EU blocked Austria's draft ban on social media for children under 14 and postponed overlapping national laws for 12 months.
Commission proposed EU-wide rules: ban children under 13, limited supervised access until age 15; fears national laws would fragment the bloc.
Exceptions exist for France and Greece; Austria criticized the pause as delaying child protection; EU aims to finalize the EU Kids Act soon.
Although the commission demanded France’s proposed law be reworked, it is not expected to be blocked because Paris notified Brussels of the law before bloc-wide legislation was put forward.
And Greece has been able to pass its own rules, drafted long before September.
The EU has yet to deliver verdicts on bans by other EU states including Italy and Slovakia.
https://insiderpaper.com/eu-puts-country-level-social-media-bans-for-children-on-hold/
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EU puts country-level social media bans for children on hold
The European Union said Thursday it does not want any more national-level bans on social media before a pan-European law is approved, as it blocked draft
⚰️ 🇺🇸 🏥 The U.S. Army has conducted its first large-scale battlefield burial exercise since the Korean War, testing procedures to temporarily inter up to 2,400 remains in 24 hours as it prepares for high-intensity combat against a peer adversary.
Soldiers used heavy construction equipment to excavate and refill burial trenches while practicing procedures intended to preserve remains for later identification and repatriation. The exercise reflects preparations for high-intensity warfare in which American forces might be unable to evacuate the dead from the battlefield immediately.
The training involved personnel from the 3rd Corps Sustainment Command, 20th Engineer Brigade and specialized military support teams. Preventive medicine personnel, chaplains and fatality management specialists also participated.
The exercise focused on temporary battlefield interment, a procedure used when the immediate evacuation of human remains is not feasible. Military engineers practiced preparing burial sites under conditions intended to simulate the logistical demands of large-scale combat.
The Army emphasized that the procedures were designed to maintain accountability and enable the eventual recovery of remains. No actual human remains were used during the training.
Soldiers operated D6 bulldozers and other earthmoving equipment to excavate and backfill trenches. According to the Army’s reported training results, preparing a trench capable of holding approximately 20 remains took an average of one hour and 15 minutes.
Military planners calculated that a properly equipped engineer company could excavate and cover trenches with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 bodies during 24 hours of continuous operations. The figure represents a planning estimate for sustained engineering activity rather than the number of simulated remains buried during the exercise.
The training also examined the arrangement of burial trenches. One standard configuration involves five parallel trenches with a combined capacity of approximately 100 remains, and engineers tested spacing and excavation methods to determine how the equipment and burial process could affect the preservation of remains.
The Army used skeletal models and sealed water containers placed inside burial bags to represent human remains. The materials allowed soldiers to practice handling and positioning remains while evaluating the effects of heavy machinery. The exercise also tested methods intended to prevent damage during excavation and backfilling.
According to the Army, Operation Dragon Covenant marked its first large-scale practice of temporary battlefield interment since the Korean War. During subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, American forces generally operated with sufficient air superiority to evacuate remains rapidly, reducing the need for temporary burial sites near combat areas.
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https://clashreport.com/defense/articles/u-s-army-trains-to-bury-2-400-war-dead-in-24-hours-vi6ev6vmt78
Soldiers used heavy construction equipment to excavate and refill burial trenches while practicing procedures intended to preserve remains for later identification and repatriation. The exercise reflects preparations for high-intensity warfare in which American forces might be unable to evacuate the dead from the battlefield immediately.
The training involved personnel from the 3rd Corps Sustainment Command, 20th Engineer Brigade and specialized military support teams. Preventive medicine personnel, chaplains and fatality management specialists also participated.
The exercise focused on temporary battlefield interment, a procedure used when the immediate evacuation of human remains is not feasible. Military engineers practiced preparing burial sites under conditions intended to simulate the logistical demands of large-scale combat.
The Army emphasized that the procedures were designed to maintain accountability and enable the eventual recovery of remains. No actual human remains were used during the training.
Soldiers operated D6 bulldozers and other earthmoving equipment to excavate and backfill trenches. According to the Army’s reported training results, preparing a trench capable of holding approximately 20 remains took an average of one hour and 15 minutes.
Military planners calculated that a properly equipped engineer company could excavate and cover trenches with a combined capacity of up to 2,400 bodies during 24 hours of continuous operations. The figure represents a planning estimate for sustained engineering activity rather than the number of simulated remains buried during the exercise.
