Defence funding squeeze: Kemi Badenoch says the UK should reach 3% of GDP defence spending by 2030 by cutting welfare, including housing and child benefits, and restoring the two-child cap, as Labour’s chancellor John Healey faces pressure to set a clear pathway. Falklands sovereignty flare-up: Donald Trump says the US is reviewing its position on the Falkland Islands, prompting Downing Street to insist the islands remain British overseas territory with islanders’ self-determination unchanged, while Argentina warns it will defend its interests “with tooth and nail.” Penguin DNA and climate risk: A new DNA study finds gentoo penguins split into four groups and identifies a new species on the Kerguelen Islands, with climate change by 2050 threatening habitat for several groups. Bird flu disruption in the Southern Ocean: Australia has withdrawn expeditioners from Macquarie Island amid H5N1 concerns, raising worries that fewer scientists will be on the ground to track outbreaks. Falklands tech and infrastructure: A Falklands-registered firm, JETstreaM Ltd, proposes a satellite data centre near Pony’s Pass Quarry to receive encrypted satellite data and relay it worldwide. Local fisheries management: The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department closed the second Loligo squid season after low biomass, moving quickly to protect the fishery ahead of 2027.