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Amazing architecture: Frank Gehry's most provocative designs<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>His fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of distinctive, striking buildings. Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin\u2019s DZ Bank Building.<\/p>\n<p>He also designed an expansion of Facebook\u2019s Northern California headquarters at the insistence of the company\u2019s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field\u2019s top honour, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been described as \u201crefreshingly original and totally American\u201d work.<\/p>\n<p>Other honours include the Royal Institute of British Architects gold medal, the Americans for the Arts lifetime achievement award, and his native country\u2019s highest honour, the Companion of the Order of Canada.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The start of his career in architecture<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After earning a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California in 1954 and serving in the Army, Gehry studied urban planning at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>But his career got off to a slow start. He struggled for years to make ends meet, designing public housing projects, shopping centres and even driving a delivery truck for a time.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he got the chance to design a modern shopping mall overlooking the Santa Monica Pier. He was determined to play it safe and came up with drawings for an enclosed shopping mall that looked similar to others in the United States in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate its completion, the mall\u2019s developer dropped by Gehry\u2019s house and was stunned by what he saw: The architect had transformed a modest 1920s-era bungalow into an inventive abode by remodelling it with chain-link fencing, exposed wood and corrugated metal.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he hadn\u2019t proposed something similar for the mall, Gehry replied, \u201cBecause I have to make a living.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2014//10//29//frank-gehry-on-a-quest-to-humanise-architecture/">Frank Gehry: On a quest to humanise architecture<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2015//09//10//lacma-celebrates-frank-gehry/">LACMA celebrates Frank Gehry<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>If he really wanted to make a statement as an architect, he was told, he should drop that attitude and follow his creative vision.<\/p>\n<p>Gehry would do just that for the rest of his life, working into his 90s to create buildings that doubled as stunning works of art.<\/p>\n<p>As his acclaim grew, Gehry Partners LLP, the architectural firm he founded in 1962, grew with it, expanding to include more than 130 employees at one point. But as big as it got, Gehry insisted on personally overseeing every project it took on.<\/p>\n<p>The headquarters of the InterActiveCorp, known as the IAC Building, took the shape of a shimmering beehive when it was completed in New York City\u2019s Chelsea district in 2007. The 76-story New York By Gehry building, once one of the world\u2019s tallest residential structures, was a stunning addition to the lower Manhattan skyline when it opened in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Gehry joined the faculty of his alma mater, the University of Southern California, as a professor of architecture. He also taught at Yale and Columbia University.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Imaginative designs drew criticism along with praise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Not everyone was a fan of Gehry\u2019s work. Some naysayers dismissed it as not much more than gigantic, lopsided reincarnations of the little scrap-wood cities he said he spent hours building when he was growing up in the mining town of Timmins, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Princeton art critic Hal Foster dismissed many of his later efforts as \u201coppressive,\u201d arguing they were designed primarily to be tourist attractions. Some denounced the Disney Hall as looking like a collection of cardboard boxes that had been left out in the rain.<\/p>\n<p>Still other critics included Dwight D. Eisenhower\u2019s family, who objected to Gehry\u2019s bold proposal for a memorial to honour the nation\u2019s 34th president. Although the family said it wanted a simple memorial and not the one Gehry had proposed, with its multiple statues and billowing metal tapestries depicting Eisenhower\u2019s life, the architect declined to change his design significantly.<\/p>\n<p>If the words of his critics annoyed Gehry, he rarely let on. Indeed, he even sometimes played along. He appeared as himself in a 2005 episode of \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d cartoon show, in which he agreed to design a concert hall that was later converted into a prison.<\/p>\n<p>He came up with the idea for the design, which looked a lot like the Disney Hall, after crumpling Marge Simpson\u2019s letter to him and throwing it on the ground. After taking a look at it, he declared, \u201cFrank Gehry, you\u2019ve done it again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people think I actually do that,\u201d he would later tell the press.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gehry's lasting legacy around the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ephraim Owen Goldberg was born in Toronto on Feb. 28, 1929, and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1947, eventually becoming a US citizen. As an adult, he changed his name at the suggestion of his first wife, who told him antisemitism might be holding back his career.<\/p>\n<p>Although he had enjoyed drawing and building model cities as a child, Gehry said it wasn\u2019t until he was 20 that he pondered the possibility of pursuing a career in architecture, after a college ceramics teacher recognized his talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like the first thing in my life that I\u2019d done well in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gehry steadfastly denied being an artist though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, architects in the past have been both sculptors and architects,\u201d he declared in a 2006 interview with The Associated Press. \u201cBut I still think I\u2019m doing buildings, and it\u2019s different from what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7568359375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//39//76//808x612_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg/" alt=\"This Oct. 20, 2003 file photo shows early morning sun illuminating the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/384x291_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/640x484_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/750x568_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/828x627_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/1080x817_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/1200x908_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/1920x1453_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This Oct. 20, 2003 file photo shows early morning sun illuminating the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">NICK UT\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>His words reflected both a lifelong shyness and an insecurity that stayed with Gehry long after he\u2019d been declared the greatest architect of his time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m totally flabbergasted that I got to where I\u2019ve gotten,\u201d he told press in 2001. \u201cNow it seems inevitable, but at the time it seemed very problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi, first proposed in 2006, is expected to finally be completed in 2026 after a series of construction delays and sporadic work. The 30,000-square-foot (2,787-square-meter) structure will be the world's largest Guggenheim, leaving a lasting legacy in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>His survivors include his wife, Berta; daughter, Brina; sons Alejandro and Samuel; and the buildings he created.<\/p>\n<p>Another daughter, Leslie Gehry Brenner, died of cancer in 2008.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765024510,"updatedAt":1765221992,"publishedAt":1765026249,"firstPublishedAt":1765026249,"lastPublishedAt":1765221991,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_840477a3-9b0b-591e-8c03-02da32062924-9573976.jpg","altText":"Honoree and Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank Gehry poses at the 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.","caption":"Honoree and Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank Gehry poses at the 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Chris Pizzello\/2023 Invision","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":701},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/39\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_26f780a8-a17a-52d0-b2d7-1a7b380c8486-9573976.jpg","altText":"This Oct. 20, 2003 file photo shows early morning sun illuminating the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.","caption":"This Oct. 20, 2003 file photo shows early morning sun illuminating the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"NICK UT\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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HOUSE MEDIA HALL OF SHAME","daletPyramidId":3523475,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"In another blow to press freedom in the US, White House launches media 'Hall of Shame'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"In a blow to press freedom, White House launches media 'Hall of Shame'","titleListing2":"In another blow to press freedom in the US, White House launches media 'Hall of Shame'","leadin":"The portal's launch comes as Trump ramps up his campaign against what he labels as 'fake news,' and as the US President faces mounting criticism for repeatedly lashing out at journalists.","summary":"The portal's launch comes as Trump ramps up his campaign against what he labels as 'fake news,' and as the US President faces mounting criticism for repeatedly lashing out at journalists.","keySentence":"","url":"in-another-blow-to-press-freedom-in-the-us-white-house-launches-media-hall-of-shame","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/06\/in-another-blow-to-press-freedom-in-the-us-white-house-launches-media-hall-of-shame","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The White House launched a media \"Hall of Shame\" on its government website, marking another significant blow to press freedom in the United States.\n\n\"Fully sortable and routinely updated, it ensures no hoax, no anonymously 'sourced' fan fiction, and no partisan smear gets memory-holed again,\" the White House wrote in a statement announcing the launch of the site.\n\nAs one of its features, the portal lists The Washington Post as \"Offender of the week\" but also targets numerous other news outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, CBS News and The Independent.\n\nThe government website continues to detail each \u201cclaim\u201d it attributes to specific publications and reporters, grouping them into various categories.\n\nAccredited press agencies such as the Associated Press and Reuters also appear on the site, with the White House citing \"bias\" and \"omission of context\" for one, and \"lie\" for the latter.\n\nOther categories listed on the site include \"circular reporting,\" \"failure to report,\" \"false claim,\" \"malpractice,\" \"mischaracterisation,\" \"misrepresentation,\" and \"left-wing lunacy\".\n\n\u201cLet's be clear what's happening here: the wrongful and intentional targeting of journalists by government officials for exercising a constitutionally protected right,\u201d said the Post's executive editor, Matt Murray. \u201cThe Washington Post will not be dissuaded and will continue to report rigorously and accurately in service to all of America\".\n\nNotably, no news outlets that appeal to conservatives were cited for bias.\n\nA danger to press freedom and democracy\n\nThe conservative media watchdog Media Research Centre (MRC), which has previously accused news networks of being biased toward a liberal viewpoint, welcomed the launch of the website.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a stronger effort than Republican presidents have done before,\" MRC\u2019s director of media analysis, Tim Graham said, \"I think all Republicans realize today that the media is on the other side and need to be identified as on the other side.\u201d\n\nHowever, experts who spoke to the German media outlet DW warned that this rhetoric is dangerous for journalists and poses a serious risk to press freedom, as well as democracy, in the United States.\n\nThe creation of the website comes as US President Donald Trump has bolstered his campaign against what he calls \"fake news,\" and has come under growing criticism for lashing out as journalists, often women, calling them \"ugly inside and out,\" \"stupid\" and \"piggy\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The White House launched a media \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.whitehouse.gov//mediabias///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Hall of Shame<\/a>\" on its government website, marking another significant blow to press freedom in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>\"Fully sortable and routinely updated, it ensures no hoax, no anonymously 'sourced' fan fiction, and no partisan smear gets memory-holed again,\" the White House wrote in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.whitehouse.gov//articles//2025//12//icymi-white-house-launches-media-bias-portal-to-expose-fake-news///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">statement<\/a> announcing the launch of the site. <\/p>\n<p>As one of its features, the portal lists The Washington Post as \"Offender of the week\" but also targets numerous other news outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, CBS News and The Independent. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5627846454131424\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//37//80//808x454_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg/" alt=\"Screenshot of the &#x27;Hall of Shame&#x27; media portal on the White House website.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/384x216_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/640x360_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/750x422_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/828x466_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/1080x608_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/1200x675_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/1920x1081_cmsv2_7ccdfe2e-ad93-5a53-ae92-b06483a91fea-9573780.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Screenshot of the &#x27;Hall of Shame&#x27; media portal on the White House website.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">The White House<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The government website continues to detail each \u201cclaim\u201d it attributes to specific publications and reporters, grouping them into various categories.<\/p>\n<p>Accredited press agencies such as the Associated Press and Reuters also appear on the site, with the White House citing \"bias\" and \"omission of context\" for one, and \"lie\" for the latter. <\/p>\n<p>Other categories listed on the site include \"circular reporting,\" \"failure to report,\" \"false claim,\" \"malpractice,\" \"mischaracterisation,\" \"misrepresentation,\" and \"left-wing lunacy\".<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet's be clear what's happening here: the wrongful and intentional targeting of journalists by government officials for exercising a constitutionally protected right,\u201d said the Post's executive editor, Matt Murray. \u201cThe Washington Post will not be dissuaded and will continue to report rigorously and accurately in service to all of America\".<\/p>\n<p>Notably, no news outlets that appeal to conservatives were cited for bias.<\/p>\n<h2>A danger to press freedom and democracy<\/h2>\n<p>The conservative media watchdog Media Research Centre (MRC), which has previously accused news networks of being biased toward a liberal viewpoint, welcomed the launch of the website. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//37//80//808x539_cmsv2_031732f8-cfd5-5b4b-a2e5-648d3db6dc7d-9573780.jpg/" alt=\"Reporters and photographers work as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/384x256_cmsv2_031732f8-cfd5-5b4b-a2e5-648d3db6dc7d-9573780.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Reporters and photographers work as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a stronger effort than Republican presidents have done before,\" MRC\u2019s director of media analysis, Tim Graham said, \"I think all Republicans realize today that the media is on the other side and need to be identified as on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, experts who spoke to the German media outlet DW warned that this rhetoric is dangerous for journalists and poses a serious risk to press freedom, as well as democracy, in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The creation of the website comes as US President Donald Trump has bolstered his campaign against what he calls \"fake news,\" and has come under growing criticism for lashing out as journalists, often women, calling them \"ugly inside and out,\" \"stupid\" and \"piggy\". <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765010169,"updatedAt":1765017511,"publishedAt":1765014363,"firstPublishedAt":1765014363,"lastPublishedAt":1765014363,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7691264c-a4b2-53d9-be6c-6a623239295a-9573780.jpg","altText":"President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla.","caption":"President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Manuel Balce Ceneta\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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CUP 2026 DRAW","daletPyramidId":3518422,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"2026 World Cup groups announced by FIFA in ceremony in Washington","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"2026 World Cup groups announced by FIFA in ceremony in Washington","titleListing2":"2026 World Cup groups announced by FIFA in ceremony in Washington","leadin":"A record 48 teams will take part next year with Cape Verde, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao all appearing in football's premier event for the first time.","summary":"A record 48 teams will take part next year with Cape Verde, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao all appearing in football's premier event for the first time.","keySentence":"","url":"2026-world-cup-groups-announced-by-fifa-in-ceremony-in-washington","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/05\/2026-world-cup-groups-announced-by-fifa-in-ceremony-in-washington","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The draw ceremony for the 2026\u00a0FIFA World cup has taken place at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, with next year's tournament kicking off in Mexico City on 11 June.\n\nFIFA announced all 12 groups that include the 42 teams in a ceremony at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, but won't announce the full calendar until Saturday.\n\nIt will take an extra day to work out logistics and match time slots so that, for example, European teams will be scheduled to play in time slots more convenient for a European audience.\n\nSix of the participating teams at the World Cup have yet to be determined and will only be known in March 2026. Four of those will be decided in the UEFA play-offs, with the other two coming from the FIFA Play-off Tournament.\n\nHere's a look at the breakdown of all 12 groups.\n\nGroup A:\u00a0Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, UEFA Play-off D\n\nGroup B:\u00a0Canada, Qatar, Switzerland, UEFA Play-off A\n\nGroup C:\u00a0Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti\n\nGroup D:\u00a0USA, Paraguay, Australia, UEFA Play-off C\n\nGroup E:\u00a0Germany, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Cura\u00e7ao\n\nGroup F:\u00a0Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, UEFA Play-off B\n\nGroup G:\u00a0Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand\n\nGroup H:\u00a0Spain, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Cape Verde\n\nGroup I:\u00a0France, Senegal, Norway, Fifa Play-off 2\n\nGroup J:\u00a0Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan\n\nGroup K:\u00a0Portugal, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Fifa Play-off 1\n\nGroup L:\u00a0England, Croatia, Panama, Ghana\n\nAnd here's what the six play-off paths look like:\n\nUEFA Play-off A:\u00a0Italy, Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland\n\nUEFA Play-off B:\u00a0Ukraine, Poland, Albania, Sweden\n\nUEFA Play-off C:\u00a0Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo, Romania\n\nUEFA Play-off D:\u00a0Denmark, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, North Macedonia\n\nFifa Play-off 1:\u00a0DR Congo, Jamaica, New Caledonia\n\nFifa Play-off 2:\u00a0Iraq, Bolivia, Suriname\n\nWorld Cup newcomers\n\nA record 48 teams will take part next year with Cape Verde, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao all appearing in football's premier event for the first time when the tournament is played from 11 June-19 July at\u00a016 sites in the US, Mexico and Canada.\n\nGames will be played at 11 NFL stadiums along with three in Mexico and two in Canada, where construction is underway to add 17,000 temporary seats to BMO Field, raising capacity to around 45,000. Attendance will top the record 3.59 million in 1994.\n\n\"I'm quite optimistic because to qualify you need to beat the other teams of your confederations and that\u2019s a sign of quality,\" former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.\n\n\"The teams are not there by coincidence.\"\n\nThe world's top 11-ranked teams have all qualified, with\u00a0number 1 Italy among the 22 countries competing in playoffs\u00a0for the final six berths to be decided on 31 March.\n\nLed by captain Lionel Messi, Argentina is seeking to become the first nation to win consecutive World Cups since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. Messi will look to extend his record of 26 games played and enters with 13 career World Cup goals, three shy of Miroslav Klose's record.\n\nFIFA announced\u00a0initial ticket prices of $60-$6,370 (\u20ac51-\u20ac5,473), saying they would be dynamic. It has so far refused to release a complete list of prices, as it had for every other World Cup since at least 1990.\n\nThe governing body also is selling parking passes for up to $175 (\u20ac150) for a single match, a semifinal in Arlington, Texas.\n\nFIFA spokesman Bryan Swanson did not respond to a request for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss ticket prices.\n\nOpta Analyst's computer projects has the host country US with a 0.9% chance of winning. The Americans haven't reached the semifinals since the first World Cup in 1930.\n\nSpain tops the forecast at 17%, followed by France (14.1%), England (11.8%), Argentina (8.7%), Germany (7.1.%), Portugal (6.6%), Brazil (5.6%) and the Netherlands (5.2%).\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World cup has taken place at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, with next year's tournament kicking off in Mexico City on 11 June.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA announced all 12 groups that include the 42 teams in a ceremony at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, but won't announce the full calendar until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It will take an extra day to work out logistics and match time slots so that, for example, European teams will be scheduled to play in time slots more convenient for a European audience.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the participating teams at the World Cup have yet to be determined and will only be known in March 2026. Four of those will be decided in the UEFA play-offs, with the other two coming from the FIFA Play-off Tournament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//33//33//808x539_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg/" alt=\"Donald Trump, Claudia Sheinbaum and Mark Carney holds their countries&#x27; name during the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington, 5 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/384x256_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/640x427_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/750x500_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/828x552_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1080x720_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1200x800_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9e3342e5-f714-5ca3-962d-f0602ba03c44-9573333.