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Since the beginning of January, thousands of women and teenagers, including public figures, have reported that their photos published on social media have been “undressed” and put in bikinis by Grok at the request of users. The deepfake tool has prompted investigations from regulators across Europe, including in Brussels, Dublin, Paris and London. The European Commission ordered X on Thursday to retain “all internal documents and data relating to Grok” — an escalation of the ongoing investigation into X’s content moderation policies — after calling the nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes “illegal,” “appalling” and “disgusting.” In response, X made its controversial AI image generation feature…
The meeting took place in Gandhinagar, in the western state of Gujarat, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Merz on his first official visit to India. The two leaders signed agreements covering defence cooperation, skills training, health and education, as both sides look to strengthen trade links and reduce reliance on China. The visit also carried strong symbolic weight. Modi and Merz went to Sabarmati Ashram, Mahatma Gandhi’s former home, where the German leader removed his shoes in line with local custom. They later attended the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad. Discussions then turned to trade, technology and green development,…
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News As global instability continues to dominate the prime minister’s agenda, is the threat to his premiership receding? After a rollercoaster week of foreign events, and now the possibility of the collapse of the Iranian regime, Sam and Anne assess the perception of his actions on the home and domestic fronts. Linking to foreign affairs, Anne has some intel on defence spending and how the funding doesn’t match the UK’s intention to be involved in military operations across the globe. Elsewhere, is the government about to ban X following a fallout from…
Published on 12/01/2026 – 11:30 GMT+1 US President Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be a peace president worthy of a Nobel Prize. And despite the critics, his actions show he really does want peace. A piece of Venezuela. Perhaps a piece of Cuba. And now he is officially coming for the whole of Greenland. Trump claims the Arctic is crawling with Chinese ships. He mocked Denmark for defending the island with just “one more dog sled”. The reality? Greenland already hosts a massive US space base, and Denmark was recently running massive NATO exercises in the icy environment.…
“I have become the target of personal revenge by Donald Tusk and his circle,” Ziobro wrote, warning that members of the government would face “severe consequences.” He claimed the proceedings against him amounted to retaliation against the opposition. Polish government minister Tomasz Siemoniak slammed Ziobro. “Refuge in Hungary is a downright perfect summary of Ziobro’s career. The former Minister of Justice fleeing like a coward from the Polish justice system. Total downfall,” he commented on X. Ziobro was stripped of immunity in November last year, amid an escalating confrontation between Tusk’s government and the opposition Law and Justice. Several former Law…
Published on 12/01/2026 – 10:39 GMT+1 The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, is set to push for fresh sanctions on Iran after a crackdown that has reportedly claimed hundreds of lives since protests began nearly two weeks ago. “I am prepared to propose additional sanctions in response to the regime’s brutal repression of protesters,” Kallas told the German daily Welt and POLITICO, adding that these would complement the wide range of sanctions already in place against Iran. Kallas’s initiative comes as Iran’s death toll continues to rise following demonstrations that erupted on 28 December over the collapse of…
By Euronews Published on 12/01/2026 – 10:48 GMT+1 Germany said Sunday it was ready to assume greater responsibilities in the Arctic after US President Donald Trump threatened to seize Greenland “one way or the other”, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Washington and its European allies. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Berlin would increase its Arctic commitments while rejecting Trump’s threats against the mineral-rich Danish territory. “Security in the arctic is becoming more and more important and is part of our common interest in NATO,” Wadephul said at a joint news conference with Iceland’s foreign minister in Reykjavik. “If the American…
By Euronews, AP Published on 12/01/2026 – 9:43 GMT+1 Malaysia and Indonesia blocked Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images. The countries are the first to ban the generative AI tool, reflecting a growing global concern that it can produce realistic images, sound, and text, while existing safeguards fail to prevent their abuse. The Grok chatbot, which is accessed through Musk’s social media platform X, has been criticised for generating manipulated images, including depictions of women in bikinis or sexually explicit poses, as…
The stars of film and TV gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday for the 83rd Golden Globes ceremony, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Netflix miniseries Adolescence emerged as the big winners on the night, earning four Globes apiece. One Battle After Another won Best Film (Comedy or Musical), Best Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor, Best Director and Best Screenplay, both for Anderson, who has become only the second filmmaker after Oliver Stone to collect Best Director, Screenplay and Film (as a producer) at the Globes. Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern countercultural novel “Vineland”, Anderson’s tenth…
The comments coincide with a rising death toll. Iran Human Rights, an Oslo-based group, said Sunday that nearly 200 protesters had been killed since demonstrations broke out on Dec. 28. Other rights groups put the number at more than 500. “The regime has a track-record of crushing protests, and we see a heavy-handed response by the security forces,” Kallas added in the written comments. “Citizens are fighting for a future of their own choosing and risking everything to be heard.” The protests, which kicked off over spiking inflation, now want an end to the clerical rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. Iranian state-linked…