Source: United Nations (video statements)
As conflicts escalate across the Middle East and beyond, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that military solutions cannot deliver lasting peace.
Addressing the UN Security Council, he calls for restraint, protection of civilians, and renewed diplomacy before further escalation takes hold.
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy.
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:
• how the economy is performing
• how we expect prices to develop
• the risks to the economic outlook
• the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions
Published and recorded during our press conference on 23 July 2026.
Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 23 July 2026
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2026/html/mopo_statement_explained_july.en.html
Christine Lagarde, Boris Vujčić: Monetary policy statement, 23 July 2026
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2026/html/ecb.is260723~b6fadd48f4.en.html
Monetary policy decisions, 23 July 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.mp260723~29f24d99bc.en.html
Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 23 July 2026
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds260723~ef801dc812.en.pdf
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Source: European Commission (video statements)
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Google has been fined €890 million by the European Commission for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The Commission found that Google favoured its own services in Search and restricted app developers from offering users cheaper alternatives through Google Play.
The message is clear: digital markets must stay fair, competitive and open, giving businesses more opportunities and consumers more choice.
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Euro banknotes are being redesigned. Explore the shortlisted design proposals for the next series.
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health than men and are 50% more likely to die of a heart attack than a male patient.
The statistics are staggering – but there are some relatively simple and cost-effective ways healthcare systems can improve the situation.
Lucy Perez of the McKinsey Health Institute sets out the challenges and talks us through these potential solutions.
Links:
CARE for Women: Investing in Care Delivery to Improve Women’s Lives and Livelihoods: https://www.weforum.org/publications/care-for-women-investing-in-care-delivery-to-improve-womens-lives-and-livelihoods/
Blog: CARE for Women: A high-impact investment in health system redesign: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/05/women-health-care-framework-mckinsey-wef/
Centre for Health and Healthcare: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/home
McKinsey Health Institute: https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/overview
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Below the Belt: the movie that lifts the taboo on endometriosis: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/endometriosis-below-the-belt-movie/
Bridging the gap in women’s health research, policy and innovation: Kearney: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/paula-bellostas-muguerza-kearney-womens-health/
Rare diseases: 1 billion reasons to care: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/rare-diseases/
Neurotechnology could help billions of people. Has its time come?:
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/neurotechnology-jen-french-tom-oxley/
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Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
ECB President Christine Lagarde explains the Governing Council’s monetary policy decisions and answers questions from journalists at the Governing Council press conference held on Thursday, 23 July 2026 at 14:45 CEST in Frankfurt am Main.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
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Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Policy uncertainty is acting as a drag on the global economy, says Paul Gruenwald, Global Chief Economist of S&P Global Ratings, as businesses and individuals hold back from spending because they don’t know what’s coming.
Gruenwald is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists Community, which convenes experts to deepen understanding of current economic developments and identify policy priorities in the face of unprecedented levels of uncertainty.
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Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen gave a Lord Speaker’s Lecture entitled ‘A Gathering Storm—is Britain really safe?’ on Wednesday 15 July 2026.
Lord Robertson is chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee. He was Secretary General of NATO from 1999–2003 and was the MP for Hamilton from 1978–1997 then Hamilton South from 1997–1999.
The Lord Speaker’s Lecture series invites speakers from inside and outside the House of Lords to address members on a range of topics to support and inform their work..
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Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Lords members will question the government on what assessment they have made of the prisoner early release scheme, and whether any changes to the scheme will be implemented before the first tranche of prisoner releases in September.
Private notice questions are urgent questions granted by the Lord Speaker. Find out more https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/private-notice-question/
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