## Trump angrily denying he is a paedophile reveals his greatest weakness

Authored by inews.co.uk

When CBS News booked Donald Trump for its flagship 60 Minutes programme this weekend, it surely must have been expecting a combative interview.

Polanski told Sky News: “It is no secret that Burnham and Rayner would be much closer to my politics”.

Donald Trump beside the First Lady and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

A New York court held in a 2023 civil case that Trump had sexually abused the writer E Jean Carroll.

60 Minutes’ parent company, CBS News, was recently bought out by Trump allies Larry and David Ellison, who installed a new, friendlier to Trump editor-in-chief in the form of Bari Weiss.

Trump might have shown that he doesn’t fear assassins, but he showed us his weaknesses at the same time.

Trump is so used to being cossetted that he can no longer handle even the softest of pushbacks. »

### Germany's Merz: US 'humiliated' by Iran, no end in sight to conflict

Authored by yahoo.com

The United States is being "humiliated" by Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday, warning that the conflict is not likely to end soon.

"The problem with conflicts like this is always: you don't just have to get in, you have to get out again.

The US "quite obviously went into this war without any strategy," Merz said, making it all the harder to bring the conflict to an end. »

### Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI

Authored by abcnews.com

The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI's CEO, and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company's founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology.

Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017, initially was seeking more than $100 billion in damages.

But any damages now are likely to be much smaller after a series of pre-trial rulings that went against Musk. »

### Merz says US 'humiliated,' lacks strategy in Iran conflict

Authored by dw.com

Germany's Friedrich Merz says Iran has appeared more resilient than the US expected and warned that the conflict is escalating without a clear exit strategy.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Iran's leadership is in the process of "humiliating" the United States in the ongoing conflict.

Merz said Washington appeared to lack a clear strategy and questioned what kind of exit the US might pursue. »

### Falklanders should 'go back' to England, insists Argentina in renewed war of words

Authored by lbc.co.uk

Falklanders should 'go back' to England, insists Argentina in renewed war of words.

Falkland islanders have been told to go back to England after Argentina’s Vice-President renewed her country's claim to the British overseas territory.

The latest war of words between Britain and the Falkland Islands, the comments, delivered by Vice-President Victoria Villarruel, follow Donald Trump weighing in on the decades-long territorial dispute. »

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