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DAILY ISSUE · 2026-05-30

Saturday 30 May 2026

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Princess Leonor makes Armed Forces Day debut in Vigo as 3,746 troops parade; fly
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Princess Leonor makes Armed Forces Day debut in Vigo as 3,746 troops parade; flyover scrapped after flag falls

Princess Leonor, 20, the heir to the Spanish throne, made her debut at Spain's annual Armed Forces Day (Dia de las Fuerzas Armadas, DiFAS26) on 30 May 2026 in Vigo, appearing alongside King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at the waterfront ceremony. Leonor wore the cadet uniform of the General Air and Space Academy in aviation grey, displaying insignia indicating fourth-year status

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, 86, discharged after hip blood-clot surgery;
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, 86, discharged after hip blood-clot surgery; second hospitalization in a fortnight

Denmark's former monarch, Queen Margrethe II, 86, was discharged on 30 May 2026 from Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet after surgery to treat a large blood clot in her hip, the second hospitalization within roughly a fortnight for the queen who abdicated in January 2024 after 52 years on the throne. She had been re-admitted on 25 May 2026 after a CT scan revealed a significant accumu

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Spain's royal family attends Armed Forces Day parade in Vigo with Princess
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Spain's royal family attends Armed Forces Day parade in Vigo with Princess Leonor

On 30 May 2026, King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and their elder daughter Princess Leonor, the Princess of Asturias, presided over the parade marking Spain's Armed Forces Day (Día de las Fuerzas Armadas, DIFAS) in Vigo, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia. On arrival they were received by the President of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela, Defence Minister Margarit

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins BC Conservative leadership on fourth ballot with 51%, n
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins BC Conservative leadership on fourth ballot with 51%, narrowly beating Caroline Elliott

Kerry-Lynne Findlay was elected leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia on May 30, 2026, winning a tight four-round, points-based ranked ballot with 51% (4,696.51 points) to Caroline Elliott's 49% (4,514.49 points). More than 25,000 of roughly 42,000 party members (about 61.6% turnout) cast ballots in a field of five that also included Iain Black, Yuri Fulmer and P

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay Narrowly Wins BC Conservative Leadership, Replacing John Rus
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay Narrowly Wins BC Conservative Leadership, Replacing John Rustad

Kerry-Lynne Findlay was elected leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia on 30 May 2026, winning a tightly contested race at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Reporting indicated she prevailed on the fourth ballot with about 51 percent against runner-up Caroline Elliott's roughly 49 percent—described as the closest leadership result in the party's modern history, wit

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Trump Says US Naval Blockade of Iran 'Will Now Be Lifted' — But Navy W
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Trump Says US Naval Blockade of Iran 'Will Now Be Lifted' — But Navy Warnings to Ships Persist

President Trump announced on Truth Social late Friday that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports 'will now be lifted' as part of the proposed 60-day memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with the news breaking overnight into Saturday across Gulf markets. Trump conditioned the move on Iran agreeing never to obtain a nuclear weapon, the Strait of Hormuz opening 'immediately'

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Russia recalls ambassador from Yerevan as Armenia's EU turn heads to the ba
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Russia recalls ambassador from Yerevan as Armenia's EU turn heads to the ballot box

Russia recalled its ambassador to Armenia, Sergei Kopyrkin, "for consultations" on 30 May, eight days before Armenia's decisive 7 June parliamentary elections. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said the envoy was summoned home to discuss "the Armenian leadership's steps toward closer ties with the European Union, which are undermining cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union

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