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That must follow a serious effort by the EU to tackle illegal and harmful content on social media, he said, which hasn’t happened yet. “We haven’t remotely tried hard enough yet to ensure effective oversight of the platforms.” The human rights chief praised the EU’s digital laws as world-leading, including the Digital Services Act, which seeks to protect kids from systemic risks on online platforms — but said it wasn’t being policed strongly enough. “We have a very piecemeal enforcement of the Digital Services Act and the other relevant rulebook right across Europe. It’s very much dependent on the goodwill…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 13:32 GMT+1•Updated 13:36 Russia has launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles across Ukraine, while Moscow’s army stepped up efforts to break through Ukrainian front-line defences in what could be the start of an anticipated spring ground offensive. At least five people were killed and 27 injured in the overnight attacks, officials said, which continued into Tuesday as dozens of drones targeted the capital Kyiv during daylight. Russian missiles and drones struck residential areas as well as transport and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities said. In the central Poltava region, two people were killed and 12…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 12:28 GMT+1 Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to help him perform his executive duties autonomously, according to a report. An AI agent can autonomously plan and carry out tasks on a user’s behalf, with little human intervention, such as searching for information and carrying out tasks such as helping to plan a holiday. Zuckerberg is developing the agent to complete tasks faster. For instance, the bot will allow the tech multibillionaire to retrieve information more quickly, without having to go through reports and the organisation’s management structure, according to The…
A statue of Christopher Columbus has been installed on the White House grounds on the orders of US President Donald Trump in a decision that has sparked intense political and cultural debate in the country. The sculpture has been placed in front of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the presidential complex, and is a replica of a monument unveiled in 1984 in Baltimore that was torn down during protests over the killing of George Floyd in 2020. According to the White House, the move seeks to vindicate the figure of the navigator, known for his expeditions financed by…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said he speaks to his counterparts in Russia, Serbia, Israel, the United States and Turkey both before and after EU meetings on foreign affairs. “I speak not only with the Russian foreign minister, but also with the U.S., the Turkish, the Israeli, the Serbian ones, and our other partners before and after the meetings of the Council of the European Union,” Szijjártó said at a campaign rally Monday evening. “The situation is that many decisions are being made in the European Union that influence the relations and cooperation of Hungary with other countries outside the…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 12:16 GMT+1 Danish voters went to the polls on Tuesday in a snap parliamentary election called by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who is seeking a third term in the wake of a crisis sparked by US President Donald Trump’s push to take control of Greenland. The latest polls give the left-wing coalition behind Frederiksen a nine-seat lead over the right-wing bloc, but neither side is projected to win a majority of the 179 seats in Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing. Frederiksen, a Social Democrat who has been in office since 2019, has been praised for her leadership…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 11:54 GMT+1 Russian hackers have breached thousands of accounts on widely used messaging apps belonging to US government officials, military personnel, politicians, and journalists, according to US intelligence agencies. The attackers impersonate official support accounts on popular messaging platforms, luring users to click malicious links or share sensitive information, such as verification codes or PINs. In a joint statement, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said last week that the scheme is designed to trick a user into clicking on a link or sharing verification codes or…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 11:22 GMT+1 Following a series of teaser posters displayed in the streets Paris, featuring titles of some of her iconic songs, Canadian superstar Céline Dion is now officially making a comeback. The 57-year-old singer is set to return to the stage later this year, four years after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). Dion is reported to be preparing a twice-weekly residency this September and October at Paris La Défense Arena, according to French-Canadian newspaper La Presse. The singer last headlined a show in Newark, New Jersey on 8 March 2020. Her Courage World Tour…
Despite Trump’s close ties to Orbán, Puzder said it’s up to the EU to find a way to finance Kyiv. “Whether that loan goes through and the condition in which it goes through is something for the EU to resolve internally, and I have every confidence that they will resolve it,” Puzder said. He added that the U.S. is “happy” to sell more weapons to Ukraine that Kyiv could pay for with the EU loan. Trump on Saturday endorsed Orbán ahead of the April 12 election, in a video streamed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest. “He’s…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 11:31 GMT+1 It is an over 20-hour flight to Sydney, but the prize at the end might just be worth it. Or like European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “trade is not just economics, it’s power”. Let’s take a look. The economic ties are already massive. The EU is currently Australia’s third-largest trading partner, exporting almost €28 billion more in goods than it imports. For the EU, Australia ranks just 20th. But this deal is not about selling more machinery. It is about securing the green transition — a goal that the Iran war…