Sunak Wants Pupils to Study Maths Until Age 18; Unwell Scots Urged to Stay Off to Protect NHS

Pupils will be required to learn maths up to the age of 18, under new proposals from the prime minister. But the lack of maths teachers could be a setback. Scotland’s top health official urges people who are unwell to stay away from work in order to help the NHS. We take a look at three major geopolitical battlegrounds that are seeing or could see political and military tensions this year.