cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36702646

Ryan Grim
Sep 25, 2025

Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.

Five-year-old Hind was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024, along with six other members of her family in Gaza City. Her killing made global headlines after a recording of her call with Palestinian emergency dispatchers pleading to be rescued was posted online.

On January 29, 2024, the car Hind was in was shot at by the Israeli military, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins. Relatives called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah seeking help. When a team member called the number provided, Hind’s 15-year-old cousin, Layan Hamada, the only other survivor in the car, picked up. Layan told them there was an Israeli tank nearby shooting at them. Layan can be heard screaming amid the sound of intense machine gun fire, after which, the call went dead. The rescue team called the phone back, and Hind answered, telling them that Layan had been shot and killed, she had been injured, and everyone in the car was dead. She said she could see the tank and that it was getting closer.

Peter Link

2025-09-26 14:41:02

Exclusive: Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza

Ryan Grim
Sep 25, 2025

Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.

Five-year-old Hind was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024, along with six other members of her family in Gaza City. Her killing made global headlines after a recording of her call with Palestinian emergency dispatchers pleading to be rescued was posted online.

On January 29, 2024, the car Hind was in was shot at by the Israeli military, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins. Relatives called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah seeking help. When a team member called the number provided, Hind’s 15-year-old cousin, Layan Hamada, the only other survivor in the car, picked up. Layan told them there was an Israeli tank nearby shooting at them. Layan can be heard screaming amid the sound of intense machine gun fire, after which, the call went dead. The rescue team called the phone back, and Hind answered, telling them that Layan had been shot and killed, she had been injured, and everyone in the car was dead. She said she could see the tank and that it was getting closer.

Exclusive: Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza

Five-year-old Hind became a global symbol after she was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024 and a recording of her pleading to be rescued was later made public.

^{Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36702646

Ryan Grim
Sep 25, 2025

Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.

Five-year-old Hind was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024, along with six other members of her family in Gaza City. Her killing made global headlines after a recording of her call with Palestinian emergency dispatchers pleading to be rescued was posted online.

On January 29, 2024, the car Hind was in was shot at by the Israeli military, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins. Relatives called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah seeking help. When a team member called the number provided, Hind’s 15-year-old cousin, Layan Hamada, the only other survivor in the car, picked up. Layan told them there was an Israeli tank nearby shooting at them. Layan can be heard screaming amid the sound of intense machine gun fire, after which, the call went dead. The rescue team called the phone back, and Hind answered, telling them that Layan had been shot and killed, she had been injured, and everyone in the car was dead. She said she could see the tank and that it was getting closer.

Peter Link

2025-09-26 14:41:02

Exclusive: Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza

Ryan Grim
Sep 25, 2025

Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.

Five-year-old Hind was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024, along with six other members of her family in Gaza City. Her killing made global headlines after a recording of her call with Palestinian emergency dispatchers pleading to be rescued was posted online.

On January 29, 2024, the car Hind was in was shot at by the Israeli military, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins. Relatives called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah seeking help. When a team member called the number provided, Hind’s 15-year-old cousin, Layan Hamada, the only other survivor in the car, picked up. Layan told them there was an Israeli tank nearby shooting at them. Layan can be heard screaming amid the sound of intense machine gun fire, after which, the call went dead. The rescue team called the phone back, and Hind answered, telling them that Layan had been shot and killed, she had been injured, and everyone in the car was dead. She said she could see the tank and that it was getting closer.

Exclusive: Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza

Five-year-old Hind became a global symbol after she was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024 and a recording of her pleading to be rescued was later made public.

^{Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)}

Ryan Grim
Sep 25, 2025

Wissam Hamada, the mother of Hind Rajab, and several members of her family safely evacuated from Gaza to a third country on Thursday after protracted negotiations with the state of Israel for her release, a source involved in the exfiltration told Drop Site.

Five-year-old Hind was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024, along with six other members of her family in Gaza City. Her killing made global headlines after a recording of her call with Palestinian emergency dispatchers pleading to be rescued was posted online.

On January 29, 2024, the car Hind was in was shot at by the Israeli military, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins. Relatives called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah seeking help. When a team member called the number provided, Hind’s 15-year-old cousin, Layan Hamada, the only other survivor in the car, picked up. Layan told them there was an Israeli tank nearby shooting at them. Layan can be heard screaming amid the sound of intense machine gun fire, after which, the call went dead. The rescue team called the phone back, and Hind answered, telling them that Layan had been shot and killed, she had been injured, and everyone in the car was dead. She said she could see the tank and that it was getting closer.

