In the headlines
Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers are being sacked, suspended or placed on restricted duties in the scandal-hit force’s “biggest purge in 50 years”, says The Times. Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, has diverted dozens of officers from terrorism and organised crime duties to investigate their colleagues. Ukraine is “ready” for diplomatic talks with Russia about Crimea, a top Kyiv official tells the FT, if its forces reach the occupied peninsula’s border. It’s a shift from Volodymyr Zelensky’s previous stance, which ruled out peace negotiations until Moscow’s forces left the entirety of Ukraine. The government is considering banning power showers, says the Daily Star, as part of plans to cut personal water consumption by 15% before 2038. “What a load of dribble.”