EU explores using €170bn of Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine ft.com/content/458526… via Paola Tamma Laura Dubois

Europe turns to Ukrainian tech for ‘drone wall’ against Russia ft.com/content/060875… via Henry Foy Laura Pitel Ben Hall Richard Milne

Socialists raise the pressure on Macron’s new prime minister ft.com/content/de63d5… via Ian Johnston Leila Abboud

Police make 4 arrests after Trump-Epstein photo beamed on Windsor Castle ft.com/content/468758… via @ft

Navalny’s widow claims lab tests show Russian activist was poisoned ft.com/content/fc51fe… via max seddon

ECB’s unlikely €6.9mn school bailout funds classrooms in containers via ⁦Olafstorbeck.ft.com (on bsky.social)⁩ on.ft.com/4pua5Fe

Guns and butter: Russia chooses both via ⁦Courtney Weaver⁩ on.ft.com/47KFBbT

US senators seek to raise pressure on Russia with ‘shadow fleet’ sanctions ft.com/content/87f130… via Amy Mackinnon

In charts: Can Germany afford its €1.35tn welfare state? ft.com/content/efe286… via Anne-Sylvaine Chassany Olafstorbeck.ft.com (on bsky.social)

Keir Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state via ⁦George Parker⁩ ⁦James Shotter⁩ ⁦Barney Jopson⁩ on.ft.com/4nKm5AV

EU to block Big Tech from new financial data sharing system via ⁦Barbara Moens⁩ ⁦Paola Tamma⁩ on.ft.com/46LSAcd

EU weighs delaying ban on imports linked to deforestation via ⁦Andrew Bounds⁩ ⁦alicemhancock⁩ on.ft.com/46yEDNI

Chinese cargo ship docks in Russian-occupied Crimea via ⁦Chris Cook⁩ ⁦Christopher Miller⁩ on.ft.com/46xYKLT

‘We had a stampede’: Irish surge across border for weight-loss jabs via ⁦Jude Webber⁩ on.ft.com/46zWV0Q

Russian fuel exports drop as Ukraine intensifies its strikes on oil refineries ft.com/content/8f8caa… via Christopher Miller Malcolm Moore Anastasia Stognei

Denmark suffers ‘serious attack’ on infrastructure with drones closing airport via ⁦Richard Milne⁩ on.ft.com/47WDUbq

Trump says Ukraine in position to win back all of its territory ft.com/content/755aac… via @ft

Germany’s new deregulation chief vows to be more subtle than Elon Musk via ⁦Anne-Sylvaine Chassany⁩ on.ft.com/4nOIFIy

Denmark drone incidents expose European airspace vulnerabilities via ⁦Richard Milne⁩ ⁦Ben Hall⁩ ⁦Peter Campbell⁩ on.ft.com/4pMI4t0

German lawmakers object to arms contracts without open tenders via ⁦Laura Pitel⁩ on.ft.com/42cObwp