The training also examined the arrangement of burial trenches. One standard configuration involves five parallel trenches with a combined capacity of approximately 100 remains, and engineers tested spacing and excavation methods to determine how the equipment and burial process could affect the preservation of remains.
The Army used skeletal models and sealed water containers placed inside burial bags to represent human remains. The materials allowed soldiers to practice handling and positioning remains while evaluating the effects of heavy machinery. The exercise also tested methods intended to prevent damage during excavation and backfilling.
According to the Army, Operation Dragon Covenant marked its first large-scale practice of temporary battlefield interment since the Korean War. During subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, American forces generally operated with sufficient air superiority to evacuate remains rapidly, reducing the need for temporary burial sites near combat areas.
https://clashreport.com/defense/articles/u-s-army-trains-to-bury-2-400-war-dead-in-24-hours-vi6ev6vmt78
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U.S. Army holds its first large-scale battlefield burial drill since the Korean War, testing how to inter up to 2,400 remains in 24 hours.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: US has been carrying out "self defense strikes" on missile launch sites across southern Iran over the past two weeks, Barak Ravid of Axios and Israeli Channel 12 reports.
Forwarded from Tabz - Live News (Mister Iowan)
Senator Murphy claimed the plans presented were "insane", and would both escalate the war and violate the rules of war. Senator Murphy also hinted that reporting by various U.S. media outlets regarding planned strikes against Iranian civilian infrastructure is true; U.S. media sources have reported on planned strikes against energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities.
The Hill reported today that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, of which Senator Murphy is a member of, was briefed on the Iran war on September 29 by CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. The Hill's report did not elaborate on whether or not the briefing was about future strike plans, however.
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Four of the Magnificent 7 stocks are now in bear market territory, with these seven names erasing a combined -$4 trillion in market cap since their highs.
We are in a "stealth" bear market.
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📢 🌐 👨💻 Binance Founder Says Exchange Appears Hacked as $1.8 Billion Frozen Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says the exchange appears to have been hacked, with Tether and Circle freezing approximately $1.8 billion. Binance is investigating a potential security…
Crypto-tracing firm TRM Labs attributed the heist to an elite North Korean hacking unit “based on robust on and off-chain intelligence,” pointing out that “several features of this attack match earlier North Korea-linked heists.”
Pangolin Intelligence, another blockchain-tracking firm based in Singapore, said it also believed that a North Korean hacking unit was behind the heist.
“I think the cat and mouse game has barely begun yet,” the Pangolin Intelligence analyst told CNN, adding that North Korea was likely poised to tap a network of money laundering organizations to try to cash out the stolen funds.
Chainalysis, another crypto-tracking company, said it was monitoring stolen funds “moving across multiple blockchains,” including bitcoin and ethereum. A Chainalysis spokesperson told CNN the firm had “high confidence” North Korea was behind the hack.
If North Korea is proven to be the culprit, it would be little surprise to US law enforcement officials and private experts. North Korean hackers were blamed for the previous record-high crypto hack, when they allegedly stole $1.5 billion from Bybit, another major cryptocurrency exchange. In that case, the attackers stole an amount equal to a significant portion of North Korea’s reported annual gross domestic product in a matter of minutes.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/tech/binance-crypto-heist-hnk-intl
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The index has erased over -$1.3 trillion in market cap today.
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🇺🇸 Mike Vorkunov on X: This is such a bleak story about what it's like to try to land a job right now.
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📎 Mike Vorkunov
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🇩🇪 Berlin is preparing for large-scale Gen-Z protests scheduled for this weekend
German media report that left-wing radical extremists have become active in chats where participants are discussing the upcoming actions, calling to “burn everything” and stage riots.
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German media report that left-wing radical extremists have become active in chats where participants are discussing the upcoming actions, calling to “burn everything” and stage riots.
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🏗 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Dockworkers at more than 110 ports across 22 countries on five continents are striking on Friday, under the slogan “Dockworkers do not work for war,” demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and U.S.-Israeli military attacks on Iran and expressing solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela, and Sudan.
◦ More than 25 trade unions are participating, with 24-hour strikes called in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and India, alongside shorter walkouts elsewhere.
◦ The campaign group No Harbour for Genocide estimates that more than $2 billion worth of cargo could be left idle, with participating ports handling 13.5% of global shipping.
◦ The group said it tracked 315 shipments of components for Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems through 56 commercial ports between August 2025 and September 2026, all of which are expected to participate in Friday’s action.
◦The Palestinian labor movement endorsed the strike, urging unions to intensify boycott and divestment efforts against Israel.
