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Presiden AS menyebut negara-negara Eropa ‘sangat mengerikan’ karena menolak mendukung operasi di Selat Hormuz Europe live – pembaruan terkini Donald Trump telah mengancam akan menarik pasukan AS dari Italia dan Spanyol sehari setelah mengatakan ia sedang mempertimbangkan untuk mengurangi jumlah pasukan yang dikerahkan di Jerman. Ancaman presiden AS terhadap Jerman tersebut muncul setelah kanselir negara itu, Friedrich Merz, mengatakan bahwa Amerika sedang “dipermalukan” oleh Iran. Lanjutkan membaca...

Presiden AS mengatakan ia akan melakukan peninjauan terhadap kehadiran militer AS di Eropa setelah munculnya kritik publik terhadap perang AS-Israel di Iran. Italia dan Spanyol telah bergabung dalam daftar negara yang semakin panjang yang diancam oleh Presiden AS Donald Trump dengan penarikan pasukan AS sebagai bagian dari peninjauan yang lebih luas terhadap kehadiran militer AS di Eropa. Menanggapi pertanyaan dari seorang reporter, Trump mengatakan ia “mungkin” akan mempertimbangkan langkah tersebut, mengaitkannya dengan kritik kedua negara terhadap kampanye AS di Iran. “Dengar, mengapa saya tidak boleh melakukannya? Italia tidak membantu kami sama sekali dan Spanyol sangat buruk, benar-benar buruk.” Lanjutkan membaca...

• Oracle merilis advisori keamanan pelanggan baru pada 30 April 2026, guna mengantisipasi ancaman terhadap model AI. • Advisori ini menyoroti pertanda keamanan siber, mendesak pembaruan postur keamanan untuk implementasi AI. • Ini menandakan langkah-langkah proaktif terhadap kerentanan baru yang menargetkan sistem AI generatif.

Penilaian Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre menyatakan serangan teror ‘sangat mungkin’ terjadi Tingkat ancaman terorisme Inggris telah dinaikkan menjadi “severe” oleh Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre setelah aksi penikaman di Golders Green, yang berarti serangan teror dianggap “sangat mungkin” terjadi. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Shabana Mahmood, menggambarkan serangan hari Rabu tersebut sebagai tindakan terorisme yang keji. “Hari ini, tingkat ancaman nasional telah meningkat menjadi ‘severe’, yang berarti serangan teroris dianggap sangat mungkin terjadi,” katanya. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Mantan Direktur FBI James Comey menyerahkan diri kepada pihak berwenang dan hadir di pengadilan pada 29 April 2026, menghadapi dakwaan DOJ karena diduga mengancam nyawa Presiden Trump melalui unggahan media sosial berupa foto kulit kerang. • Jaksa penuntut mengklaim unggahan tersebut menyimbolkan ancaman, yang memicu tindakan federal yang cepat di tengah ketegangan politik yang meningkat. • Kasus ini menggarisbawahi meningkatnya retorika antara sekutu Trump dan mantan pejabat, yang berpotensi memengaruhi dinamika pemilihan paruh waktu 2026.

Pernyataan presiden AS menyusul komentar kanselir Jerman bahwa AS sedang ‘dipermalukan’ dalam konflik. Presiden AS Donald Trump mengancam akan mengurangi jumlah pasukan yang ditempatkan di Jerman tadi malam, setelah Kanselir Friedrich Merz mengatakan pekan ini bahwa AS sedang “dipermalukan” oleh Iran. Trump mengatakan bahwa AS sedang “mempelajari dan meninjau kemungkinan pengurangan pasukan di Jerman, dengan keputusan yang akan dibuat dalam periode waktu singkat mendatang.” “Kanselir Jerman, Friedrich Merz, menganggap tidak apa-apa jika Iran memiliki Senjata Nuklir. Dia tidak tahu apa yang dia bicarakan! Jika Iran memiliki Senjata Nuklir, seluruh Dunia akan disandera. Saya sedang melakukan sesuatu terhadap Iran, saat ini juga, yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh Bangsa-Bangsa, atau Presiden lain, sejak lama. Tidak heran Jerman berkinerja sangat buruk, baik secara Ekonomi maupun hal lainnya! Presiden DONALD J. TRUMP” Lanjutkan membaca...

