Čekijos visuomeninis transliuotojas antradienį pranešė, kad dėl išlaidų mažinimo, kurį lėmė planuojamas perėjimas prie finansavimo iš valstybės biudžeto, šalis praleis kitų metų „Eurovizijos“ dainų konkursą.

Aplinkos apsaugos departamentui pranešus, kad kreipėsi į policijos pareigūnus dėl nušautos tigrės Klaipėdos zoologijos sode, pats vadovas neneigė incidento. Kartu jis pabrėžė, kad šitaip buvo „išvaduotas gyvūnas iš kančios“.

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LONDON — The Green Party is reviewing a complaint against its deputy leader following an alleged altercation at a local meeting, two people with knowledge of the procedure have told POLITICO. The probe into Mothin Ali’s conduct follows a report by Leeds outlet the Exchange of a public dispute between the deputy leader and a member of his local party at a meeting last month. According to minutes of the Leeds Green Party group meeting, reviewed by POLITICO, Ali “snatched” a phone from an attendee and “threw the phone onto the floor” after the person “attempted to take an image with Mothin in the background.”  Both were then asked to leave, the Sept. 15 minutes state. The Green Party told the Exchange at the time that it disputed “this incomplete account” of the alleged altercation. A complaint about Ali was lodged with the Green Party a week later, according to a party official, who was granted anonymity like others in this article to discuss a sensitive matter.  The deputy leader has not been suspended by the party while the allegations are under review. A Green Party spokesperson said: “We do not comment on internal matters.” Ali declined to comment, instead directing POLITICO to the party press office. The first party official referenced above told POLITICO any decision on whether or not to suspend Ali is expected to take about five weeks, in part due to the Greens’ Brighton conference — which Ali attended — slowing what is normally a shorter process. The second person familiar with the process, an ally of Ali, said the deputy leader had been “under a lot of pressure” and that the party had failed to support him in the face of attacks. Ali — one of two Green Party deputy leaders — said in a statement on X last month that he had “been subjected to a sustained series of allegations, complaints, leaks and personal attacks” since standing to become deputy leader, and argued that some of these had been “explicitly racist and Islamophobic.” He told the party’s Brighton conference in a speech Saturday that internal disagreement “must never mean tolerating racism, misogyny, homophobia or intimidation inside our own movement.” The row comes at a sensitive moment for the Green Party, which has been posing a left-wing challenge to Britain’s Labour government under Leader Zack Polanski, but seen some support drift away amid the rise of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.  Ali has spent the weekend in Brighton rebutting rumors that he could pose a leadership challenge to Polanski at the party’s next election — not due to take place for another year.  Speaking to the BBC over the weekend, Ali said that Polanski — who is trying to win a seat in Parliament at the Holborn and St Pancras by-election this week — had his “full support.”

TIRANA, Albania — Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj has caused a stir with a video pledge of free school lunches for all the capital’s children. There’s one problem: Veliaj is currently in prison, and the blue-suited figure making the heartfelt announcement is AI-generated. In an Instagram post on his official profile labeled as AI-generated, the video likeness of the 46-year-old appears in front of the Albanian and municipal flags, listing his achievements in office while reiterating his promise of free school lunches for the city’s kids.  “I made another commitment that I will never forget: food in schools,” says the Veliaj clone. “I will keep this promise even from this cell where they have locked me up.” Veliaj has been in prison in the coastal city of Durres since early 2025 amid investigations over allegations of corruption and financial crimes. He denies any wrongdoing.  “My hostage situation has been going on for 20 months, and I can only greet you with artificial intelligence,” his avatar says. “I will continue to work even from the cell … I hug you with longing, you and your wonderful children.” After his arrest and imprisonment, snap elections for Tirana were scheduled last November, but were canceled at the last minute after a Constitutional Court ruling found he could not be dismissed outside of normal democratic processes. Veliaj has delegated duties to several deputy mayors while he is incarcerated, but remains the official mayor of the city until municipal elections take place in the first half of 2027. This isn’t the first time imprisoned politicians have used AI to communicate with the public. In 2023, Pakistan’s jailed former leader Imran Khan used an AI deepfake to urge citizens to vote for his Tehreek-e-Insaf party during elections. Then in July, an AI-generated avatar of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro appeared at the launch of his son Flavio’s presidential campaign. Bolsonaro is under house arrest and barred from participating in election-related discourse or events. This is also not the first time Albanian officials have been provocative with AI. In autumn 2025, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama introduced the country to Diella, the world’s first AI-powered virtual minister, who was officially appointed to the government cabinet and tasked with rooting out corruption in tender and procurement processes. A few months after the appointment, Diella came under fire when the woman whose likeness was used for her face and voice objected to the use of her image for a ministerial position.

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Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia's Tigray region overnight into Monday, aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have raised fears of wider fighting. France 24's Philip Turle says that the Ethiopian government is pushing into Tigray territory amid fears the conflict "could get out of control".

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