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It's Thursday, February 26th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Russian-Ukrainian war in its fifth year The war between Russia and Ukraine entered its fifth year this week. International Christian Concern reports religious communities in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine continue to face harassment and violence. Protestant churches are especially targeted with intimidation, raids, and closures. The European Evangelical Alliance is calling on Christians to pray for their brothers and sisters caught in the conflict. The organization noted, “Churches continue to serve courageously. Acts of compassion and solidarity are widespread. Stories of protection, provision, and spiritual awakening remind believers that God remains present and active even in the darkest times.” Romans 8:28 reminds us, “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” 1.8 million casualties in Russian-Ukrainian war After four years of fighting, Russia and Ukraine have experienced an estimated 1.8 million casualties. That includes people killed, wounded, and missing.  U.S. President Donald Trump continues to broker peace talks between the two countries even as the war drags on.  Ukrainian representatives plan to meet with U.S. envoys in Geneva, Switzerland today. This is ahead of a potential trilateral meeting between the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine next week.  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently wrote on X, “President Trump wants a solution that ends the bloodshed once and for all.” European Commission fines X $140 million Speaking of X, the company is challenging a $140 million fine imposed by the European Commission.  The commission is using the European Union's Digital Services Act to impose censorship on American tech companies. Jeremy Tedesco with Alliance Defending Freedom stated, “The platforms the Digital Services Act targets … are the modern public square. They are where Americans debate politics, share their faith, and hold the powerful accountable. … The EU Commission is targeting X for a simple reason: X is committed to free speech, and the Commission demands censorship.” El Mencho's Mexican cartel extorted and harassed pastors As The Worldview reported on Tuesday, Mexico's military forces killed the drug cartel leader, Nemesio Cervantes,  known as “El Mencho” on Sunday. He was the most wanted person in Mexico and one of the most wanted people in the United States.  The cartel he led was known for terrorizing not only businesses but also church leaders in Mexico. Pastors faced intimidation, extortion, harassment, and threats at the hands of the cartel.  Trump affirmed “one nation under God” In the United States, President Donald Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.  The speech lasted for an hour and 48 minutes, the longest State of the Union Address in modern tracking.  At one point, he asked a question. TRUMP: “One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe. So tonight, I'm inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. “If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. ‘The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.'” (Republicans applauded) Not surprisingly, all the Republicans stood and all the Democrats remained seated, revealing the stark contrast between the two major parties. Throughout his speech, the president mentioned the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. He acknowledged the hand of Providence in our country's destiny and celebrated recent renewal in religious interest among young people. Listen. TRUMP: “I'm very proud to say that during my time in office, both the first four years, and in particular this last year, there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity and belief in God. “This is especially true among young people, and a big part of that had to do with my great friend, Charlie Kirk, a great guy, a great man.” (You can watch the State of the Union here.) Singer Johnny Cash remembered for faith in Christ And finally, today marks the birthday of Johnny Cash. The iconic American singer was born on February 26, 1932.  He rose to fame in the music scene in the 1950s before coming to Christ later in the 1970s. He became known as the “Man in Black” for his all-black stage suits.  After his conversion, Cash would use his music to share the Gospel, often performing at Billy Graham Crusades.  Cash remains one the best-selling music artists of all time. He was inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.  One of his last recorded songs was called “I Came to Believe.” Listen to the chorus. “I came to believe in a Power much higher than I. I came to believe that I needed help to get by. In childlike faith, I gave in and gave Him a try. And I came to believe in a Power much higher than I.” Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Pick up a copy of Greg Laurie's biography entitled, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon.  And watch the Christian movie by the same name.  Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, February 26th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Follow us on X or subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

In today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening, a look at the arrest of not-prince Andrew by British authorities. Also, what happens now that the SCOTUS overturned Trump's tariffs, how the United States is manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba (again), and another left hook from the EU Commission against a tech company: TikTok.Visit https://www.skh.news/roundup-2026-02-23/ for linked sources, more information, and a free newsletter.

Silicon Bites Ep289 | 2026-02-20 | Brussels drops a “terms of defeat” on Moscow. Extensive, comprehensive and bold. This is the first glimmer of strength and quite uncharacteristically clear. Why have these demands dropped now, and why does Brussels think they have a chance of being obeyed? Could it be that they sense the defeat and collapse of Russia is on the horizon? This is intriguing. Alright — pause the farce of a so-called peace negotiation in Geneva for a second, because Brussels has just slid a document across the table that basically says: “No, actually—Russia doesn't get to keep its overseas garrisons and vassals as a prize for invading its neighbour.”Multiple outlets — drawing on reporting from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — say EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has circulated an internal EU “discussion paper” setting out what Europe thinks Russia should be forced to concede in any settlement. Not Ukraine. Russia. (Euromaidan Press) Finally putting demands to the aggressor, not the victim. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------SOURCES:EU internal paper reported via RFE/RL summaries and regional coverage (Feb 17–19, 2026): (messenger.com.ge) EU Commission spokesperson remarks on EU role in any peace agreement (Feb 20, 2026): (ukrinform.net) EU briefing quote: “no tangible signs” Russia is serious on peace; “nothing can be decided…” (Feb 19, 2026): (The Guardian) Foreign Affairs Council agenda (23 Feb 2026): (Consilium)Russia war-economy strain: Reuters Breakingviews (Feb 19, 2026): (Reuters)Russia oil & gas revenue projection (Feb 19, 2026): (Reuters)Russia National Wealth Fund liquid assets (Finance Ministry via TASS, Feb 5, 2026)Moldova reintegration / troop withdrawal emphasis (Moldpres)Ukraine FM Sybiha on Transnistria threat (Interfax Ukraine)South Caucasus pressure points (Reuters on Vardanyan sentencing, Feb 17 2026): (Reuters)Syria: Russia negotiating/uncertain base status (TASS) and Moscow Times analysis: (TASS)Iran escalation / regime change logic (Reuters, Feb 20 2026): (Reuters)----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------

