BLOOMBERG UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told drivers he is “on their side” as he ordered the Department of Transport to review policies that aim reduce traffic in residential areas and cut carbon emissions, the Telegraph reported. In an interview with the paper, Sunak said low-traffic neighbourhoods and related efforts fail to take into account how “families live their lives.” …

BLOOMBERG A senior Italian minister sent the strongest on-record signal yet that Italy will rescind a controversial investment pact with China. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, a close ally of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Italy must “get out” of the China pact “without creating a disaster.” Italy is the only Group of …

BLOOMBERG Thousands of people rallied in support of Niger’s new military leaders in the capital, Niamey, as West African heads of state met to discuss a response to a coup in a key ally of the global fight against extremists in the region. Supporters marched on the embassy of France — whose continued influence in its ex-colonies in Africa has …