Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK now recognizes a Palestinian state in a video message on X.
• Portugal will recognize Palestine as a state, its foreign minister said, following Canada’s earlier declaration.
• Germany’s transport minister, Patrick Schnieder, named DB Regio chief Evelyn Palla as his choice to succeed Richard Lutz at Deutsche Bahn, with supervisory-board approval still pending.
• The ministry’s new rail strategy lowers the long-distance punctuality target to at least 70 percent by the end of 2029, delaying the previously expected 2026 timeline.
• The rail union EVG said it will vote against Palla in the supervisory board, signaling a contested path for the leadership change.