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Donald Trump, Claudia Sheinbaum and Mark Carney holds their countries&#x27; name during the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington, 5 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Here's a look at the breakdown of all 12 groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A:<\/strong> Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, UEFA Play-off D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B:<\/strong> Canada, Qatar, Switzerland, UEFA Play-off A <\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C:<\/strong> Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D:<\/strong> USA, Paraguay, Australia, UEFA Play-off C<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E:<\/strong> Germany, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Cura\u00e7ao<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group F:<\/strong> Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia, UEFA Play-off B<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G:<\/strong> Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H:<\/strong> Spain, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Cape Verde<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group I:<\/strong> France, Senegal, Norway, Fifa Play-off 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group J:<\/strong> Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group K:<\/strong> Portugal, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Fifa Play-off 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group L:<\/strong> England, Croatia, Panama, Ghana<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//33//33//808x539_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg/" alt=\"The tournament mascots pose on the red carpet as guests arrive for the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, 5 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/384x256_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/640x427_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/750x500_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/828x552_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1080x720_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1200x800_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1920x1280_cmsv2_46f3d26d-90a3-5bee-b180-f3c1da0793a1-9573333.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The tournament mascots pose on the red carpet as guests arrive for the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, 5 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>And here's what the six play-off paths look like:<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA Play-off A:<\/strong> Italy, Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA Play-off B:<\/strong> Ukraine, Poland, Albania, Sweden<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA Play-off C:<\/strong> Turkey, Slovakia, Kosovo, Romania<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA Play-off D:<\/strong> Denmark, Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, North Macedonia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fifa Play-off 1:<\/strong> DR Congo, Jamaica, New Caledonia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fifa Play-off 2:<\/strong> Iraq, Bolivia, Suriname<\/p>\n<h2>World Cup newcomers<\/h2>\n<p>A record 48 teams will take part next year with Cape Verde, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Cura\u00e7ao all appearing in football's premier event for the first time when the tournament is played from 11 June-19 July at 16 sites in the US, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Games will be played at 11 NFL stadiums along with three in Mexico and two in Canada, where construction is underway to add 17,000 temporary seats to BMO Field, raising capacity to around 45,000. Attendance will top the record 3.59 million in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm quite optimistic because to qualify you need to beat the other teams of your confederations and that\u2019s a sign of quality,\" former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//33//33//808x539_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg/" alt=\"Crowds cheer Cura&#xE7;ao players on during a parade celebrating their qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Willemstad, 19 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/384x256_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/640x427_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/750x500_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/828x552_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1080x720_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1200x800_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/33\/33\/1920x1280_cmsv2_fadb3715-5e4b-50ea-b801-208baf3b86b5-9573333.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Crowds cheer Cura&#xE7;ao players on during a parade celebrating their qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Willemstad, 19 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The teams are not there by coincidence.\"<\/p>\n<p>The world's top 11-ranked teams have all qualified, with number 1 Italy among the 22 countries competing in playoffs for the final six berths to be decided on 31 March.<\/p>\n<p>Led by captain Lionel Messi, Argentina is seeking to become the first nation to win consecutive World Cups since Brazil in 1958 and 1962. Messi will look to extend his record of 26 games played and enters with 13 career World Cup goals, three shy of Miroslav Klose's record.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA announced initial ticket prices of $60-$6,370 (\u20ac51-\u20ac5,473), saying they would be dynamic. 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He has repeatedly spoken about football as a unifier for the world but the prize is a departure from the federation's traditional focus on sport.\n\nTrump told reporters upon arriving at the Kennedy Centre in Washington that he didn't know whether he was going to get the award and added: \"I don't need prizes. 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He has repeatedly spoken about football as a unifier for the world but the prize is a departure from the federation's traditional focus on sport.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//35//16//808x539_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg/" alt=\"FIFA President Gianni Infantino presents President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize in Washington, 5 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/384x256_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/640x427_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/750x500_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/828x552_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/1080x720_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/1200x800_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/35\/16\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a569075e-ed57-51d6-a766-c9eace288070-9573516.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FIFA President Gianni Infantino presents President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize in Washington, 5 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Trump told reporters upon arriving at the Kennedy Centre in Washington that he didn't know whether he was going to get the award and added: \"I don't need prizes. 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buys Warner Bros Discovery for 72 billion","daletPyramidId":3516244,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Netflix wins battle for Warner Bros as HBO joins streaming giant\u2019s empire","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Netflix bags Warner Bros and HBO in \u20ac71bn Hollywood shake-up","titleListing2":"Netflix wins battle for Warner Bros as HBO joins streaming giant\u2019s empire","leadin":"After months of bidding drama, Netflix has secured an agreement to acquire Warner Bros, bringing the Harry Potter, DC and Game of Thrones franchises under its roof while Discovery Global spins off CNN and other legacy networks.","summary":"After months of bidding drama, Netflix has secured an agreement to acquire Warner Bros, bringing the Harry Potter, DC and Game of Thrones franchises under its roof while Discovery Global spins off CNN and other legacy networks.","keySentence":"","url":"netflix-wins-battle-for-warner-bros-as-hbo-joins-streaming-giants-empire","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/05\/netflix-wins-battle-for-warner-bros-as-hbo-joins-streaming-giants-empire","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Netflix announced the definitive purchase Warner Bros Discovery on Friday, including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, after a high-stakes months-long bidding war that included rival big-name studios such as Paramount and Comcast.\n\nIn a statement, the streaming giant confirmed the mammoth $82.7 billion (\u20ac71bn) deal, which is being framed as a bringing together of \"two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love to watch the most,\u201d Warner Bros CEO and President David Zaslav said.\n\n\"This acquisition brings together two pioneering entertainment businesses, combining Netflix\u2019s innovation, global reach and best-in-class streaming service with Warner Bros.\u2019 century-long legacy of world-class storytelling,\" the announcement continued.\n\nThe deal would put Last Week Tonight and the rest of HBO\u2019s late-night and comedy slate under Netflix\u2019s corporate roof but the companies say they intend to keep Warner Bros\u2019 operations running as-is, at least initially.\n\nSelling off the silverware\n\nJust months ago, Warner Bros Discovery was still weighing how much of its crown jewels it was willing to sell.\n\nIn June it set out plans to split into two listed companies, with a streaming and studios arm built around Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max and the group\u2019s film and TV libraries and archives, and a separate Global Networks division, later branded Discovery Global, holding CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery\u2019s channels and services such as Discovery+ and Bleacher Report.\n\nThis meant that any buyer could acquire only the studio and streaming assets, while the legacy cable networks were carved off into a standalone business.\n\nParamount, backed by Skydance, was among the vultures circling at the time, reportedly making more than one majority-cash approach that was rebuffed by Zaslav.\n\nBut it was not clear from those early reports whether any successful bidder would end up securing HBO as well as the Warner Bros studio, or whether the company would try to keep its prestige pay-TV brand on a tighter leash.\n\nThe Netflix deal removes that ambiguity. Under the new structure, Discovery Global \u2014 the cable networks business \u2014 will be spun off as a separate company, while Netflix acquires the entire Warner Bros unit, explicitly including HBO and HBO Max.\n\n\"This separation is now expected to be completed in Q3 2026, prior to the closing of this transaction ... (featuring the separation of) premier entertainment, sports and news television brands around the world including CNN, TNT Sports in the US, and Discovery, free-to-air channels across Europe, and digital products such as Discovery+ and Bleacher Report,\" the Netflix statement said.\n\nThe boards of both companies have signed off on the deal, but it still faces a series of approvals from competition regulators in the US and overseas, as well as a final shareholder vote at Warner Bros.\n\nCompetition authorities are likely to examine whether combining Netflix\u2019s dominant streaming service with HBO Max and one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest studios would give the enlarged group too much power over premium TV, film and licensing, and the regulatory gauntlet is likely to extend the final close by 12-18 months.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Netflix announced the definitive purchase Warner Bros Discovery on Friday, including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO, after a high-stakes months-long bidding war that included rival big-name studios such as Paramount and Comcast.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the streaming giant confirmed the mammoth $82.7 billion (\u20ac71bn) deal, which is being framed as a bringing together of \"two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love to watch the most,\u201d Warner Bros CEO and President David Zaslav said.<\/p>\n<p>\"This acquisition brings together two pioneering entertainment businesses, combining Netflix\u2019s innovation, global reach and best-in-class streaming service with Warner Bros.\u2019 century-long legacy of world-class storytelling,\" the announcement continued.<\/p>\n<p>The deal would put Last Week Tonight and the rest of HBO\u2019s late-night and comedy slate under Netflix\u2019s corporate roof but the companies say they intend to keep Warner Bros\u2019 operations running as-is, at least initially.<\/p>\n<h2>Selling off the silverware<\/h2>\n<p>Just months ago, Warner Bros Discovery was still weighing how much of its crown jewels it was willing to sell.<\/p>\n<p>In June it set out plans to split into two listed companies, with a streaming and studios arm built around Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max and the group\u2019s film and TV libraries and archives, and a separate Global Networks division, later branded Discovery Global, holding CNN, TNT Sports, Discovery\u2019s channels and services such as Discovery+ and Bleacher Report. <\/p>\n<p>This meant that any buyer could acquire only the studio and streaming assets, while the legacy cable networks were carved off into a standalone business.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount, backed by Skydance, was among the vultures circling at the time, reportedly making more than one majority-cash approach that was rebuffed by Zaslav.<\/p>\n<p>But it was not clear from those early reports whether any successful bidder would end up securing HBO as well as the Warner Bros studio, or whether the company would try to keep its prestige pay-TV brand on a tighter leash.<\/p>\n<p>The Netflix deal removes that ambiguity. Under the new structure, Discovery Global \u2014 the cable networks business \u2014 will be spun off as a separate company, while Netflix acquires the entire Warner Bros unit, explicitly including HBO and HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>\"This separation is now expected to be completed in Q3 2026, prior to the closing of this transaction ... (featuring the separation of) premier entertainment, sports and news television brands around the world including CNN, TNT Sports in the US, and Discovery, free-to-air channels across Europe, and digital products such as Discovery+ and Bleacher Report,\" the Netflix statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//22//warner-bros-discovery-weighs-sale-after-unsolicited-buyer-interest/">Warner Bros Discovery weighs sale after 'unsolicited' buyer interest<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//04//18//netflix-profit-jumps-as-price-hikes-and-subscription-growth-beat-expectations/">Netflix profit jumps as price hikes and subscription growth beat expectations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The boards of both companies have signed off on the deal, but it still faces a series of approvals from competition regulators in the US and overseas, as well as a final shareholder vote at Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p>Competition authorities are likely to examine whether combining Netflix\u2019s dominant streaming service with HBO Max and one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest studios would give the enlarged group too much power over premium TV, film and licensing, and the regulatory gauntlet is likely to extend the final close by 12-18 months.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764940443,"updatedAt":1764954200,"publishedAt":1764944189,"firstPublishedAt":1764944189,"lastPublishedAt":1764944189,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/31\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_98c3943e-a311-58ae-9917-01241b205477-9573102.jpg","altText":"FILE - A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the \"Action and Magic Made Here\" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. 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STRATEGY EUROPE","daletPyramidId":3514468,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump administration warns Europe of 'civilisational decline' in new national security strategy","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US warns Europe of 'civilisational decline'","titleListing2":"In a new national security strategy, the Trump administration vows to \"cultivate resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\" to stop what it describes as civilisational erasure.","leadin":"Complaining of \"unrealistic expectations\" about the prospect of defeating Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US government vows to \"cultivate resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\" to stop its \"civilisational\" decline.","summary":"Complaining of \"unrealistic expectations\" about the prospect of defeating Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US government vows to \"cultivate resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\" to stop its \"civilisational\" decline.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-administration-warns-europe-of-civilisational-decline-in-new-national-security-strat","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/12\/05\/trump-administration-warns-europe-of-civilisational-decline-in-new-national-security-strat","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Trump administration has released a new National Security Strategy for the United States in which it describes Europe as a continent in decline, warns that European nations are facing \"civilisational erasure\" because of migration and proposes to \"cultivate resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\".\n\nPublished on Friday, the strategy spells out the administration's vision for the US's role in the global order, doubling down on President Donald Trump's \"America First\" mantra and insisting that he is a \"president of peace\" who will err on the side of non-interventionism.\n\nHowever, it also accuses European governments of \"subversion of democratic processes\" and condemns supranational and multilateral institutions \u2013 among them the European Union \u2013 which it says \"undermine political liberty and sovereignty\"\n\nIt also warns of a \"civilisational\" in Europe stemming from \"migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence\".\n\nThese are ideas the Trump administration and its intellectual associates have been pushing hard on the domestic front. The tone, however, is unusually harsh and is likely to irritate European governments.\n\nTrump and many of his appointees and advisers have complained of what they claim are efforts to \"censor\" right-wing voices, described left-wing and anti-fascist campaigners as terrorists and promised \"mass deportation\" of undocumented immigrants.\n\nThe administration has also presented ethnic groups of non-European background (among them Hatians and Somalis) are dangerous and unwelcome in the US and cut the number of permitted refugee admissions per year by 94% while prioritising white South Africans for refugee status on the grounds that they are victims of \"genocide\".\n\nOn the European front, the strategy warns that \"should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognisable in 20 years or less\", an echo of rhetoric from various right-wing and far-right figures and movements in Europe who have put anti-migration ideas at the centre of their politics. Across the EU, far-right parties argue that Europe will lose its identity unless tough migration policies are put in place. Their line has resonated with the US administration at the risk of alienating some its traditional continental allies.\n\nThe Trump administration's strategy says it will prioritise \"cultivating resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\" and says that \"the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism\".\n\nIt is unclear what this will mean in practice, but President Trump and various administration officials have previously expressed their approval of various anti-migration and anti-Brussels political leaders across Europe.\n\nAfter a speech at the Munich Security Conference in February this year, in which he warned that \"mass migration\" was the most urgent threat to \"our shared civilisation\" and blamed an openness to non-European asylum seekers for terrorist violence in European cities, US Vice President JD Vance met with Alternative for Germany leader Alice Weidel \u2013 shunning Germany's then-chancellor, Olaf Scholz.\n\nThe speech sparked a debate among European leaders who argued that the US Vice President had gone too far in his criticism of sovereign allies.\n\nGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed back saying Europe protects fundamental rights and democracy as \"core values and would fight to preserve them\".\n\nThe Ukraine factor\n\nThe strategy also blames Europe's alleged deficit of \"civilisational self-confidence\" for what it calls \"unrealistic expectations\" for ending Russia's war on Ukraine, which it says cannot be achieved due to \"unstable minority governments\" and their \"subversion of democratic process\".\n\nThe document underscores that America's \"core interest\" is to negotiate an \"expeditious cessation\" of the war, prevent \"unintended escalation\" of hostilities and \"re-establish strategic stability\" with Russia.\n\nThis framing of the war is another signal of a widening gap between the Trump administration and Ukraine's European allies, who are redoubling their efforts to put Moscow under pressure to end its invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory while Washington attempts to negotiate directly with the Kremlin.\n\nWhile the strategy makes clear that Europe \"remains strategically and culturally vital to the United States\" and insists that it is in Washington's interest to \"prevent any adversary from dominating Europe\", it also frames this security priority in ethnic terms.\n\n\"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European,\" the document reads. \"As such, it is an open question whether they will view their place in the world, or their alliance with the United States, in the same way as those who signed the NATO charter.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration has released a new National Security Strategy for the United States in which it describes Europe as a continent in decline, warns that European nations are facing \"civilisational erasure\" because of migration and proposes to \"cultivate resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\".<\/p>\n<p>Published on Friday, the strategy spells out the administration's vision for the US's role in the global order, doubling down on President Donald Trump's \"America First\" mantra and insisting that he is a \"president of peace\" who will err on the side of non-interventionism.<\/p>\n<p>However, it also accuses European governments of \"subversion of democratic processes\" and condemns supranational and multilateral institutions \u2013 among them the European Union \u2013 which it says \"undermine political liberty and sovereignty\"<\/p>\n<p>It also warns of a \"civilisational\" in Europe stemming from \"migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence\".