Former UN envoy to Cyprus Alexander Downer met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to discuss the need for new and creative ideas around the Cyprus problem. Discussions on a federation have not yielded a solution, and negotiations on this basis have been exhausted. Tatar emphasized the importance of confirming sovereign equality and equal international status before official negotiations can begin.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that a general election will take place on Thursday July 4.
Ahmed Alid, a Moroccan man seeking asylum in Britain, was sentenced to at least 45 years in prison for stabbing a passer-by to death on a British street as an act of terrorism, claiming it was revenge for Israeli actions in Gaza.
Fact: Jacques Delors recounted an exchange at a meeting of the Council of the EEC where the French president argued in favor of Greece’s full membership by highlighting its historical significance as the homeland of Aristotle.