepairable harm that minor collisions are allegedly causing to the batteries.

Donald Trump expressed an alarming concern in a fundraising email on Tuesday and social media. He stated that the Department of Justice was prepared to execute him.  The outrageous distortion occurred in the context of Trump's hush-money trial in New York and amid concerns about the escalating political violence surrounding the upcoming presidential election, which is primarily attributed to the far right. The comments continue to solidify the distorted image that Trump and his allies have presented, in which a patriotic Trump is juxtaposed with anti-democratic deep-state adversaries.

According to the Labour leader, he "humbly" requests that the public permit his party to "return Britain to the service of working people." According to Sir Keir Starmer, the "opportunity for change" will be the defining factor of the general election on July 4. The Labour leader stated that Rishi Sunak's announcement was the "moment the country has been waiting for and needs."

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will begin their campaigning on Thursday, six weeks before the country's election. Before commencing a two-day whistle-stop tour of all four nations of the United Kingdom, the prime minister will visit broadcast studios. In an indication that he intends to establish a presence in the Tory regions, Starmer will travel to the southeast of England.

The proprietor of South West Water (SWW) has declared that it will provide approximately £3.5 million in compensation to customers who a parasite outbreak in Devon has impacted. The Pennon group also disclosed its financial results on Tuesday, which encompassed dividends that would be paid to shareholders. Devon MP Anthony Mangnall dubbed the announcement "tin-eared" and urged the group to either suspend its dividend offering or resign from its leadership.