UK Prime Minister Starmer said he does not believe there is a problem of double standards in UK law enforcement.

Kremlin says Russia's response to such attacks will be "systematic" and that it will continue military operations in Ukraine to prevent further drone strikes on St. Petersburg.

CPCA secretary-general Cui Dongshu wrote that China’s traditional road tax system, tied to fuel consumption, now exhibits a clear structural imbalance and that a tax-system upgrade is imperative. He called for a new round of reform, saying tax policy should prioritize encouraging consumption and supporting livelihoods. Reform goals are to improve tax fairness, strengthen public infrastructure provision, stabilize aggregate consumption, and seek to avoid increasing ordinary households’ costs for private transport.