<\/p>\n<p>These are ideas the Trump administration and its intellectual associates have been pushing hard on the domestic front. The tone, however, is unusually harsh and is likely to irritate European governments. <\/p>\n<p>Trump and many of his appointees and advisers have complained of what they claim are efforts to \"censor\" right-wing voices, described left-wing and anti-fascist campaigners as terrorists and promised \"mass deportation\" of undocumented immigrants. <\/p>\n<p>The administration has also presented ethnic groups of non-European background (among them <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//11//theyre-eating-the-dogs-theyre-eating-the-cats-why-did-trump-accuse-immigrants-of-eating-pe/">Hatians and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////apnews.com//article//trump-somalia-immigration-afghanistan-421eaa7ff218c43ccaed3cbab8ed37f5/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Somalis<\/strong><\/a>) are dangerous and unwelcome in the US and cut the number of permitted refugee admissions per year by 94% while <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//30//trump-limits-refugee-admissions-to-7500-per-year-and-gives-priority-to-white-south-african/">prioritising white South Africans<\/strong><\/a> for refugee status on the grounds that they are victims of \"genocide\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//28//96//808x539_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg/" alt=\"JD Vance delivers a speech on the future of Europe at the Munich Security Conference, February 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/384x256_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/640x427_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/750x500_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/828x552_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/1080x720_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/1200x800_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/1920x1280_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">JD Vance delivers a speech on the future of Europe at the Munich Security Conference, February 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On the European front, the strategy warns that \"should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognisable in 20 years or less\", an echo of rhetoric from various right-wing and far-right figures and movements in Europe who have put anti-migration ideas at the centre of their politics. Across the EU, far-right parties argue that Europe will lose its identity unless tough migration policies are put in place. Their line has resonated with the US administration at the risk of alienating some its traditional continental allies.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration's strategy says it will prioritise \"cultivating resistance to Europe\u2019s current trajectory within European nations\" and says that \"the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism\".<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what this will mean in practice, but President Trump and various administration officials have previously expressed their approval of various anti-migration and anti-Brussels political leaders across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>After a speech at the Munich Security Conference in February this year, in which he warned that \"mass migration\" was the most urgent threat to \"our shared civilisation\" and blamed an openness to non-European asylum seekers for terrorist violence in European cities, US Vice President JD Vance met with Alternative for Germany leader <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//14//us-vice-president-vance-shuns-scholz-and-meets-afd-party-leader-instead/">Alice Weidel<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 shunning Germany's then-chancellor, Olaf Scholz.<\/p>\n<p>The speech sparked a debate among European leaders who argued that the US Vice President had gone too far in his criticism of sovereign allies. <\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed back saying Europe protects fundamental rights and democracy as \"core values and would fight to preserve them\".<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Ukraine factor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The strategy also blames Europe's alleged deficit of \"civilisational self-confidence\" for what it calls \"unrealistic expectations\" for ending Russia's war on Ukraine, which it says cannot be achieved due to \"unstable minority governments\" and their \"subversion of democratic process\".<\/p>\n<p>The document underscores that America's \"core interest\" is to negotiate an \"expeditious cessation\" of the war, prevent \"unintended escalation\" of hostilities and \"re-establish strategic stability\" with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This framing of the war is another signal of a widening gap between the Trump administration and Ukraine's European allies, who are redoubling their efforts to put Moscow under pressure to end its invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory while Washington attempts to negotiate directly with the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//03//europe-canada-on-track-to-buy-43bn-of-us-weapons-for-ukraine-this-year-rutte-says/">Europe and Canada on track to buy \u20ac4.3bn of US weapons for Ukraine this year, Rutte says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//05//with-reparations-loan-for-ukraine-the-eu-defies-both-putin-and-trump/">With reparations loan for Ukraine, the EU defies both Putin and Trump<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>While the strategy makes clear that Europe \"remains strategically and culturally vital to the United States\" and insists that it is in Washington's interest to \"prevent any adversary from dominating Europe\", it also frames this security priority in ethnic terms.<\/p>\n<p>\"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European,\" the document reads. \"As such, it is an open question whether they will view their place in the world, or their alliance with the United States, in the same way as those who signed the NATO charter.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764930474,"updatedAt":1764944802,"publishedAt":1764943999,"firstPublishedAt":1764943999,"lastPublishedAt":1764943999,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c88a723e-a610-50d7-b913-bda1df00d00f-9572896.jpg","altText":"US President Donald Trump flanked by Vice President JD Vance (left) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.","caption":"US President Donald Trump flanked by Vice President JD Vance (left) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/28\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_560bef8e-cccd-53ec-89aa-d0b756f97e8d-9572896.jpg","altText":"JD Vance delivers a speech on the future of Europe at the Munich Security Conference, February 2025.","caption":"JD Vance 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What\u2019s the hype behind its new AI model?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Gemini 3: What to know about Google\u2019s top 2025 search term","titleListing2":"Google says Gemini was its top search term in 2025. What\u2019s the hype behind its new AI model?","leadin":"Google\u2019s AI chatbot \u2018Gemini\u2019 has received significant attention this year, topping its 'Year in Search' highlights. Here\u2019s all you need to know about the new AI model, Gemini 3.","summary":"Google\u2019s AI chatbot \u2018Gemini\u2019 has received significant attention this year, topping its 'Year in Search' highlights. Here\u2019s all you need to know about the new AI model, Gemini 3.","keySentence":"","url":"google-says-gemini-was-its-top-search-term-in-2025-whats-the-hype-behind-its-new-ai-model","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/05\/google-says-gemini-was-its-top-search-term-in-2025-whats-the-hype-behind-its-new-ai-model","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Google released its breakdown of the year\u2019s top search trends, and topping the list \u2013 above Charlie Kirk, Pope Leo XIV, and Men\u2019s Cricket scores \u2013 was its own Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini.\n\nThe company\u2019s \u201cYear in Search\u201d highlights search queries that saw a significant and sustained spike in traffic in 2025 compared to 2024.\u00a0\n\nBy those standards, and with a healthy dose of scepticism, the company\u2019s top global trending search of the year was \u201cGemini,\u201d followed by \u201cIndia vs England\u201d for men\u2019s cricket, and \u201cCharlie Kirk,\u201d the US far-right influencer who was killed in September.\n\nGoogle\u2019s analytics show a spike in queries for Gemini starting in September, when the company unveiled a raft of AI updates across core services such as Chrome, Search, and Android.\n\nGemini\u2019s upward trajectory\n\nGoogle\u2019s AI model has been the subject of mounting buzz this autumn, with the release of its latest iteration, Gemini 3 \u2013 powered by parent company Alphabet\u2019s own proprietary chips.\n\nIt received high praise from OpenAI\u2019s CEO, Sam Altman, leading global chipmaker Nvidia, and Salesforce\u2019s CEO, who said he\u2019s swearing off ChatGPT after trying Gemini.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe leap is insane \u2014 reasoning, speed, images, video\u2026 everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world just changed, again,\u201d Marc Benioff wrote on X on November 23.\n\nAmong the new features, Google directly integrated Gemini 3 into its search engine through a native \u201cAI mode,\u201d and introduced \u201cadvanced agentic coding capabilities\u201d and Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform.\n\nThe company said Gemini 3 requires less prompting than previous models, and can \u201cbring any idea to life with its state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal capabilities.\u201d\n\nMost of the top independent benchmarks have confirmed Gemini 3\u2019s reasoning power \u2013 Gemini 3 blew past OpenAI\u2019s GPT-5 Pro to top the Humanity\u2019s Last Exam benchmark, which measures general reasoning and expertise.\n\nIts multimodal reasoning also scored the highest on benchmarks, including SimpleQA Verified, which measures progress on short-form factuality and parametric knowledge.\n\nOpenAI declares a \u2018Code Red\u2019\n\nGemini 3\u2019s rollout in November sent shockwaves through the Generative-AI ecosystem, putting pressure on industry leader OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT.\n\nAlready under fire from users over its latest model GPT-5\u2019s \u201cless friendly tone\u201d and facing lawsuits from families who say ChatGPT contributed to loved ones\u2019 suicides, OpenAI is now contending with increased competition from Google and Anthropic.\n\nAccording to media reports citing an internal memo, Altman told OpenAI employees on\u00a0 December 1 that the company had declared a \u201ccode red\u201d to improve the quality of ChatGPT and delay other products, including advertising, AI agents, and a personal assistant.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Google released its breakdown of the year\u2019s top search trends, and topping the list \u2013 above Charlie Kirk, Pope Leo XIV, and Men\u2019s Cricket scores \u2013 was its own Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s \u201cYear in Search\u201d highlights search queries that saw a significant and sustained spike in traffic in 2025 compared to 2024. <\/p>\n<p>By those standards, and with a healthy dose of scepticism, the company\u2019s top global trending search of the year was \u201cGemini,\u201d followed by \u201cIndia vs England\u201d for men\u2019s cricket, and \u201cCharlie Kirk,\u201d the US far-right influencer who was killed in September.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s analytics show a spike in queries for Gemini starting in September, when the company unveiled a raft of AI updates across core services such as Chrome, Search, and Android.<\/p>\n<h2>Gemini\u2019s upward trajectory<\/h2>\n<p>Google\u2019s AI model has been the subject of mounting buzz this autumn, with the release of its latest iteration, Gemini 3 \u2013 powered by parent company Alphabet\u2019s own proprietary chips.<\/p>\n<p>It received high praise from OpenAI\u2019s CEO, Sam Altman, leading global chipmaker Nvidia, and Salesforce\u2019s CEO, who said he\u2019s swearing off ChatGPT after trying Gemini. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leap is insane \u2014 reasoning, speed, images, video\u2026 everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world just changed, again,\u201d Marc Benioff wrote on X on November 23.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1992726929204760661\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Among the new features, Google directly integrated Gemini 3 into its search engine through a native \u201cAI mode,\u201d and introduced \u201cadvanced agentic coding capabilities\u201d and Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform.<\/p>\n<p>The company said Gemini 3 requires less prompting than previous models, and can \u201cbring any idea to life with its state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the top independent benchmarks have confirmed Gemini 3\u2019s reasoning power \u2013 Gemini 3 blew past OpenAI\u2019s GPT-5 Pro to top the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////scale.com//leaderboard//humanitys_last_exam/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Humanity\u2019s Last Exam benchmark<\/strong><\/a>, which measures general reasoning and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Its multimodal reasoning also scored the highest on benchmarks, including <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.kaggle.com//benchmarks//deepmind//simpleqa-verified/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>SimpleQA Verified<\/strong><\/a>, which measures progress on short-form factuality and parametric knowledge.<\/p>\n<h2>OpenAI declares a \u2018Code Red\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Gemini 3\u2019s rollout in November sent shockwaves through the Generative-AI ecosystem, putting pressure on industry leader OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>Already under fire from users over <a 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MILITARY KILLS 4 IN DRUG BOAT STRIKE","daletPyramidId":3511169,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US military resumes strikes on narcoboats, killing four in latest operation","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US resumes strikes on narcoboats, killing four in latest operation","titleListing2":"US military resumes strikes on narcoboats, kills four in latest operation","leadin":"US Southern Command resumed lethal strikes on alleged narcoboats, killing four amid bipartisan scrutiny of the Pentagon's anti-drug campaign.","summary":"US Southern Command resumed lethal strikes on alleged narcoboats, killing four amid bipartisan scrutiny of the Pentagon's anti-drug campaign.","keySentence":"","url":"us-military-resumes-strikes-on-narcoboats-killing-four-in-latest-operation","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/05\/us-military-resumes-strikes-on-narcoboats-killing-four-in-latest-operation","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US military says it has carried out another strike on a suspected narcoboat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ending a pause of nearly three weeks as lawmakers intensify scrutiny of the Pentagon\u2019s lethal campaign against suspected narcotics traffickers.\n\nUS Southern Command said in a statement on X that four people were killed in the latest operation, conducted under Operation Southern Spear, a mission targeting maritime drug trafficking.\n\n\u201cSouthern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a designated terrorist organisation,\u201d the command said.\n\nIt added that intelligence indicated the boat was carrying illicit narcotics along a known trafficking route.\n\nThe strike comes amid bipartisan criticism over a 2 September attack in which US forces are said to have launched a follow-up strike that killed survivors of an initial hit on another suspected drug vessel.\n\nLawmakers from both parties have questioned the legality and oversight of the campaign, and several Democrats have called for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign.\n\nAccording to figures released by the Trump administration, 23 suspected drug boats have been targeted since the operation began, with at least 87 people killed.\n\nCongress has not authorised the use of military force specifically for these maritime strikes, and attempts to limit the president\u2019s authority have been blocked by the Republican-controlled House.\n\nAdmiral denies issuing unlawful order\n\nA congressional inquiry into the 2 September incident is now under way. On Thursday, Admiral Frank \u201cMitch\u201d Bradley, who oversees elements of the operation, briefed lawmakers in a closed classified session.\n\nHe denied issuing, receiving or relaying any \u201ckill them all\u201d or \u201cno quarter\u201d instruction attributed to Hegseth in media reports.\n\n\u201cBradley was very clear that he was given no such order,\u201d said Senator Tom Cotton, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.\n\nHowever, lawmakers emerging from briefings offered differing accounts of what the two survivors were doing when they were killed, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding the incident. Some members have suggested the operation may raise questions under the laws of armed conflict.\n\nPolitical reactions split\n\nMany Republican lawmakers aligned with former President Donald Trump have defended the administration\u2019s approach, arguing that aggressive interdiction is necessary to disrupt transnational criminal networks.\n\nDemocrats, meanwhile, have pressed for more transparency, citing the lack of explicit congressional authorisation and the civilian death toll.\n\nThe campaign, which has focused largely on waters near Venezuela, has fuelled diplomatic friction with Caracas.\n\nVenezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has accused Washington of using counter-narcotics operations as cover for efforts to destabilise his government, an allegation US officials deny.\n\nMeanwhile, Washington has designated the Cartel of the Suns \u2014 a loose network of Venezuelan military commanders and other top figures accused of organised drug trafficking \u2014 a foreign terrorist organisation.\n\nThe US has also accused Maduro, who faces US narco-terrorism charges filed in 2020, of leading the group, which he has repeatedly denied.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US military says it has carried out another strike on a suspected narcoboat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ending a pause of nearly three weeks as lawmakers intensify scrutiny of the Pentagon\u2019s lethal campaign against suspected narcotics traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>US Southern Command said in a statement on X that four people were killed in the latest operation, conducted under Operation Southern Spear, a mission targeting maritime drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a designated terrorist organisation,\u201d the command said. <\/p>\n<p>It added that intelligence indicated the boat was carrying illicit narcotics along a known trafficking route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1996726797086457886\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The strike comes amid bipartisan criticism over a 2 September attack in which US forces are said to have launched a follow-up strike that killed survivors of an initial hit on another suspected drug vessel. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers from both parties have questioned the legality and oversight of the campaign, and several Democrats have called for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign.<\/p>\n<p>According to figures released by the Trump administration, 23 suspected drug boats have been targeted since the operation began, with at least 87 people killed. <\/p>\n<p>Congress has not authorised the use of military force specifically for these maritime strikes, and attempts to limit the president\u2019s authority have been blocked by the Republican-controlled House.<\/p>\n<h2>Admiral denies issuing unlawful order<\/h2>\n<p>A congressional inquiry into the 2 September incident is now under way. On Thursday, Admiral Frank \u201cMitch\u201d Bradley, who oversees elements of the operation, briefed lawmakers in a closed classified session.<\/p>\n<p>He denied issuing, receiving or relaying any \u201ckill them all\u201d or \u201cno quarter\u201d instruction attributed to Hegseth in media reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//23//60//808x539_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. Navy Adm. Frank &#x22;Mitch&#x22; Bradley, center, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, \" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d26c5be4-ff24-590b-84b8-e8dad61fcca1-9572360.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">U.S. Navy Adm. Frank &#x22;Mitch&#x22; Bradley, center, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">J. Scott Applewhite\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cBradley was very clear that he was given no such order,\u201d said Senator Tom Cotton, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n<p>However, lawmakers emerging from briefings offered differing accounts of what the two survivors were doing when they were killed, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding the incident. Some members have suggested the operation may raise questions under the laws of armed conflict.<\/p>\n<h2>Political reactions split<\/h2>\n<p>Many Republican lawmakers aligned with former President Donald Trump have defended the administration\u2019s approach, arguing that aggressive interdiction is necessary to disrupt transnational criminal networks. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats, meanwhile, have pressed for more transparency, citing the lack of explicit congressional authorisation and the civilian death toll.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, which has focused largely on waters near Venezuela, has fuelled diplomatic friction with Caracas. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//23//60//808x539_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg/" alt=\"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a ceremonial sword said to have belonged to independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, 25 November 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e99178e0-0982-563a-879d-ca67129c65b5-9572360.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a ceremonial sword said to have belonged to independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, 25 November 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ariana Cubillos\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has accused Washington of using counter-narcotics operations as cover for efforts to destabilise his government, an allegation US officials deny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//07//latest-us-strike-on-alleged-narco-boat-in-caribbean-kills-three/">Latest US strike on alleged narco-boat in Caribbean kills three<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//04//former-venezuelan-spy-chief-says-maduro-runs-narco-terrorist-organisation/">Former Venezuelan spy chief says Maduro runs 'narco-terrorist organisation'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Washington has designated the Cartel of the Suns \u2014 a loose network of Venezuelan military commanders and other top figures accused of organised drug trafficking \u2014 a foreign terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The US has also accused Maduro, who faces US narco-terrorism charges filed in 2020, of leading the group, which he has repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764909445,"updatedAt":1764946453,"publishedAt":1764927249,"firstPublishedAt":1764927249,"lastPublishedAt":1764941717,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/23\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_552a5f58-5317-5b39-8a42-24a6278af523-9572360.jpg","altText":"A U.S. F35 fighter jet sits parked at Jos\u00e9 Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, 14 September 2025","caption":"A U.S. F35 fighter jet sits parked at Jos\u00e9 Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, 14 September 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alejandro Granadillo\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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SUES PENTAGON","daletPyramidId":3508435,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"New York Times sues Pentagon over Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's new media rules","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New York Times sues Pentagon over Pete Hegseth's new media rules","titleListing2":"New York Times sues Pentagon over Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's new media rules","leadin":"The Pentagon has argued that the policy imposes \u201ccommon sense\u201d rules that protect the military from release of information that could put them in danger.","summary":"The Pentagon has argued that the policy imposes \u201ccommon sense\u201d rules that protect the military from release of information that could put them in danger.","keySentence":"","url":"new-york-times-sues-pentagon-over-defence-secretary-pete-hegseths-new-media-rules","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/04\/new-york-times-sues-pentagon-over-defence-secretary-pete-hegseths-new-media-rules","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The New York Times daily paper filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, attempting to overturn new rules imposed by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth that have led to most mainstream media outlets being banished from the building.\n\nThe Times said the rules violate the Constitution's freedom of speech and due process provisions, since they give Hegseth the power to determine on his own whether a reporter should be banned.\n\nOutlets such as the Times\u00a0walked out of the Pentagon rather than agree to the rules as a condition for getting press credentials.\n\nThe Pentagon press room now includes mostly conservative outlets that agreed to the new rules.\n\n\"The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes,\" said Charles Stadtlander, spokesperson for the Times, after the case was filed with the US District Court in Washington.\n\nThe Pentagon had no immediate response to a request for comment on lawsuit.\n\nReporting on the Pentagon from afar\n\nDespite losing credentials, outlets denied access to the Pentagon have continued reporting on the US military.\n\nThey have led\u00a0coverage over the past week\u00a0on stories that questioned Hegseth's role in military strikes on boats with alleged drug smugglers, including one targeted with a second strike after survivors were spotted.\n\nNevertheless, the Times said denial of access to the Pentagon restricts its reporters' ability to do their job. Because the new policy gives Hegseth the right to oust reporters working on stories he does not like, even if those stories do not involve classified information, it has a chilling effect on journalists, the newspaper argued in court papers.\n\nLawyers are also concerned similar restrictions could be put in place at other federal agencies.\n\nThe Pentagon has argued that the policy imposes \"common sense\" rules that protect the military from release of information that could put them in danger.\n\nDuring her briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said the legacy media outlets are not missed.\n\n\"The American people don\u2019t trust these propagandists because they stopped telling the truth,\" Wilson said.\n\n\"So, we\u2019re not going to beg these old gatekeepers to come back and we\u2019re not rebuilding a broken model just to appease them.\"\n\nOutlets that reach millions\n\nSeveral news outlets whose coverage reaches millions of people, including The Associated Press, Washington Post and CNN, asked the Pentagon for access to Wilson's briefing. They\u00a0were denied\u00a0and told it was for accredited press only.\n\nThe Times is citing Wilson's \"propagandists\" comment as evidence that the Pentagon is discriminating against reporters for their points of view.\n\nThat is the same argument that the AP is making to stop President Donald Trump from denying access\u00a0to its journalists to events in the Oval Office and Air Force One.\n\nThe AP case is currently\u00a0making its way\u00a0through the federal court system.\n\nTimes lawyers say they believe their viewpoint discrimination case is stronger because Times reporters no longer have credentials to enter the Pentagon. AP journalists are able to enter the White House, but not to some specific events there.\n\nThe Times' case is being filed on behalf of the newspaper and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes. The Defence Department, Hegseth and chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell are named as defendants.\n\nIn a statement, the Pentagon Press Association, a group that represents journalists who cover the agency, said it was encouraged by the Times' \"effort to step up and defend press freedom.\"\n\n\"The Defence Department's attempt to limit how credentialed reporters gather the news and what information they may publish is antithetical to a free and independent press and prohibited by the First Amendment,\" the statement said.\n\nWhile it has filed its lawsuit alone in order to move quickly, the Times said it would welcome the support of other news organisations.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The New York Times daily paper filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday, attempting to overturn new rules imposed by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth that have led to most mainstream media outlets being banished from the building.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said the rules violate the Constitution's freedom of speech and due process provisions, since they give Hegseth the power to determine on his own whether a reporter should be banned.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets such as the Times walked out of the Pentagon rather than agree to the rules as a condition for getting press credentials.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon press room now includes mostly conservative outlets that agreed to the new rules.<\/p>\n<p>\"The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes,\" said Charles Stadtlander, spokesperson for the Times, after the case was filed with the US District Court in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon had no immediate response to a request for comment on lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//21//40//808x539_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg/" alt=\"Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, 2 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/640x427_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/750x500_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/828x552_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1080x720_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1200x800_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1920x1280_cmsv2_20055522-0389-5b1c-ad2a-4ba89a17ef7f-9572140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, 2 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Reporting on the Pentagon from afar<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite losing credentials, outlets denied access to the Pentagon have continued reporting on the US military.<\/p>\n<p>They have led coverage over the past week on stories that questioned Hegseth's role in military strikes on boats with alleged drug smugglers, including one targeted with a second strike after survivors were spotted.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Times said denial of access to the Pentagon restricts its reporters' ability to do their job. Because the new policy gives Hegseth the right to oust reporters working on stories he does not like, even if those stories do not involve classified information, it has a chilling effect on journalists, the newspaper argued in court papers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//21//40//808x539_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg/" alt=\"A Washington Post reporter saves the name plaques from various news organisations as she and members of the media leave the Pentagon press area, 15 October, 2025 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/640x426_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/750x500_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/828x551_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1080x719_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1200x799_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1920x1279_cmsv2_64e4739c-2792-5ef3-ab25-517f492cd116-9572140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Washington Post reporter saves the name plaques from various news organisations as she and members of the media leave the Pentagon press area, 15 October, 2025 <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Lawyers are also concerned similar restrictions could be put in place at other federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has argued that the policy imposes \"common sense\" rules that protect the military from release of information that could put them in danger.<\/p>\n<p>During her briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said the legacy media outlets are not missed.<\/p>\n<p>\"The American people don\u2019t trust these propagandists because they stopped telling the truth,\" Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>\"So, we\u2019re not going to beg these old gatekeepers to come back and we\u2019re not rebuilding a broken model just to appease them.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//16//reporters-turn-in-access-badges-exit-pentagon-in-protest-against-new-reporting-rules/">US journalists leave Pentagon in protest over new reporting rules<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//21//journalists-forced-to-obtain-approval-to-publish-stories-in-new-pentagon-restrictions/">Journalists forced to obtain approval to publish stories in new Pentagon restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Outlets that reach millions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Several news outlets whose coverage reaches millions of people, including The Associated Press, Washington Post and CNN, asked the Pentagon for access to Wilson's briefing. They were denied and told it was for accredited press only.<\/p>\n<p>The Times is citing Wilson's \"propagandists\" comment as evidence that the Pentagon is discriminating against reporters for their points of view.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//21//40//808x539_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg/" alt=\"The Pentagon in Washington, 27 August, 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/640x427_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/750x500_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/828x552_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1080x720_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1200x800_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1920x1280_cmsv2_2569ffe9-3de3-5544-96b6-1ab2c031c77b-9572140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Pentagon in Washington, 27 August, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That is the same argument that the AP is making to stop President Donald Trump from denying access to its journalists to events in the Oval Office and Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>The AP case is currently making its way through the federal court system.<\/p>\n<p>Times lawyers say they believe their viewpoint discrimination case is stronger because Times reporters no longer have credentials to enter the Pentagon. AP journalists are able to enter the White House, but not to some specific events there.<\/p>\n<p>The Times' case is being filed on behalf of the newspaper and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes. The Defence Department, Hegseth and chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell are named as defendants.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Pentagon Press Association, a group that represents journalists who cover the agency, said it was encouraged by the Times' \"effort to step up and defend press freedom.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6795\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//21//40//808x550_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg/" alt=\"A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, 20 October, 2011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/384x261_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/640x435_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/750x510_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/828x563_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1080x734_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1200x815_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/1920x1305_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, 20 October, 2011<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The Defence Department's attempt to limit how credentialed reporters gather the news and what information they may publish is antithetical to a free and independent press and prohibited by the First Amendment,\" the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>While it has filed its lawsuit alone in order to move quickly, the Times said it would welcome the support of other news organisations.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764868816,"updatedAt":1764870149,"publishedAt":1764870121,"firstPublishedAt":1764870121,"lastPublishedAt":1764870121,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e80c9887-5234-56f0-84f0-585d5d5e071d-9572140.jpg","altText":"The front page of the New York Times at a news stand, 5 December, 2015","caption":"The front page of the New York Times at a news stand, 5 December, 2015","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"height":911},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/21\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_23f93b51-9fea-533c-bd80-e44fbff6f958-9572140.jpg","altText":"A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, 20 October, 2011","caption":"A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, 20 October, 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OpenAI","daletPyramidId":3499856,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"OpenAI awards millions to nonprofits under new foundation structure","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"OpenAI awards millions to nonprofits under new foundation structure","titleListing2":"","leadin":"OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in 2015 but then incorporated a for-profit subsidiary that has grown to be one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.","summary":"OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in 2015 but then incorporated a for-profit subsidiary that has grown to be one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.","keySentence":"","url":"openai-awards-millions-to-nonprofits-under-new-foundation-structure","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/04\/openai-awards-millions-to-nonprofits-under-new-foundation-structure","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million (\u20ac34.74mn) to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October.\n\nThe foundation has committed $25 billion (\u20ac21.45bn) to fund health research and what it calls AI resilience, meaning ways to minimise the risks of these technologies. It hasn\u2019t said how quickly it will grant out those funds.\n\nOpenAI promised to give out $50mn (\u20ac42.89mn) in July in response to the recommendations of an advisory commission, convened to offer feedback about how it should accomplish its mission of building safe AI for the benefit of humanity. It said it would announce another $9.5mn (\u20ac8.15mn) in grants in the coming months based on recommendations from its board of directors.\n\nThe grant funding is unrestricted, meaning the nonprofits can use it however they choose. However, OpenAI asked groups to apply with projects that support AI literacy, strengthen civic life, or foster economic opportunity. The awards were limited to nonprofits with an annual budget between $500,000 and $10mn (\u20ac429,000 and \u20ac8.58mn).\n\nOpenAI said more than 3,000 nonprofits applied for this first round of funding and said a group of outside advisers reviewed the applications with the board making final grant decisions. Few of the grantees are dedicated to technology. Instead, they include journalism organisations, dance companies and community organisations.\n\nThe Three Rivers Young People\u2019s Orchestras based in Pittsburgh received $90,000 (\u20ac77,200), which is 10% of its annual budget this year. Executive director Lindsey Nova said she was shocked to have been chosen. Her organisation already uses ChatGPT as an assistant and drafting tool, which she mentioned in her application.\n\nHer organisation, which runs multiple kinds of youth orchestras, proposed to use the funds to research the possibility of developing two different apps. One would record rehearsals and add bookmarks when queued by the conductor. The goal would be to produce notes about what the conductor said during the rehearsal paired with the relevant clip of the rehearsal.\n\n\u201cThat can\u2019t replace the conductor. It can\u2019t replace the kids learning how to play their instrument,\u201d Nova said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing about the children\u2019s experience that will be replaced by a robot, but they\u2019ll have a better sense of what they need to work on between rehearsals.\u201d\n\nHer organisation worked with Adam Hertzman, who runs Adartova, a small philanthropic consulting practice, to brainstorm ideas and apply for the grant. His wife is also on the organisation's board.\n\nHertzman said he'd been eager to let his clients and network know about the grant opportunity from OpenAI because he thought few small and medium nonprofits had heard of the open call.\n\n\u201cGiven the size of the potential grants, the simplicity of the application process and the fact that the grants are unrestricted, I would have expected more (nonprofits to apply),\" he said.\n\nOpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in 2015 but then incorporated a for-profit subsidiary that has grown to be one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.\n\nFor years, it had been trying to escape its nonprofit roots to make it easier to attract investors. In October, the company reached an agreement with regulators to formally reincorporate as a public benefit corporation, though the nonprofit board of directors remains the highest decision making body.\n\nOn Monday, the for-profit wing of OpenAI said issued a new call for applications for research proposals into AI and mental health that would mostly go to nonprofits. It said it would award $2 million (\u20ac1.72mn) by the middle of January to applicants. The company faces multiple lawsuits alleging that ChatGPT drove people to suicide or created harmful delusions in people with no prior mental health issues.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million (\u20ac34.74mn) to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation has committed $25 billion (\u20ac21.45bn) to fund health research and what it calls AI resilience, meaning ways to minimise the risks of these technologies. It hasn\u2019t said how quickly it will grant out those funds.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI promised to give out $50mn (\u20ac42.89mn) in July in response to the recommendations of an advisory commission, convened to offer feedback about how it should accomplish its mission of building safe AI for the benefit of humanity. It said it would announce another $9.5mn (\u20ac8.15mn) in grants in the coming months based on recommendations from its board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>The grant funding is unrestricted, meaning the nonprofits can use it however they choose. However, OpenAI asked groups to apply with projects that support AI literacy, strengthen civic life, or foster economic opportunity. The awards were limited to nonprofits with an annual budget between $500,000 and $10mn (\u20ac429,000 and \u20ac8.58mn).<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI said more than 3,000 nonprofits applied for this first round of funding and said a group of outside advisers reviewed the applications with the board making final grant decisions. Few of the grantees are dedicated to technology. Instead, they include journalism organisations, dance companies and community organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Rivers Young People\u2019s Orchestras based in Pittsburgh received $90,000 (\u20ac77,200), which is 10% of its annual budget this year. Executive director Lindsey Nova said she was shocked to have been chosen. Her organisation already uses ChatGPT as an assistant and drafting tool, which she mentioned in her application.<\/p>\n<p>Her organisation, which runs multiple kinds of youth orchestras, proposed to use the funds to research the possibility of developing two different apps. One would record rehearsals and add bookmarks when queued by the conductor. The goal would be to produce notes about what the conductor said during the rehearsal paired with the relevant clip of the rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat can\u2019t replace the conductor. It can\u2019t replace the kids learning how to play their instrument,\u201d Nova said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing about the children\u2019s experience that will be replaced by a robot, but they\u2019ll have a better sense of what they need to work on between rehearsals.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//09//12//microsoft-deal-brings-openai-closer-to-becoming-a-for-profit-firm/">Microsoft deal brings OpenAI closer to becoming a for-profit firm<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//12//03//ai-less-regulated-than-sandwiches-as-tech-firms-race-toward-superintelligence-study-says/">AI 'less regulated than sandwiches' and no tech firm has AI superintelligence safety plan, study <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Her organisation worked with Adam Hertzman, who runs Adartova, a small philanthropic consulting practice, to brainstorm ideas and apply for the grant. His wife is also on the organisation's board.<\/p>\n<p>Hertzman said he'd been eager to let his clients and network know about the grant opportunity from OpenAI because he thought few small and medium nonprofits had heard of the open call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the size of the potential grants, the simplicity of the application process and the fact that the grants are unrestricted, I would have expected more (nonprofits to apply),\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in 2015 but then incorporated a for-profit subsidiary that has grown to be one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.<\/p>\n<p>For years, it had been trying to escape its nonprofit roots to make it easier to attract investors. 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This included hiring former Airbnb executive Krishna Rao as chief financial officer.\n\nThe latest development comes amid intensifying competition among the leading developers of large AI models.\n\nAccording to reports, OpenAI, valued at roughly $500bn (\u20ac429.27bn) in October, has also been assessing what a future listing might involve. It too has downplayed any immediate plans, and both groups are grappling with the difficulty of forecasting revenues in a rapidly shifting market.\n\nOpenAI is refocusing efforts on improving ChatGPT after continuous bugs with its newest chatbot rollout, while Google and Anthropic have released new models that outperformed GPT-5 on several industry benchmarks.\n\nAnthropic\u2019s Opus 4.5 and Google\u2019s Gemini 3 have been particularly strong in evaluations of reasoning and long-context performance, raising questions about how long OpenAI can maintain its early dominance.\n\nDespite commanding hundreds of millions of weekly users, OpenAI faces pressure from competitors whose products are gaining traction.\n\nAnthropic\u2019s preparations, alongside OpenAI\u2019s own internal work, suggest both companies are beginning to position themselves for the scrutiny that comes with public markets, even as they continue to warn that no listing is imminent.\n\nThe sector\u2019s soaring valuations \u2014 and the unpredictable costs associated with building ever larger models \u2014 mean any IPO would test investor appetite for businesses whose growth depends on extraordinary levels of capital and computational scale.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Anthropic has begun laying the groundwork for a possible stock market listing as competition between artificial intelligence firms heats up.<\/p>\n<p>That's according to a report in the Financial Times which claims the company has appointed the Silicon Valley firm Wilson Sonsini to advise on an eventual public offering.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic did not immediately reply to Euronews' request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>One FT source said the move could position the San Francisco-based group to pursue an IPO as early as 2026, although the company has made no commitment to going public and stressed that it has not set a timetable.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic, which is behind the Claude range of AI models, is currently raising new private funding that is expected to value the business well above $300 billion (\u20ac257.6bn).<\/p>\n<p>The law firm\u2019s involvement marks a notable shift for a company that until recently operated more like a research lab than a business preparing for public markets. <\/p>\n<p>Anthropic has expanded its corporate structure over the past couple of years to meet surging interest in its AI technology. This included hiring former Airbnb executive Krishna Rao as chief financial officer.<\/p>\n<p>The latest development comes amid intensifying competition among the leading developers of large AI models.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, OpenAI, valued at roughly $500bn (\u20ac429.27bn) in October, has also been assessing what a future listing might involve. It too has downplayed any immediate plans, and both groups are grappling with the difficulty of forecasting revenues in a rapidly shifting market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//14//anthropic-says-chinese-state-backed-hackers-used-its-ai-for-major-cyberattack/">Anthropic says Chinese state-backed hackers used its AI for major cyberattack<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//12//anthropic-to-invest-50-billion-in-new-us-data-centres-working-with-uks-fluidstack-amid-ai-/">Anthropic to invest $50 billion in new US data centres, working with UK\u2019s Fluidstack amid AI push<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>OpenAI is refocusing efforts on improving ChatGPT after continuous bugs with its newest chatbot rollout, while Google and Anthropic have released new models that outperformed GPT-5 on several industry benchmarks. <\/p>\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s Opus 4.5 and Google\u2019s Gemini 3 have been particularly strong in evaluations of reasoning and long-context performance, raising questions about how long OpenAI can maintain its early dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite commanding hundreds of millions of weekly users, OpenAI faces pressure from competitors whose products are gaining traction. <\/p>\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s preparations, alongside OpenAI\u2019s own internal work, suggest both companies are beginning to position themselves for the scrutiny that comes with public markets, even as they continue to warn that no listing is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The sector\u2019s soaring valuations \u2014 and the unpredictable costs associated with building ever larger models \u2014 mean any IPO would test investor appetite for businesses whose growth depends on extraordinary levels of capital and computational scale.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764760736,"updatedAt":1764771891,"publishedAt":1764770850,"firstPublishedAt":1764770850,"lastPublishedAt":1764771144,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/02\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bfa126da-a454-5e5f-869b-73b4f7407828-9570214.jpg","altText":"FILE - Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025.","caption":"FILE - Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Markus Schreiber\/Copyright 2019 The AP. 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Your country stinks and we don't want them in our country.\"\n\nThe US president urged Somalis to \"go back to where they came from and fix it\", specifically targeting Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who emigrated from Somalia in 1995 as a child.\n\nTrump for years has criticised Omar, but he intensified his attacks on Somalis on social media last week after Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist, published unsubstantiated allegations in City Journal magazine, citing unnamed sources, that money stolen from Minnesota programmes has gone to al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that controls parts of Somalia.\n\nAccording to US media reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been instructed to target undocumented Somali migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul, known as the Twin Cities. The area is home to one of the largest Somali communities in the world.\n\nCBS News reported hundreds of people are expected to be targeted when the operation begins this week.\n\nTrump has pledged to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Somalis living in Minnesota, triggering fear in the state's deeply rooted migrant community and raising doubts about whether the White House has the legal authority to enact the directive as described.\n\nThe move drew immediate pushback from state leaders and immigration experts, who characterised Trump's announcement as a legally dubious effort to sow suspicion towards Minnesota's Somali community.\n\nMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Trump's message \"wrong\" and said Somali migrants have helped improve his community.\n\nThe move would affect only a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of Somalis living in Minnesota. A report produced for Congress in August put the number of Somalis covered by Temporary Protected Status nationwide at just 705.\n\nSomalis have been coming to Minnesota and other states, often as refugees, since the 1990s. Trump made no distinction between citizens and non-citizens.\n\nOn Tuesday, Omar responded on social media, saying: \"His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump launched a sustained attack on Somali migrants during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling them \"garbage\" and saying he did not want them in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\"I don't want them in our country. I'll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, 'Oh, that's not politically correct.' I don't care. I don't want them in our country,\" Trump said near the end of the lengthy meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\"We can go one way or the other, and we're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country,\" he added. <\/p>\n<p>Trump's remarks came days after his administration announced it would halt all asylum decisions following the shooting of two US National Guard soldiers in Washington. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect in last week's incident is originally from Afghanistan, but Trump used the moment to raise questions about migrants from other nations, including Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>\"They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country,\" Trump told reporters. \"Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don't want them in our country.\"<\/p>\n<p>The US president urged Somalis to \"go back to where they came from and fix it\", specifically targeting Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who emigrated from Somalia in 1995 as a child.<\/p>\n<p>Trump for years has criticised Omar, but he intensified his attacks on Somalis on social media last week after Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist, published unsubstantiated allegations in City Journal magazine, citing unnamed sources, that money stolen from Minnesota programmes has gone to al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that controls parts of Somalia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//96//03//808x539_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg/" alt=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis City Hall, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/384x256_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/640x427_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/750x500_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/828x552_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/1080x720_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/1200x800_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8b1e371e-88a9-598d-86dc-117731d14f0a-9569603.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis City Hall, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abbie Parr\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to US media reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been instructed to target undocumented Somali migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul, known as the Twin Cities. The area is home to one of the largest Somali communities in the world.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News reported hundreds of people are expected to be targeted when the operation begins this week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pledged to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Somalis living in Minnesota, triggering fear in the state's deeply rooted migrant community and raising doubts about whether the White House has the legal authority to enact the directive as described.<\/p>\n<p>The move drew immediate pushback from state leaders and immigration experts, who characterised Trump's announcement as a legally dubious effort to sow suspicion towards Minnesota's Somali community.<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Trump's message \"wrong\" and said Somali migrants have helped improve his community.<\/p>\n<p>The move would affect only a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of Somalis living in Minnesota. A report produced for Congress in August put the number of Somalis covered by Temporary Protected Status nationwide at just 705.<\/p>\n<p>Somalis have been coming to Minnesota and other states, often as refugees, since the 1990s. Trump made no distinction between citizens and non-citizens.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Omar responded on social media, saying: \"His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764735670,"updatedAt":1764771113,"publishedAt":1764739002,"firstPublishedAt":1764739002,"lastPublishedAt":1764771112,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/03\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cabec20e-670d-5272-bfaf-04ccb9cb1e7b-9569603.jpg","altText":"President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. 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All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":957,"urlSafeValue":"fisayo","title":"Jerry Fisayo-Bambi","twitter":"@fisayobambi"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":256,"slug":"somalia","urlSafeValue":"somalia","title":"Somalia","titleRaw":"Somalia"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2850405},{"id":2850391},{"id":2854769}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"oK1aE_6hwQM","dailymotionId":"x9uyk6u"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/30\/73\/81\/07\/ED_PYR_3073817_20251203102409.mp4","editor":"","duration":76760,"filesizeBytes":14845365,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/30\/73\/81\/07\/SHD_PYR_3073817_20251203102409.mp4","editor":"","duration":76760,"filesizeBytes":21239882,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/30\/73\/81\/07\/FHD_PYR_3073817_20251203102409.mp4","editor":"","duration":76760,"filesizeBytes":62115133,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/03\/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-us-urges-them-to-go-back-to-fix-their-homeland","lastModified":1764771112},{"id":2851343,"cid":9569125,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"SPACE MOSS RADIATION","daletPyramidId":3481298,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Mars-bound fungus found in Chernobyl could shield astronauts from radiation in space","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Could mould found in Chernobyl protect astronauts in orbit?","titleListing2":"Mars-bound fungus found in Chernobyl could shield astronauts from radiation in space","leadin":"A type of fungus found in Chernobyl could be the key to long-term missions on the Moon and Mars.","summary":"A type of fungus found in Chernobyl could be the key to long-term missions on the Moon and Mars.","keySentence":"","url":"mars-bound-fungus-found-in-chernobyl-could-shield-astronauts-from-radiation-in-space","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/02\/mars-bound-fungus-found-in-chernobyl-could-shield-astronauts-from-radiation-in-space","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As scientists prepare for possible Mars missions, they\u2019re examining a fungus found at the radioactive site in Chernobyl, Ukraine, that could turn radiation into energy.\n\nThe fungus, known as Cladosporium sphaerospermum, harnesses ionising radiation using its dark pigment, melanin. This proposed mechanism converts the radiation into chemical energy.\n\nThis process, called radiosynthesis, which is still a hypothesis and not proven, is said to be similar to how plants use chlorophyll to convert light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis.\u00a0\n\nIn 2022, researchers found that Cladosporium sphaerospermum can be grown on the International Space Station under simulated cosmic radiation conditions in a petri dish.\n\nWhen the radiation was 1.7 millimetres thick, it shrank the radiation recorded on sensors underneath the petri dish by 2 per cent, the study found.\n\nThe researchers then estimate that a 21-centimetre layer could almost negate all of the radiation found on the surface of Mars. That layer could be even thinner, roughly 9 centimetres thick, if the moss is mixed with soil from Mars.\n\nThe 2022 study found that it could be an effective way to protect humans from radiation using local materials instead of having to send more supplies to Mars from Earth, which would be an essential advantage for future missions.\n\nThe moss\u2019s melanin, a natural pigment responsible for hair and eye colour in humans, is suspected to be the reason why it can absorb radiation. A 2007 study by researchers in the United States showed that moss with high levels of melanin actually grew faster when exposed to high amounts of radiation.\n\nRadiation is one of the key challenges to sending astronauts on long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, according to the Georgetown University Space Initiative in the US.\n\nThe moss could also potentially protect astronauts from galactic cosmic rays, high-energy charged particles that come from outside our solar system or from the explosions of stars.\n\nCosmic rays are also a challenge that needs to be addressed before longer space missions can take place because they can \u201cbreak DNA strands, disrupt proteins and \u2026 increase the risk of serious diseases such as cancer,\u201d said the researcher Zahida Sultanova, in The Conversation.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As scientists prepare for possible Mars missions, they\u2019re examining a fungus found at the radioactive site in Chernobyl, Ukraine, that could turn radiation into energy.<\/p>\n<p>The fungus, known as Cladosporium sphaerospermum, harnesses ionising radiation using its dark pigment, melanin. This proposed mechanism converts the radiation into chemical energy. <\/p>\n<p>This process, called <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.frontiersin.org//journals//microbiology//articles//10.3389//fmicb.2022.877625//full/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">radiosynthesis<\/a>, which is still a hypothesis and not proven, is said to be similar to how plants use chlorophyll to convert light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022, researchers found that Cladosporium sphaerospermum can be grown on the International Space Station under simulated cosmic radiation conditions in a petri dish.<\/p>\n<p>When the radiation was 1.7 millimetres thick, it shrank the radiation recorded on sensors underneath the petri dish by 2 per cent, the study found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//27//from-saturn-to-the-moon-european-space-agencys-22-billion-plan-to-catch-up-in-space-race/"> From Saturn to the Moon: European Space Agency\u2019s \u20ac22 billion plan to catch up in space race<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The researchers then estimate that a 21-centimetre layer could almost negate all of the radiation found on the surface of Mars. That layer could be even thinner, roughly 9 centimetres thick, if the moss is mixed with soil from Mars. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 study found that it could be an effective way to protect humans from radiation using local materials instead of having to send more supplies to Mars from Earth, which would be an essential advantage for future missions.<\/p>\n<p>The moss\u2019s melanin, a natural pigment responsible for hair and eye colour in humans, is suspected to be the reason why it can absorb radiation. A 2007 study by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////journals.plos.org//plosone//article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0000457\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">researchers<\/a> in the United States showed that moss with high levels of melanin actually grew faster when exposed to high amounts of radiation.<\/p>\n<p>Radiation is one of the key challenges to sending astronauts on long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, according to the Georgetown University Space<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.georgetownspace.org//contentmaster//life-finds-a-way-radioactive-eating-fungus-on-the-iss/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> Initiative<\/a> in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The moss could also potentially protect astronauts from galactic cosmic rays, high-energy charged particles that come from outside our solar system or from the explosions of stars.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmic rays are also a challenge that needs to be addressed before longer space missions can take place because they can \u201cbreak DNA strands, disrupt proteins and \u2026 increase the risk of serious diseases such as cancer,\u201d said the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////theconversation.com//before-trips-to-mars-we-need-better-protection-from-cosmic-rays-268934/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">researcher<\/a> Zahida Sultanova, in The Conversation. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764687083,"updatedAt":1764691335,"publishedAt":1764690353,"firstPublishedAt":1764690353,"lastPublishedAt":1764690353,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/91\/25\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9e907994-c475-5caf-8f22-14f9245a8aaf-9569125.jpg","altText":"A man with a gas mask protests near the chancellery against nuclear power in the wake of Japan's Fukushima reactor disaster in Berlin, March 26, 2011","caption":"A man with a gas mask protests near the chancellery against nuclear power in the wake of Japan's Fukushima reactor disaster in Berlin, March 26, 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fears rise as crypto sell-off continues","daletPyramidId":3477334,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Crypto's December reckoning: Market slide deepens as investors retreat","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Crypto's December reckoning: Market slide deepens as investors retreat","titleListing2":"","leadin":"Bitcoin\u2019s sharp reversal and a surge in investor fears have forced even the market\u2019s strongest champions to confront a bruising December downturn.","summary":"Bitcoin\u2019s sharp reversal and a surge in investor fears have forced even the market\u2019s strongest champions to confront a bruising December downturn.","keySentence":"","url":"cryptos-december-reckoning-market-slide-deepens-as-investors-retreat","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/02\/cryptos-december-reckoning-market-slide-deepens-as-investors-retreat","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A broad-based crypto sell-off accelerated this week, wiping billions off the total market capitalisation and stoking fresh concerns about financial contagion both within the digital asset ecosystem and across adjacent markets.\n\nBitcoin slipped to about $84,000 (\u20ac72,328) during Monday trading before rebounding to near $87,000 later in the day. The cryptocurrency saw more dramatic lows earlier in November, despite a brief consolidation at the end of the month that pushed it over $90,000 \u2014 still well below the roughly $100,000 level it was trading at in early November and much lower than the October high of around $125,000.\n\nThe downturn has hit other major cryptocurrencies \u2014 known as altcoins \u2014 as well, with Ethereum trading at around $2,800 \u2014 a roughly 7% drop from $3,000 a week ago, and a steep fall from the near $4,800 levels seen in August.\n\nAs of early December 2025, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index \u2014 a widely followed gauge of crypto investor sentiment inspired by CNN's Fear and Greed Index on other US stocks \u2014 remains in the \u201cExtreme Fear\u201d territory with a reading of 23\/100, underscoring deep pessimism across the crypto market.\n\nThese indices reflect a composite snapshot of market mood, calculated daily by combining signals from six key metrics \u2014 including volatility, trading momentum and volume, social-media sentiment, coin dominance and Google search trends.\n\nCrypto champions struggle to stay optimistic\n\nFor much of this year, crypto investors had grown almost defiant in the face of repeated warnings that the Bitcoin bubble was due to burst, especially when each dip was followed by an even stronger rebound.\n\nIn March and April, Bitcoin saw sharp declines before returning to record-breaking highs of $120,000 (\u20ac103,394) in August and October.\n\nThe election of Donald Trump fuelled the belief that crypto's momentum was politically protected \u2014 somewhat ironic for a digital currency originally invented to escape government-driven monetary systems. Confidence in the coins rose after Trump signed the GENIUS Act, the first US federal stablecoin regulation law, a move widely hailed as legitimising key parts of the crypto ecosystem.\n\nBut that confidence seemed to have evaporated in November, when a sharp reversal in Bitcoin\u2019s fortunes began.\n\nStrategy Inc, the world\u2019s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, moved on Monday to reassure investors rattled by December\u2019s steep sell-off and announced a $1.44 billion (\u20ac1.24bn) cash reserve to help stabilise its balance sheet.\n\nThe company said the new US dollar reserve \u2014 funded through recent stock sales \u2014 will cover at least 12 months of dividend and interest payments, with the aim of eventually holding enough to cover 24 months.\n\n\u201cEstablishing a USD Reserve to complement our BTC reserve marks the next step in our evolution, and we believe it will better position us to navigate short-term market volatility while delivering on our vision of being the world\u2019s leading issuer of digital credit,\u201d Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Strategy, said in a statement.\n\nThe announcement comes as Strategy quietly walks back its own earlier assumptions about Bitcoin\u2019s trajectory, shifting its earlier earnings guidance for 2025 from an end-year Bitcoin price of $150,000 and lowering its price expectation to a more modest range of $85,000 to $110,000.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A broad-based crypto sell-off accelerated this week, wiping billions off the total market capitalisation and stoking fresh concerns about financial contagion both within the digital asset ecosystem and across adjacent markets.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin slipped to about $84,000 (\u20ac72,328) during Monday trading before rebounding to near $87,000 later in the day. The cryptocurrency saw more dramatic lows earlier in November, despite a brief consolidation at the end of the month that pushed it over $90,000 \u2014 still well below the roughly $100,000 level it was trading at in early November and much lower than the October high of around $125,000.<\/p>\n<p>The downturn has hit other major cryptocurrencies \u2014 known as altcoins \u2014 as well, with Ethereum trading at around $2,800 \u2014 a roughly 7% drop from $3,000 a week ago, and a steep fall from the near $4,800 levels seen in August.<\/p>\n<p>As of early December 2025, the Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index \u2014 a widely followed gauge of crypto investor sentiment inspired by CNN's Fear and Greed Index on other US stocks \u2014 remains in the \u201cExtreme Fear\u201d territory with a reading of 23\/100, underscoring deep pessimism across the crypto market. <\/p>\n<p>These indices reflect a composite snapshot of market mood, calculated daily by combining signals from six key metrics \u2014 including volatility, trading momentum and volume, social-media sentiment, coin dominance and Google search trends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//20//whats-causing-the-crypto-sell-off-who-is-losing-and-will-it-last/">What/u2019s causing the crypto sell-off, who is losing, and will it last?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//12//01//bitcoin-marks-deep-plunge-as-investors-lose-appetite-for-crypto/">Bitcoin slides gain as investors lose appetite for crypto<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Crypto champions struggle to stay optimistic<\/h2>\n<p>For much of this year, crypto investors had grown almost defiant in the face of repeated warnings that the Bitcoin bubble was due to burst, especially when each dip was followed by an even stronger rebound. <\/p>\n<p>In March and April, Bitcoin saw sharp declines before returning to record-breaking highs of $120,000 (\u20ac103,394) in August and October.<\/p>\n<p>The election of Donald Trump fuelled the belief that crypto's momentum was politically protected \u2014 somewhat ironic for a digital currency originally invented to escape government-driven monetary systems. Confidence in the coins rose after Trump signed the GENIUS Act, the first US federal stablecoin regulation law, a move widely hailed as legitimising key parts of the crypto ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>But that confidence seemed to have evaporated in November, when a sharp reversal in Bitcoin\u2019s fortunes began.<\/p>\n<p>Strategy Inc, the world\u2019s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, moved on Monday to reassure investors rattled by December\u2019s steep sell-off and announced a $1.44 billion (\u20ac1.24bn) cash reserve to help stabilise its balance sheet. <\/p>\n<p>The company said the new US dollar reserve \u2014 funded through recent stock sales \u2014 will cover at least 12 months of dividend and interest payments, with the aim of eventually holding enough to cover 24 months. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstablishing a USD Reserve to complement our BTC reserve marks the next step in our evolution, and we believe it will better position us to navigate short-term market volatility while delivering on our vision of being the world\u2019s leading issuer of digital credit,\u201d Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Strategy, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Strategy quietly walks back its own earlier assumptions about Bitcoin\u2019s trajectory, shifting its earlier earnings guidance for 2025 from an end-year Bitcoin price of $150,000 and lowering its price expectation to a more modest range of $85,000 to $110,000.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764666930,"updatedAt":1764681218,"publishedAt":1764681214,"firstPublishedAt":1764681214,"lastPublishedAt":1764681214,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/85\/87\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d1b002da-912c-5a7e-a52d-5f3c5346d318-9568587.jpg","altText":"FILE - In this 8 December 2017 photograph, a man uses a Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong.","caption":"FILE - In this 8 December 2017 photograph, a man uses a Bitcoin ATM in Hong Kong.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3408,"urlSafeValue":"hajdari","title":"Una Hajdari","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12822,"slug":"cryptocurrency","urlSafeValue":"cryptocurrency","title":"cryptocurrency","titleRaw":"cryptocurrency"},{"id":29630,"slug":"crypto","urlSafeValue":"crypto","title":"crypto","titleRaw":"crypto"},{"id":12679,"slug":"bitcoin","urlSafeValue":"bitcoin","title":"Bitcoin","titleRaw":"Bitcoin"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2836749},{"id":2845788},{"id":2853968}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"markets","urlSafeValue":"markets","title":"Markets","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/markets\/markets"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"markets","urlSafeValue":"markets","title":"Markets","url":"\/business\/markets"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":74,"urlSafeValue":"markets","title":"Markets"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/business\/2025\/12\/02\/cryptos-december-reckoning-market-slide-deepens-as-investors-retreat","lastModified":1764681214},{"id":2851233,"cid":9568638,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Business Bayer","daletPyramidId":3477997,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Germany's Bayer sees shares pop as US government endorses legal appeal","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Germany's Bayer sees shares pop as US government endorses legal appeal","titleListing2":"","leadin":"The biotech giant is facing over 67,000 US lawsuits over allegations that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer \u2014 a claim Bayer denies.","summary":"The biotech giant is facing over 67,000 US lawsuits over allegations that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer \u2014 a claim Bayer denies.","keySentence":"","url":"germanys-bayer-sees-shares-pop-as-us-government-endorses-legal-appeal","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/02\/germanys-bayer-sees-shares-pop-as-us-government-endorses-legal-appeal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Shares in Bayer rose over 9% during Tuesday morning trading in Frankfurt after a show of support from the US government.\n\nAmid years of legal battles regarding product safety, the Trump administration urged the US Supreme Court to review a Bayer appeal concerning its Roundup weedkiller.\n\nThe German firm is currently trying to quash around 67,000 lawsuits in the US based on the claim that the weedkiller causes cancer \u2014 a claim Bayer denies. The product contains glyphosate, an ingredient deemed \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans\u201d by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.\n\nUS Solicitor General D. John Sauer, a government lawyer, said in a brief on Monday that the Supreme Court should agree to hear Bayer\u2019s challenge to a $1.25 million (\u20ac1.09mn) jury verdict reached in Missouri.\n\nThe Missouri court decided in late 2023 that Bayer should award damages to claimant John Durnell, who argued that his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was linked to Roundup exposure. Durnell\u2019s lawyers claimed that the company failed to warn consumers about the product\u2019s risks.\n\nBayer\u2019s appeal is based on the argument that federal law should take precedence over state law in these cases. Sauer urged the Supreme Court to iron out this ambiguity, adding that upholding the Missouri verdict would undermine the authority of the federal US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).\n\n\"EPA has repeatedly determined that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic in humans, and the agency has repeatedly approved Roundup labels that did not contain cancer warnings,\" Sauer said in the brief.\n\nThe Supreme Court had sought Sauer\u2019s advice on whether federal law should trump state law in June this year.\n\nIn a separate statement, Bayer\u2019s CEO Bill Anderson said: \u201cThe support of the US government is an important step and good news for US farmers, who need regulatory clarity.\u201d\n\nHe added: \u201cThe stakes could not be higher as the misapplication of federal law jeopardises the availability of innovative tools for farmers and investments in the broader US economy.\u201d\n\nThe Supreme Court is likely to make a formal decision on whether to review the case by January.\n\nBayer acquired Roundup when it took over agrochemical firm Monsanto in 2018. In 2022, it started to replace the home-use version of Roundup with a non-glyphosate formula, although the company has still paid more than $10 billion (\u20ac8.62bn) to cover verdicts and settlements related to the product.\n\nThe brief from Sauer also comes against the backdrop of the \"Make America Healthy Again\" (MAHA) movement, led by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\n\nThe controversial strategy, which often flies in the face of scientific advice, is based on the premise that the US is gripped by a health epidemic \u2014 partially linked to the poor decisions of public-health institutions, corruption within the pharma industry, and over-medicalisation.\n\nAlthough US President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged on the campaign trail to reduce the use of dangerous pesticides, the EPA is actually accelerating pesticide approvals, creating tensions within the MAHA camp.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Shares in Bayer rose over 9% during Tuesday morning trading in Frankfurt after a show of support from the US government.<\/p>\n<p>Amid years of legal battles regarding product safety, the Trump administration urged the US Supreme Court to review a Bayer appeal concerning its Roundup weedkiller.<\/p>\n<p>The German firm is currently trying to quash around 67,000 lawsuits in the US based on the claim that the weedkiller causes cancer \u2014 a claim Bayer denies. The product contains glyphosate, an ingredient deemed \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans\u201d by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.<\/p>\n<p>US Solicitor General D. John Sauer, a government lawyer, said in a brief on Monday that the Supreme Court should agree to hear Bayer\u2019s challenge to a $1.25 million (\u20ac1.09mn) jury verdict reached in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri court decided in late 2023 that Bayer should award damages to claimant John Durnell, who argued that his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was linked to Roundup exposure. Durnell\u2019s lawyers claimed that the company failed to warn consumers about the product\u2019s risks.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer\u2019s appeal is based on the argument that federal law should take precedence over state law in these cases. Sauer urged the Supreme Court to iron out this ambiguity, adding that upholding the Missouri verdict would undermine the authority of the federal US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//24//pharma-market-shake-up-bayer-jumps-novo-nordisk-sinks-10/">Pharma market shake-up: Bayer jumps, Novo Nordisk sinks 10%<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//03//24//bayer-ordered-to-pay-19-billion-by-us-court-in-roundup-cancer-case/">Bayer ordered to pay \u20ac1.9 billion by US court in Roundup cancer case<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"EPA has repeatedly determined that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic in humans, and the agency has repeatedly approved Roundup labels that did not contain cancer warnings,\" Sauer said in the brief.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had sought Sauer\u2019s advice on whether federal law should trump state law in June this year.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Bayer\u2019s CEO Bill Anderson said: \u201cThe support of the US government is an important step and good news for US farmers, who need regulatory clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe stakes could not be higher as the misapplication of federal law jeopardises the availability of innovative tools for farmers and investments in the broader US economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is likely to make a formal decision on whether to review the case by January.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer acquired Roundup when it took over agrochemical firm Monsanto in 2018. In 2022, it started to replace the home-use version of Roundup with a non-glyphosate formula, although the company has still paid more than $10 billion (\u20ac8.62bn) to cover verdicts and settlements related to the product.<\/p>\n<p>The brief from Sauer also comes against the backdrop of the \"Make America Healthy Again\" (MAHA) movement, led by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial strategy, which often flies in the face of scientific advice, is based on the premise that the US is gripped by a health epidemic \u2014 partially linked to the poor decisions of public-health institutions, corruption within the pharma industry, and over-medicalisation.<\/p>\n<p>Although US President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged on the campaign trail to reduce the use of dangerous pesticides, the EPA is actually accelerating pesticide approvals, creating tensions within the MAHA camp.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764670369,"updatedAt":1764673509,"publishedAt":1764672473,"firstPublishedAt":1764672473,"lastPublishedAt":1764672473,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/86\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_745c913b-80ad-5764-afe1-45542f6c9baa-9568638.jpg","altText":"FILE. Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. 24. Feb 2019.","caption":"FILE. Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco. 24. 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","leadin":"Venezuela asked OPEC+ for support after accusing the United States of \"direct aggression\" that, according to Caracas, seeks to destabilise its oil production and jeopardise the stability of the world market.","summary":"Venezuela asked OPEC+ for support after accusing the United States of \"direct aggression\" that, according to Caracas, seeks to destabilise its oil production and jeopardise the stability of the world market.","keySentence":"","url":"venezuela-asks-opec-for-support-accusing-the-us-of-wanting-to-take-over-its-oil-resources","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/01\/venezuela-asks-opec-for-support-accusing-the-us-of-wanting-to-take-over-its-oil-resources","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday requested assistance from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) in combating what he called the US \"direct aggression,\" which jeopardises Caracas' oil output and the stability of global markets.\n\nMaduro's call for help came in a letter to OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais and member nations, which Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil published on Telegram.\n\nAccording to Caracas, the increase in US military operations in the Caribbean constitutes a \"violation of international law\" and threatens global energy stability.\n\nThe government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro maintains that the US actions seek to \"destabilise\" the country and affect its export capacity, the letter said, calling on OPEC+ members to show solidarity in the face of what it considers an escalation that, if prolonged, could \"seriously endanger the stability of Venezuelan oil production and the world market.\"\n\nMaduro vowed Venezuela will \"remain firm\" in protecting its natural energy resources.\n\nFlight suspension leaves thousands of passengers in limbo\n\nThe Venezuelan letter came during the second OPEC+ ministerial conference amid US bombings against ships in the Caribbean and a massive military deployment a few kilometres from his shores.\n\nThe letter, which called for political and diplomatic support from the producers' group, followed the US's order to close the airspace over Venezuela and the surrounding areas, a move that forced international airlines to suspend flights, cancel commercial routes, and left thousands of passengers in limbo.\n\nCaracas responded by activating an emergency plan to facilitate the return of citizens stranded abroad and accused Washington of creating a de facto blockade.\n\nSeveral Latin American governments, including Colombia's, led by Gustavo Petro, have expressed concern about the escalation and recommended resorting to international mediation to prevent further deterioration of the situation.\n\nAnalysts warn that if the tension continues, Venezuela could face an aggravated humanitarian crisis and the world oil market a new wave of volatility.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday requested assistance from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) in combating what he called the US \"direct aggression,\" which jeopardises Caracas' oil output and the stability of global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro's call for help came in a letter to OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais and member nations, which Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil published on Telegram. <\/p>\n<p>According to Caracas, the increase in US military operations in the Caribbean constitutes a \"violation of international law\" and threatens global energy stability.<\/p>\n<p>The government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro maintains that the US actions seek to \"destabilise\" the country and affect its export capacity, the letter said, calling on OPEC+ members to show solidarity in the face of what it considers an escalation that, if prolonged, could \"seriously endanger the stability of Venezuelan oil production and the world market.\"<\/p>\n<p>Maduro vowed Venezuela will \"remain firm\" in protecting its natural energy resources.<\/p>\n<h2>Flight suspension leaves thousands of passengers in limbo<\/h2>\n<p>The Venezuelan letter came during the second OPEC+ ministerial conference amid US bombings against ships in the Caribbean and a massive military deployment a few kilometres from his shores.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, which called for political and diplomatic support from the producers' group, followed the US's order to close the airspace over Venezuela and the surrounding areas, a move that forced international airlines to suspend flights, cancel commercial routes, and left thousands of passengers in limbo. <\/p>\n<p>Caracas responded by activating an emergency plan to facilitate the return of citizens stranded abroad and accused Washington of creating a de facto blockade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n 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The plan initially imposed limits on the size of Ukraine's military, blocked the country from joining NATO and required Ukraine to hold elections in 100 days.\n\nAccording to local media, the diplomats discussed election timelines and the possibility to exchange territories. However, no further details were provided.\n\nUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters the session had been productive but that a lot of work remains to be done to reach a peace deal.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not just about the terms that ends fighting,\u201d Rubio said, \u201cIt\u2019s about also the terms that set up Ukraine for long-term prosperity.\"\n\nThe Secretary of State said he believed the discussions built on that on Sunday, but acknowledged \"there\u2019s more work to be done\".\n\nThe head of Ukraine\u2019s security council, Rustem Umerov, expressed his country's appreciation for efforts made by the United States, \u201cUS is hearing us, US is supporting us. US is working beside us,\" Umerov said.\n\nHis notable message seems geared towards US President Donald Trump, who accused Ukraine of not showing enough gratitude earlier in the year during an Oval Office spat with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.\n\nUmerov has previously said he has been in constant contact with Zelenskyy, and that negotiators aimed at working to secure long-term security guarantees for Ukraine.\n\n\u201cOur objective is a prosperous, strong Ukraine,\u201d Umerov told reporters after the meeting, \u201cWe discussed all the matters that are important for Ukraine, for Ukrainian people, and US was super supportive\".\n\nThe talks with the US come at a critical time for Ukraine, as it continues to pushback Russian forces while Kyiv is simultaneously dealing with a domestic corruption scandal.\n\nWhile Umerov has been involved in ongoing talks, Ukraine's head negotiator had been Andrii Yermak until now. However, on Friday, Zelenskyy announced the resignation of the powerful chief of staff after his home was searched by anti-corruption investigators.\n\nLater this week, Rubio and perhaps Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to meet with Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>After four hours, US and Ukrainian officials emerged from a meeting room, in which they discussed the US-authored peace deal with Russia and sought to revise some aspects of it. <\/p>\n<p>When it first came out, the 28-point plan had been criticised for being too weighted towards Russian demands. The plan initially imposed limits on the size of Ukraine's military, blocked the country from joining NATO and required Ukraine to hold elections in 100 days. <\/p>\n<p>According to local media, the diplomats discussed election timelines and the possibility to exchange territories. However, no further details were provided. <\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters the session had been productive but that a lot of work remains to be done to reach a peace deal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just about the terms that ends fighting,\u201d Rubio said, \u201cIt\u2019s about also the terms that set up Ukraine for long-term prosperity.\" <\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State said he believed the discussions built on that on Sunday, but acknowledged \"there\u2019s more work to be done\". <\/p>\n<p>The head of Ukraine\u2019s security council, Rustem Umerov, expressed his country's appreciation for efforts made by the United States, \u201cUS is hearing us, US is supporting us. US is working beside us,\" Umerov said.<\/p>\n<p>His notable message seems geared towards US President Donald Trump, who accused Ukraine of not showing enough gratitude earlier in the year during an Oval Office spat with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>Umerov has previously said he has been in constant contact with Zelenskyy, and that negotiators aimed at working to secure long-term security guarantees for Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur objective is a prosperous, strong Ukraine,\u201d Umerov told reporters after the meeting, \u201cWe discussed all the matters that are important for Ukraine, for Ukrainian people, and US was super supportive\".<\/p>\n<p>The talks with the US come at a critical time for Ukraine, as it continues to pushback Russian forces while Kyiv is simultaneously dealing with a domestic corruption scandal.<\/p>\n<p>While Umerov has been involved in ongoing talks, Ukraine's head negotiator had been Andrii Yermak until now. However, on Friday, Zelenskyy announced the resignation of the powerful chief of staff after his home was searched by anti-corruption investigators. <\/p>\n<p>Later this week, Rubio and perhaps Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to meet with Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764497472,"updatedAt":1764535257,"publishedAt":1764535228,"firstPublishedAt":1764535228,"lastPublishedAt":1764535228,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/65\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_315e023c-17c9-5fcd-be08-6f46635144f0-9566560.jpg","altText":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. ","caption":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. 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Critics say clothes aren\u2019t the problem","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US wardrobe warning falls flat as flyers slam air travel realities","titleListing2":"US transport chief urges passengers to \u2018dress with respect\u2019. Critics say clothes aren\u2019t the problem","leadin":"Transport Secretary Sean Duffy\u2019s video campaign romanticises an era that never truly existed, critics say.","summary":"Transport Secretary Sean Duffy\u2019s video campaign romanticises an era that never truly existed, critics say.","keySentence":"","url":"us-transport-chief-urges-passengers-to-dress-with-respect-critics-say-clothes-arent-the-pr","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/11\/30\/us-transport-chief-urges-passengers-to-dress-with-respect-critics-say-clothes-arent-the-pr","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Americans to button up and look sharp when they fly. The reaction to his request has been swift \u2013 and mostly sceptical.\n\nAhead of what the Federal Aviation Administration said would be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in 15 years, Duffy launched a new campaign called \u2018The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You\u2019.\n\nThe Department of Travel video splices together clips of orderly terminals in the 1950s and 60s with recent footage of passengers fighting, stretching bare feet into aisles and arguing with cabin crew.\n\n\u201cManners don\u2019t stop at the gate,\u201d Duffy says in it. \u201cAre you dressing with respect?\u201d\n\nSpeaking at Newark Airport, he took his wardrobe crusade further. \u201cLet\u2019s try not to wear slippers and pyjamas as we come to the airport,\u201d he said.\n\nTravellers say the campaign misses the point\n\nThe push has ignited a backlash across social media.\n\nMany travellers chimed in to say that air travel feels more stressful, not less, and that Duffy should focus his attention on crowds, costs, delays and security checks.\n\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t the 50s when it was actually very pleasant to fly. Now we are squeezed in like cattle and it\u2019s almost as bad as taking the bus,\u201d wrote Bluesky user Terri De.\n\n\u201cAs long as there\u2019s a reasonable chance I\u2019m sleeping on the airport floor because of flight delays, I\u2019ll wear whatever I want,\u201d added another Bluesky user.\n\nUnruly incidents are rising, but comparisons are tricky\n\nThe DOT says its campaign aims to reduce violence and disruptive behaviour in terminals and on aircraft. It has recorded 13,800 unruly passenger incidents since 2021, and one in five flight attendants have reported physical confrontations.\n\nGlobally, such incidents are on the rise.\n\nThe latest IATA figures, citing data from more than 60 airlines around the world, show that there was an incident for every 395 flights in 2024.\n\nBut aviation historians say these numbers need context.\n\nIn the 1950s, plane cabins permitted smoking, hijackings occurred more frequently than today, and flight attendants faced strict, appearance-based employment rules.