📝 🇮🇹 Progressive International: Alex Colston reports from the picket line, where dockers are refusing to work for war.
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◦ More than 25 trade unions are participating, with 24-hour strikes called in Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and India, alongside shorter walkouts elsewhere.
◦ The campaign group No Harbour for Genocide estimates that more than $2 billion worth of cargo could be left idle, with participating ports handling 13.5% of global shipping.
◦ The group said it tracked 315 shipments of components for Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems through 56 commercial ports between August 2025 and September 2026, all of which are expected to participate in Friday’s action.
◦The Palestinian labor movement endorsed the strike, urging unions to intensify boycott and divestment efforts against Israel.
📝 🇮🇹 Progressive International: Alex Colston reports from the picket line, where dockers are refusing to work for war.
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📢 🇵🇱 👮♂️ Poland's pro-EU Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has ordered a raid on the offices of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, prompting President Karol Nawrocki to turn his plane around mid-flight.
The court is responsible for ensuring that parliamentary legislation complies with the Polish Constitution.
📎 Europa
The court is responsible for ensuring that parliamentary legislation complies with the Polish Constitution.
📎 Europa
🇵🇱 A coup d’état is underway in Poland. The forces acting on behalf of the current government have unlawfully entered the Constitutional Tribunal and are preventing legally appointed judges from entering.
The President of Poland is urgently cutting short his visit abroad and returning to Warsaw.
📎 Arkadiusz Mularczyk
The President of Poland is urgently cutting short his visit abroad and returning to Warsaw.
📎 Arkadiusz Mularczyk
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‼️ A coup d’état is underway in Poland. The forces acting on behalf of the current government have unlawfully entered the Constitutional Tribunal and are preventing legally appointed judges from entering.
The President of Poland is urgently cutting short…
The President of Poland is urgently cutting short…
📢 🇵🇱 👮♂️ Grzegorz Braun on X: Statement regarding the events unfolding in the Constitutional Tribunal on October 30, 2026.
Today's events related to the Constitutional Tribunal show that the ruling Civic Coalition has decided to enforce its political agenda with the help of the police, disregarding the rule of law, which brings to mind the events of May 1926, whose centenary we recently commemorated.
Particularly outrageous is the fact that the order for the forcible takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal was issued by the Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek, undoubtedly at the behest of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
This situation leads to the collapse of the Constitutional Tribunal as an institution, as in all likelihood, two Constitutional Tribunals will now be constituted and recognized depending on political affiliation.
The only way out of this rule-of-law deadlock in which Poland has found itself is to exit the EU, which would automatically straighten out the legal system and remove from it the rulings and interpretations of foreign judicial bodies that are being used to demolish it.
I call for the withdrawal of the police from involvement in political actions and for resolving competence disputes in a manner consistent with the law.
Grzegorz Braun, President of the Confederation of the Polish Crown
📎 Grzegorz Braun
Today's events related to the Constitutional Tribunal show that the ruling Civic Coalition has decided to enforce its political agenda with the help of the police, disregarding the rule of law, which brings to mind the events of May 1926, whose centenary we recently commemorated.
Particularly outrageous is the fact that the order for the forcible takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal was issued by the Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek, undoubtedly at the behest of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
This situation leads to the collapse of the Constitutional Tribunal as an institution, as in all likelihood, two Constitutional Tribunals will now be constituted and recognized depending on political affiliation.
The only way out of this rule-of-law deadlock in which Poland has found itself is to exit the EU, which would automatically straighten out the legal system and remove from it the rulings and interpretations of foreign judicial bodies that are being used to demolish it.
I call for the withdrawal of the police from involvement in political actions and for resolving competence disputes in a manner consistent with the law.
Grzegorz Braun, President of the Confederation of the Polish Crown
📎 Grzegorz Braun
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Grzegorz Braun (@GrzegorzBraun_)
OŚWIADCZENIE w sprawie wydarzeń rozgrywających się w Trybunale Konstytucyjnym 30 października 2026 r.
Dzisiejsze zdarzenia związane z Trybunałem Konstytucyjnym pokazują, że rządząca Koalicja Obywatelska zdecydowała się na wymuszanie swoich racji politycznych…
Dzisiejsze zdarzenia związane z Trybunałem Konstytucyjnym pokazują, że rządząca Koalicja Obywatelska zdecydowała się na wymuszanie swoich racji politycznych…
📢 👮♂️ 🇵🇱 Polska Policja on X: The primary task of the police is to protect people and ensure safety around the Constitutional Tribunal.
