Facial recognition at football grounds, Trump-Cohen sit-down, and Root steadies England’s post-Stokes era

Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary, Craig Naylor, has urged ministers and policing leaders to consider live facial recognition and drones as tools against football-related disorder. His intervention followed incidents including disorder around Celtic and Rangers fixtures, but Police Scotland does not currently use live facial recognition. The proposal would place Scotland within a wider UK debate over whether the technology can identify wanted or high-risk individuals quickly enough to justify its implications for privacy, accuracy, oversight and public consent.

In Washington, Donald Trump appeared on former lawyer Michael Cohen’s 77 WABC radio programme in an unexpectedly cordial public reunion. Cohen had become one of Trump’s fiercest critics and testified against him in court and before Congress, making the encounter notable even though the initial broadcast largely avoided their past conflict. Meanwhile, at Headingley, Joe Root began his second spell as England Test captain after Ben Stokes’s retirement. Root made 66 in a century partnership with Jordan Cox as England built a substantial first-innings lead over Pakistan, following a bowling display in which Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets each.