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The Know Daily - Friday 27 June 2025
Annabel Preston
June 27, 2025
Read in 5m 14s ∙ Listening to Dua Lipa ∙
Hello hello,
The sun has well and truly arrived, Lorde’s new album just dropped (hello, perfect soundtrack for aimless walks), and everything’s starting to feel a little more like summer. I’ve been finding myself stretching out the little moments – walking the long way home, reading outside, rediscovering the joy of iced coffees that don’t immediately water themselves down. There’s something about this time of year that invites a slower pace, or at least makes it feel more allowed!
Read on for this week’s headlines, plus a few cultural bits we’ve been loving lately 💖
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UK NEWS
⚡️ Britain’s steel and energy sectors will be classed as “nationally important” to UK security under a new procurement rule that boosts homegrown industry.
🐻 Two bears escaped from their enclosure at a wildlife park before eating a week’s worth of honey from the attraction’s food stores. (Real life Winnie-the-Pooh!)
☀️ A second heatwave is forecast for the UK this weekend with highs of 30°C expected. Remember to stay hydrated in the heat!
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
💰 NATO leaders from across Europe, plus North America, agreed to increase defence spending to 5% of each country’s GDP, promoting collective peacekeeping policies.
🚬 Larger taxes could be imposed on cigarettes across the world following a new World Health Organisation report that shows slowing progress on tackling tobacco use.
🌍 Forty former world leaders are calling for a global reset to reduce inequality and build a more sustainable future, amid reports of the first trillionaires emerging.
CULTURE
🎨 The Tate Modern has launched an endowment fund after securing £43m from donations to help support their exhibition programme and research into the future.
📺 The James Bond franchise’s next director has been revealed as the mind behind Dune and Blade Runner 2049.
WORK & INNOVATION
🪐 The world’s largest digital camera has debuted its first images of the cosmos from a groundbreaking observatory in Chile.
💸 Pay discrimination could be tackled by new measures that include requiring employers to list salary brackets on job adverts.
🤖 The world’s first jet-powered flying humanoid robot has taken flight thanks to research by The Italian Institute of Technology.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🏛️ Save Britain’s Heritage marks its 50th anniversary, celebrating the rescue of sites like Battersea Power Station from demolition.
🐋 Orca pods off the coast of British Columbia and Washington were found to be rubbing kelp between their bodies, which researchers say could be a grooming and bonding activity.
🌳 Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have travelled to Dartmoor in the UK to share hopeful messages about rainforest conservation.
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🗞 Read: Everyone’s talking about Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour looks. If you’re even slightly into pop star fashion or just want to see what peak sparkle looks like in 2025, this piece is a must-read. From custom Swarovski showgirl moments to chain-draped Chanel and that Union Jack-lined faux fur coat, it’s a full-on feast of stage glamour. Trust us, you’ll want to bookmark it for outfit inspo (or at least to understand what your feed is obsessing over right now).
🎧 Listen: Sidetracked by Glastonbury. Not many of us get the chance to revel in the flag-waving, tent-building joy that is Glastonbury Festival first hand. But Annie McManus and Nick Grimshaw have filled the gap by bringing us a special Glasto series for their podcast.
📺 Watch: Squid Game (Netflix), The Bear (Disney+), Countdown (Prime Video) and F1: The Movie is out now in cinemas.
🧑🍳 Cook: It’s going to be hot hot hot this weekend and we might just have found the perfect seasonal way to cool us down. Enter: homemade elderflower cordial. It’s delicious, economical and the perfect drink to serve with a BBQ.
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