Exclusive: Mother of Hind Rajab Evacuated From Gaza

Five-year-old Hind became a global symbol after she was killed by Israeli soldiers in January 2024 and a recording of her pleading to be rescued was later made public.

^{Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36701801

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Peter Link

2025-09-26 14:18:05

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

^{Samuel Granados (The New York Times)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36701801

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Peter Link

2025-09-26 14:18:05

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

^{Samuel Granados (The New York Times)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36701801

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, #Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Peter Link

2025-09-26 14:18:05

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

^{Samuel Granados (The New York Times)}

By Samuel Granados and Aaron Boxerman
Sept. 26, 2025

This has exacerbated what was already a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with rampant hunger, mass displacement and a collapse of health care, schools and infrastructure. Many war-weary Gaza City residents say they simply cannot or will not be displaced again, and many have no homes to return to.

While closing in on Gaza City, Israel has used existing buildings as bases, only to later destroy them with explosives before moving onward, according to satellite images and videos verified by NYT.

One video shows the military destroying AlFurqan school in the city, which it had earlier used as a military position.

archive.ph/u8JpP

Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City

The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

^{Samuel Granados (The New York Times)}

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/6251000

cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/64652

Italy has despatched a second warship to support the humanitarian Global Sumud Flotilla en route to deliver aid to Gaza and break Israel’s criminal starvation blockade, following continued – now nightly – Israeli attacks on the fleet of volunteer-crewed boats.

But at the same time, the Italian government has tried to pressure the flotilla to capitulate to Israeli demands to surrender its aid supplies – in this case to the local Catholic Church, which Israel will supposedly allow to distribute the aid in Gaza unmolested, despite the occupation’s diversion of aid to the criminal gangs it funds and its near-daily slaughter of desperate Palestinian aid-seekers.

Italy sending more support to the Global Sumud Flotilla – but with demands

The Global Sumud Flotilla consists of around fifty civilian vessels crewed by lawyers, politicians, medics and activists and has been repeatedly bombed by drones and buzzed by fighter aircraft, now with the added psychological warfare of drones playing loud music all night to try to deprive crews of sleep. Despite this one-sided aggression, the Israeli government is claiming that it is the unarmed humanitarian volunteers who are ‘pursuing violence’.

Italy sent a first naval ship earlier this week to ‘assist’ the flotilla after it was bombed by at least fifteen drones in international waters near Greece. Spain followed suit shortly afterward. So far, no crew member has been reported killed or seriously hurt.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni said the government’s proposal was to hand the aid over in Cyprus to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem for distribution in Gaza, and tried to blame the flotilla organisers for not accepting the ‘offer’.

Israel continues to maintain its vice-like grip on food and other essentials in Gaza while shooting and shelling starving aid-seekers at the ‘GHF’ so-called ‘aid’ stations it controls and funding an ISIS-linked criminal gang to steal aid and kill Palestinian refugees.

The flotilla crews have said they will continue on their mission to deliver the aid directly.

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Cameras are loaded with features that make photography a little bit easier, and a little bit more accurate. Shooting manual is great for some techniques, and for some people. But it's not for everyone. For beginners especially, the pressure to "shoot manual" can undermine their creative path. Welcome to Vlog No. 098.

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Cameras are loaded with features that make photography a little bit easier, and a little bit more accurate. Shooting manual is great for some techniques, and for some people. But it's not for everyone. For beginners especially, the pressure to "shoot manual" can undermine their creative path. Welcome to Vlog No. 098.

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Microsoft will provide free Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 in the European Economic Area through October 13, 2026, but with specific conditions[^1]. While users won't need to enable Windows Backup or use Microsoft Rewards points, they must sign in with a Microsoft Account at least once every 60 days to maintain access to updates[^2].

"If your Microsoft Account is not used to sign in for a period of up to 60 days, ESU updates will be discontinued, and you'll need to re-enroll by signing in using the same MSA," Microsoft confirmed[^3].

This change came after pressure from Euroconsumers, who argued that linking security updates to Microsoft's cloud services raised concerns under the Digital Markets Act[^4]. The free ESU program applies to Windows 10 version 22H2 devices in the EEA (European Union member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway)[^5].

Outside the EEA, users still must either enable Windows Backup, redeem Microsoft Rewards points, or pay approximately $30 for ESU access[^2].

