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The image-generating feature of Grok went viral just before the end of 2025, particularly due to its ability to undress people. The platform took some steps to restrict the feature on Jan. 9 and again on Jan. 14. The European Commission, in charge of implementing the Digital Services Act covering large platforms like X, as well as the EU’s AI law, is considering which tool to wield. A fresh probe into Grok under the powerful social media regulation is in the works. X has already been fined and is being investigated on several fronts by the Commission. The EU is…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 11:33 GMT+1 At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Elon Musk mocked US President Donald Trump’s newly founded Board of Peace with a play on words, calling the US President’s controversial project into question. “I heard about the formation of the peace summit, and I was like, is that p-i-e-c-e? You know, a little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela,” he said, laughing during his address to the forum. “All we want is peace,” he added to quiet chuckles from the audience. Musk and Trump have had a visibly chequered relationship since 2025, from…
“Stevenage woman” became pollsters’ shorthand for mothers based in towns and suburbs at the last election, who were seen as crucial to Labour’s 2024 general election victory. Farage might “just be a stooge” for Trump, Lauren, a mental health support worker, said. “He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me,” the 54-year-old added. Jane, a 51-year-old stay-at-home mum of three, said: “There’s no one who will actually stand up to him. Trump would say, ‘do this, do that,’ and Nigel would be like ‘yep, yep.’” When asked to pinpoint the greatest threat to the U.K., Rachel,…
Published on 22/01/2026 – 22:10 GMT+1 This year, the world’s biggest conference revolved around one man. And he kept the world waiting. An electrical fault forced presidential Air Force One to make a U-turn mid-flight. But once he finally landed, his pull did not just change the mood; it changed the schedule. Hundreds of CEOs and leaders reshuffled their agendas, prioritising access over the official programme. US President Donald Trump is now accompanied by a record-breaking delegation: five cabinet secretaries, senior advisers and additional staff, constituting the largest American contingent in the event’s history. And the security matches. 5,000 Swiss…
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BRUSSELS ― There’s no turning back now. That was the message from European leaders who gathered in Brussels on Thursday. And even though this emergency summit, called in response to Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, turned into something far less dramatic because the U.S. president backed down 24 hours earlier, the quiet realization that Europe’s post-1945 rubicon had been crossed was, if anything, all the more striking for it. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the EU’s two most powerful leaders, who haven’t seen eye-to-eye of late, were united in warning that the transatlantic crisis had…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 9:55 GMT+1 Most of Europe can’t join Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” because it “goes way beyond” the UN Security Council mandate, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Euronews’ flagship programme, Europe Today. “The consensus is that what has been announced by Donald Trump goes way beyond UN Security Council mandate,” Mitsotakis said, a day after taking part in an emergency Council meeting focused on transatlantic relations. “I think we have to recognize that moving forward what has been established is something in which most European countries can’t join.” The remarks followed the formal launch in…
For years, silence was the norm around what happened inside certain workplaces linked to singer Julio Iglesias. That silence was broken at the start of this year, when two former employees of the artist filed a complaint with the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office over alleged sexual assaults and other serious offences said to have been committed between January and October 2021. It’s now emerged that those two cases could be expanded with new testimonies. Speaking to Euronews, Clara Serra Baiget, one of the Women’s Link lawyers representing the two alleged victims said: “We have been contacted by other former workers…
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who once called Donald Trump “daddy,” also found his private text to Donald Trump made public, in which he praised the president’s “incredible” achievements, adding: “Can’t wait to see you.” | Jim lo Scalzo/EPA Ultimately, Carney had a message for what he termed “middle powers” — countries like Canada. They could, he argued, retreat into isolation, building up their defenses against a hard and lawless world. Or they could build something “better, stronger and more just” by working together, and diversifying their alliances. Canada, another target of Trump’s territorial ambitions, has just signed a major partnership agreement…
Good morning. It’s Friday and I’m Mared Gwyn, writing in the early hours from Brussels. There was a palpable shift in the mood music when EU leaders gathered over dinner here last night for talks on the future of the transatlantic relationship. Despite relief at Trump’s sudden retreat from his tariff threats over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, the deep scepticism now shaping ties with Washington was evident. “We believe that relationships between partners and allies should be managed in a cordial and respectful way,” António Costa, the president of the European Council, said. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja…