What happened
Protests have erupted after a woman was fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis during a federal immigration operation. Homeland Security said agents were obstructed while conducting targeted arrests. Video shows officers surrounding a burgundy SUV and ordering the driver to get out. As the vehicle reverses and then moves forward, an agent fires three shots, after which the car hits a parked vehicle and a light pole. Police said the middle-aged woman appeared to be an uninvolved bystander.

Who said what
Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the driver “weaponised her vehicle”, and that the agent fired “defensive shots”. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labelled the incident “an act of domestic terrorism.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected that account, saying after viewing the footage: “I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit.” 

What next?
Federal officials have “framed their crackdown as a response to illegal immigration”, said Julie Bosman in The New York Times. Local leaders have disputed the need for ICE’s deployment and demanded they leave the city as federal authorities review the shooting.

What happened
Drivers in England and Wales have been advised to abstain from alcohol altogether when driving, as the government prepares to lower the drink-drive limit for the first time since 1967.

Who said what
“How quickly someone goes over the limit depends on age, metabolism and whether they have eaten,” said The Sun, but a lower threshold than the current 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath could put some drinkers over the limit after one pint or a large glass of wine. 

Transport minister Lilian Greenwood told Sky News that the “best advice” was not to drink at all. “If you’re going to drive, don’t have a drink. If you want to have a drink, leave your car at home.” Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said a lower limit would be a “death knell” for rural pubs whose trade relies on motorists.

What next?
The specifics of the Road Safety Strategy will be unveiled today, but it is thought the limit in England and Wales could be lowered to 22 micrograms, “bringing those nations into line with Scotland”, said The Independent.

Increasing numbers of people are saying “I do” at the eleventh hour – although it may not be so much the “ultimate romantic gesture” as “simply a sensible financial move”, said The Times.

“So-called deathbed marriages” have increased by 13.5% in the past year, according to recently released General Register Office data. More than 1,600 couples applied for a short-notice marriage in England and Wales in the year up to March 2025, General Register Office statistics show – an uptick from 1,567 in 2024 and 1,420 in 2023, and a big jump from 500 or so a decade ago. 

The rise could be explained by the “growing trend” for couples to live together instead of marrying, said Alison Fernandes, a partner at Hall Brown family law solicitors, told The Times. This means more people find themselves facing death with a cohabiting, rather than married, partner – and that can have an effect on inheritance. 

The appeal of deathbed marriages is the ability to “dodge hefty inheritance tax bills”, said the Daily Mail. Only married couples and civil partners can inherit each other’s assets without having to pay death duties.

A terminally ill person will often want to tie the knot quickly once they understand that, if they remain unmarried, their other half will be hit with inheritance tax or miss out on a pension. “People don’t realise,” Fernandes told The Times. “They think it’s nicer to live together but, financially, it’s a no-brainer” to get married.