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The European Union has beefed up its data security policies in recent years, in part due to concerns around foreign technology vendors. A group of lawmakers in November urged the Parliament to ditch internal use of Microsoft software in favor of a European alternative, POLITICO reported. The institution in 2023 also banned the use of social media app TikTok on staff devices and recommended that MEPs delete it from their phones. The latest move to switch off AI tools concerns built-in features like writing and summarizing assistants, enhanced virtual assistants and webpage summaries in both tablets and phones, an EU…

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Published on 16/02/2026 – 17:38 GMT+1 French police searched the Arab World Institute in Paris on Monday as part of an investigation into former French Culture Minister Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline over suspected financial links to late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The raid at the institute and other locations followed a preliminary investigation opened on 6 February into “laundering of aggravated tax fraud” against the Langs, the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office said. Lang, 86, resigned from the presidency of the institute earlier this month after documents released by the US Department of Justice showed…

The initiative, chaired by Trump, is designed to oversee Gaza’s demilitarization and reconstruction under a U.N.-endorsed ceasefire framework. Another Commission spokesperson, Anouar El Anouni, said the EU still has “a number of questions” about elements of the Board’s charter, including its governance and its compatibility with the U.N. Charter. “Having said that, we’re certainly prepared to work together with the U.S. when it comes to the implementation of the peace plan for Gaza,” he said. While the EU as an institution will not join Trump’s Board of Peace, two EU member countries — Hungary and Bulgaria — participated in a…

After two rounds of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday for two days of negotiations. The meeting takes place just days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s all-out war. The delegations are gathering as fierce fighting continues along the roughly 1,250-kilometre frontline and amid relentless Russia’s bombardment of civilian areas and energy infrastructure, which left millions of Ukrainians without electricity, water and heating in freezing February weather. According to kyiv, there is hardly any hope that Russia would stop or at least scale down the pace and intensity of its aerial…

Published on 16/02/2026 – 15:11 GMT+1 Dana Eden, the co-creator and executive producer of hit TV spy thriller Tehran has been found dead in an Athens hotel room, according to local police reports. Eden, 52, was in Greece filming the fourth season of the show, which follows a Mossad agent seeking to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. The cause of death has not been confirmed, and an investigation has been launched. Her abrupt death has sparked rumours on social media over foul play, given the nature of the show’s narrative. There have also been misleading reports in Israeli…

The warm words were in sharp contrast with Rubio’s message days earlier at the Munich Security Conference, when he urged European leaders to revive the transatlantic alliance. Rubio stopped short of a formal election endorsement ahead of the April vote. Orbán is trailing his rival Péter Magyar in opinion polls. Orbán said Hungarian democracy is “very strong” and that the government “will be created after the election in Hungary based on the intention of the Hungarians.” “Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win,” Orbán said, adding that he is not afraid of defeat even though he hopes to win. The Hungarian…

Updated: 16/02/2026 – 15:53 GMT+1 A large volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Sunday afternoon, sending fiery fountains of lava and hot ash high into the sky. The US Geological Survey showed video of Mount Kilauea spewing lava fountains about 300 meters high as a river of lava flowed nearby. … More

Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said France Unbowed had a “moral responsibility” for fostering a “climate of violence.” During a meeting Sunday in support of a local candidate in Montpellier, Mélenchon expressed “empathy for the family of young Quentin” and said that “for [France Unbowed], nonviolence is a fundamental philosophical choice. Violence stunts our movements and brings fear that spreads.” Hassan on Friday said she had been “horrified” to hear of the attack against Deranque. “Whenever I travel, the only security service I work with and who accompany me is that of France Unbowed, which never resorts to violence and is…

Published on 16/02/2026 – 14:00 GMT+1 United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has delivered a message of support from the Trump administration to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is facing a stiff challenge in his country’s April elections. “At the end of the day, we are still human, we’re still people, and that person-to-person connection that you’ve established with the president has made all the difference in the world in building this relationship,” Rubio said at a press conference with Orbán in Budapest after the Munich Security Conference. “I can say to you with confidence that President Trump…