Overview

• A 53-year-old man was arrested after driving into fans celebrating FC Liverpool’s championship, leaving between 47 and 65 people injured, including a child.
• Merseyside Police have excluded terrorism as a motive and are probing possible drug influence and how the driver circumvented road closures by tailing an ambulance.
• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, former manager Jürgen Klopp and King Charles III have all expressed shock, support for the wounded and praise for emergency responders.
• In Berlin, Merz declared there will be no restrictions on the range of German-supplied arms to Ukraine and condemned the harm to civilians in Gaza.
• In Düsseldorf the trial opened for the 2024 Solingen knife attack, where the Syrian suspect confessed to killing three people and is charged with murder and terrorism.