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🇫🇷 "We undoubtedly failed this weekend." That's France's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, admitting the government got caught flat-footed by the riots and pointing to "flaws in the intelligence." Nonetheless, he's still standing by Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, the man in charge of the police. So who pays for that failure, the ministers or the shop owners left sweeping up the glass? Writer: Julie t.co/kyski1EPeB

🇮🇱🇬🇧 Netanyahu called it the “Islamic Republic of Britain” back in August. Now it’s just “Islamist Britain,” and this time he’s going after its speech police. “Look at what they do in Islamist Britain now. Do you know that 3,000 Brits have been brought to the dock, put on trial for tweeting this or that, and quite a few of them have gone to jail?” The label will make London fume, but the numbers back him up more than they’d like. UK police arrest around 12,000 people a year over online posts and messages, roughly 30 a DAY. Sources: The Times / Writer: Julie t.co/r7V7BxGhFH

🇺🇸🇵🇸 Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” tour has landed him in hot water again. Ed Sheeran’s tour dropped him, so Macklemore hit back with his own “Free Palestine” tour. Dublin, Paris, London, with proceeds going to 12 organizations supporting Palestinians. The problem? One of them is the Palestinian Youth Movement. A speaker from the group was heard celebrating the October 7 attacks, and a spokesperson for its UK branch reportedly called the hostage-taking “legitimate.” Now a UK Jewish group wants Live Nation to explain how the organizations were checked. And with this group on the list, his critics have plenty more to go after him for. Source: Fox News / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸🇩🇪🇷🇺 Rubio is reviving the viral clip of German diplomats smirking at Trump’s Russia warning, and this time he’s the one laughing. “President Trump, in his first term, said that the Germans had left themselves vulnerable to Russian energy as a tool of blackmail in case of conflict. And they laughed. They mocked him. Our media mocked the president for saying that, and our media celebrated European leaders who laughed at the president. Well, guess what? That’s exactly what happened.” Back at the UN in 2018, the German delegation was caught smirking as Trump warned them. By the time Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany was getting more than half its gas from Moscow. Who’s laughing now? Writer: Julie t.co/jMpV84QMNG t.co/BrKb48pfDv

🇺🇸🇸🇦 The engineer accused of bugging an OpenAI executive conference room was chatting with a Saudi royal on WhatsApp just 4 days before his arrest, prosecutors say. The royal kept trying to lure him to a Saudi AI project, at one point telling him, "Saudi needs you more than the U.S!" His reply: "100." The bug was allegedly tucked behind a TV in a room where OpenAI execs were meeting with government officials around the same time. Once he was arrested, his wife and 3-month-old son flew out of the U.S. business class, courtesy of a member of the Saudi military. Prosecutors don't claim the royal told him to plant anything, but they want him locked up without bail, saying he has the connections to flee. A judge decides today. Source: CNBC / Writer: Julie

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇸 Rubio says the Middle East’s problems basically come down to one thing: Iran’s clerics. “If there were no radical Shia clerics in Iran, if they didn’t exist, if that wasn’t there, none of these problems would exist. You may still have a Palestinian issue. I would argue that issue would be easier to deal with if Iran didn’t exist.” Maybe so, but the Palestinian issue had a 31-year head start before the clerics took power in 1979, and nobody managed to solve it then either. Writer: Julie t.co/vXa7nTlBgk

🇦🇱 Protests have spiraled out of control in Albania, with one police officer engulfed in FLAMES during anti-government chaos in the capital. The unrest is part of a growing movement demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation over corruption allegations, rising living costs, university expenses and limited job opportunities. Clashes have intensified since October 13, with government buildings and police facilities attacked and set ablaze. Authorities have arrested around 1,000 people so far. Writer: Mhedi t.co/mJCmWPKjG7

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Marco Rubio arguing that Europe's self-destructive energy policies set the groundwork for the Ukraine war: "Their dependence on Russian energy is one of the reasons why Putin went into Ukraine because he thought he could. Because he believed Europe wasn't going to do anything about it. So, I hope they've learned that lesson. It seems like they are now, but reversing 20 years of green hyperbole, neglecting domestic energy development, and overreliance on one energy source takes time." Writer: Mhedi t.co/k3Oa2mPNkP

Neuralink is becoming as much a part of patients' daily routine as getting out of bed. For people living with ALS, that means being able to control a computer through their thoughts throughout the day. Think about being able to send a message, browse the internet, or handle everyday tasks when your body can no longer do what you ask it to. An extension of the body. A lifeline that can give people back some independence. Millions of people will one day benefit from that same freedom. @Neuralink / Writer: Annette, Designer: Janné

Simpler times when we weren't all on the brink of WW3, civil war, or the next genetically engineered pandemic Writer: Ian t.co/c0k24AwWGZ

Europe may not have been able to stop its descent into chaos But at least they made sure we have to accept cookies on every single website we visit Writer: Ian t.co/KwZMk7ItDQ

I'd already have my bags packed if they found that in my ceiling Writer: Ian t.co/1j756wbNdb

🇺🇸 A small plane NOSEDIVED into the middle of a busy intersection in San Jose, California, narrowly missing cars and homes. The pilot reported engine trouble just minutes after taking off from nearby Reid-Hillview Airport on Saturday afternoon. The passengers, 2 adults and a child, were injured, and the FAA is now investigating. This could have ended a whole lot worse. Source: ABC7 News Bay Area / Writer: Julie t.co/HZLGZ6t37s

