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The flurry of ideas underscores a growing European concern around U.S. intentions on Greenland. This week, the White House ratcheted up its claims on Greenland, and repeatedly refused to rule out a military takeover. Europe is scrambling to placate the latest Trump threats and avoid a military intervention that Denmark has said would mean the end of the alliance. A compromise with the U.S. president is seen as the first and preferred option. The request for proposals just days after the White House’s latest broadside reflects how seriously Europe is taking the ultimatum and the existential risk any incursion onto…
It seems European leaders frantically trying to find ways to save Greenland from Donald Trump can hope for support from the US Congress. Over the past several days, opposition to the White House’s threats to seize the Danish territory has been growing on both sides of the aisle. While it comes as no surprise that Democrats have largely condemned Trump’s designs on Greenland, particularly any use of military force to seize the island, the fact that even leading Republicans are publicly breaking with their president on this issue is highly unusual. With the November midterm elections coming into focus, this…
Iranian human rights group Hrana said at least 34 protestors and two state security officers had been killed by Tuesday, with at least 2,000 protestors arrested. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday appealed to security forces not to target protestors. Hours after Wadephul’s appeal, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola also backed the protestors. “We know the change is underway,” she said. “The people of Iran are not protesting. They are crying out. Europe hears them, the world hears them, and they will only get louder.” “To the people of Iran, your pride and dignity as a people determined to build…
Clashes between government and Kurdish forces in a contested area of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Thursday after authorities ordered civilians to evacuate. Syrian authorities opened a corridor for civilians to evacuate for a second day and tens of thousands fled the city. The government of Aleppo province gave residents until 1 pm local time to leave in coordination with the army. State news agency SANA, citing the army, said the military would begin “targeted operations” against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid half an hour after…
An Elysée official said the deal would bring “limited benefits” to the EU economy and that it doesn’t sufficiently protect European farmers. The announcement comes hours before a key vote by member countries on the deal. Alongside Poland, France has been the fiercest opponent of the deal — but it lacks the numbers to stall it on Friday, especially if Italy backs it. If the deal is approved, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will fly to Paraguay to sign the accord as next week. The Mercosur bloc’s other members are Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
The United States could run Venezuela and tap into its oil reserves for years, President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Thursday, less than a week after toppling its leader Nicolás Maduro. “Only time will tell” how long Washington would demand direct oversight of the South American country, Trump told The New York Times. But when asked whether that meant three months, six months or a year, he replied: “I would say much longer.” The 79-year-old US leader also said he wanted to travel to Venezuela eventually. “I think at some point it’ll be safe,” he said. US…
BRUXELLES — Le réseau social X d’Elon Musk est dans le viseur des autorités à travers l’Europe après que son intelligence artificielle Grok a produit une série de deepfakes de nus, dont des représentations de mineurs dévêtus. L’affaire devient rapidement le dernier test en date pour l’Europe, qui doit déterminer si elle ose sévir contre Elon Musk et d’autres plateformes des géants américains, sachant qu’elle s’attirerait les foudres Donald Trump, dans un contexte de crise de confiance transatlantique majeure et de menaces sur le Groenland. Il y a tout juste un mois, Bruxelles a infligé une amende de 120 millions…
Belgium is looking to house foreign prisoners abroad as part of its crackdown on migration and is open to partnerships with countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, the country’s Minister for Asylum and Migration, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, has told Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. Asked about her recent mission to Albania and Kosovo to explore renting or building prison space to house irregular migrants convicted of crimes in Belgium, Van Bossuyt said: “We are looking at every possible solution to increase the return rate. That’s one of the possibilities that we are looking into together with the ministry…
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LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday vowed to take action against Elon Musk’s social media platform X after its Grok artificial intelligence system produced a flood of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes that included depictions of minors. “It’s disgraceful, it’s disgusting, and it’s not to be tolerated. X has got to get a grip of this, and Ofcom has our full support to take action in relation to this,” Starmer said in a broadcast interview after thousands of nude deepfakes were published on X. “This is wrong, it’s unlawful, we’re not going to tolerate it. I’ve asked for…