Silicon Bites Ep288 | 2026-02-18 | All the evidence points to the U.S. no longer being an ally of Europe. But it's not a neutral or indifferent stance. It's actively malicious, meddling, malignant and intentionally destabilising. The evidence is all around, and yet Rubio still got a standing ovation at the MSC. Could there be any greater show of craven weakness and appeasement to an increasingly tyrannical, capricious and imperial U.S.?! This episode: the Munich Meltdown and the “Kremlin Vassal” Tour, of Hungary and Slovakia: Graham's unseemly tantrum, Rubio's weasel words, and the Geneva so-called ‘peace conference' squeeze on Ukraine. The U.S. is being unfair to Ukraine, and to everyone, except Vladimir Putin and his client states. Isn't this clear to everyone yet? ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------SOURCES:Berlingske witness-account reporting echoed internationally; The Independent summary (18 Feb 2026). Social amplification of Berlingske details (Jakub Krupa on X/Twitter profile scrape; includes quoted witness lines). Reuters: Geneva talks end without breakthrough; Zelenskyy says it's “not fair” to pressure Ukraine not Russia (18 Feb 2026). Guardian: Rubio–Orbán “golden age” / EU fears of US promoting disunity (17 Feb 2026). Guardian: Rubio's Munich speech as “friendship on MAGA terms”; Claudia Major quote; visits to Fico/Orbán (18 Feb 2026). Euronews: Rubio press conference with Fico; “vassal” remarks; tour framing (15 Feb 2026). US State Department video record: Rubio joint press availability with Robert Fico (15 Feb 2026). Ukrinform: Applebaum on Europeans as “closer friends” to Ukraine than Americans (17 Feb 2026). Applebaum social post linking to her argument about investor benefit (22 Nov 2025; background context). Munich Security Conference official dates (MSC site / EU Commission event page).----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------

With the European Union launching a formal investigation into fast fashion giant Shein over the Chinese business' possible breaches of digital law, we hear from Thomas Regnier on what the EU Commission's concerns are. Andrew Peach speaks to Oscar-winning film and TV producer Tom Nunan on the latest in Netflix and Paramount's tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Elsewhere, German drugs giant Bayer proposes to pay more than US$7.25bn (£5.35bn) to settle claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. And Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz for military drills... but will it affect global oil prices? The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. (Picture: People walk past a Shein pop-up store at immersive retail space Future Stores, ahead of its grand opening in London, Great Britain, on 24 September, 2025. Credit: Isabel Infantes / Reuters.)

Anu H. Bradford is a Finnish-American author, law professor, and expert in international trade law. In 2014, she was named the Henry L. Moses Distinguished Professor of Law and International Organization at the Columbia Law School. She is the author of “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” and “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World”.Anu Bradford attended Harvard Law School on a Fulbright Scholarship, graduating with another Master of Laws degree from Harvard in 2002. After time in Brussels with the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, working on EU competition law, she returned to the US, joining the faculty at the University of Chicago as an assistant professor of law. She later joined Columbia Law School as a professor of law and an expert in international trade law. She has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and in 2024, she was awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research for her book Digital Empires.With Anu we are finally looking at EU Digital Policy, including personal data protection and privacy, from a geopolitical and international trade perspective.References:* Anu Bradford (Wikipedia)* Anu Bradford on LinkedIn* Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology (Oxford University Press, 2023)* The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World (Oxford University Press, 2019)* EU-US trade figures 2023 (EU Commission, Trade Policy)* Lukasz Olejnik: Propaganda, misinformation, the DSA, Section 230, and the US elections (Masters of Privacy, November 2024). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe

