Good evening. Apple is making headlines tonight with Tim Cook stepping down as CEO in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus while moving up to executive chairman. This marks the end of an era for Cook, who's led the tech giant for over a decade through the iPhone's dominance and Apple's transformation into the world's most valuable company.
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life after the Mandelson scandal deepened today. The Prime Minister faced a bruising Commons debate where he claimed officials deliberately withheld security vetting results about Peter Mandelson's failed clearance, saying he wouldn't have appointed him as US ambassador if he'd known. Critics are calling it scapegoating, and the whole affair is being seen as emblematic of Starmer's struggles with the complexities of governing. On a lighter note, England is set to ban phones in schools by law, while in the sporting world, Wolves have been relegated from the Premier League after West Ham secured a crucial point.