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• [New] Regulations that emerge in the EU, US, or China can materially change adoption timelines in ways that are difficult to forecast. Bronson.AI
• [New] Easyjet and British Airways owner IAG are among the carriers which have sought to play down fears of a jet fuel shortage in recent months. City AM
• [New] The EU plans to fine Google a massive antitrust penalty for allegedly favoring its own services in search results. MIT Technology Review
• [New] The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) £9.1 billion motor finance redress scheme - by total cost the largest consumer compensation programme in British history - is suspended in legal limbo, with a tribunal hearing no earlier than October and a ruling expected in mid-November. The Modern Regulator
• [New] There are identified commonalities in Chinese and British priorities for space security and strategic stability, as well as certain types of space threats which China and the UK may have a mutual interest in addressing. Sipri
• [New] Current inflation-driven port strikes (e.g. in US / EU) are indirect threats. Risk Intelligence Service
• [New] In the EU and U.K., data protection authorities may expect prior engagement or consultation where frontier AI model deployments present heightened risk to individuals, for example, where data protection impact assessments identify high residual risks. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• [New] Beginning in July, thousands of British e-commerce businesses operating on Stripe's network will gain the ability to add Affirm's pay-over-time financial products natively to their online checkouts. The Fintech Times
• [New] Ireland will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July, with a focus on competitiveness and practical engagement with the United Kingdom regarding post-Brexit trade and customs arrangements. WOF Group
• [New] The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU reduces the military potential of the strategic autonomy of Europe: the EU cannot, as before, count on British participation in its operations. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] British-European disputes over sensitive issues provide Washington with an opportunity to act as an arbiter, which increases American influence in European affairs. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] An important criterion for the utility of the UK for American policy in the eyes of the Biden administration will be the extent to which London will be able to establish cooperation with the EU after Brexit. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] London, freed from the obligations associated with EU membership, can now openly unite with the United States in opposition to European projects, which, from the US-British point of view, pose risks to the cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Brexit will result in increased German influence, while Britain is traditionally considered by American strategists as a counterbalance to German power. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Britain's exit from the EU will weaken integrated Europe, which many politicians and experts in the West perceive as a blow to the liberal world order, because the European Union serves as its stronghold in the European space from Lisbon to Riga. PubMed Central (PMC)

Last updated: 19 June 2026