Send a textThis week's enterprise software headlines highlight a market simultaneously accelerating into agentic AI while still wrestling with the structural and legal fallout of past transformation failures. On the innovation front, Genstore's $10M seed round, Tray.ai's launch of the Tray Agent Hub, and new agentic releases from Mendix and OutSystems underscore how aggressively vendors are repositioning around autonomous workflows and AI-first orchestration layers. ServiceNow's unveiling of its AI Experience and Plex's connected worker integration push the same narrative into IT service management and manufacturing operations, signaling that agentic concepts are no longer confined to experimental edges of the stack. At the same time, a parallel storyline of governance and execution risk is playing out, with Zimmer Biomet's $172M ERP lawsuit against Deloitte, Europe's continued delays fixing a troubled Oracle system, Daedong USA's faltering ERP injunction, and the EU Commission's investigation into SAP's practices reinforcing how fragile large-scale enterprise transformations remain. Together, these developments paint a bifurcated 2026 landscape: rapid platform innovation driven by AI ambition on one side, and unresolved accountability, regulatory scrutiny, and implementation risk on the other.In today's episode, we invited a panel of industry analysts for a live discussion on LinkedIn to analyze current enterprise software stories. We covered many grounds including the direction and roadmaps of each enterprise software vendors. Finally, we analyzed future trends and how they might shape the enterprise software industry.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VmbEsy5uQQuestions for Panelists?

EU Commission claims the TikTok algorithm is bad for you. Tech stocks took a hit last week. Colleges look to ban smartglasses for testing. OpenAI's scheme to eat up all the RAM is also hurting their own products. Samsung is skipping magnets on the S26. Vivo is looking to compete with action cameras. Steam Machine is delayed because of component costs, but why did we think it would be cheap? Let's get our tech week started off RIGHT! -- Show notes and links here: https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4ad Support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu Find out more at https://talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-c117ce for 40% off for 4 months, and support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy.

Send us a textThis week's enterprise software news highlights a widening gap between glossy innovation narratives and the hard operational and governance realities shaping buyer risk. On the innovation side, BlackLine's launch of Verity for the Office of the CFO, Tray.ai's Agent Hub, Genstore's $10M seed round, and Blue Yonder's new TMS features underscore the accelerating push toward AI-enabled automation and orchestration layers across finance, integration, and supply chain. Versori's partnership with Fluent Commerce and Acumatica's 2025 R2 update further signal growing emphasis on ecosystem connectivity and incremental platform modernization. At the same time, the darker counterpoint is impossible to ignore: Zimmer Biomet's $172M ERP lawsuit against Deloitte, a major European city council's continued delays in fixing a failed Oracle system, and the EU Commission's investigation into SAP's practices reinforce how execution risk, vendor governance, and regulatory scrutiny are now front-and-center issues for enterprise buyers. Taken together, these developments reflect a market bifurcating between rapid AI-driven experimentation and escalating consequences for large-scale ERP missteps—raising the strategic stakes for both technology selection and transformation leadership.In today's episode, we invited a panel of industry analysts for a live discussion on LinkedIn to analyze current enterprise software stories. We covered many grounds including the direction and roadmaps of each enterprise software vendors. Finally, we analyzed future trends and how they might shape the enterprise software industry.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tFlYu6W_iwQuestions for Panelists?

IS THIS THE END OF UNRWA? HEADLINE 1: The Islamic Republic of Iran has designated every European military as a terrorist organization. HEADLINE 2: Looks like the EU Commission has fired a senior official after a scandal involving Qatari influence and lavish gifts.HEADLINE 3: Hamas claims that it has killed several members of Israel-backed paramilitary groups operating in Gaza.HEADLINE 4: The Israelis have opened up the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza after a year of keeping it closed.HEADLINE 5: The government of South Africa and Israel are engaged in a nasty diplomatic spat right now. ---FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA).Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

As Europe faces unprecedented geopolitical headwinds, from the Ukraine war to Donald Trump's designs on Greenland, we speak to the EU Commissioner in charge of the economy, productivity, and simplification: Valdis Dombrovskis. A former prime minister of Latvia, Dombrovskis is very much a Brussels insider, serving in various high-profile roles in the EU Commission since 2016, and as a member of the European Parliament in 2004-2009.

In Davos last week the EU Commission said it was pressing on with the introduction of a new type of European corporate entity, called EU Inc, which would be recognised in all 27 member states. It would create a single, harmonized set of EU-wide rules for company law, insolvency, staffing, and tax and could save a lot of money.It's often referred to as the 28th regime and our own Michael McGrath is pushing it forward to simplify doing business is a bloc famed for red tape. The person who came up with the term EU Inc is the German entrepreneur and investor Andreas Klinger who joined Joe this morning.

After the presidents of the EU Commission and EU Council signed a free trade deal in New Delhi with India's Prime Minister this Tuesday, we take a look at what the pact actually entails. Tariffs will be reduced on a large number of goods going both ways, but some sectors will remain protected. Both sides are looking to further diversify their trade relationships as Donald Trump's global tariff war upends commercial flows.