[^1]: BleepingComputer - Microsoft will offer free Windows 10 extended security updates in Europe

[^2]: Windows Central - Microsoft will revoke free access to Windows 10's extended security updates in the EEA

[^3]: WindowsLatest - No, you'll still need a Microsoft account for Windows 10 ESU in Europe

[^4]: The Verge - Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe

[^5]: gHacks - Microsoft makes Windows 10 Extended Security Updates free, but only for users in one region

Microsoft makes Windows 10 Extended Security Updates free, but only for users in one region - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft is lifting all requirements for joining the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10, but only for users in the EEA.

^{Martin Brinkmann (Ghacks Technology News)}

Ive seen that there are software you can download on web archive (archive.org), but it isnt listed in the megathread.

Should I suppose that it is as safe as it is downloading random stuff from the internet?

Interessante questo questo oggetto interstellare chiamato 3I/Atlas. Quanti ne potrebbero ancora arrivare?

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Hubble fotografa la cometa 3I/Atlas

La cometa interstellare 3I/Atlas, scoperta il primo luglio scorso, è stata immortalata da Hubble. L’immagine ad alta risoluzione ha consentito una stima più accurata delle dimensioni della cometa e ha evidenziato come il suo nucleo sia avvolto da pol…

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cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36698809

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

Peter Link

2025-09-26 12:52:02

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/microsoft-israel-defense-ministry.html

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36698809

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

Peter Link

2025-09-26 12:52:02

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/microsoft-israel-defense-ministry.html

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36698809

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

Peter Link

2025-09-26 12:52:02

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/microsoft-israel-defense-ministry.html

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

The review found evidence that Israel was using Microsoft’s cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post. The data included records of millions of phone calls made daily between Palestinians, confirming reporting this year from The Guardian and the Israeli news site +972.

archive.ph/4Nylg

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/technology/microsoft-israel-defense-ministry.html

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Russia’s war against Ukraine

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, takes part in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the margins of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. Lavrov claimed during the session that NATO and the EU have “declared war” on Russia through Ukraine. (Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)

NATO, EU have ‘declared war’ on Russia through Ukraine, Lavrov claims. Sergey Lavrov alleged that NATO and the EU had moved beyond indirect support and were now parties to the war.

Moscow envoy threatens war if NATO shoots down Russian aircraft. NATO potentially shooting down Russian planes in its airspace “would be war,” Russian Ambassador to France, Alexey Meshkov, said in an interview with the RTL news channel published on Sept. 25.

Europe, NATO ready to shoot down Russian jets, Bloomberg reports. European diplomats warned Russian officials this week that NATO is prepared to respond to further airspace violations with force, including by shooting down Russian planes, Bloomberg reported Sept. 25.

Zelensky says he won’t seek re-election after war, will push for elections during potential ceasefire. “It’s not my goal — elections… My goal is to finish the war,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

‘How well they burn’ — Ukraine destroys 2 Russian An-26 transport aircraft, radar stations in occupied Crimea, HUR says. The strike was part of ongoing efforts to destroy high-value Russian assets on the peninsula, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said.

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Major Russian chemical plant reportedly halts operations after Ukrainian drone attack. EuroChem-Belorechensk specializes in nitrogen and complex fertilizers but also produces phosphorus-based products and sulfuric acid, a key component in ammunition manufacturing.

Ukraine’s sea drones ‘paralyze‘ Russian Black Sea oil hubs, HUR source says. “Naval drones targeted key logistics facilities belonging to the aggressor state on the Black Sea coast,” the source said.

Kremlin officials ‘will have to know where the bomb shelters are,’ Zelensky says. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed support for such strikes, saying, “We will work on it.”

Trump says Russia ‘gained virtually no land‘ in Ukraine offensive despite heavy costs. “With all of the heavy bombardment over the last two weeks, they’ve gained almost no land,” Trump told the press in the White House during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ukrainian military strikes 3 gas distribution stations in occupied Luhansk. The Ukrainian military struck three gas distribution stations in the Russian-occupied part of Luhansk Oblast overnight on Sept. 25, according to military officials.

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Ukraine war latest: Moscow alleges NATO, EU have entered war with Russia through Ukraine

NATO and the EU have “declared war” on Russia through Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed at a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on Sept. 25.

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Ukrainian, European leaders push Trump to change tone on Russia. Will actions follow?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements and public posts following his latest meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky have been… different.

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Russia targets Moldova’s future as voters head to the polls

Russian-controlled politicians, troll farms, cyberattacks, vote-buying, and coordinated violence… As Moldovans will head to the polls this Sunday, Russia has doubled down on its longstanding aim — to gain hold of the country of 2.6 million.