\u00a0\n\nFares were also higher then, which meant fewer people were able to fly.\u00a0\n\nBut air disasters were far more common. According to Airbus data, the rate of fatal accidents per year has dropped from 10 per million flights in 1961 to almost zero today.\n\nTaken together, the so-called golden age of travel may not be as grand as Duffy is viewing it in retrospect.\n\nCalls for formal dress just as airlines go more casual\n\nDuffy\u2019s appeal also comes at a time when many airlines are relaxing uniform standards.\n\nIn Australia, low-cost carrier Bonza scrapped formal uniforms entirely in 2022. Its cabin crew and pilots can wear Bonza-branded T-shirts, shorts and dresses. They can also have visible tattoos, and make-up is optional. Former chief commercial officer Carly Povey said the goal was to create something \u201cfun, vibrant and reflective of the \u2018now\u2019.\u201d\n\nIn the US, Alaska Airlines overhauled its appearance code in 2022, ditching its rigid male and female looks. The airline created gender-neutral options for all staff and began allowing makeup, nail polish, two earrings per ear and nose piercings.\n\nUnited Airlines permits some visible tattoos and long hair for all genders, while Virgin Atlantic dropped makeup mandates for female crew in 2019 and relaxed its tattoo rules in 2022.\n\nIn the Maldives, the casual approach goes a step further. On Trans Maldivian Airways, pilots sometimes fly barefoot or in flip-flops.\n\nA call for civility or a misread of what\u2019s gone wrong?\n\nFor all the debate, Duffy\u2019s appeal has found some supporters. \u201cAs long as you\u2019re covered I don\u2019t care what you wear. More politeness I can get behind,\u201d wrote one Reddit user.\n\nAnd aviation experts agree that a baseline of courtesy \u2013 both toward cabin crew and fellow passengers \u2013 makes travel safer and more bearable.\n\nBut many critics say the secretary\u2019s message overlooks the structural pressures shaping modern flying: crowded cabins, stretched crews, ultra-low-cost pricing models and airports operating near capacity. Not to mention a lack of alternatives to flying.\n\n\u201cAir travel at one time was an enjoyable experience. Today, not so much. Airlines treat passengers like a commodity,\u201d wrote another Reddit user.\n\n\u201cBest way to fix air travel is to expand and develop our domestic railroad network so people have alternate options other than taking short domestic flights.\u201d\n\nWhether passengers turn up in pyjamas, jeans or tuxedos, few doubt that stress, not sweatpants, is what fuels most airborne flare-ups.\n\nAnd without improvements to the issues underpinning it, critics say the DOT\u2019s campaign risks sounding like a dress-code debate in an era defined by everything but decorum.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants Americans to button up and look sharp when they fly. The reaction to his request has been swift \u2013 and mostly sceptical.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of what the Federal Aviation Administration said would be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in 15 years, Duffy launched a new campaign called \u2018The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Travel video splices together clips of orderly terminals in the 1950s and 60s with recent footage of passengers fighting, stretching bare feet into aisles and arguing with cabin crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManners don\u2019t stop at the gate,\u201d Duffy says in it. \u201cAre you dressing with respect?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Newark Airport, he took his wardrobe crusade further. \u201cLet\u2019s try not to wear slippers and pyjamas as we come to the airport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Travellers say the campaign misses the point<\/h2>\n<p>The push has ignited a backlash across social media.<\/p>\n<p>Many travellers chimed in to say that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//29//this-german-airline-has-been-named-europes-leading-airline-for-the-second-year-in-a-row/">air travel<\/strong><\/a> feels more stressful, not less, and that Duffy should focus his attention on crowds, costs, delays and security checks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//04//22//tourism-boycott-europe-travel-to-us-drops-in-wake-of-trump-presidency/">Tourism boycott? Europe travel to US drops in wake of Trump presidency<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//09//03//rising-visa-costs-risk-accelerating-us-travel-decline-as-new-fee-comes-into-effect/">Rising visa costs risk accelerating US travel decline as new fee comes into effect<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t the 50s when it was actually very pleasant to fly. Now we are squeezed in like cattle and it\u2019s almost as bad as taking the bus,\u201d wrote Bluesky user Terri De.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as there\u2019s a reasonable chance I\u2019m sleeping on the airport floor because of flight delays, I\u2019ll wear whatever I want,\u201d added another Bluesky user.<\/p>\n<h2>Unruly incidents are rising, but comparisons are tricky<\/h2>\n<p>The DOT says its campaign aims to reduce violence and disruptive behaviour in terminals and on aircraft. It has recorded 13,800 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//19//travel-bans-and-20000-fines-how-france-is-cracking-down-on-disruptive-air-passengers/">unruly passenger<\/strong><\/a> incidents since 2021, and one in five flight attendants have reported physical confrontations.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, such incidents are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>The latest IATA figures, citing data from more than 60 airlines around the world, show that there was an incident for every 395 flights in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But aviation historians say these numbers need context.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s, plane cabins permitted smoking, hijackings occurred more frequently than today, and flight attendants faced strict, appearance-based employment rules. <\/p>\n<p>Fares were also higher then, which meant fewer people were able to fly. <\/p>\n<p>But air disasters were far more common. According to Airbus data, the rate of fatal accidents per year has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//01//18//worried-about-flying-these-airlines-have-been-ranked-the-safest-in-europe-for-2025/">dropped from 10 per million flights in 1961 to almost zero today.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, the so-called golden age of travel may not be as grand as Duffy is viewing it in retrospect.<\/p>\n<h2>Calls for formal dress just as airlines go more casual<\/h2>\n<p>Duffy\u2019s appeal also comes at a time when many airlines are relaxing uniform standards.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//09//28//would-you-pay-for-an-empty-seat-this-airline-will-let-you-bid-for-elbow-room-in-economy/">Australia, low-cost carrier Bonza scrapped formal uniforms entirely in 2022. Its cabin crew and pilots can wear Bonza-branded T-shirts, shorts and dresses. They can also have visible tattoos, and make-up is optional. Former chief commercial officer Carly Povey said the goal was to create something \u201cfun, vibrant and reflective of the \u2018now\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//27//venezuela-withdraws-operating-permits-for-six-airlines-after-ultimatum-over-suspended-flig/">Venezuela withdraws operating permits for six airlines after ultimatum over suspended flights<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//25//this-japanese-airline-is-offering-free-domestic-flights-for-uk-and-european-travellers/">This Japanese airline is offering free domestic flights for UK and European travellers<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In the US, Alaska Airlines overhauled its appearance code in 2022, ditching its rigid male and female looks. The airline created gender-neutral options for all staff and began allowing makeup, nail polish, two earrings per ear and nose piercings.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines permits some visible tattoos and long hair for all genders, while Virgin Atlantic dropped makeup mandates for female crew in 2019 and relaxed its tattoo rules in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In the Maldives, the casual approach goes a step further. On Trans Maldivian Airways, pilots sometimes fly barefoot or in flip-flops.<\/p>\n<h2>A call for civility or a misread of what\u2019s gone wrong?<\/h2>\n<p>For all the debate, Duffy\u2019s appeal has found some supporters. \u201cAs long as you\u2019re covered I don\u2019t care what you wear. More politeness I can get behind,\u201d wrote one<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.reddit.com//r//politics//comments//1p5veka//sean_duffy_urges_americans_to_dress_better_and_be///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>Reddit<\/strong><\/a> user.<\/p>\n<p>And aviation experts agree that a baseline of courtesy \u2013 both toward cabin crew and fellow passengers \u2013 makes travel safer and more bearable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//13//flying-through-munich-this-winter-the-airports-christmas-market-is-worth-the-stopover/">Flying through Munich this winter? The airport\u2019s Christmas market is worth the stopover<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//06//16//is-flying-safe-experts-on-why-the-air-india-crash-shouldnt-make-you-scared-to-get-on-a-pla/">Is flying safe? Experts on why the Air India crash shouldn\u2019t make you scared to get on a plane<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>But many critics say the secretary\u2019s message overlooks the structural pressures shaping modern flying: crowded cabins, stretched crews, ultra-low-cost pricing models and airports operating near capacity. Not to mention a lack of alternatives to flying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir travel at one time was an enjoyable experience. Today, not so much. Airlines treat passengers like a commodity,\u201d wrote another<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.reddit.com//r//economy//comments//1p1jtzf//trumps_transportation_secretary_on_how_to_improve///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>Reddit<\/strong><\/a> user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest way to fix air travel is to expand and develop our domestic railroad network so people have alternate options other than taking short domestic flights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether passengers turn up in pyjamas, jeans or tuxedos, few doubt that stress, not sweatpants, is what fuels most airborne flare-ups.<\/p>\n<p>And without improvements to the issues underpinning it, critics say the DOT\u2019s campaign risks sounding like a dress-code debate in an era defined by everything but decorum.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764340138,"updatedAt":1764486141,"publishedAt":1764486138,"firstPublishedAt":1764486138,"lastPublishedAt":1764486140,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/54\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_96aacd3a-2f5f-5aa6-abf0-875f08ebd7f9-9565450.jpg","altText":"US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has called for more 'civility' in air travel","caption":"US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has called for more 'civility' in air travel","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"US Department of Transport\/Youtube","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":938}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3274,"urlSafeValue":"sauers","title":"Craig 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ASYLUM SUSPENDED","daletPyramidId":3454376,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US halts all asylum decisions days after National Guard shot dead near White House","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US halts all asylum decisions and pauses visas for Afghan nationals ","titleListing2":"US halts all asylum decisions days after National Guard shot dead near White House","leadin":"On top of the pause on all asylum decisions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said his department paused 'visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passport'.","summary":"On top of the pause on all asylum decisions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said his department paused 'visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passport'.","keySentence":"","url":"us-halts-all-asylum-decisions-days-after-national-guard-shot-dead-near-white-house","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/29\/us-halts-all-asylum-decisions-days-after-national-guard-shot-dead-near-white-house","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Trump administration has stopped all asylum decisions and paused the handling of visas for anyone travelling of an Afghan passport following the shooting of two national Guard members which left one dead, near the White House.\n\nInvestigators are still trying to determine a motive. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal a 29-year-old Afghan who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War, now faces charges including first-degree murder. He applied for asylum under the Biden administration and was granted it this year, according to a group helping Afghans who assisted US forces.\n\nThe Trump administration has used the shooting to promise stricter control of legal immigration, saying it will pause entry from some poor countries and review Afghans and other migrants already in the US.\n\nSpecialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after the Wednesday shooting, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, has been hospitalised in critical condition. They were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard as part of Trump\u2019s crime-fighting mission in the city.\n\nUS Attorney Jeanine Pirro\u2019s office said the charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal also include two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed and according to Pirro there are \u201cmany charges to come.\u201d\n\nTrump halts asylum decisions\n\nTrump criticised the Biden administration for enabling entry by Afghans who worked with US forces and called the shooting a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d.\n\nJoseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said asylum decisions will be paused \u201cuntil we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.\u201d\n\nSecretary of State Marco Rubio said his department paused \u201cvisa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passports.\u201d\n\nShawn VanDiver, president of the San Diego group #AfghanEvac, said: \u201cThey are using a single violent individual as cover for a policy they have long planned, turning their own intelligence failures into an excuse to punish an entire community and the veterans who served alongside them.\u201d\n\nOfficials said Lakanwal entered the US in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden administration programme that resettled Afghans after the US withdrawal. He applied for asylum under Biden, but it was approved this year under the Trump administration, #AfghanEvac said in a statement.\n\nLakanwal served in a CIA-backed Afghan Army unit, known as one of the special Zero Units, in Kandahar province, according to a relative from Khost who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Trump administration has stopped all asylum decisions and paused the handling of visas for anyone travelling of an Afghan passport following the shooting of two national Guard members which left one dead, near the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators are still trying to determine a motive. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal a 29-year-old Afghan who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War, now faces charges including first-degree murder. He applied for asylum under the Biden administration and was granted it this year, according to a group helping Afghans who assisted US forces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//27//afghan-national-charged-over-attack-on-national-guard-members-in-washington/">Afghan national charged over attack on National Guard members in Washington<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Trump administration has used the shooting to promise stricter control of legal immigration, saying it will pause entry from some poor countries and review Afghans and other migrants already in the US. <\/p>\n<p>Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after the Wednesday shooting, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, has been hospitalised in critical condition. They were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard as part of Trump\u2019s crime-fighting mission in the city.<\/p>\n<p>US Attorney Jeanine Pirro\u2019s office said the charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal also include two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed and according to Pirro there are \u201cmany charges to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trump halts asylum decisions<\/h2>\n<p>Trump criticised the Biden administration for enabling entry by Afghans who worked with US forces and called the shooting a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said asylum decisions will be paused \u201cuntil we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1994545007588774347\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio said his department paused \u201cvisa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shawn VanDiver, president of the San Diego group #AfghanEvac, said: \u201cThey are using a single violent individual as cover for a policy they have long planned, turning their own intelligence failures into an excuse to punish an entire community and the veterans who served alongside them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Lakanwal entered the US in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden administration programme that resettled Afghans after the US withdrawal. He applied for asylum under Biden, but it was approved this year under the Trump administration, #AfghanEvac said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Lakanwal served in a CIA-backed Afghan Army unit, known as one of the special Zero Units, in Kandahar province, according to a relative from Khost who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764407833,"updatedAt":1764411001,"publishedAt":1764410997,"firstPublishedAt":1764410997,"lastPublishedAt":1764410997,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/59\/87\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_547880ac-99fe-5357-9968-cbcac690c3a0-9565987.jpg","altText":"National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, 28, Nov 2025, in Washington.","caption":"National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Friday, 28, Nov 2025, in Washington.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rahmat Gul\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":696}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13878,"slug":"shooting","urlSafeValue":"shooting","title":"shooting","titleRaw":"shooting"},{"id":25494,"slug":"afghan-refugees","urlSafeValue":"afghan-refugees","title":"Afghan refugees","titleRaw":"Afghan refugees"},{"id":147,"slug":"immigration","urlSafeValue":"immigration","title":"Immigration","titleRaw":"Immigration"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2850211},{"id":2850128},{"id":2849907}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/29\/us-halts-all-asylum-decisions-days-after-national-guard-shot-dead-near-white-house","lastModified":1764410997},{"id":2850257,"cid":9564755,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Trump ground operations Venezuela - ES Team","daletPyramidId":3444026,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump hints at ground operations in Venezuela to combat drug trafficking","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump hints at ground action in Venezuela to combat drug trafficking","titleListing2":"Trump announces ground operations against Venezuelan drug traffickers after successes at sea","leadin":"Tensions with Venezuela further escalated earlier this week after Washington designated the so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organisation.","summary":"Tensions with Venezuela further escalated earlier this week after Washington designated the so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organisation.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-hints-at-ground-operations-in-venezuela-to-combat-drug-trafficking","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/28\/trump-hints-at-ground-operations-in-venezuela-to-combat-drug-trafficking","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President Donald Trump said during a Thanksgiving call on Thursday with military personnel that operations against drug trafficking in Venezuela might involve ground operations, though he provided no details about the plan or its execution.\n\nThe US president said there was an 85% reduction in drug trafficking in waters where more than 20 vessels have been destroyed since 1 September in both the Caribbean and Pacific.\n\n\"They've probably noticed that people don't want to deliver drugs by sea anymore, and we're going to start stopping them by land as well. By land is easier, and that's going to start very soon,\" Trump said from Florida.\n\nHe justified the military action by stating drug traffickers \"are sending their poison into the United States, where they kill thousands of people a year.\"\n\nThe United States deployed its largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, to the Caribbean on 16 November, accompanied by five destroyers and two missile cruisers.\n\nThe deployment represents the largest concentration of US warships in the Caribbean in decades.\n\nThe carrier strike group is conducting counter-narcotics operations as part of what the Trump administration has characterised as a crackdown on drug trafficking routes through the Caribbean.\n\nThe deployment also serves as a show of force in waters near Venezuela, where the US has accused Maduro's government of enabling drug cartels to operate with impunity.\n\nFurther escalation on the horizon?\n\nOn Monday, Washington designated the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organisation, linking it directly to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\n\nThe Cartel of the Suns, named after the sun insignia worn by Venezuelan generals, is an alleged drug trafficking network operating within Venezuela's military and government.\n\nUS authorities have long accused high-ranking Venezuelan officials of facilitating cocaine trafficking from South America through Venezuela to the US and Europe.\n\nThe terrorist designation allows Washington to impose additional sanctions and target the organisation's financial networks. The cartel's existence has been disputed.\n\nThe escalation comes amid deteriorating US-Venezuela relations following Venezuela's disputed July 2024 presidential election, which the United States and multiple Latin American countries refused to recognise as legitimate. Washington continues to recognise opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez as Venezuela's president-elect rather than Maduro.\n\nVenezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said authorities remain open to dialogue. Trump has expressed willingness to hold talks with Maduro to \"save many lives.\"\n\nMaduro ordered the air force on Thursday to be \"alert, ready and willing\" to defend the country, adding he was confident of victory should Venezuela become a \"republic in arms\".\n\nDuring a military event at the Maracay air base, troops conducted exercises intercepting mock invading aircraft and forces before state television cameras.\n\nVenezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez criticised \"genuflecting\" governments that \"lend themselves to the imperialist game, to militarise the Caribbean,\" without naming specific countries.\n\nCaracas blocks airlines\n\nThe tensions have triggered a crisis in Venezuela's air connectivity. On Wednesday, the Venezuelan government revoked flight concessions for Iberia, TAP, Turkish Airlines, Avianca, Latam Colombia and Gol, accusing them of \"joining the actions of terrorism\" promoted by the United States.\n\nMaiquetia International Airport operated on Thursday with only seven scheduled departures and seven arrivals. The International Air Transport Association urged Venezuela to \"reconsider\" the revocation.\n\nIberia confirmed it hopes to resume flights \"as soon as possible, as soon as full security conditions are in place.\"\n\nVenezuela did not specify which actions prompted the revocations, though the airlines are among the few remaining international carriers serving the country.