United Kingdom

New South Wales will establish a $1.74 million Sexual Assault Survivors' Legal Service through Legal Aid NSW, offering free legal advice, guidance on survivors' rights during investigations and prosecutions, and help accessing victims' compensation. The pilot is part of a $6.2 million state package for sexual violence justice responses, backed by federal funding, and is open to anyone who has experienced sexual assault.

Wales were outclassed by Denmark in the Nations League, leaving manager Craig Bellamy hurting after the defeat.

Andy Burnham will go into the next election proposing a free-to-use, universally funded national care system for England, a plan his own party's current manifesto commitments on tax would make hard to fund. The prime minister conceded the idea could make him unpopular, while critics warned against raising taxes without cuts and suggested scrapping the pensioners' triple lock to pay for it.

British celebrities and creatives, including Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Kate Bush, successfully pressured the UK government to abandon plans allowing AI companies to use copyright-protected work without permission. The campaign, which featured protests, polling showing seven in 10 adults support royalty payments, and stunts like a silent album and an empty book, offers a warning to Australia as it considers similar reforms. Campaigners say Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should resist watering down copyright law and "not squander his reputation by selling Australian creatives down the river."