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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…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Léa Becquet Published on 08/01/2026 – 17:03 GMT+1 The vast majority of businesses based in the European Union have moved jobs abroad, with India being the most favoured destination outside the bloc. Outsourcing is a way for tens of thousands of entrepreneurs to save money — and perhaps to survive. However, it also means slashing positions domestically, which, in most cases, don’t get replaced. In fact, the trade balance is negative. Due to outsourcing, EU countries lost around 150,000 jobs, roughly three times more than those created through the same process between 2021 and 2023, a recent Eurostat report…
Russia attacked Ukraine with almost a hundred drones overnight on Thursday, as Moscow continues to target energy infrastructure across the country. Following another massive attack the night before, Moscow again targeted the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, resulting in power outages in both. Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine was left without power around 10 pm local time on Wednesday. Electricity and heating gradually began returning after 3 am on Thursday, Zaporizhzhia regional governor Ivan Fedorov said. “This was the first total blackout across the entire region in recent years, but all services were on site from the very first minute,” Fedorov stated.…
The UK is bracing for severe travel disruption as Storm Goretti powers up, bringing heavy snow and plunging temperatures. A rare red wind warning has been issued by the Met Office for south-west England, while amber alerts for snow are in place in Wales, the Midlands and parts of northern England. Airports and rail operators are taking precautions, with closures and widespread cancellations coming into effect this evening. Channel Island airports close for Storm Goretti Both Jersey and Guernsey, islands in the Channel, have said they will close their airports at 6pm this evening. At Jersey airport, most flights have…
Le Pen will be back in court next week to appeal the verdict. Though the State Department has since denied the Spiegel report as “stale and false,” the mere hint of a National Rally-MAGA liaison was enough to quickly put the party on the defensive — especially given that Washington sanctioned a French judge at the International Criminal Court that issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a press release dated Wednesday, the National Rally said it condemned the sanctions against the ICC judge and watches closely for “any pressure of unacceptable nature on the judicial…
Spain’s government and the country’s Catholic bishops agreed on Thursday to a joint plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed. The agreement aims to bridge the differences between the left-wing government and church authorities over the question of reparations for abuse victims in the once staunchly Catholic country. The Spanish Episcopal Conference, run by the bishops, said in a statement that the new agreement will allow victims who don’t want to seek help directly from the church to turn to the government and the state’s ombudsman, who…
Freezing weather is coming to Ukraine over the next three days, with temperatures forecast to drop to minus 20° C during the night, when Russia often launches massive missile and drone attacks. Precipitation and cold could cause additional electricity supply disruptions due to snow accumulating on power lines, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday evening. “Ukraine’s energy system is under enemy attack every day, and energy workers work in extremely difficult conditions to provide people with light and heat. Deteriorating weather conditions create additional stress on critical infrastructure. We are working to minimize the consequences of bad weather,” Svyrydenko…
Published on 08/01/2026 – 14:51 GMT+1 French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the US was “breaking free from international rules” and “gradually turning away” from some of its allies. “Multilateral institutions are functioning less and less effectively,” Macron said in his annual speech to French ambassadors. “We are living in a world of great powers with a real temptation to divide up the world,” he added. Macron’s comments come after a string of strongly worded statements by the Trump administration, which have sent ripples of concern among many of Washington’s staunchest allies. Chief among them is US President…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the Trump administration for defying the rules-based global order after toppling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and renewing his threats to annex Greenland. “The United States is an established power that is gradually turning away from some of its allies and breaking free from the international rules that it used to promote,” Macron said during his annual foreign policy address. Macron used the speech to paint an image of predatory global powers seeking to divide the world into spheres of influence, with the U.S. dominating Western Hemisphere under the so-called Donroe Doctrine. “We are…