Putin said that Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow would base such arms outside the country.
The Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Ales Bialiatski, a detained activist in Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has become prime minister of UK after a ceremonial meeting with King Charles III on July 5, 2024. Starmer has led Labour to secure a landslide victory in the UK’s 2024 general election to end 14 years of Conservative rule.