Crucial talks with US officials fail to solve ‘fundamental disagreement’ over Arctic island controlled by Copenhagen
Donald Trump remains intent on “conquering” Greenland, the Danish foreign minster has said, as crucial talks with US officials failed to solve a “fundamental disagreement” that has led to unprecedented tensions between Washington and a Nato ally.
It is “absolutely not necessary” for the US to seize Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom, the Danish foreign minster, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, said late on Wednesday.
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AI tool made by Elon Musk’s xAI makes it easy to harass women with deepfake images, says state’s top attorney
California authorities have announced an investigation into the output of Elon Musk’s Grok.
The state’s top attorney said Grok, an AI tool and image generator made by Musk’s company xAI, appears to be making it easy to harass women and girls with deepfake images on X and elsewhere online.
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‘Geopolitical tensions have spread to the Arctic’ said a statement released by Greenland and Denmark
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Loan will be repaid only if Moscow pays reparations and plan to use Russia’s frozen assets still on table
Ukraine will be able to buy military equipment from non-European suppliers when it is given access to a €90bn (£78bn) EU loan later this year under a proposal outlined by the EU executive.
The European Commission on Wednesday published detailed proposals to lend Kyiv €90bn, but said an alternative plan based on using Russia’s frozen assets remained on the table.
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À l'issue du programme court des couples, ce mercredi à Sheffield à l'occasion des Championnats d'Europe, les Géorgiens Metelkina-Berulava devancent Hase-Volodin, les tenants du titre. Les Français Camille et Pavel Kovalev occupent la 8e place.
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French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movement
France’s interior ministry has announced a ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists who travelled to the country.
Officials said they took action after reports that members of the Raise the Colours movement had conducted anti-migrant activities in France.
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Apparent suicide of Alexei Panov comes after disappearance of oligarch Vladislav Baumgertner and amid corruption scandal
Authorities in Cyprus are investigating the “unnatural death” of a diplomat at the Russian embassy.
“The incident at the embassy is being treated as an unnatural death because it seems, based on the autopsy, it was a suicide,” said Cyprus’s police spokesperson, Vyron Vyronos.
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Opposition figure says she denies any accusations against her and suggests office raid is linked to election speculation
Anti-corruption investigators have reportedly accused Yulia Tymoshenko, the prominent Ukrainian opposition figure and former prime minister, of organising a scheme to bribe MPs – said to include figures from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s own party – to undermine him.
Tymoshenko rose to international prominence during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004 and was jailed in 2011 on politically motivated charges by her arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Kremlin president, before being released during the Euromaidan protests.
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Country joins EU neighbours in demographic crunch of ageing population and falling birthrate
For the first time since the end of the second world war, France has recorded more deaths than births, suggesting that the country’s long-held demographic advantage over other EU countries is slipping away.
Across the country in 2025, there were 651,000 deaths and 645,000 births, according to newly released figures from the national statistics institute Insee.
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The Independent's travel team shared their predictions for the location of the next White Lotus hotel last year — and US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill correctly prophesied Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez. Here he recalls his blissful family stay at the property
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The island’s strategic location above the Arctic Circle makes it a focal point in global security and trade debates
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Russian drone incursions into Poland’s airspace triggered a Nato response last year
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Spanish singer, 82, had already been accused of sexually assaulting two female former employees
The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two female former employees, is also alleged to have ordered some women who worked for him to undergo tests for sexually transmitted diseases, local media have reported.
The sexual assault allegations against the 82-year-old singer, whose career spans six decades, were published on Tuesday after a three-year joint investigation by the Spanish news site elDiario.es and the Spanish-language TV network Univision Noticias.
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