The police secured the area in front of the gate and around the Constitutional Tribunal's fence. Due to aggressive behavior involving the throwing of dangerous objects toward the police and individuals breaching the fence, officers arrived in greater numbers in front of the building. Three people were detained. We are conducting operations aimed at restoring order.
The police are not intervening inside the Constitutional Tribunal building.
📎 Polska Policja
The police secured the area in front of the gate and around the Constitutional Tribunal's fence. Due to aggressive behavior involving the throwing of dangerous objects toward the police and individuals breaching the fence, officers arrived in greater numbers in front of the building. Three people were detained. We are conducting operations aimed at restoring order.
The police are not intervening inside the Constitutional Tribunal building.
📎 Polska Policja
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Polska Policja 🇵🇱 (@PolskaPolicja)
📑 Translated from Polish
‼️The primary task of the police is to protect people and ensure safety around the Constitutional Tribunal.
The police secured the area in front of the gate and around the Constitutional Tribunal's fence. Due to aggressive behavior…
‼️The primary task of the police is to protect people and ensure safety around the Constitutional Tribunal.
The police secured the area in front of the gate and around the Constitutional Tribunal's fence. Due to aggressive behavior…
KO-EPP: 36% (-1)
PiS-ECR: 25% (+2)
Kon-ESN|Patriots: 12% (-2)
KKP-NI: 11% (+2)
Lewica-PES: 6% (-1)
R+-ECR: 4% (-1)
Razem-ELA: 3%
PSL-EPP: 2% (+1)
PL2050-RE: 1%
+/- vs. 18-22 September 2026
Fieldwork: 01-13 October 2026
Sample size: 2000
https://europeelects.eu/poland/
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✍️ Context:
Since 2016, the right has held a majority in the Constitutional Tribunal — currently 8 out of 15 judges.
A few weeks ago, one judge retired, and parliament — in violation of procedures and formal requirements — elected a former minister in the current government, and privately a close friend of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal.
The President refused to accept his oath and to recognize this election, citing unfulfilled procedures. The government therefore organized a fake and utterly pathetic swearing-in before the Marshal of the parliament from the left, and decided to ignore the President.
For a month now, conservatives and nationalists have been protesting in front of the Constitutional Tribunal, but it appears the government has decided to use force once again — and this time to finally force the President of the Constitutional Tribunal to submit to the government's power.
The President's Chancellery and the opposition believe that the government is striving to take over the Constitutional Tribunal in order to pass over a dozen government motions limiting the President's powers.
Since 2016, the right has held a majority in the Constitutional Tribunal — currently 8 out of 15 judges.
A few weeks ago, one judge retired, and parliament — in violation of procedures and formal requirements — elected a former minister in the current government, and privately a close friend of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as a judge of the Constitutional Tribunal.
The President refused to accept his oath and to recognize this election, citing unfulfilled procedures. The government therefore organized a fake and utterly pathetic swearing-in before the Marshal of the parliament from the left, and decided to ignore the President.
For a month now, conservatives and nationalists have been protesting in front of the Constitutional Tribunal, but it appears the government has decided to use force once again — and this time to finally force the President of the Constitutional Tribunal to submit to the government's power.
The President's Chancellery and the opposition believe that the government is striving to take over the Constitutional Tribunal in order to pass over a dozen government motions limiting the President's powers.
Forwarded from Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts 🇺🇸
🇵🇱⚡️- "Today's events related to the Constitutional Tribunal show that the ruling Civic Coalition has decided to enforce its political agenda with the help of the police, disregarding the rule of law, which brings to mind the events of May 1926, whose centenary we recently commemorated.
Particularly outrageous is the fact that the order for the forcible takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal was issued by the Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek, undoubtedly at the behest of Prime Minister Donald Tusk." - Polish MP and co-founder of nationalist party Confederation Grzegorz Braun.
Particularly outrageous is the fact that the order for the forcible takeover of the Constitutional Tribunal was issued by the Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek, undoubtedly at the behest of Prime Minister Donald Tusk." - Polish MP and co-founder of nationalist party Confederation Grzegorz Braun.
Forwarded from Geopolitics Watch (Hayat)
⚡️🇵🇱 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk:
@GeoPWatch
Restoring respect for the law is our duty. After years of lawlessness under PiS, this is a difficult—at times painful—process that requires decisive action. There is no other way.
@GeoPWatch
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