\n\nThe move leaves Venezuela increasingly isolated from global air travel networks, with most international flights to Maiquetia already suspended in recent years due to economic sanctions and operational difficulties.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump said during a Thanksgiving call on Thursday with military personnel that operations against drug trafficking in Venezuela might involve ground operations, though he provided no details about the plan or its execution.<\/p>\n<p>The US president said there was an 85% reduction in drug trafficking in waters where more than 20 vessels have been destroyed since 1 September in both the Caribbean and Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\"They've probably noticed that people don't want to deliver drugs by sea anymore, and we're going to start stopping them by land as well. By land is easier, and that's going to start very soon,\" Trump said from Florida. <\/p>\n<p>He justified the military action by stating drug traffickers \"are sending their poison into the United States, where they kill thousands of people a year.\"<\/p>\n<p>The United States deployed its largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, to the Caribbean on 16 November, accompanied by five destroyers and two missile cruisers. <\/p>\n<p>The deployment represents the largest concentration of US warships in the Caribbean in decades. <\/p>\n<p>The carrier strike group is conducting counter-narcotics operations as part of what the Trump administration has characterised as a crackdown on drug trafficking routes through the Caribbean. <\/p>\n<p>The deployment also serves as a show of force in waters near Venezuela, where the US has accused Maduro's government of enabling drug cartels to operate with impunity.<\/p>\n<h2>Further escalation on the horizon?<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, Washington designated the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organisation, linking it directly to Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>The Cartel of the Suns, named after the sun insignia worn by Venezuelan generals, is an alleged drug trafficking network operating within Venezuela's military and government. <\/p>\n<p>US authorities have long accused high-ranking Venezuelan officials of facilitating cocaine trafficking from South America through Venezuela to the US and Europe. <\/p>\n<p>The terrorist designation allows Washington to impose additional sanctions and target the organisation's financial networks. The cartel's existence has been disputed.<\/p>\n<p>The escalation comes amid deteriorating US-Venezuela relations following Venezuela's disputed July 2024 presidential election, which the United States and multiple Latin American countries refused to recognise as legitimate. Washington continues to recognise opposition leader Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez as Venezuela's president-elect rather than Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said authorities remain open to dialogue. Trump has expressed willingness to hold talks with Maduro to \"save many lives.\"<\/p>\n<p>Maduro ordered the air force on Thursday to be \"alert, ready and willing\" to defend the country, adding he was confident of victory should Venezuela become a \"republic in arms\". <\/p>\n<p>During a military event at the Maracay air base, troops conducted exercises intercepting mock invading aircraft and forces before state television cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez criticised \"genuflecting\" governments that \"lend themselves to the imperialist game, to militarise the Caribbean,\" without naming specific countries.<\/p>\n<h2>Caracas blocks airlines<\/h2>\n<p>The tensions have triggered a crisis in Venezuela's air connectivity. On Wednesday, the Venezuelan government revoked flight concessions for Iberia, TAP, Turkish Airlines, Avianca, Latam Colombia and Gol, accusing them of \"joining the actions of terrorism\" promoted by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Maiquetia International Airport operated on Thursday with only seven scheduled departures and seven arrivals. The International Air Transport Association urged Venezuela to \"reconsider\" the revocation.<\/p>\n<p>Iberia confirmed it hopes to resume flights \"as soon as possible, as soon as full security conditions are in place.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//27//venezuela-withdraws-operating-permits-for-six-airlines-after-ultimatum-over-suspended-flig/">Venezuela withdraws operating permits for six airlines after ultimatum over suspended flights<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//11//25//travellers-stranded-in-venezuela-as-airlines-halt-flights-amid-security-warnings/">Travellers stranded in Venezuela as airlines halt flights amid security warnings<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Venezuela did not specify which actions prompted the revocations, though the airlines are among the few remaining international carriers serving the country. <\/p>\n<p>The move leaves Venezuela increasingly isolated from global air travel networks, with most international flights to Maiquetia already suspended in recent years due to economic sanctions and operational difficulties.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764313491,"updatedAt":1764343465,"publishedAt":1764324137,"firstPublishedAt":1764324137,"lastPublishedAt":1764324137,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/47\/55\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c11a7c69-00eb-54b4-a463-58ae795a4adb-9564755.jpg","altText":"FILE: A US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter fires rocket during a combined live fire drill at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, 30 October 2024. 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But the emotional effects didn\u2019t continue after the study ended.\u00a0\n\nThe researchers wrote that their study was only accessible to those logged in to X on a browser, not an app, which could limit the effects.\u00a0\n\nTheir study also did not measure the long-term impact that seeing less polarising content could have on X users.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Researchers in the United States have developed a new tool that allows independent scientists to study how social media algorithms affect users\u2014without needing permission from the platforms themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The findings suggest that platforms could reduce political polarisation by down-ranking hostile content in their algorithms. <\/p>\n<p>The tool, a browser <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.eurekalert.org//news-releases//1107318/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>extension<\/strong><\/a> powered by artificial intelligence (AI), scans posts on X, formerly Twitter, for any themes of anti-democratic and extremely negative partisan views, such as posts that could call for violence or jailing supporters of an opposing party. <\/p>\n<p>It then re-orders posts on the X feed in a \u201cmatter of seconds,\u201d the study showed, so the polarising content was nearer to the bottom of a user\u2019s feed. <\/p>\n<p>The team of researchers from Stanford University, the University of Washington, and Northeastern University then tested the browser extension on the X feeds of over 1,200 participants who consented to having them modified for 10 days in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//25//xs-new-location-feature-exposes-far-right-european-accounts-based-in-asia-australia/">X's new location feature exposes far-right European accounts based in Asia or Australia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Some of the participants used the browser extension that showed more divisive content, and the rest used the one that demoted it to a lower position on the feed. 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She\u2019s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her.\u201d\n\nThe president called Beckstrom an \u201cincredible person, outstanding in every single way.\u201d The White House said he spoke to her parents after his remarks.\n\nTrump noted that the second National Guardsman, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, was still hospitalised and is \u201cfighting for his life\u201d after also sustaining critical wounds.\n\nTrump used the announcement to label the shooting as a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d and criticised the Biden administration for enabling Afghans who worked with US forces during the Afghanistan War to enter the country.\n\nTrump held a print-out of a photo of Afghan evacuees sitting on the floor of a military plane during the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 during his remarks. He suggested that the shooter was mentally unstable after the war and departure from Afghanistan.\n\nHe slammed the suspect charged with the shooting, calling him a \u201csavage monster\u201d. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was apprehended by police and National Guard members during the shooting, has been charged with assault, but authorities noted that charges would be upgraded if one of the National Guard troops died.\n\nThe 29-year-old Afghan national worked in a special CIA-backed Afghan Army unit before emigrating from Afghanistan during Washington\u2019s two-decade presence there, according to two sources who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.\n\nTrump blamed the asylum process in which Afghans who worked with US forces arrived by plane for being ineffective and failing to ensure people were properly vetted.\n\n\u201cWe have no greater national security priority than ensuring that we have full control over the people that enter and remain in our country,\" Trump said. \"For the most part, we don\u2019t want them.\u201d\n\nJeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said that the suspect launched an \u201cambush-style\u201d attack with a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver handgun. Pirro declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon\u2019s brazen act of violence which occurred just blocks from the White House.\n\nThe rare shooting of National Guard members on US soil comes amid court fights and a broader public policy debate about the Trump administration\u2019s use of the military to combat what officials cast as an out-of-control crime problem.\n\nThe US president has deployed National Guard members in part to assist in his administration\u2019s mass deportation efforts.\n\nTrump issued an emergency order in August that federalised the Washington DC police force and sent in National Guard troops from multiple states.\n\nThe order expired in September, but the troops have remained in the city, where nearly 2,200 troops currently are assigned, according to the government\u2019s latest update.\n\nFollowing Wednesday evening\u2019s shooting, Trump, in a video address, announced that he had ordered Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy an additional 500 National Guardsmen to ramp up security in the US capital.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump says one of the two West Virginia National Guard troops shot by an Afghan national late on Wednesday evening near the White House has died.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a thanksgiving call with US troops, Trump announced that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who was only 20-years-old, had died in hospitals from injuries sustained in the shooting incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s just passed away,\u201d Trump said. \u201cShe\u2019s no longer with us. She\u2019s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president called Beckstrom an \u201cincredible person, outstanding in every single way.\u201d The White House said he spoke to her parents after his remarks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.49875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//45//34//808x1206_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg/" alt=\"This photo provided by the US Attorney&#x27;s Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, shows National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/384x576_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/640x959_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/750x1124_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/828x1241_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1080x1619_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1200x1799_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1920x2878_cmsv2_be2f9f43-2366-5885-8e8b-7dccc345503d-9564534.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This photo provided by the US Attorney&#x27;s Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, shows National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Trump noted that the second National Guardsman, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, was still hospitalised and is \u201cfighting for his life\u201d after also sustaining critical wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Trump used the announcement to label the shooting as a \u201cterrorist attack\u201d and criticised the Biden administration for enabling Afghans who worked with US forces during the Afghanistan War to enter the country.<\/p>\n<p>Trump held a print-out of a photo of Afghan evacuees sitting on the floor of a military plane during the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 during his remarks. He suggested that the shooter was mentally unstable after the war and departure from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>He slammed the suspect charged with the shooting, calling him a \u201csavage monster\u201d. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who was apprehended by police and National Guard members during the shooting, has been charged with assault, but authorities noted that charges would be upgraded if one of the National Guard troops died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//45//34//808x539_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg/" alt=\"Trump holds up a photograph as he speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/640x427_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/828x552_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1080x720_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1200x800_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ad58c6ef-19d1-5ec4-9a9d-f18298f60d78-9564534.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Trump holds up a photograph as he speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The 29-year-old Afghan national worked in a special CIA-backed Afghan Army unit before emigrating from Afghanistan during Washington\u2019s two-decade presence there, according to two sources who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump blamed the asylum process in which Afghans who worked with US forces arrived by plane for being ineffective and failing to ensure people were properly vetted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no greater national security priority than ensuring that we have full control over the people that enter and remain in our country,\" Trump said. \"For the most part, we don\u2019t want them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said that the suspect launched an \u201cambush-style\u201d attack with a .357 Smith &amp; Wesson revolver handgun. Pirro declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon\u2019s brazen act of violence which occurred just blocks from the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.49875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//45//34//808x1206_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg/" alt=\"This photo provided by the US Attorney&#x27;s Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, show Rahmanullah Lakanwal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/384x576_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/640x959_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/750x1124_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/828x1241_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1080x1619_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1200x1799_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/45\/34\/1920x2878_cmsv2_ed447490-9c86-551b-b05e-3a486a414cd9-9564534.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">This photo provided by the US Attorney&#x27;s Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, show Rahmanullah Lakanwal<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The rare shooting of National Guard members on US soil comes amid court fights and a broader public policy debate about the Trump administration\u2019s use of the military to combat what officials cast as an out-of-control crime problem.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has deployed National Guard members in part to assist in his administration\u2019s mass deportation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued an emergency order in August that federalised the Washington DC police force and sent in National Guard troops from multiple states.<\/p>\n<p>The order expired in September, but the troops have remained in the city, where nearly 2,200 troops currently are assigned, according to the government\u2019s latest update.<\/p>\n<p>Following Wednesday evening\u2019s shooting, Trump, in a video address, announced that he had ordered Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy an additional 500 National Guardsmen to ramp up security in the US capital.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764301320,"updatedAt":1764314877,"publishedAt":1764304256,"firstPublishedAt":1764304256,"lastPublishedAt":1764304256,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alex Brandon\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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SHOOTING LATEST","daletPyramidId":3438836,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Afghan national charged over attack on National Guard members in Washington","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Afghan national charged over attack on US National Guard in Washington","titleListing2":"Afghan national charged over attack on National Guard members in Washington","leadin":"Two West Virginia National Guard members were ambushed and critically wounded near the White House. Authorities have charged an Afghan national in the attack.","summary":"Two West Virginia National Guard members were ambushed and critically wounded near the White House. Authorities have charged an Afghan national in the attack.","keySentence":"","url":"afghan-national-charged-over-attack-on-national-guard-members-in-washington","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/27\/afghan-national-charged-over-attack-on-national-guard-members-in-washington","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and critically wounded in an ambush attack near the White House on Wednesday, with authorities charging an Afghan national who allegedly drove across the United States to carry out the assault.\n\nUS Attorney for the District of Columbia identified the victims as Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, who remain in hospital in critical condition following the Wednesday afternoon shooting.\n\nRahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was taken into custody and also suffered gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening. Authorities have not yet determined a motive.\n\nProsecutors said charges were pending and could be upgraded depending on the victims' condition.\n\nFBI Director Kash Patel said investigators are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism and have launched what he called a \"coast-to-coast investigation\" involving multiple search warrants.\n\nVictims just sworn in\n\nThe two guard members had been sworn in less than 24 hours before the attack occurred near the Farragut West metro station, approximately two blocks northwest of the White House.\n\nAccording to authorities in Washington, video footage from the crime scene shows the assailant came around a corner and immediately opened fire on the troops.\n\nOther National Guard members in the area responded to the gunfire and subdued the gunman after he was shot, Carroll said. At least one guard member returned fire, according to law enforcement officials. Authorities said they have no other suspects.\n\nWashington Mayor Muriel Bowser characterised the incident as a targeted attack on the nation itself. \"Somebody drove across the country and came to Washington DC to attack America,\" she said. \"That person will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.\"\n\nThe Trump administration ordered 500 additional National Guard members to Washington following the shooting.\n\n'If they can't love our country, we don't want them'\n\nCIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement that prior to arriving in the United States, the suspect worked with the US government, including the CIA, as part of a partner force in Kandahar. The relationship ended shortly after the Afghanistan evacuation, Ratcliffe said, without specifying the suspect's exact role.\n\nKandahar, located in southern Afghanistan's Taliban heartland, saw intense fighting between Taliban and NATO forces following the 2001 US-led invasion after the September 11 attacks. The CIA employed Afghan staff for translation, administrative work and front-line operations alongside paramilitary officers.\n\nThe suspect had been living in Bellingham in Washington state, some 150 kilometres north of Seattle.\n\nUS President Donald Trump released a video message Wednesday night saying the suspect entered the country from Afghanistan and calling for the reinvestigation of Afghan refugees. \"If they can't love our country, we don't want them,\" Trump said, describing the shooting as \"a crime against our entire nation.\"\n\nThe shooting occurred the day before Thanksgiving and comes amid ongoing disputes over the Trump administration's deployment of military forces to address what officials describe as rising crime.\n\nSocial media footage from the scene showed first responders performing CPR on one guard member and treating another on a pavement covered in broken glass.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and critically wounded in an ambush attack near the White House on Wednesday, with authorities charging an Afghan national who allegedly drove across the United States to carry out the assault.<\/p>\n<p>US Attorney for the District of Columbia identified the victims as Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, who remain in hospital in critical condition following the Wednesday afternoon shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was taken into custody and also suffered gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening. Authorities have not yet determined a motive.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said charges were pending and could be upgraded depending on the victims' condition.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel said investigators are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism and have launched what he called a \"coast-to-coast investigation\" involving multiple search warrants.<\/p>\n<h2>Victims just sworn in<\/h2>\n<p>The two guard members had been sworn in less than 24 hours before the attack occurred near the Farragut West metro station, approximately two blocks northwest of the White House. <\/p>\n<p>According to authorities in Washington, video footage from the crime scene shows the assailant came around a corner and immediately opened fire on the troops.<\/p>\n<p>Other National Guard members in the area responded to the gunfire and subdued the gunman after he was shot, Carroll said. At least one guard member returned fire, according to law enforcement officials. Authorities said they have no other suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser characterised the incident as a targeted attack on the nation itself. \"Somebody drove across the country and came to Washington DC to attack America,\" she said. \"That person will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration ordered 500 additional National Guard members to Washington following the shooting.<\/p>\n<h2>'If they can't love our country, we don't want them'<\/h2>\n<p>CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement that prior to arriving in the United States, the suspect worked with the US government, including the CIA, as part of a partner force in Kandahar. The relationship ended shortly after the Afghanistan evacuation, Ratcliffe said, without specifying the suspect's exact role.<\/p>\n<p>Kandahar, located in southern Afghanistan's Taliban heartland, saw intense fighting between Taliban and NATO forces following the 2001 US-led invasion after the September 11 attacks. 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