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All the people who are totally fine with shooting down Russian fighter jets in NATO airspace

An ever-increasing number of top Western officials are signaling support for the shooting down of Russian aircraft violating NATO airspace, following a string of recent incursions along the alliance’s eastern flank.

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Human cost of Russia’s war

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,105,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

International response

US scrambles jets after Russian warplanes enter international airspace near Alaska. NORAD dispatched an E-3, four F-16s, and four KC-135 tankers to track two Russian Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighter jets.

Hungarian fighter jets intercept 5 Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea. The Russian aircraft — including three MiG-31s, a Su-30, and a Su-35 —flew over the Baltic Sea near Latvian airspace.

Denmark weighs NATO Article 4 after more suspicious drone incursions. “If we get the opportunity, we will take down the drones,” Danish Police Inspector Jesper Bojgaard Madsen said. The incident comes two days after suspicious drone activity shut down Cophenhagen Airport on Sept. 22.

Greece extradites Moldova’s once most powerful oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. Vladimir Plahotniuc, once seen as the most powerful figure in Moldova, faces charges in three criminal cases, including his alleged role in the 2014 “theft of a billion dollars” from major banks.

Trump’s Ukraine rhetoric shift signals reduced US involvement, Poland’s Tusk says. “Behind this surprising optimism lies a signal of reduced U.S. involvement and a shift of responsibility for ending the war to Europe,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. “Better truth than illusions.”

Ukraine’s First Lady Zelenska meets Melania Trump to discuss children affected by war. Olena Zelenska thanked Melania Trump “for her support of Ukraine, particularly for her attention to children who have become victims of Russia’s brutal war.”

Merz calls on EU to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine defense loan. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on the EU to use frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with a $160 billion loan, saying he is “advocating the mobilization of financial resources on a scale that will secure Ukraine’s military resilience for several years.”

Amid rising tensions, Poland urges citizens to ‘immediately’ leave Belarus. “In the event of a drastic deterioration in the security situation, border closures, or other unforeseen circumstances, evacuation may prove significantly more difficult or even impossible,” Poland’s Embassy in Minsk said in a statement.

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Russian fuel crisis escalates as half of gas stations in occupied Crimea halt gasoline sales, Kremlin extends export ban. The disruption follows a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries in August, which have strained supplies and forced Moscow to cut exports.

Ukrainian cyber operatives disrupt Russian banking payment system, intelligence source says. A DDoS attack on the SPB payment system and the telecom provider Transtelekom on Sept. 24 allegedly disrupted instant transfers and online payments for many users.

Blackout at Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant enters 3rd day after grid strike. “This creates a critical situation that threatens the security of not only Ukraine but also European countries,” Energoatom said.

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The Trump administration recently approached a coalition of U.S. investors set to take over TikTok's U.S. operations with an ask: Will the group make a payment to the federal government "in the low billions," according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks.

The response from the investors, which includes tech mogul Larry Ellison, the Murdochs and venture capital heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz, was an unequivocal yes.

"Not a single member balked," said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. "They see it as something of a finders' fee."

Welcome to President Trump's new business agenda: extracting payments as if the federal government is brokering deals like a white-shoe consulting firm fueled by lucrative "fees for service."

La nuova edizione di Tale e Quale Show è pronta a debuttare: venerdì 26 settembre 2025, in prima serata su Rai 1, Carlo Conti presenterà al pubblico i dieci concorrenti che animeranno la quindicesima edizione del talent più amato della TV italiana.
Tra imitazioni sorprendenti e ospiti fissi della giuria, lo show promette spettacolo, risate ed emozioni. Scopriamo insieme tutte le esibizioni previste nella prima puntata e cosa aspettarsi dal ritorno del programma.

LEGGI L'ARTICOLO: Tale e Quale Show 2025, tutte le imitazioni della prima puntata: da Madonna a Pavarotti

Tale e Quale Show 2025: le imitazioni della prima puntata su Rai 1

Tutte le imitazioni della prima puntata di Tale e Quale Show 2025: da Madonna a Pavarotti. Carlo Conti e i concorrenti sul palco di Rai 1.

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They don't have a social media service, right? So where do they get the data to train their AI models ? Surely they need a lot, right? It would be nice if the public knew who cooperates with them (other than governments) and just boycott their services, or at least pressure them.

If company X doesn't offer your data to governments officials, but offers them to Palantir which makes a profile of you that it offer to the same officials, isn't that even worse ?