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Jim Gavin ‘didn’t see’ bullying or sexism during Defence Forces career

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Fianna Fáil presidential candidate says Women of Honour group has done State a service by highlighting abuse in organisation
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EU Commission lashes out at Apple for wanting landmark digital law scrapped

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The tech company was slapped with a €500 million fine by the Commission in April.

“And that’s not all, there is another ongoing case where, again, all options remain on the table,” Regnier said.

He said Apple had snubbed the Commission’s efforts to engage in positive talks to help them comply with the DMA.

“Results of this positive engagement? After two months, Apple came back and asked us to scrap everything,” he said, adding: “We of course fully get companies want to defend their profits at all costs, but that’s not what the DMA is about.”

U.S. president Donald Trump has stated he will slap tariffs on countries with digital rules he deemed to be discriminatory to American companies.

The Trump administration and some of its tech allies have repeatedly attacked the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a sister law to the DMA which regulates social media platforms, accusing the bloc of censorship and claiming the law would impose costs on U.S. companies.

A spokesperson for Apple referred POLITICO to its statement published on Wednesday, which said that the company wants “our users in Europe to enjoy the same innovations at the same time as everyone else, and we’re fighting to make that possible — even when the DMA slows us down.”

“The DMA means the list of delayed features in the EU will probably get longer. And our EU users’ experience on Apple products will fall further behind.”

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Tusk issues stark reality check about Trump’s pro-Ukraine pivot

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But Tusk had a different take on Trump’s apparent U-turn. Reading between the lines, the U.S. president was seemingly backing away from his pledge to end the conflict, the Polish leader warned Thursday.

“President Trump has stated that Ukraine could, with the support of the European Union, regain all of its territory. This surprising optimism conceals a promise of reduced U.S. involvement and a shift of responsibility for ending the war to Europe,” Tusk wrote on social media. “Truth is better than illusion.”

Trump has previously threatened to walk away from negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, and has admitted the war is proving more difficult to end than he expected — though he shocked Western allies with Tuesday night’s missive.

“I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” he wrote on social media shortly after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

“We will continue to supply weapons to NATO for NATO to do what they want with them. Good luck to all!” he added.

His whiplash-inducing pivots on the conflict, from denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin as “absolutely CRAZY” to embracing him at a summit in Alaska a few months later, or pausing, then restarting delivery of military aid to Ukraine, have left Kyiv and its allies anxious about where Washington really stands.

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Former Rehab chief Angela Kerins submits legal bills of €2.1m to Oireachtas

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Clerk of Dáil tells Public Accounts Committee controversy over €300,000 bike shed caused reputational damage
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