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Trump's USA Cuts
White House may cut State Department funding for UN and NATO

The White House wants to cut the budget for the State Department and the little that remains of the aid agency USAID by almost half, according to documents obtained by the Washington Post.

In the cuts of a total of 48 percent, which are described as an early proposal, the department's funding for the UN and NATO, among others, will cease completely. Humanitarian aid is proposed to be reduced by 54 percent and investments in global health by 55 percent.

It is unclear whether the proposed cuts would be supported by Congress, which has a Republican majority.

Task: EU worries about American espionage - distributes "burner phones"

The EU Commission has taken measures to avoid espionage against staff traveling to the United States next week, sources tell the Financial Times. According to the information, EU staff who will participate in meetings with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington (IMF) will receive, among other things, so-called “burner phones” that are used for a limited time.

The guidelines for the trips are in line with how trips to Ukraine and China are prepared, then due to concerns about Russian and Chinese espionage. Now it is the US that is being handled as a potential security risk.

– They are worried that the US will get into the systems, says a source.

The EU and the US are currently discussing several sensitive issues, including Trump’s tariffs.

The climate threat  Global challenges
Study: Marine heatwaves are lasting longer and getting worse

Climate change has meant that marine heatwaves have lasted three times as long as before, reports The Guardian based on a new study. According to researchers at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies in Mallorca, Spain, half of the marine heatwaves that have occurred since the turn of the millennium are an effect of global warming.

Heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense. They disrupt marine ecosystems and add energy to coastal storms, says Marta Marcos, one of the report’s authors. She says there is a very clear link between heat waves and the burning of fossil fuels, and that the solution is to stop it.

“If you stop warming the atmosphere, you stop warming the oceans.