Ancaman presiden AS ini muncul setelah Friedrich Merz dari Jerman mengisyaratkan bahwa tim Trump sedang dikalahkan dalam negosiasinya dengan Iran

• Delegasi kongres DC berusia 88 tahun, Eleanor Holmes Norton, merespons dengan tegas terhadap ancaman federal paling serius bagi pemerintah kota dalam 30 tahun terakhir dari Trump. • Norton, yang didukung oleh sekutu Muriel Bowser, menganggap tindakan Trump sebagai kemenangan politik bagi kendali lokal. • Kebuntuan ini menggarisbawahi perebutan kekuasaan yang sedang berlangsung antara tata kelola federal dan DC.

• Pemilih Virginia sedikit menyetujui rencana redistrikasi kongres yang didukung Demokrat yang membahayakan beberapa petahana Republikan. • Langkah ini menggambar ulang batas wilayah untuk menguntungkan Demokrat di distrik-distrik kunci, menggeser keseimbangan untuk pemilihan tengah tahun 2026. • Pertempuran redistrikasi pesisir ini menyoroti ketegangan nasional terkait peta yang adil dan keuntungan partisan.

• Ed Davey menyerang Reform, menyebutnya sebagai 'waralaba Maga' dan mengatakan Elon Musk menyalurkan ide-ide sayap kanan jauh ke Inggris melalui X. • Politik Inggris live – pembaruan terbaru: Liberal Democrats mendesak larangan bagi Anggota Parlemen (MP) untuk menerima pembayaran dari X sebagai bagian dari rencana tindakan tegas yang lebih luas terhadap apa yang disebut Ed Davey sebagai "ancaman serius" bagi demokrasi Inggris dari Donald Trump di AS dan negara lain. • Saat mengumumkan rencana tersebut pada hari Selasa, pemimpin Lib Dem itu memperbarui serangannya terhadap Reform UK – di mana sejumlah anggota parlemennya telah menerima uang dari X – dengan menyebutnya sebagai "waralaba politik Maga" dan bukan entitas politik Inggris.

• Mantan Direktur FBI James Comey didakwa untuk kedua kalinya pada Selasa, 28 April 2026, terkait unggahan Instagram yang ditafsirkan oleh DOJ sebagai ancaman terhadap Presiden Donald Trump. • Departemen Keadilan memperluas penyelidikannya menyusul pemeriksaan ulang terhadap unggahan tersebut yang digambarkan sebagai pesan berkode yang merujuk pada presiden. • Comey mempertahankan ketidaksalahannya, menyatakan bahwa tuduhan tersebut berasal dari salah tafsir atas aktivitas media sosialnya di tengah ketegangan politik yang sedang berlangsung.

• GetReal Security appointed cybersecurity veteran Varun Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer to address surging enterprise needs. • The hire responds to rising deepfake and AI-powered identity attacks in the cybersecurity landscape. • Kohli's expertise will drive expansion of real-time protection solutions for businesses facing AI threats.

High fuel prices and passenger delays caused by EU’s EES entry-exit system causing problems, says trade bodyBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s smaller airports may not survive if jet fuel shortages triggered by the Middle East crisis lead to widespread route cancellations, the industry’s trade body has warned.Although airlines insist that there are currently no supply issues within the normal four- to six-week horizon, the US-Israel war on Iran and the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz have doubled the price of jet fuel, prompting some carriers to cancel flights. Continue reading...

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligationThe UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish values”, while insisting that criticism of the country’s government is “a Jewish obligation” rather than an act of disloyalty.Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism – the newly formed movement representing around a third of synagogues in the UK – said Israel’s trajectory could pose an “existential threat” not just to the country itself but to Judaism. Continue reading...

• Months after restoring federal family planning funding, Missouri's only Title X grantee program now confronts fresh challenges from U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. • The program provides essential reproductive health services amid ongoing political debates over federal support for family planning initiatives. • This development underscores persistent tensions in U.S. public health policy regarding access to contraception and reproductive care funding.

• Myanmar's military junta has blocked UN humanitarian corridors to conflict-affected regions, preventing food and medical aid from reaching approximately 2 million people at imminent risk of famine. • UN humanitarian agencies report that supplies have been halted for two weeks; the blockade coincides with intensified fighting between military forces and opposition groups in central Myanmar. • The US has condemned the blockade as a war crime and called for emergency UN Security Council action, though Russia and China have signaled opposition to any intervention.

