Ukraine launches a nighttime strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying missiles and drones hit the facility and caused damage. The attack targets one of Russia’s key military sites on the Black Sea coast and marks another effort by Kyiv to degrade Moscow’s naval capacity far from the front lines.

Vladimir Putin threatens retaliation after Western countries seize Russian-linked commercial vessels, denouncing the moves as piracy and robbery. He says the seizures violate international maritime law and warns Russia will answer in kind if they continue, raising the risk of a broader confrontation over shipping and trade routes.

The UK convenes an emergency Cobra meeting as extreme heat fuels wildfires and deepens drought conditions. Prime Minister Andy Burnham brings together ministers, officials, and emergency agencies to coordinate the response while high temperatures persist, reflecting growing concern that the heatwave is becoming a wider national resilience and public safety issue.

Eurovision changes its hosting rules so a winning broadcaster can lose the right to stage the next contest if its country is involved in armed conflict or faces heightened geopolitical risk. The move gives organisers more flexibility to protect the event’s logistics and security as instability increasingly affects international cultural gatherings.