French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that include spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI also face intensifying scrutiny from Britain’s data privacy regulator, which opened formal investigations into how they handled personal data when they developed and deployed Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Grok, which was built by xAI and is available through X, sparked global outrage last month after it pumped out a torrent of sexualized nonconsensual...
UK Police Open Criminal Investigation Into Politician Peter Mandelson Over Alleged Leaks To Epstein
British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The U.K. government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson – a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago. London’s Metropolitan Police force said detectives had reviewed reports of misconduct and decided they met the threshold for a full investigation. Commander Ella Marriott said the force “has now launched an...
The Former Prince Andrew Moves To King Charles III’s Private Estate Amid Epstein Document Uproar
The former Prince Andrew has moved out of his long-time home on crown-owned land near Windsor Castle earlier than expected after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation of Jeffrey Epstein revived questions about his friendship with the convicted sex offender. The 65-year-old brother of King Charles III, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, left the Royal Lodge in Windsor on Monday and is now living on the king’s Sandringham estate in eastern England, a person familiar with the matter said. British media reported that Mountbatten-Windsor will live temporarily at Wood Farm Cottage while his permanent home on the...
Spain Looks To Ban Social Media For Under-16s, Joining Others In Europe
Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content. Sánchez chided the world’s biggest tech companies in a speech at a Dubai summit, saying they allow illegal content such as child sex abuse and nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images to proliferate on their platforms. He said that governments also needed to “stop turning a blind eye.” “Today, our children are exposed to a space they were never meant to navigate alone,” Sánchez said. “We will no longer accept that.”...
Israel Strikes Gaza, Killing 19 Including Women And Children, After Saying Hamas Violated Deal
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 19 Palestinians, most of them women and children, by midday Wednesday, according to hospital officials. Israel pledged to continue strikes, saying that it was responding to a militant attack on Israeli soldiers that seriously wounded one. Among the Palestinians killed were five children, including a 5-month-old and a baby just 10 days old; seven women; and a paramedic, said hospital officials. They are the latest Palestinians in Gaza to die since a ceasefire deal, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, came into effect on Oct. 10, 2025. The escalating Palestinian death...
French Prosecutors Request 5-Year Ban On Marine Le Pen From Holding Office
French prosecutors Tuesday requested a five-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a crucial appeal trial in Paris, an outcome that may prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election. Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March 2025 ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016. Prosecutors accused Le Pen of being at the head of a “system” meant to “siphon off” EU public funds to the benefit of her party. In addition, they requested one year of house arrest...
Brothers of Renee Good, woman killed by immigration officer, call for action in Congress
The brothers of Renee Good, one of two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, called on Congress to do something about the violence on American streets as a result of immigration operations, warning Tuesday that the scenes playing out are “changing many lives, including ours, forever.” Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot and killed Jan. 7. Her death and that of another protester, Alex Pretti, just weeks later have sparked outrage across the country and calls to rein in immigration enforcement. Brothers Luke and Brett Ganger spoke during a hearing held Tuesday by congressional Democrats...
2 Arrested In Investigation Of Attempted Sabotage Against Ships Built For German Navy
Two men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted sabotage against ships being built for the German navy in Hamburg, authorities said. The suspects were detained in the German port city and in an unidentified village in Greece, Hamburg prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t name the 37-year-old Romanian and 54-year-old Greek suspects, but said their apartments in Hamburg, Romania and Greece were searched. The two men, who worked at the port of Hamburg, are suspected of attempting to sabotage several corvettes destined for the German navy at a shipyard in the city last year. Prosecutors said they are...
Coca-Cola Sponsor Ghanaian Influencers To World Cup Trophy In Abidjan
Coca-Cola Ghana flew influencers like Berneese, KALYJAY, and Owuraku Ampofo to Abidjan on February 3 for VIP access to the FIFA World Cup 2026 trophy during its global tour. They touched the prize before stars like Ronaldo, sparking memes such as Berneese’s dancing dog video trolling the five-time Ballon d’Or winner with ‘Ronaldo has never been closer to the World Cup than Berneese.’
