Information that the US is ready for revenge attacks - Iranian targets may be attacked
The US is planning to carry out strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq, as a response to the attacks on US targets in recent times. Sources told CBS News.
The plans are said to include attacks on Iranian personnel and Iranian facilities.
In this context, the attack on a military base in Jordan that killed three Americans is mentioned. The US has blamed Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah.
On Thursday, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin says, without commenting on the data, that they want to avoid a major conflict but that they will take measures. He further says that the country has the ability to "respond" in several ways.
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The agricultural protests
Tractor convoys in Brussels at the EU summit - eggs are thrown at Parliament
Convoys of angry farmers have made their way to the EU quarters in Brussels ahead of today's extraordinary summit with the heads of state and government. According to AFP, 1,000 tractors are blocking the roads around the meeting.
Reuters writes that eggs have been thrown at the EU Parliament and that fires have been started.
Farmers are pressured by, among other things, high energy prices and competition from foreign production that does not have to follow strict EU legislation. Similar protests have been carried out in several other places in Europe.
Yesterday, the protests were partially heard when the European Commission announced a plan to protect farmers from competition from cheap exports from wartime Ukraine. Another concession is that the introduction of rules that would have forced farmers to set aside land for biodiversity is postponed.
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The turbulence around Facebook
Zuckerberg apologized after grilling in the Senate
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday to families whose children were harmed on Facebook and Instagram.
Zuckerberg and Tiktok CEO Shou Chew were grilled in the Senate about how their platforms affect children and young people, and what they are doing to protect users from, above all, abuse.
Throughout the hearing, parents whose children have been harmed, and sometimes killed themselves, held up pictures of their children. After being pressed by questions about how he planned to compensate the families, Zuckerberg was asked if he planned to apologize. He then turned to the audience.
- I am sorry for everything you have been forced to experience, it is terrible. No one should have to go through what your families have done.
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