Hear Argus' essential analysis of the EU's proposal to suspend CBAM for fertilizers. This episode clarifies the importance of Article 27A, outlines the potential suspension process and timeline, reveals the political influences of France, Italy and the EU Mercosur trade agreement, assesses the current impact on importers and EU farmers, and reviews the EU's proposed suspension of tariffs on urea and ammonia.   Join Mike Nash, Senior Editor – Fertilizers, Dafydd ab Iago, EU Correspondent and Aidan Hall, Market Reporter – Fertilizers as they discuss and analyse this key development in the latest episode of Argus' Fertilizer Matters podcast series.   Key questions answered in this podcast:   ·        What is the Article 27 A proposal and why is it important in relation to a potential suspension of CBAM for fertilizers?   ·        What ‘serious and ‘unforeseen' circumstances could influence an EU Commission decision on suspension?   ·        What political factors are shaping this issue, including the positions of France and Italy and the status of the EU–Mercosur trade agreement?   ·        If the EU chose to suspend CBAM for fertilizers, what steps would the process involve, and how long would implementation take?   ·        How is this uncertainty currently affecting fertilizer importers and European farmers?   ·        What's the latest on the EU's proposed suspension of tariffs on urea and ammonia?   Related links   ·        Request Access: Argus Fertilizer CBAM Cost Calculator*   ·        Learn more on Argus fertilizer price reporting services   ·        Watch our CBAM webinar series   ·        Free newsletter sign up: Argus Fertilizer Market Highlights   ·        Fertilizer Matters podcast series   *The calculator is provided as part of Argus fertilizer price reporting services. Request a trial to our services to access the calculator  

Caribbean CIPs should tighten vetting “pending discontinuation of those schemes,” reads a recent report by the EU Commission. View the full article here.Subscribe to the IMI Daily newsletter here. 

The social media platform X has responded after the EU Commission fined it under the new Digital Services Act. Liz Carolan, publisher of The Briefing newsletter, explains.

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  The EU Commission's sweeping fines on X highlight a deeper problem: an entrenched, unelected body that increasingly undermines competitiveness, innovation, and national sovereignty. As countries like Hungary, Poland, Italy, and Greece push back and voters grow frustrated with top-down bureaucracy, the question becomes unavoidable—has the European Commission outlived its purpose?

On Wednesday November 19 2025, the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, which was basically split in two proposals: a proposed Regulation on simplification for AI rules; and a proposed Regulation on simplification of the digital legislation. We will tackle the first one today.Today we are reviewing that AI-related block with Oliver Patel, who is AI Governance Lead at the global pharma and biotech company AstraZeneca, where he helps implement and scale AI governance worldwide. He also advises governments and international policymakers as a Member of the OECD's Expert Group on AI Risk and Accountability.References:* Oliver Patel, “Fundamentals of AI Governance” (now available for pre-order)* Enterprise AI Governance, a newsletter by Oliver Patel* Oliver Patel on LinkedIn* Oliver Patel: How could the EU AI Act change?* EU proposal for a Regulation on simplification for AI rules (EU Commission, covered today)* EU proposal for a Regulation on simplification of the digital legislation (EU Commission, not covered today)* Europe's digital sovereignty: from doctrine to delivery (Politico). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe

The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is a corner stone of the EU's plan to cut its carbon emissions and achieve its climate goals. But it's gone through a lot of changes, with the most recent announced on November 20. The question we had is, with these changes, did the EU keep the stated purpose of the SFDR in tact: promoting transparency and ensuring comparability about how sustainable a financial product really is. We answered that question and more on this episode covering the changes the EU Commission made to the SFDR regulation.Host: Mike Disabato, MSCI Solutions & ClimateGuest: Simone Ruiz-Vergote, MSCI Solutions & Climate

The European Commission is unveiling a plan to future-proof what it calls “quality jobs,” as many firms look to ramp up the role of AI in their businesses. Roxana Minzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for social rights, skills and jobs, joined Stephen Carroll on Bloomberg Radio to discuss the plan and how to balance it with businesses’ desire to remain competitive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Europe Today, your daily Euronews podcast, we speak to Roxana Minzatu, the EU Commission executive vice president for social skills. She gives us a sneak preview of her new proposal for quality jobs. We also get the latest news from the Ukraine peace talks with our correspondent Shona Murray and travel all the way to China for Emmanuel Macron's visit. Our episode ends with the conundrum facing the future of the famous Eurovisions' song contest.Europe Today is Euronews' daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond.Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 68 - Lord (James) Bethell is an entrepreneur, ex-health minister and public-health advocate with 20 years' experience across government, media and industry, including The Sunday Times, US Senate and EU Commission. Disclaimer: Please note that all information and content on the UK Health Radio Network, all its radio broadcasts and podcasts are provided by the authors, producers, presenters and companies themselves and is only intended as additional information to your general knowledge. As a service to our listeners/readers our programs/content are for general information and entertainment only.  The UK Health Radio Network does not recommend, endorse, or object to the views, products or topics expressed or discussed by show hosts or their guests, authors and interviewees.  We suggest you always consult with your own professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advisor. So please do not delay or disregard any professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advice received due to something you have heard or read on the UK Health Radio Network.

