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BBC on Luzon Island as super typhoon hits Philippines
Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated.
The storm was upgraded to a super typhoon, with sustained winds around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230km/h (143mph).
The BBC's Jonathan Head is on Luzon Island, and says there is "debris flying everywhere" and "people are sheltering in any solid building they can find".
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How Europe sleepwalked into yet another energy crisis6 hours agoShareSaveKatya AdlerEurope EditorShareSaveBBCThe knock-on effects of the conflict now whipping through the Middle East are awakening ghosts of crises past that shook the European Union.
Seven months into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022, the President of the European Commission stood at her podium in the European Parliament and accused Russia of manipulating the EU's energy market.
“They prefer to flare the gas than to deliver it,” proclaimed Ursula von der Leyen, as spiralling energy prices hit consumers across the continent. “This market is not functioning anymore.”
“This is a war on our energy, a war on our economy, a war on our values and a war on our future,” she declared, insisting that Europe was already pivoting away from Russian gas and toward more dependable partners such as the US and Norway.
But fast forward four years and you find deep energy-linked frustration in the..
Leer en EspañolParis prosecutors have raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as part of a cyber crime investigation, it said on Tuesday.
The tech billionaire has also been summoned to a “voluntary” hearing in April, following a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms by X and its executives.
Investigators later widened the probe to include complaints over the site’s AI chatbot, Grok. They will look into the creation of child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes without people’s consent.
The investigation, which an EU commission spokesperson said is being discussed between Brussels and Paris, will see tensions rise between Europe and the US over Big Tech and free speech.
open image in galleryMusk has been summoned to a French court for a ‘voluntary interview’ as part of an investigation into X (AFP via Getty)“At this stage, the conduct of this investigation is part of a constructive approach, with the aim of ultimately e..
Donald Trump has issued a catalogue of threats against several countries after American troops captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
The US president has followed Mr Maduro’s shock arrest with threats against Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, Iran and Cuba.
Mr Maduro will appear in a New York court at 12pm ET (5pm GMT), where he faces charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. He faces decades to life in prison on each count if convicted.
As the fallout over Mr Maduro’s arrest continues, The Independent looks at every country Mr Trump has recently threatened, after his boast that “American dominance in the Western hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
VenezuelaFor months, the US has been striking what it describes as Venezuelan “drug boats”, which it claims are carrying narcotics to the US.
Since the first strike in September, Mr Trump has orde..