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France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.

France to ban officials from using American video conference tools including Zoom and Teams.

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😍😂 you’re right of course! They do!! They open… like petals on a flower in a dew drop morning.

Stockholm Syndrome or spinectomy?

I really do appreciate @ryanairofficial.bsky.social efforts to keep costs and prices down… but couldn’t they lash out for a few apostrophes? Ah go on lads!

Cabinet to approve plans for abolition of the triple lock The ‘triple lock’ requires UN approval to send Irish troops on peacekeeping missions

Cabinet to approve plans for abolition of the triple lock

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EU, India reach agreement on trade deal After on-off talks since 2007, the two sides finally take the plunge, responding to steep U.S. tariffs and cheap goods from China.

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🇩🇪 Germany has declared its readiness for retaliatory cyberattacks following the Russian attacks, - FT

Germany will "strike back" against foreign hackers by conducting counterattacks aimed at disrupting digital infrastructure abroad, the country's interior minister said.

France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.

As Europe’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Grows, So Does Trump’s Leverage

As Europe’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Grows, So Does Trump’s Leverage www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...

Taoiseach criticises ‘shocking’ level of ignorance about Holocaust Department of Education working on plans to ensure schoolchildren are educated about the murder of six million Jews in second World War

Taoiseach criticises ‘shocking’ level of ignorance about Holocaust

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And a solid 30-40 percent of the population shrugs or says ‘yay’.

Milquetoast

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

'All about Ukraine': Irish general in the top EU military job on what's coming across his desk This week The Journal met General Seán Clancy in his office in central Brussels overlooking the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.

Clancy has travelled to Ukraine to visit and talk to officials there. He said that while individual nations may be focused on their own issues, as a unit the #EUMC sees the Ukrainian struggle with Russia as the key issue that must be focused on. (The Journal) #Ireland

As Ireland strengthens its military, one country and company gain the most France and Thales likely to emerge as winners as US suppliers fall out of favour, but some Defence Forces insiders worry about lack of diversification

As Ireland strengthens its military, one country and company gain the most

'All about Ukraine': Irish general in the top EU military job on what's coming across his desk This week The Journal met General Seán Clancy in his office in central Brussels overlooking the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.

Over the course of a weekend General Seán Clancy moved from leading Ireland's Defence Forces to being the most senior European Union General.
This week The Journal met Clancy in his office in central Brussels overlooking the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.
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U.S. tech companies will hit the wall soon. As it is now Europe has no other choice than to break free from them. That the White House sit on a kill switch for everything related to U.S. tech means that they can stop us dead in our tracks. That is of course not possible to accept.

Walz: "I'll continue to ask you for peace and I know the answer is, 'You ask us for peace and we give it, and we shot in the face on the streets coming out of a donut shop.' We cannot give them what they want ... thank God we have video ... this needs to be the event that says, 'enough'"

He did NOT reach for his gun (which he had a licence to carry)

An ICE agent took it from his waistband, and moved away with it.

An ICE agent then shot him as he was helpless.

An ICE agent then continued to shoot him, executing him, as he lay on the ground

This is men doing evil

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis

What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Russia unleashes ‘brutal’ strike on Ukraine as peace talks continue The overnight barrage killed civilians and knocked out power across much of the country. Trilateral negotiations are taking place in Abu Dhabi.

Russia unleashes ‘brutal’ strike on Ukraine as peace talks continue

Has Rutte overstepped? His sycophancy may yet be his downfall.

Entirely possible… but Korean’s paying directly and massively

They have US troops stationed. Very different but your general point still stands

Terrifying…