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US 大統領は、strait of Hormuz での作戦支援を拒否する European 諸国を「断じて許しがたい（absolutely horrible）」と述べた。Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump は、Germany に配備されている部隊数の削減を検討していると述べた翌日、Italy と Spain からも US 部隊を撤退させると警告した。 US 大統領による Germany への警告は、同国の chancellor、Friedrich Merz が、America は Iran によって「屈辱を与えられている（humiliated）」と語ったことを受けて行われた。 Continue reading...

US大統領は、Iranに対するUS-Israeliの戦争に対する公的な批判を受け、EuropeにおけるUS軍のプレゼンスの見直しを行うと述べた。ItalyとSpainは、US大統領 Donald TrumpがEuropeにおけるUS軍のプレゼンスの広範な見直しの一環としてUS軍撤退の警告を行っている国のリストに加わった。記者の質問に答え、Trump氏はIranでのUSのキャンペーンに対する両国の批判に結びつけ、そのような動きを「おそらく」検討すると述べた。「いいかい、なぜいけないんだ？ Italyは我々の助けになっていないし、Spainはひどい、全くもってひどい。」続きを読む...

• Oracleは2026年4月30日、AIモデルへの脅威を未然に防ぐため、新たな顧客向けセキュリティアドバイザリを公開しました。 • このアドバイザリはサイバーセキュリティの兆候を浮き彫りにし、AI導入に向けたセキュリティ体制の更新を促しています。 • 生成AIシステムを標的とした新たな脆弱性に対する予防的な措置を示唆しています。

Joint Terrorism Analysis Centreの評価は、テロ攻撃の可能性が「highly likely」であることを意味している。Golders Greenでの刺傷事件を受け、UKのテロ脅威レベルはJoint Terrorism Analysis Centreによって「severe」に引き上げられた。これは、テロ攻撃が発生する可能性が「highly likely」と考えられていることを示している。Home secretaryのShabana Mahmoodは、水曜日の攻撃を卑劣なテロ行為であると述べた。彼女は「本日、国家脅威レベルが『severe』に引き上げられました。これは、テロ攻撃が発生する可能性がhighly likelyと見なされていることを意味します」と語った。Continue reading...

• 元 FBI Director James Comey は2026年4月29日、貝殻のソーシャルメディア投稿を通じて Trump 大統領の生命を脅かしたとされる DOJ の起訴を受け、当局に出頭し出廷した。 • 検察側はその投稿が脅迫を象徴していたと主張しており、政治的緊張が高まる中で迅速な連邦政府の措置が取られた。 • この事件は Trump 同盟者と元政府高官の間で激化するレトリックを浮き彫りにしており、2026年の midterm の動向に影響を与える可能性がある。

• US大統領の声明は、Germanyの首相が紛争においてUSが「屈辱を与えられている」と述べたことを受けてのものです。 • US大統領 Donald Trumpは昨夜、首相 Friedrich Merzが今週、USはIranによって「屈辱を与えられている」と述べたことを受け、Germanyに配備されている部隊の数を削減すると脅しました。 • Trumpは、USは「Germanyにおける部隊削減の可能性を調査および検討しており、今後短期間のうちに決定が下される予定だ」と述べました。

US大統領の警告は、GermanyのFriedrich Merzが、Trump teamはIranとの交渉において出し抜かれていると示唆したことを受けて行われた。 Donald Trumpは、Germanyの首相がAmericaはIranに「辱められている」と述べてから数日後、Germanyに配備されている部隊の数を削減する可能性があると発表した。 自身のTruth Socialプラットフォームへの投稿で、US大統領は政権が「Germanyにおける部隊削減の可能性を検討・精査しており、近い将来に決定を下す」と述べた。続きを読む...

• 88歳の DC congressional delegate である Eleanor Holmes Norton は、Trump による過去30年間で最も深刻な市政府への連邦政府の脅威に対し、毅然とした態度で対応した。 • Muriel Bowser の同盟者たちに支持されている Norton は、Trump の行動を地方自治体による統治（local control）における政治的勝利と見なしている。 • この対立は、連邦政府と DC governance の間で続く権力争いを浮き彫りにしている。

• Virginia の有権者は、複数の GOP 現職議員を危うくする Democratic が支持する連邦下院の redistricting 案を僅差で承認しました。 • この措置は、主要な選挙区で Democratic に有利になるよう境界線を引き直すもので、2026 midterm races に向けた勢力均衡を変化させます。 • この沿岸部での redistricting を巡る争いは、公正な地図（fair maps）と党派的な優位性を巡る全米的な緊張を浮き彫りにしています。

• エド・デイビー氏はReform UKを「Magaのフランチャイズ」と批判し、イーロン・マスク氏がXを通じて極右思想を英国に流入させていると主張。 • UK政治ライブ – 最新アップデート：自由民主党は、ドナルド・トランプ氏が米国および他国に及ぼしている、エド・デイビー氏が「深刻な脅威」と呼ぶ状況への広範な取り締まりの一環として、国会議員によるXからの報酬受給の禁止を推進している。 • 火曜日にこの計画を発表した自由民主党党首は、一部の国会議員がXから報酬を受け取っているReform UKに対し、英国の政治団体ではなく「Maga政治のフランチャイズ」であるとして、改めて攻撃を展開した。

• ジェームズ・コミー前FBI長官が2026年4月28日（火）、Instagramの投稿がドナルド・トランプ大統領への脅迫にあたると司法省（DOJ）に判断され、2度目の起訴を受けた。 • 司法省は、大統領に言及した暗号化されたメッセージとされる同投稿を改めて精査し、捜査を拡大した。 • コミー氏は、今回の起訴は政治的緊張の中での自身のSNS活動を誤解したことに起因するものであると述べ、無罪を主張している。

• 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.