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Viral photo shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving police custody after questioning over Epstein documents Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain’s King Charles, was released from police custody after a day of questioning over allegations he sent confidential government documents to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A stark photograph of the former prince slumped in the back of a Range Rover as he left Aylsham police station in Norfolk went viral after it was published late yesterday. Thames…

Norway’s royal family faces a fresh test as Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship, goes on trial Tuesday in Oslo accused of 38 counts, including four rapes and multiple assaults against former girlfriends. The 29-year-old, who grew up in the royal household but holds no official role, was arrested on Aug. 4, 2024, on suspicion of assaulting his then-girlfriend and damaging her apartment the previous night. In the weeks that followed, several ex-partners came forward with…

X said it will geoblock parts of its AI image tools to stop Grok, its chatbot, from generating or editing sexualized images of real people, escalating its response to a global backlash and mounting investigations tied to deepfake abuse of women and minors. In a statement, X’s safety team said it will “geoblock the ability” of all Grok and X users to create images of people in “bikinis, underwear, and similar attire” in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the…

Irish officials have condemned X’s decision to put some of its Grok AI image-editing tools behind a paywall, calling the move “window dressing” that fails to address the spread of sexually explicit deepfakes, including images of children, on the platform. Niamh Smyth, Minister of State with responsibility for AI, said X had informed her it would meet with her in the coming weeks after she requested talks earlier this week. But she said restricting image generation and editing to paying subscribers does nothing to stop…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's foreign minister, Minister Balal Cusman Balal Osman, was left with an egg in his face on Thursday after presenting the wrong flag when he hosted Russian diplomat Mikhail Golovanov in Mogadishu. Instead of placing the Russian miniature flag in front of the visiting ambassador, Mr Ottoman's team placed the Dutch flag upside down. It may have been a mistake . But it may well be a depiction of President Mohamed Farmajoo's government and the way it treats its image. Mr. Golovanov's visit was supposed…