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Published on 08/09/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2 Elon Musk’s estranged eldest daughter Vivian Wilson is front and centre in a bold anti-AI campaign for Spanish fashion label Desigual. The campaign, helmed by directing trio PSG (made up of Yukihiro ‘Sho’ Shoda, Pau López and Gerardo del Hierro – formerly known as TURBO), sees the transgender model, acitvist and social media personality take a stand against artificial intelligence. Illustrating the campaign’s title, ‘Born to Disobey’, one clip sees the 22-year-old using a robot as a golf tee, walking it like a dog on a leash, and trying to teach it to say…
Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the diplomats were engaging in “unacceptable activities,” but did not specify the allegations against them. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
A quarter of a century after the Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the United States, jihadist groups still pose a major threat to security in Europe, but a new menace has surfaced that is driven mostly by young people online and authorities are worried. The exact size of the network behind what is being called nihilistic violent extremism is unclear. But police investigators from nine European countries found about 4,340 URL web addresses linked to “The COM,” as the online community has become known, during a campaign to disrupt it in June and July. “It’s violence for the sake of violence,”…
In a united front, Qatar and the UAE outlined their vision for the Gulf region’s security, saying in separate addresses that countries in the region must now find their own way to deal with Iran and reshape interactions across all areas, as the war continues to have significant consequences. Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Dr Majed Al Ansari has called on Gulf countries to strengthen their defences, saying they cannot rely on the United States alone for their security. “We need to realise in the Gulf that having international forces in the region, having a strategic alliance with the US is…
Canada’s counter-tariffs on various US goods take effect on Tuesday, in response to US tariffs on Canadian products imposed after trade talks between the two neighbours collapsed last month. The counter-tariffs cover C$27.6 billion (€17bn) worth of US goods. The duties of 15%, 25% and 50% apply to hundreds of products, including steel and aluminium, furniture, clothing, cosmetics, household appliances, electronics, agricultural equipment and dairy goods such as cheese. Ottawa said the measures match the latest US tariffs “dollar for dollar” and “rate for rate”. Some seafood products were removed from Canada’s initial list. The counter-tariffs cover around 6% of…
There are lingering concerns that a bad budget deal for France could boost the far-right National Rally, which is ahead in the polls and has campaigned to halve Paris’ contributions to the EU budget. During a closed-door discussion on Tuesday, France’s ambassador to the EU, Philippe Léglise-Costa, told colleagues that new EU-wide levies should generate over €60 billion — a high threshold for most other countries, according to the diplomats, who have direct knowledge of the talks. None of the other countries specified how much money they want to generate through the new taxes. While most governments support introducing new own resources,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he expects to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump by the end of September, as Washington steps up efforts to revive negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy said securing additional US air-defence missiles would be a key issue at the meeting, with Kyiv seeking an urgently needed “winter package” of anti-ballistic missile interceptors. Speaking to reporters in the presidential WhatsApp chat, Zelenskyy said he discussed Ukraine’s shortage of advanced air defences with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their visit to Kyiv over the weekend. “I am counting on a…
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Published on 08/09/2026 – 13:55 GMT+2 Italy has proposed introducing an exemption for digital euro transactions under €10 in a move that would favour small businesses, according to sources consulted and documents seen by Euronews The move is viewed favourably by the central banking community, in particular by the European Central Bank (ECB), a source from the banking sector told Euronews. The digital euro is a digital form of payment, expected to complement cash, with the ECB aiming to be ready for a potential first issuance in 2029, assuming the necessary regulation is adopted this year. As Europe mainly relies…
After more than 10 years, international high-speed rail has returned to Belgium’s largest airport. At around 8:30 am on 7 September, a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train arrived at Brussels Airport for the first time. The service began at Cologne station in Germany, with stops including Aachen, Liège, Leuven and Antwerpen-Centraal being the final destination. This new service follows after a deal was inked between Brussels Airlines and Deutsche Bahn in February, opening the airport’s network of more than 180 destinations worldwide to travellers from western Germany. At the same time, travellers arriving at the airport can now connect directly with…