• American Medical Association warns that $100,000 H-1B visa application fees jeopardize physician recruitment for rural and underserved U.S. areas. • Costs deter international doctors, who fill 25% of rural positions, exacerbating provider shortages affecting 60 million Americans. • AMA urges policy reform to maintain care access amid growing demand.

Overnight incident in Romania did not lead to hostilities as potential target stayed within Ukrainian airspaceTwo RAF Typhoons have been scrambled from a Romanian air base to engage Russian drones close to Nato air space although did not fire or shoot any down.British defence sources said the fighter jets did not enter Ukrainian airspace, contradicting reports that Russian drones had been shot down by the RAF there, an event which would have represented a major escalation in hostilities between the western alliance and Moscow. Continue reading...

Carriers will retain airport slots if they cancel services as passengers are urged to continue with travel plansPenalties on airlines that cancel UK flights because of jet fuel shortages have been eased, it has emerged, as the government issued fresh advice to reassure the public they can still fly and should stick to travel plans.Airlines who cancel flights will not lose their rights to valuable takeoff and landing slots at busy airports, which can be forfeited when flights fail to operate over a period. Continue reading...

• OpenAI and Microsoft expanded their cybersecurity partnership to jointly combat emerging cyber threats through deployment of advanced artificial intelligence tools and enhanced security protocols. • Microsoft will leverage its cybersecurity expertise to strengthen protections for OpenAI's systems and customer environments, while OpenAI's powerful AI models will be made accessible to Microsoft's security operations. • The collaboration aims to address rising AI-driven cyber risks and establish industry standards for AI security defense.

• OpenAI and Microsoft announced an expanded cybersecurity partnership aimed at combating emerging cyber threats in the AI era. • The two companies plan to deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools to enhance security capabilities across their platforms. • This collaboration reflects the growing recognition that AI-powered security solutions are essential to address increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Media rights groups condemn killing of Amal Khalil, who said in 2024 she had been threatened by ‘an Israeli enemy’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe Lebanese journalist killed in an Israeli attack on Wednesday had previously complained of receiving a threat via an unidentified Israeli phone number that she would be killed if she did not leave southern Lebanon, where she had long been based and worked.Amal Khalil, 43, who worked for al-Akhbar newspaper and had described herself as supporting the resistance against Israel “whether communist or Islamist”, was killed in a sustained attack by Israeli forces in which a colleague was also wounded. Continue reading...

Government aims to move TV and radio funding under state control, which critics say undermines independenceJournalists at the Czech Republic’s public broadcasters have said they are prepared to go on strike unless the government of the billionaire prime minister, Andrej ​Babiš, backs down on its plan to scrap licence fees and move funding under state control.In what the journalists see as a threat to their independence, the government wants to replace the current system, in which households pay fees directly to public service media, with direct funding from the state budget. “Licence fees are cancelled,” the culture minister, Oto Klempíř, declared last week. Continue reading...

Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather.At least 94 elections and referendums across 52 countries have been disrupted by climate-related impacts over the last two decades, researchers found. Continue reading...

• 88-year-old congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is leading a back-seat response to the most serious federal threat to D.C.’s government in 30 years. • The challenge targets local autonomy, echoing Muriel Bowser's conflicts with Trump policies. • Victory for D.C. allies could preserve home rule amid national partisan divides.

Actor says his opposition to South Island development near his farm has led to personal abuseThe actor Sam Neill says he has received threats of violence from supporters of a controversial goldmine that could be opened several kilometres away from his farm in New Zealand’s Central Otago district, after he publicly objected to the New Zealand government’s plans to fast-track the mine.The Australian mining company Santana Minerals is pushing to expedite a 85-hectare (210-acre) open-cast goldmine, called Bendigo-Ophir in the Dunstan mountains, an area dubbed “outstanding natural landscape” by the Central Otago district council. Continue reading...

Despite surprise fall in unemployment, weak wage growth and inflation pressures put the squeeze on workersUK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9%Business live – latest updatesDespite a surprise fall in the unemployment rate, the latest jobs data show the labour market in a fragile state, even before the Iran war threatened to derail the UK’s nascent economic recovery.At 4.9% in the three months to February, the unemployment rate was down from 5.2% in the previous three months, according to the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading...

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.