Clashes erupted in Mogadishu between government troops and opposition-allied militias ahead of planned protests against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's extended term. The violence damaged property, injured civilians, and forced some to flee.
Hungarian PM Péter Magyar threatened to amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok, who refused to resign. This move could spark a constitutional crisis and complicate EU funding talks.
The last 92 hereditary peers have been removed from the House of Lords after a law took effect marking the end of nearly a thousand years of British parliamentary history. The change implements a Labour manifesto commitment, completing reforms that began in 1999 when Tony Blair's government reduced hereditary peers from 759 to 92 in a Conservative compromise. Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth of Drumlean thanked hereditaries for their service, while departing peer Lord Strathclyde condemned the move as shifting too far toward political appointees.