The EU's new Digital Omnibus proposal aims to simplify and align Europe's most important digital laws — from the GDPR and AI Act to the Data Act, NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act. But will it really make compliance easier, or create even more complexity?In this episode of Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio from the law firm DLA Piper breaks down the Digital Omnibus in simple, clear language, explaining:•what changes for AI training, GDPR, cookies and legitimate interest,•how the EU wants to create a single incident-reporting portal,•what the major updates mean for AI providers, privacy teams and cybersecurity leaders,•and whether the Omnibus can truly “correct” today's fragmented EU digital rules.Perfect for legal, tech and business professionals who want a fast and easy explanation of one of the EU's most important upcoming reforms.Listen now to understand how the Digital Omnibus may reshape your AI, data and cybersecurity strategy in 2025 and beyondSend us a text

Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon shares new detail on what promises he had to make on improving water quality in order to secure the EU Commission's support for a renewal of Ireland's derogation from the Nitrates Directive.

Bisi Adebayo examines the sales statistics for Black Friday in the US to find out how confident the US consumer is feeling in an economy squeezed by higher prices and tighter budgets. And as Chancellor Merz writes to the EU Commission to ask for a reprieve on a deadline to phase out petrol and diesel cars, we speak to an auto-industry expert to find out why the German car industry is finding it hard to turn electric. Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA/Shutterstock. Shoppers rest after browsing stores at the Dolphin Mall during Black Friday in Miami, Florida, USA.

In this episode, Steve Roest, CEO of PocDoc speaks to Lord (James) Bethell.Lord Bethell is an entrepreneur, former health minister and champion for public health. He has a twenty-year track record working across government, media and industry, working at The Sunday Times, the US Senate, and the EU Commission.He has built and sold communications companies and helped make the Ministry of Sound a global success story. As a minister at the Department for Health and Social Care, he helped lead the UK national response to the Covid epidemic. He is currently a member of the House of Lords, chairman of Business for Health, a Fellow at King's College London and a senior counsel to several health companies.

Michael McGrath has said the European Commission has recommended to extend the nitrates derogation for Ireland. The Nitrates Directive is an EU law for farms that puts limits on the amount of fertiliser including slurry that farmers can use on their land, and effectively the number of livestock that they can have, to protect water from pollution by agriculture.ie.We debate this with Elaine McGoff, Head of Advocacy at An Taisce and also Ciaran Mullooly, Independent Ireland MEP.

Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats spokesperson for the Climate, Environment and Agriculture and Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South

Speaker: Professor Lilian Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Law, Innovation & Society, Newcastle Law School Biography: Lilian Edwards is a leading academic in the field of Internet law. She has taught information technology law, e-commerce law, privacy law and Internet law at undergraduate and postgraduate level since 1996 and been involved with law and artificial intelligence (AI) since 1985. She is now Emerita Professor at Newcastle and Honorary Professor at CREAte, University of Glasgow, which she helped co-found. She is the editor and major author of Law, Policy and the Internet, one of the leading textbooks in the field of Internet law (Hart, 2018, new edition forthcoming with Urquhart and Goanta, 2026). She won the Future of Privacy Forum award in 2019 for best paper ("Slave to the Algorithm" with Michael Veale) and the award for best non-technical paper at FAccT in 2020, on automated hiring. In 2004 she won the Barbara Wellberry Memorial Prize in 2004 for work on online privacy where she invented the notion of data trusts, a concept which ten years later has been proposed in EU legislation. She is a former fellow of the Alan Turing Institute on Law and AI, and the Institute for the Future of Work. Edwards has consulted for inter alia the EU Commission, the OECD, and WIPO.Abstract: The right to an explanation is having another moment. Well after the heyday of 2016-2018 when scholars tussled over whether the GDPR ( in either art 22 or arts 13-15) conferred a right to explanation, the CJEU case of Dun and Bradstreet has finally confirmed its existence, and the Platform Work Directive has wholesale revamped art 22 in its Algorithmic Management chapter. Most recently the EU AI Act added its own Frankenstein-like right to an explanation (art 86) of AI systems .None of these provisions however pin down what the essence of the explanation should be, given many notions can be invoked here ; a faithful description of source code or training data; an account that enables challenge or contestation; a “plausible” description that may be appealing in a behaviouralist sense but might be actually misleading when operationalised eg to generate a medical course of treatment. Agarwal et al argue that the tendency of UI designers, and regulators and judges alike to lean towards the plausibility end, may be unsuited to large language models which represent far more of a black box in size and optimisation than conventional machine learning, and which are trained to present encouraging but not always accurate accounts of their workings. Yet this is also the direction of travel taken by CJEU Dun & Bradstreet , above. This paper argues that explanations of large model outputs may present novel challenges needing thoughtful legal mandates.For more information (and to download slides) see: https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-events/cipil-seminars

On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a mounting scandal in the UK after prosecutors dropped charges against two men accused of spying for China. Topics include: Fingers pointed and claims that PM Keir Starmer and his Labour appointees were unwilling to present evidence of China as an "enemy,” ongoing reluctance to target PRC foreign agents under a new UK enforcement scheme, and reports of Beijing's latest play to move forward with its "mega embassy." From there: The EU Commission proposes tariff hikes to shield its steel industry from PRC overcapacity, why talk of a trillion dollar resolution to the US-China trade war is probably overblown, and a soybean bailout prompts questions about U.S. agriculture priorities generally. At the end: Reports of a "China-linked plot" to throttle communications in New York City, and the NBA's reunion with Chinese basketball fans continues in Macao and San Antonio.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports the EU Commission emphasises the importance of a drone wall to protect the Bloc.

