The Trump administration ordered a US withdrawal from over 60 international organisations, including the UN climate summits, drawing sharp EU criticism over weakened global cooperation.

The EU’s trade agreement with Mercosur, a bloc of six South American countries, was finally given the green light following a vote by ambassadors in Brussels on Friday — despite continued opposition from France. 

The ability to use xAI’s chatbot, Grok, to edit images on X has now been restricted to only paying users of the social media platform. The change happens as regulators around the world have turned their fire on the chatbot, which has generated thousands of sexualised non-consensual deepfakes over recent weeks.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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