In the headlines
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that Berlin will authorise sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The West will donate nearly 200 battle tanks to Kyiv in total, says the BBC, but for Volodymyr Zelensky it’s “thanks, but more tanks” – the Ukrainian president says he needs at least 300. The NHS has started using robots to help clear waiting lists, says The Daily Telegraph. A pilot scheme in which automated calls assess patients waiting for operations and prioritise their urgency found that as many as 15% no longer needed the treatment they’d been waiting for. “Is there a Chinese spy in your fridge?” asks the Daily Star, after warnings that Beijing may be snooping on Brits through internet-connected kit. Many “smart” doorbells and kitchen appliances upload recordings to a 5G network, which experts say can easily be hacked.