Around 32,800 pregnant women in Cuba face childbirth amid rolling blackouts, fuel shortages, and a chikungunya outbreak as the island's grid collapses repeatedly.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to outline who qualifies for energy bill support amid the Iran war's impact on prices, firmly ruling out a universal bailout and opting for targeted help instead.
Trump issued Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, then reversed course with a five-day extension while squeezing in a trip to Graceland, as both sides trade contradictory claims about whether talks are even happening.
The UK government has announced plug-in solar panels will soon be available in supermarkets, alongside mandating heat pumps and solar for all new-build homes under the Future Homes Standard.
The US Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary in a 54-45 vote, tasking the former MMA fighter with leading a department mired in a weeks-long shutdown and over 100,000 employees working without pay.
UK newspaper front pages on 24 March are dominated by Trump's postponement of military strikes on Iran and the arson attack that destroyed four Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green, London.
Jurgen Klopp has firmly denied Real Madrid speculation, calling the reports 'nonsense', but admitted he is 'not completely finished' as a coach in a revealing press conference appearance.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has become the most senior cabinet member to publicly criticise Labour's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, a move that ended in Labour losing a seat it had held since 1931.
Italian voters rejected Giorgia Meloni's judicial reform with 53.74% voting No, handing the prime minister her first direct electoral defeat and emboldening an opposition eyeing the 2027 elections.
Hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to 14 US airports after the DHS shutdown left TSA critically understaffed, with security wait times hitting six hours at major hubs.
PM Keir Starmer warned MPs against assuming the Iran war will end quickly, stressing it is 'not our war' while the UK quietly ramps up its military posture in the region.
The 2026 Community Shield is moving from Wembley to Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 16 August after The Weeknd's five-night concert residency created an unavoidable scheduling clash.