Yahoo News Monday evening news briefing: Princess of Wales reveals her chemotherapy is over in emotional message
Good evening. The Princess of Wales has finished her chemotherapy and is now focused on staying cancer free, she has said.
Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, we pay tribute to David Knowles, the Telegraph journalist behind the award-winning podcast Ukraine: The Latest, who has died aged 32.
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Princess of Wales reveals her chemotherapy is over in emotional message
In an emotional message, accompanied by footage of the Princess and her young family, she said her illness had given her a “new perspective on everything” and a renewed focus on the “simple yet important things in life”. The Princess will begin her gradual return to a light programme of public engagements. But she emphasised: “Doing what I can to stay cancer-free is now my focus” – watch the full message here.
EU ‘must spend big on joint defence projects to end reliance on US’
A long-awaited report has said that European Union governments must spend big on joint defence projects because they can no longer rely on the US for their security. The report said national competition within the bloc’s defence industry had weakened Europe’s ability to act as a cohesive power.
David Knowles, journalist behind Telegraph’s Ukraine war podcast, dies aged 32
Mr Knowles, who worked as a senior audio journalist and presenter, died while in Gibraltar on Sunday in what was believed to be a cardiac arrest. Upon the outbreak of the Ukraine war in 2022, Mr Knowles launched the award winning Ukraine: The Latest, a weekday podcast that is still running two years later.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Live Markets | Electric car battery maker to slash jobs
Business | Elon Musk on track to be world’s first trillionaire
Tax | Timing of private schools VAT raid ‘cruel and punitive’
‘Strictly curse’ | Couple in so much debt they’re fighting to save everything, court hears
Pictured: Zara and Mike Tindall track daughter using Apple AirTag
Mia, 10, was photographed with the small white gadget attached to her shorts at Burghley Horse Trials on Saturday. Naomi Greenaway discusses the ethics of spying on your children.
Comment and analysis
Tom Harris | Labour backbenchers are in for a real shock
Charles Moore | The Tory leadership contest is a three-horse race
Tim Stanley | Racism is still racism, even when it’s against white people
Nick Timothy | Britain must reindustrialise – or condemn itself to permanent decline
Andrew Orlowski | Our most valuable secrets are being exposed to a million eyes
Editor’s choice
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World | How Telegram arrest could unlock Russian front line secrets
Sport Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Cricket | Sri Lanka hammer sloppy England
Gary Lineker | Lee Carsley anthem row is ‘bonkers’ – even I didn’t feel comfortable singing it
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