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“We have an AI Act that regulates use, but we have no clear rules on who pays when a foundation model itself is flawed, biased or causes harm. This is not tenable,” Voss said. He said it’s not too late for Brussels to take another U-turn. “If the builder of a model admits he should be liable, the legislator should not be less ambitious than the industry.” But one senior Parliament official involved in the liability law proposal said that for the Commission, “it would be admitting they made a big mistake.” “If there is a major AI accident, creating…
Edited copy Bill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, said sanctions are the “worst thing” that can happen to Russian oligarchs, adding that they are “scheming and trying to come up with ways of getting off the sanctions list”. The EU recently renewed its sanctions against Russia while removing businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list. Browder believes the only way the war will end is if sanctions inflict “enough economic damage” on Russia that it can no longer “afford the war”. Russian President Vladimir Putin “is ready to starve his whole country completely”, Browder said, calling for…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 10:00 GMT+2•Updated 10:16 Israelis gathered in a moment of silence on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023, which a UN inquiry confirmed killed 1,200 people and saw 252 taken hostage. In southern Israel, families mourned at road junctions, bomb shelters and the site of the Nova music festival, all places overrun by militants in the deadliest attack against Israel. It is the first anniversary on which all the hostages that survived have returned home, bringing a new phase of mourning. Among those marking the day was Elkana Bohbot, 37,…
“I want him to go there with the strongest possible mandate from this house,” Hilde Vautmans, the report’s author, said in a debate on Tuesday evening. “Europe has economic power. It’s time to use it.” The remarks echo those made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron in a joint letter earlier this week, advocating that the European Commission be handed more powers to restrict or even cut off imports from countries that create “severe and systematic distortions” in the EU. While some MEPs hailed the French-German joint approach as proof of a unified position, Polish MEP…
Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst says that while people may think of plague as “something medieval”, cases are reported every year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar. However, he says the laboratory link makes this incident “a little more serious”. Van Ranst also spoke about the impact of COVID-19 this winter. The virologist said the virus is back, but in a “milder form”. He does not expect this winter to resemble 2020 or 2021.
By Romain Gutkind with AFP, AP Published on 07/10/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 8:08 The ministers for the economy and public accounts have launched a blistering attack on the budget proposal put forward by Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (RN) and favourite in the polls for the 2027 presidential election. “You’re dreaming in colour” “You’re dreaming in colour,” blasts Economy Minister Roland Lescure. “It’s a Potemkin budget, made of cardboard,” says Public Accounts Minister David Amiel. “140 billion in savings by 2032” Marine Le Pen is putting forward a programme of “€140 billion in savings by 2032”, bringing the public deficit…
Celebrated British composer George Fenton has died aged 76. The five-time Oscar-nominated composer wrote numerous scores for film, television, and theater over a career spanning more than five decades – including scores for Ghandi, Cry Freedom, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fischer King and Groundhog Day. In a statement, Fenton’s family said: “We are very sad to announce that George Fenton passed away unexpectedly today (Monday 5 October). He is survived by his loving wife Amanda, ex-wife Jane, children Gemma, Grace and Bridget, and grandchildren Lola, Audrey, Alfred, George, Frank and Beatrice, and a life of music.” Some of Fenton’s most notable…
In an interview, Dan’s arch-rival on Romania’s hard right, George Simion, warned that no stable government can form without an election and accused the president of mounting a “blockade” against democracy because he is “afraid of us coming to power.” Speaking separately to POLITICO, Dan’s most recently defeated candidate for prime minister, Member of the European Parliament Siegfried Mureșan, warned the country was already paying an economic price, with investment decisions being delayed. “Postponing early elections and staying in this stalemate situation would, at some point, also have economic negative consequences,” he said. Bordering Ukraine, Romania has the sixth-largest population…
Published on 07/10/2026 – 8:06 GMT+2 A US death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute her by lethal injection is conscious and speaking, her lawyers have said, as they go to court to find out what went wrong. Christa Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital at a Tennessee prison on 30 September. She is believed to be the only person to survive after lethal injection drugs were administered. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care,” her attorneys said on Tuesday. “Despite the severe damage she endured…
Argentina is confronting a once-unimaginable reality; a national team without football great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, 39-year-old Messi bid farewell to international football after 21 years, 126 goals, two Copa Américas and a World Cup title, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentina’s other two goals for a 3-0 victory over visitors Benin. What was otherwise an unremarkable friendly against the West African nation became a moment that this football-crazed country had long dreaded. “It feels like an era is ending, knowing he won’t play for the national team anymore,” said Valentino Ruso, 17, who was heading to a friend’s…