Tony Connelly, RTÉ Europe Editor, discusses EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address.

*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Breifne O'Brien and Cathal O'Shea bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:TAMS reference costs updated;EU Commission pushes to ratify Mercosur deal;Beef and lamb trade updates;Ornua PPI and GDT fall;Flexibility sought on unprotected urea deadline;Farm Safety Community Champion Programme.Don't forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland's weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

Tony Connelly, Europe Editor, reports on the European Commission's proposal to ratify the Mercosur trade deal.

First up on Inside Business this week is the plight of independent Irish breweries, who, like so many now, are finding the cost of doing business to be far too high.This is despite an explosion in the popularity of craft beers here in the last decade. What costs are forcing some operators out of business? How are they coping with competition from far larger, commercial breweries? And will these increasing costs be passed onto consumers?To get into all this, host Cliff Taylor was joined by Irish Times Business Reporter Hugh Dooley and founder and chief executive of the Carlow Brewing Company, Seamus O'Hara.Plus, it's a deal decades in the making and would seem to make sense in the context of the aggressive tariffs imposed on the EU and Latin American countries by Donald Trump. And the expectation is that the EU Commission will try to ratify the Mercosur trade deal despite push back from several EU countries, not least Ireland. But why is the trade deal so divisive and what impact could it have here if it goes ahead? Irish Times acting Europe Correspondent Jack Power joined Cliff on the line from Brussels.Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley: 9am-10am  Galway based Tik Toker recants hellish taxi scenario when trying to return to Clonboo from the city at night    EU Commission to push for ratification of Mercosur deal  BioBank Ireland working to create “snapshot” of the health of people of Ireland  10am-11am Major changes to Galway International Oyster & Maritime Festival  Calls to End Discrimination in Inheritance Tax for Childless Citizens   4,000 HGV drivers needed over the next 5 years or Ireland will grind to a halt as early as this Christmas  11am-12pm Financial advice with Dave McCarthy We hear about Trad Fest taking place this weekend   History Talks - Launch of 'A Magdalene Rose' 

In this episode, Anna Rose and Kobi Gurkan chat with Vikas Rushi from PSE, and Ying Tong to explore two topics at the intersection of ZK and the real-world data: zkPDF and zkID.  First they dive into zkPDF, a set of tools for proving facts on digitally signed PDFs. Vikas talks about the challenges of parsing data inside zkVMs—working with decades-old specifications that use many different encodings, and tackling practical use-cases like bank statements and ID verification. They also explain how issuers, such as India's DigiLocker, can generate proofs in a way that protects individual privacy. Next they cover zkID and the EF's work on building a system that would meet the EU's Digital Identity Framework requirements ahead of its 2026 rollout. Ying Tong explains how the EF's work on zkID differs from existing zk-based identity projects, particularly through its device-binding requirements, the cryptographic community's feedback to the EU Commission, the trade-offs between proof systems, PSE's work on standards and more. They wrap up with a chat about the challenges of revocation in both systems, and what's next for the projects.  Related links: Episode 367: Local-First with grjte and Goblin Oats Episode 366: Bringing ID Onchain with Self Episode 363: Bringing ZK to Google Wallet with Abhi and Matteo Episode 362: zkTLS with Maddy from Reclaim Episode 358: Building ZK Registries Onchain with Rarimo Episode 353: Making ZK More Human with ZK Email Episode 330: Frameworks for Programmable Privacy with Ying Tong and Bryan Gillespie Community Privacy Residency Anon Aadhaar DigiLocker

Today on Galway Talks with John Morley:   9am-10am Pressure mounts on Galway City Council to address pedestrian safety in one of city's busiest areas   Global Creator from Galway Launches Premium PR Agency  - and she's only 17   We look ahead to this year's All Ireland Camogie Senior Final   10am-11am Shock in farming circles at EU Commission proposals to stop support payments to OAPs   New Galway AI product to go live in Croke Park this Sunday    Esker Festival Orchestra Choir comes to Saint Nicholas' church   11am-12pm Galway Thoughts Panel - Anne Rabbitte and Pete Roche  Sports preview 

In this special episode of Dividend Talk, we tackle one of the most frustrating topics for European investors: dividend withholding tax. Our guest is Thomas Rappold, founder of Divizend.com, a platform built to automate and simplify dividend tax reclaims for retail investors. Thomas shares how his own investing struggles led him to build the company, and how Divizend is helping thousands of investors recover lost income from foreign dividends.We discuss:​What dividend withholding tax is (and why it's such a headache)​Why most investors miss out on reclaiming what's rightfully theirs​The upcoming EU-Faster regulation and digital tax residency certificates​The role of brokers, the EU Commission, and what's changing by 2028​Practical steps for reclaiming your foreign dividend taxes​Why dividend investors need to push for change and how Divizend is giving us a voice​Thomas also shares his unique investing mindset (yes, he owns both Palantir and Lindt!) and replaces a stock in our Dividend Growth Community Portfolio.

