In the headlines
Vladimir Putin has called up 300,000 Russian military reservists and threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine, says The Times. In his first national address since the invasion, the Russian president vowed to “use all the means at our disposal” to guard occupied territory. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg says the government will cut the wholesale price of energy for businesses by more than half this winter. The new price cap, also extended to hospitals, schools and charities, will begin in October and last for six months. A top executive at vegan food giant Beyond Meat has been arrested for a very non-vegan misdemeanour: biting a man’s nose outside an American football game. “I guess not so Beyond Meat after all,” says one Twitter user.