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The 2024 US election  

Trump critics consider running for president  

 

One of Donald Trump's loudest critics within the Republican Party, Liz Cheney, is considering running in the presidential election as an independent candidate, the Washington Post writes. 

 

- Several years ago, I would not have considered it. But I happen to believe that democracy is threatened here at home, as a result of Donald Trump's continued grip on the Republican Party, she tells the newspaper.  

 

Cheney is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and previously served in Congress herself for the Republicans, but was defeated by a Trump-loyal candidate in her home state of Wyoming last year. 

 

When she promoted her new book in recent days, she warned, among other things, that Trump could turn the United States into a dictatorship if he is elected president again.  

 

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The riot in Dublin  

McGregor wants to be president: "Like my chances"  

 

UFC star Conor McGregor opens up about running in the next Irish presidential election. That's what The Independent writes.  

 

"It wouldn't be just me who was president, an Irishman. It would be me and you," McGregor writes on X. Among other things, he promises to hold consultative referendums every week if he becomes president. 

 

The idea was immediately supported by Tesla founder Elon Musk, who in a reply to Gregor writes that he is convinced that the fighter could defeat all the other candidates on its own. 

 

"I like my chances Elon, 100 percent," McGregor replies. 

 

The UFC fighter has recently been singled out as one of the people whose social media posts sparked a riot in Dublin linked to the far-right milieu in the country. 

 

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Youtuber crashed plan for likes - sentenced  

 

An American YouTuber who crashed a small plane to get more views and likes has been sentenced to six months in prison, several media reports.  

 

It was in December 2021 that Trevor Jacob, former Olympic snowboarder, used a selfie stick to film himself as he jumped out of the plane and landed unharmed with the help of a parachute. 

 

Jacob initially claimed it was an accident, but later admitted he staged the incident as part of a sponsorship deal.

 

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The bribery scandal in Brussels  

Leaked documents show: Suspect recorded all influence attempts  

 

The suspects in the extensive bribery scandal in the EU recorded their attempts to manipulate the parliament over four years. That shows leaked documents from the police investigation that Politico has seen. 

 

A computer belonging to parliamentary assistant Francesco Giorgi seized by Belgian police in a raid last year contained a list of hundreds of influence operations. Everything from detailed plans to remove resolutions condemning Qatar's human rights violations to destroying books in parliament that portrayed Qatar in a bad light. 

 

Among the suspects are also former EU parliamentarian Pier Antonio Panzeri and former deputy speaker Eva Kaili. They are accused of accepting bribes to influence decisions in favor of Qatar and Morocco. According to the investigation, they should have received around four million euros for the job.

 

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Review: Britain's most dangerous site hacked  

 

Britain's Sellafield nuclear waste site has been hacked by cyber groups with close ties to Russia and China, an investigation by The Guardian shows. This means that some of Sellafield's most sensitive activities, such as moving and monitoring radioactive waste, may have been compromised.  

 

According to sources to the news site, breaches of the facility's computer network were first discovered in 2015, but management has consistently tried to hush up the incidents. The sources also say it is likely the hackers accessed top-level classified material from the facility, which is described as Britain's most dangerous site. 

 

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5,000 liters of fake olive oil were seized in Spain  

 

Spanish and Italian police have arrested eleven people and seized over 5,000 liters of olive oil, The Guardian reports. Those arrested belong to a criminal network that tries to sell cheap olive oils at high prices through fake labels on the bottles.  

 

Suspicions were first raised when the Spanish police force Guardia Civil inspected a truck carrying olive oil in the Ciudad Real region.  

 

"A mix of different factors, such as general price inflation, reduced production of olive oil and increased demand, have created the perfect breeding ground for fraudulent producers," writes Europol in a statement.