In episode 1873, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know & Ridiculous History, and the new co-host of Wrongful Conviction, Ben Bowlin, to discuss… Trump Needs TV To Learn About America’s Threats, Tim Walz - DEMS NEED TO BULLY THE SHIT OUT OF TRUMP, Spielberg’s Next Movie is Going to Be The First Big Alien Movie Post UAP Disclosures, Oreo’s Parent Company Is Taking Aldi To Court and more! The conservative wave is hobbling Pride celebrations across the country. But in some small towns, the party’s just getting started. Gabbard Wants Fox Hosts to Feed Trump Top Secret Intel: ‘Doesn’t Read’ Tim Walz Tells Democrats to 'Bully the S***' Out of Donald Trump Oreo maker Mondelez sues Aldi, alleging chain copies packaging to confuse shoppers Lawsuit accuses Aldi of copying others' packaging: See for yourself The Maker of Oreo and Cadbury Dairy Milk Has Been Fined $366 Million. Here’s Why Nabisco factory in New Jersey closing after 63 years Grocer Aldi to add 800 of its discount stores across US as Americans feel pinch of high food prices EU Commission fines Oreo maker Mondelez 337.5 million euros for blocking cross-border sales Mondelez selling part of its gum business for $1.35B LISTEN: Ace Trumpets by ClipseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Promised, Trump Targets The EU Commission Dictatorship With 50% Tariffs! DOGE Discovers Outgoing Biden Admin Stole $93 Billion From Dept. Of Energy Days Before Trump Was Sworn In

Aengus Cox, RTE Agriculture Correspondent discusses this mornings protest by farming groups outside the EU Commission office in Dublin.

In today's episode, we cover the Trump's meeting with Al-Sharaa, European Court of Justice's ruling on the EU Commission, Hungary's 'foreign agents' bill, Cyril Ramaphosa's response to Afrikaners being welcomed by Trump in the US as ‘refugees'.Watch TLDR's latest videos here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgR2nxrfKVIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-X1xeNGN-w&t=1shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlyMhTVhh4 TLDR's Daily Briefing is a roundup of the day's most important news stories from around the world. But we don't just tell you what's happening, we explain it: making complex topics simple to understand. Listen to the Daily Briefing for your global news bulletin every weekday.Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR's print magazine, here: https://toolong.news/dailyProduced and edited by Scarlett WatchornHosted byWritten by Rory Taylor and Nadja LovadinovMusic by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator//////////////////////////////Sources:✍️ Trump Meets Al-Sharaahttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-meet-syrian-president-saudi-before-heading-qatar-2025-05-14/https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-ahmed-al-sharaa-mohammid-bil-salman-syria-israel-us-riyadh/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/trump-meets-syria-president-after-lifting-us-sanctions ✍️ EU Commission Loses All Counts in Pfizergate Casehttps://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/14/eu-commission-loses-on-all-counts-in-pfizergate-legal-case?fromBreakingNews=1 ✍️ Orban Introduces ‘Foreign Agents' Billhttps://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-fidesz-party-hungary-russia-democracy-transparency-public-life-civil-society/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hungary-viktor-orban-ngos-budapest-fidesz-b2750741.html ✍️ Ramaphosa Denounces South African Refugeeshttps://www.euronews.com/2025/05/14/south-africas-president-ramaphosa-says-afrikaners-resettling-in-us-are-cowards ✍️ China Criticises US-UK Trade Dealhttps://www.ft.com/content/52f7be1c-e708-4b01-b486-7f189a52c842 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Europe Editor Tony Connelly reports on the European Court of Justice ruling on Ursula von der Leyen's witholding of text messages with Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla.

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger PictureThe climate scam is officially over, it has been defunded. The [CB] are struggling, Trump is setting the stage and is trapping the [DS] and China. Soon the dismantling will be complete. Trump and team are finally putting America first.  The [DS] is panicking, Trump and the patriots are releasing the puzzle pieces one piece at a time. Eventually the pieces will form a picture and the people will finally see who the true criminal. Tulsi sends a message to the [DS] and the people of this country. Trump replaces the portrait of Obama with fight, fight, fight portrait. All roads lead to Obama and HRC. Everything is being put into place to bring down the [DS].   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1910890395304669444 USPS To Hike Stamp Prices By About 7.4% To 78 Cents Effective This Summer The U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising the price of a "forever" stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents as part of a broader rate hike set to take effect July 13, pending approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission, according to CBS News. The increase would raise mailing service prices by about 7.4%. The USPS says the hike is necessary for financial stability, continuing a trend of rate increases under former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who warned customers to expect “uncomfortable” pricing adjustments after a decade of flawed pricing models. Source: zerohedge.com https://twitter.com/RealAllinCrypto/status/1910415797052203317   https://twitter.com/RealJessica05/status/1910812769164603530 trade surpluses with the U.S., are now facing real consequences. Tariffs hurt them more than us. Trump holds the leverage. China, Europe, and Latin America all are feeling the pressure. This is not just a pause. It's a test: Who's ready to renegotiate the terms of global trade Xi calls on EU to join China in jointly resisting 'unilateral bullying' by U.S. There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in self-isolation, says Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the tariff war with U.S. As U.S. President Donald Trump targeted China with heavy tariffs while pausing levies on other countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday (April 10, 2025) appealed to the European Union (EU) to “jointly resist the unilateral bullying" by Washington.  Source: thehindu.com   https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1910721712250855787   negotiate with China to remove tariffs and trade barriers, and put in place strong structural protections for IP. Trump Lobs Energy Bomb at EU EU leaders face a dire choice with no consensus. Germany and France advocate talks, aiming to lessen Trump's demands—perhaps by partly meeting his energy terms—to avert disaster. They dread export slumps, factory closures, and a downturn worse than past crises, clinging to a fragile hope of stability. The EU Commission's pleas for cohesion fall flat amid the clash. Ireland and Luxembourg brace for export losses, while Italy and Spain eye energy price hikes that could spark unrest. The European Central Bank, hampered by debt and limited options, stands by anxiously. Protests ripple across cities like Lisbon and Warsaw, split between anger at Trump and frustration with Brussels' long drift. If the EU buckles under Trump's grip, a new path could open: a alliance of sovereign states, free from Brussels' overreach and Washington's demands. The West might be tearing itself apart, but from the debris, a stronger,

