China launches ‘punishment’ war games around Taiwan – Five stories you need to know

1. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party rival Keir Starmer kick off their election campaigns. Sunak stunned the country by calling a July 4 election, months earlier than expected.

2. Israel will reprimand the ambassadors of Ireland, Norway and Spain over their governments’ plan to recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, an Israeli official said.

3. China launches ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan, in what it says is a response to ‘separatist acts’ sending warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te.

4. Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump in November’s election despite lobbing harsh criticisms at her former rival for months on the campaign trail.

5. Microsoft says the tech company’s deal with the UAE-backed AI firm G42 could eventually involve the transfer of sophisticated chips and tools abroad.

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