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Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok

The U.S. and Canada this week issued orders to ban the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices, as privacy and cybersecurity concerns grow in the West over the short-video app

The Independent UK

The US is considering a nationwide TikTok ban over Chinese spying concerns. Could Australia follow suit?

Multiple governments have already pursued similar bans, citing espionage fears. Could Australia be next?

ABC News

European Parliament to ban TikTok from staff phones: EU official

The move comes a day after the US gave federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices.

Al Jazeera

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Ukraine's EU bid: 'What we've achieved in a year is unthinkable by normal standards'

Before February 24, 2022, few could have imagined that Ukraine would be awarded candidate status to join the EU in the space of just a few months. But the war on Ukraine has transformed the relationship between Kyiv and Brussels, evident not just in the various bilateral visits at the…

France 24

Alleged war crimes in Ukraine: Estonia's former FM calls for 'special tribunal'

Talking Europe hosts one the EU's most hawkish voices on Russia, Urmas Paet, who was Estonia’s foreign minister from 2005 to 2014. He is now an MEP and vice-president of the foreign affairs committee in the European Parliament. Paet outlines his hopes for a stronger EU defence capability and for…

France 24

EU: Freeing ex-senator can help Manila keep trade incentives

A group of European parliamentarians says the Philippines’ chances of retaining special trading incentives, including zero tariffs for a wide array of products, will be boosted if it decides to release a long-detained opposition leader and rejoin the International Criminal Court

The Independent UK

Top EU bodies, citing security, ban TikTok on staff phones

The European Union's two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’ data.

Reuters

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European Commission bans TikTok from work mobiles citing ‘cybersecurity concerns’

TikTok said the ban is ‘misguided’ and based on ‘misconceptions’

Evening Standard

Can a Transnational Legislative Alliance Challenge China?

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China aims to coordinate democratic countries’ responses to China. Political analysts, however, say there are limitations to the group’s ability to formulate concrete measures.

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War in Ukraine: How far should Europe's help go? (Part 2)

Ukraine is burning through ammunition faster than the West can resupply it. That was the stark backdrop to the meeting of the so-called Ramstein group of Ukraine’s allies in Brussels on February 14. The huge challenge for Kyiv is not just to secure weapons such as fighter jets, but to…

France 24

Facebook’s increasingly cloudy future in Europe

Europe is Meta’s second most valuable market, after North America. The possibility of its being forced to leave is not just hypothetical.

Fortune

EU Parliament votes to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2035

The European Parliament has given its’ green light to a plan to halt sales of petrol and diesel cars from 2035. It is a crucial part of the bloc's plan to become a "climate neutral" economy by 2050. Also in the show: US inflation remains hotter than expected, putting pressure…

France 24

Sales of new diesel and petrol cars will be phased out across Europe by 2035

SIMI Director General, Brian Cooke, says the new legislation will be a “huge challenge” for the motor industry

Dublin Live

EU Parliament Votes To Ban Sales Of New ICE-Powered Cars From 2035

The new law effectively makes it impossible for automakers to sell new internal combustion engine-powered cars and vans in the EU from 2035 onwards.

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EU to ban fossil fuel car sales by 2035, slash truck and bus emissions

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with a view to getting them off the continent's roads by mid-century.

Reuters

Belgium charges another EU lawmaker with corruption

Belgian prosecutors have charged another European Union lawmaker, Marc Tarabella, with corruption in a cash-for-influence scandal that shook the European Parliament, Belgium's daily Le Soir reported.

France 24

Iran's crackdown on protesters: Can the EU deter Tehran?

Iran has long been one of the world's most prolific executioners. But it seems to have taken the death penalty to a new level recently, with dozens of people executed in the last few weeks, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The UN has denounced what it calls…

The Independent UK

EU lawmaker held for questioning in corruption scandal

Belgium's federal prosecutor's office says an EU lawmaker linked to a corruption scandal that rocked the bloc’s Parliament in December has been detained for questioning as police conduct further raids

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Belgium detains two more EU lawmaker in graft investigation

Belgian prosecutors arrested one lawmaker and took another in for questioning on Friday in connection with a corruption scandal that has hit the European Parliament.

Wales Online

We'll train Ukrainian pilots as soon as humanly possible, says No 10 as Zelensky continues push for weapons

PM says offer of pilot training is first step, but Defence Secretary signals it might only happen after conflict ends

Evening Standard

Zelensky tells the European Parliament: Europe will always remain Europe as long as we stay together,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is wrapping up a whirlwind tour of his major European backers, seeking assurances that Ukraine could one day become part of the European Union.

Reuters

New EU sanctions will target Putin's propagandists, von der Leyen says

New European sanctions against Russia will include new export bans worth more than 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) and will take on Russian president Vladimir Putin's propagandists, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Thursday.

The Independent UK

UK aims to train Ukrainian pilots ‘as quickly as humanly possible’

The training is the ‘first step’ towards the potential supply of jets, Rishi Sunak said.

The Independent UK

Sunak: Ukraine pilot training is ‘first step’ towards potential supply of jets

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said UK support would make a ‘big difference in the struggle against Russian aggression’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Thanks EU for Help, Set to Press Leaders for Jets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked the European Union and its citizens on Thursday for the help Ukraine has been receiving to defend itself against the Russian invasion, before joining a summit of the bloc's leaders to ask for more weapons. Having won promises of Western battle tanks in recent weeks,…

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