Six people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River this afternoon. The aircraft was believed to be carrying a family of tourists from Spain—two adults and three children—along with the pilot.President Donald Trump has imposed a 145 percent tariff on China as part of an effort to pressure Beijing into negotiating. The move follows his decision just a day earlier to raise reciprocal tariffs to 125 percent, while offering tariff relief to other countries.The EU Commission has decided to temporarily suspend counter-tariffs on U.S. goods, following Trump's announcement that he would pause tariffs for 90 days. Further negotiations between the two sides are expected.Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate-approved budget resolution, unlocking the next step in the reconciliation process. All but two House Republicans voted in favor of the plan, which calls for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts—paving the way for President Trump's agenda.

The EU Commission has brought the hammer down on Apple and Google at the same time. All the big news from Nvidia's big event yesterday. More details on that Google/Wiz deal. Two new Pebble smartwatches and Google's new entry-level Pixel… that you can't preorder yet.Sponsors:MackWeldon.com and promocode BRIANLinks:EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and connected devices (TechCrunch)Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust rules (The Verge)Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra and Rubin AI chips (CNBC)The key takeaways from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's GTC keynote (SiliconAngle)NVIDIA GTC 2025 – Built For Reasoning, Vera Rubin, Kyber, CPO, Dynamo Inference, Jensen Math, Feynman (SemiAnalysis)Google's $32 billion deal for Wiz accelerated under Trump, sources say (Reuters)The first new Pebble smartwatches are coming later this year (The Verge)The Pixel 9A is a midrange phone that actually looks like a good deal (The Verge)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Google announces Pixel 9A, Nvidia announces DGX Station and DGX Spark, new report says infostealing malware is on the rise. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS Live ad-free. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you enjoy what you see you can support theContinue reading "The EU Commission Orders Apple To Open iOS to 3rd-party Connected Devices – DTH"

In February 2025, the EU Commission proposed the first Omnibus Package of sustainability rules, with the aim of simplifying and reducing EU sustainability reporting requirements. But did it work? Has the outcome been "good" or "bad"? And what are these new rules set to do to the future of sustainable finance in the EU? Listen to this episode of ESG now to find out!NOTE: The first 12:10 of this episode provides a background of what the Omnibus proposal actually proposes. If you just want our takes on the good, the bad, and the future of this proposal, skip that section!Host: Mike Disabato, MSCI ESG ResearchGuest: Simone Ruiz-Vergote, MSCI ESG Research

In episode 1826, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, Abby Govindan, to discuss…Ukraine Fallout Continues, Trump Compares Himself To Elvis, Tesla Implosion Shows That Facism Is Bad For Business, Hardly Anyone Went To See Mickey 17... But At Least It Didn’t Cost As Much As Chris Pratt’s Netflix Disaster and more! WATCH: Vice President JD Vance confronts Cincinnati protesters, condemns them on social media Tesla shares have declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington Elon Musk's wealth tanks by $102 billion in 2 months as Tesla stock hits the skids EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk’s ‘interference’ in elections ‘Major brand worries’: Just how toxic is Elon Musk for Tesla? Rage Against Elon Musk Turns Tesla Into a Target Box Office: Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ Opens to Sluggish $19M in U.S. Launch ‘Mickey 17’ Review: An Amusing Robert Pattinson Gamely Tackles a Double Role in Bong Joon Ho’s Scattershot Sci-Fi Follow-Up to ‘Parasite’ Rotten Tomatoes: The Electric State ‘The Electric State’ Review: The Russo Brothers’ Joyless Netflix Mockbuster Is Only Compelling as an Argument for Letting the Movies Die ‘The Electric State’ Reviews: Are Critics Shocked By $320 Million Film? LISTEN: Saturdays (Omicasa Remix) by De La Soul WATCH: The Daily Zeitgeist on Youtube! L.A. Wildfire Relief: Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.