🇫🇷 This woman had to confront rioters to try and protect her store!! Macron's happy to tax people and give the money away to Ukraine But when it comes to fighting to protect French people, he doesn't give a fk Writer: Ian t.co/slb2WOKiz0

Starlink just picked up a pretty impressive second job. Helping cars navigate without GPS. Its thousands of satellites can provide positioning signals, while Tesla is developing ways to make vehicle location tracking even more precise. Very useful when GPS signals get weak, jammed or unreliable. Another way for a self-driving car to know exactly where it is. The more reliable that positioning becomes, the better equipped autonomous vehicles are to handle tricky conditions. Internet from space was already impressive. Now the satellites are helping with directions too. @Starlink @SpaceX @Tesla / Writer: Annette, Designer: Janné

🇫🇷 New exercise class: French Riot Edition Writer: Ian t.co/n6viWx3GQU

🇮🇳 Back pain? India has the SOLUTION Writer: Sol t.co/RNzk2Njv1B

🇺🇸 A truck carrying over 100 cows fell off a highway bridge in Kansas City and landed on a car. Dozens of cows died, and the rest ended up walking around the city streets in the middle of the night. Such a strange and sad sight. Writer: Daniyal t.co/PRuvJH34KM

Slovakia just gave Tesla FSD Supervised the green light. That's nine EU countries now. The rollout is coming soon, bringing Tesla's advanced driving assistance to more European roads. Think busy intersections, tricky turns, stop-and-go traffic and long drives, with the car helping handle the driving while you stay in control. Every new approval means more people get access to the technology and more real-world experience across different roads and driving conditions. Quite a nice collection of European driving experience building up here. @Tesla / Writer: Annette, Designer: Janné

Did the whole world agree to lose it at the same time??? France and Italy are burning, Albania is on day 6+ of clashes, and the list of countries joining in keeps getting longer. 8 countries, 11 seconds, 1 very angry planet. Writer: Julie t.co/P6Gfz6Ui2R

Was Zelensky suffering from a cold, or was something else going on here? 😳 Writer: Mhedi t.co/M610E8htE5

This is how they train for civil unrest in China Hey France, maybe you could learn a thing or two Writer: Ian t.co/HwkU3sOhvR

🚨BREAKING: 🇺🇸 National Guardsman and suspect both SHOT on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The shooting happened on 8th Street SE, in the Barracks Row area, with witnesses reporting multiple gunshots and a heavy police response. Preliminary reports say the Guardsman was hit in the right leg, while the suspect was shot in the abdomen. Neither man's condition has been released yet. It comes less than a year after 2 West Virginia Guardsmen were ambushed near the White House, leaving 1 of them dead. Sources: @DCPoliceDept, KMNONSCENE / Writer: Julie t.co/LWABwhHs5E

🇫🇷 He refused to let her get away with looting and took the clothes straight back into the store Amazing Writer: Ian t.co/27NU9G31MO

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Marco Rubio on pessimism that the Russian war can be settled with diplomacy: Reporter: "What evidence do you actually have that Putin is open to peace talks?" Rubio: "What evidence? This is not a criminal case. This is about diplomacy. In diplomacy, you continue to try. Sometimes these conflicts are complicated and deadlocked, in which neither side is making clear victories, but both sides are inflicting tremendous damage. We're just going to keep trying to the extent that we can." Writer: Mhedi t.co/MMbh7Y7JAe

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Whatever happened to ending the war in 24 hours? Rubio now says the roots of the Ukraine war are a tough nut to crack: “Underlying factors that led to the Ukraine War and have persisted are not easy ones to address. But we will continue to try.” Nearly 2 years into Trump’s term, and the plan has gone from 24 hours to “we will continue to try.” Writer: Julie t.co/ECxjRzATM5

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Marco Rubio on why sanctions on Russia have been suspended: "He once again reiterated why he has suspended the sanctions for 60 days. It's because he wants to see if there is an opportunity for the talks that are going on right now, with both Ukraine and Russia, to lead to something positive and avoid another year of war." Of course, it may also be that these sanctions are being suspended so that Trump's diesel deal with Russia could be completed. Writer: Mhedi t.co/hwReI8X0iH

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv last night JUST as the sirens went off. Last week's missing warnings were blamed on "bad weather." Now Rubio is blaming a SOFTWARE glitch, and he won't go near last night: "A few nights ago, there was a software problem involving Ukraine's early warning system. EUCOM is looking at it. I can't comment on what happened last night." Bad weather, buggy software... what's next, the satellite ate the homework? Sources: Kyiv Independent, Politico / Writer: Julie t.co/o4At1jqXaX

🇺🇸 Hackers could ALREADY BE INSIDE America's POWER GRID AND WATER SYSTEMS, just waiting to flip the switch. Hackers remotely turned supermarket refrigeration systems into ovens, pushing temperatures above 120°F and destroying millions of dollars worth of food. Now cybersecurity expert John Walsh is warning that America's water, electricity and food infrastructure could face similar attacks. Many facilities still rely on equipment that's 15 to 20 years old, running software that's difficult to update and increasingly exposed to the internet. And his biggest concern isn't hackers trying to break in tomorrow. They may already be inside, quietly learning how to shut everything down when the moment comes. Source: Fox News / Writer: Oliver