Channel 5 premiered Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards on March 24, 2026, a feature-length factual drama starring Martin Clunes as the disgraced former BBC newsreader. The film, produced by Wonderhood Studios and broadcast on 5 and My5, draws on exclusive interviews with the man dramatised as “Ryan,” his family, journalists who investigated the story and reporting from The Sun. It depicts the grooming of a 17‑year‑old and the wider WhatsApp exchanges that led to Edwards pleading guilty in 2024 to making indecent images of children; court reporting said he had received 41 illegal images and was given a six‑month prison sentence suspended for two years and placed on the sex offenders register. The production has prompted strong reaction: Clunes’s performance has been widely praised, while critics, some viewers and Edwards himself called the timing and approach controversial. Channel 5 says the programme was made in accordance with Ofcom rules and that allegations were put to Edwards’ solicitors; Edwards has criticised the makers for not consulting him and said he intends to produce his own account.

Over March 24-25, 2026 both sides launched unprecedented drone waves that intensified the four-year war and spilled into neighbouring NATO states. Ukraine and independent monitors reported one of Russia’s largest-ever 24‑hour assaults — roughly 948 Shahed and other strike drones in successive overnight and daytime waves — that killed at least six to eight people, wounded dozens and struck cities including Lviv and Ivano‑Frankivsk; a UNESCO‑listed site in Lviv was damaged. Ukraine said it intercepted most of the incoming drones, with some accounts citing a roughly 95%–97% interception rate. Kyiv also mounted large long‑range strikes on Russian territory: Russian officials said air defences shot down 389 Ukrainian drones as a Ukrainian raid ignited a fire at the Ust‑Luga oil terminal in Leningrad region. Incidents crossed NATO borders: a drone from Russian airspace hit the Auvere power plant chimney in Estonia and wreckage was found in southeastern Latvia. Attacks on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands without power in parts of Russia and Ukraine and prompted Moldova to declare an energy emergency. Authorities continue investigations into cross‑border drone incursions and damage to critical infrastructure.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen submitted her government’s resignation to the king on March 25 after a snap election left no clear parliamentary majority. Official results from the March 24 vote showed Frederiksen’s Social Democrats fell to 38 seats (about 21.9% of the vote) — their weakest result since the early 1900s — while the left‑wing “red bloc” took 84 seats and the right‑wing “blue bloc” 77 in the 179‑seat Folketing. The centrist Moderates, led by Foreign Minister and former premier Lars Løkke Rasmussen, won 14 seats and emerged as potential kingmakers. The anti‑immigration Danish People’s Party surged to roughly 9.1% of the vote and made significant gains. Frederiksen will stay on as caretaker while party leaders enter potentially lengthy negotiations to identify a “royal investigator” to lead government formation; she remains a contender to head a new coalition but faces rivals — notably Liberal leader and defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen — who have ruled out partnering with her. The result elevates domestic issues such as migration and the cost of living, even as fallout from the recent Greenland dispute with the United States continues to shape foreign policy calculations.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats emerged as the largest party in Denmark’s March 24 general election but posted their weakest result in more than a century, leaving the centre-left “red bloc” short of a parliamentary majority. With the Social Democrats around 21.9% (about 38 seats) and allied left parties together holding 84 of 179 seats, the right-leaning “blue bloc” won roughly 77 seats. The centrist Moderates, led by former prime minister and foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, secured 14 seats and is positioned as kingmaker. Voters were driven by domestic concerns — cost of living, migration, welfare and a proposed wealth tax — even after a high-profile international standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland briefly boosted Frederiksen’s standing. The far-right Danish People’s Party made significant gains. Parties face potentially lengthy coalition negotiations in which Greenland and Faroe Island deputies and the Moderates could determine who forms government and whether Frederiksen can secure a third term.

A U.S. federal judge on March 24 questioned the Pentagon’s unprecedented decision to designate AI company Anthropic a “supply‑chain risk,” saying the action “looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic.” The comment came during a fast‑tracked hearing in San Francisco before U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin on Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction. The defense department, led publicly by Secretary Pete Hegseth, moved to blacklist Anthropic after the company refused contract terms that would permit unrestricted military use of its Claude model — including for fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. President Trump also directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic tools. Anthropic filed suits on March 9 arguing the label violates its First and Fifth Amendment rights and is legally unprecedented for a U.S. firm. Government lawyers say the designation rests on operational and future‑risk concerns, including the possibility of software updates that could impair systems. Lin said a ruling on whether to pause the designation is expected in the coming days. The case has drawn amicus briefs from major tech firms and raised urgent questions for contractors that integrate Claude into systems such as Palantir’s Maven platform.

A New Mexico jury on March 24, 2026, found Meta Platforms liable for misleading consumers about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and ordered the company to pay US$375 million in civil penalties. Jurors concluded Meta violated the state’s Unfair Practices Act, applying the statutory maximum of $5,000 per violation after finding “thousands” of breaches. The case, brought in 2023 by Attorney General Raúl Torrez, relied on an undercover probe that created decoy child accounts, internal Meta documents, testimony from whistleblowers and former employees, and expert witness evidence on algorithmic risks and youth mental health. Meta said it disagrees with the verdict and will appeal. A second, judge-led phase scheduled for May will consider public-nuisance claims and whether the company must make platform changes or fund public programs. The ruling arrives amid a wave of related lawsuits, including a high-profile bellwether trial in California over alleged social‑media addiction and youth harm.