International relations

British Minister of State for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard says that the UK "does not recognize" the comments made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, where he accused British prime minister Keir Starmer, along with French president Emmanuel Macron and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, of "siding with Hamas" and being on "the wrong side of humanity". (Sky News)

• https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-latest-youre-on-wrong-side-of-humanity-netanyahu-launches-attack-on-starmer-after-killings-in-us-13362469

Law and crime

Seventeen people are injured, including four critically, in a mass stabbing at the main train station in Hamburg, Germany. A woman is arrested at the scene, and four platforms are closed, according to Deutsche Bahn. (Tagesschau) (The Guardian)

• https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hamburg/hamburg-hauptbahnhof-messerangriff-100.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/hamburg-train-station-stabbing-attack-germany

Law and crime

The suspect in the killing of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, D.C. two days ago, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder along with other charges, both federally and locally. (NPR)

• https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407572/israeli-embassy-staffers-killed-washington-dc