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Olympics Opening Ceremony To Be Non-Divisive — Designer

Emmanuel Monye — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:37:53 +0000

The opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will be less “divisive” than that of Paris, which drew criticism from conservative circles, its creative director Marco Balich said Tuesday.

The February 6 ceremony, which is expected to attract billions of viewers,” is a unique platform for conveying positive messages, not divisive ones,” the Italian artistic director said during an online press conference.

“I don’t like making divisive statements.”

The opening ceremony of the Winter Games — which run through February 22 — is to be held simultaneously at four venues, including Milan’s San Siro football stadium, and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Livigno, and Predazzo, which will host the skiing and snowboarding events.

Numerous artists and 1,200 Olympic volunteers are expected to participate in front of many celebrities and government officials, including US Vice President JD Vance.

The ceremony will first celebrate the beauty of Italy, with singer Andrea Boccelli and American pop star Mariah Carey singing in Italian.

It will then celebrate sport and the values of peace, “the harmony of cultures, religions and peoples that we need more than ever,” said Balich, who helmed the ceremonies at the 2006 Turin Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

During the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, a scene featuring drag queens was criticised around the world by religious authorities including the Vatican and conservative politicians, who saw it as an inappropriate reference to the Last Supper, Christ’s final meal.

“Some nations prefer to convey different messages,” Balich pointed out in response to a question about the Paris Olympics.

“I try to celebrate the values of humanity, I see the glass as half full, I am optimistic by nature,” he added.

Milan will be reviving one of the innovations of the Paris Games, however, namely its Olympic cauldron, which attracted crowds in front of the Louvre.

Under the Arch of Peace, in the heart of Milan, the fountain will be animated every hour between 5-11 pm from February 7-22, then again from March 6-15 for the Paralympic Games.

“I expect it to go viral — it’s our nod to social media,” Balich said.

AFP

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Zelensky ‘Worried’ Greenland Row Diverting Focus From Ukraine War

Emmanuel Monye — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:11:17 +0000

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he was worried US President Donald Trump’s push to take Greenland could be diverting focus away from Russia’s invasion, now approaching its four-year mark.

Trump last week threatened European nations with tariffs of up to 25 percent for opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, drawing anger from Brussels and putting the NATO military alliance under unprecedented strain.

Ukraine, which is currently battling a wave of Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure, is keen to avoid a dispute that could fracture unity among its Western allies.

“I’m worried about any loss of focus during a full-scale war,” Zelensky told reporters.

He added that the dispute surrounding Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory, and the Ukraine war should not be seen as “interchangeable”.

“We have a full-scale war, we have a specific aggressor, and we have specific victims,” he said.

He also called for Washington to engage in diplomacy with Europe.

“I want very, very much America to hear Europe, to truly hear it in the format of diplomacy. I think that’s what will happen and I strongly believe there won’t be any major threats,” he said.

AFP

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Royals Visit Deadly Train Crash Site As Spain Mourns

Emmanuel Monye — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:10:51 +0000

Spain’s king and queen visited Tuesday the site of the collision of two high-speed trains that killed at least 41 people as the country began three days of national mourning.

The country’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade took place late Sunday when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region.

It crossed on to the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train, which also derailed.

The death toll rose to 41 after the body of a passenger was recovered on Monday evening from one of the Iryo train carriages, the regional government said.

Over 120 people were injured, with 39 still in hospital, including four children, it added.

This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Madrid, shows emergency personnel working after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 18, 2026. (Photo by -UGC / @eleanorinthesky (via X) / AFP)

Dressed in dark clothing, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia shook hands with emergency services workers near the spot where the mangled wreckage of the two trains remains.

The royal couple were scheduled to visit injured passengers later on Tuesday at a hospital in the nearby city of Cordoba.

Santiago Salvador, a Portuguese national who broke a leg in the accident, said he felt lucky to be alive.

“I was thrown through the carriage, it felt like being on a carousel,” Salvador, his face covered in cuts, told Portuguese state television RTP.

“It was a very tragic accident; it looked like hell. There were people who were very seriously injured.”

Broken Rail

Heavy machinery was deployed on Monday to lift the most severely damaged train carriages and give rescuers better access.

The head of Andalusia’s regional government, Juan Manuel Moreno, had warned it could take another until Wednesday “to know with certainty how many deaths have resulted from this terrible accident”.

It was Spain’s deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

Flags flew at half-mast on public buildings, television anchors wore black, and cabinet ministers curtailed public appearances as Spain observed the first of three days of national mourning.

A picture taken on January 20, 2026 shows a view of a high-speed Iryo train that derailed and hit another train two days before, in Adamuz, southern Spain. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)

During a visit to Adamuz on Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vowed a full and transparent investigation into the cause of the accident.

Unlike the 2013 accident, the derailment occurred on a straight section of track, and the trains were travelling within the speed limit, officials said.

Transport Minister Oscar Puente said investigators must determine whether a broken section of rail, visible in media photos, was “the cause or the result” of the derailment of the Iryo train that led to the collision.

He said the Iryo train was “practically new” and the section of the track where the disaster happened had been recently renovated, making the accident “extremely strange”.

Sabotage Ruled Out

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said “the possibility of sabotage was never considered.”

“There has never been any element suggesting otherwise,” he told a press conference following a weekly cabinet meeting.

Human error has “been practically ruled out”, Renfe President Alvaro Fernandez Heredia told Spanish public radio RNE on Monday.

Heredia also ruled out speeding as a cause. He said both trains were travelling just over 200 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, below the 250-kilometre-per-hour limit for that section of track.

“It must be related to Iryo’s rolling stock or an infrastructure issue,” he said.

Opened in 1992, Spain’s high-speed rail network is the second largest in the world, after China.

Private operators began running passenger trains in 2021 following the liberalisation of the rail sector, ending the decades-long monopoly of state operator Renfe.

Since then, passenger numbers on some routes have grown noticeably.

AFP

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UK Defends Chagos Deal After Trump Accuses London Of ‘Great Stupidity’

Emmanuel Monye — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:08:10 +0000

The UK government said on Tuesday its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “secures” the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, after US President Donald Trump accused Britain of “great stupidity”.

The US president’s comments mark a major change of position for Trump, who previously endorsed the deal when it was signed in May 2025.

“The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform earlier on Tuesday.

The harsh comments follow Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Britain and other European countries for defending Greenland’s sovereignty from Washington.

The Chagos agreement will see Britain hand the archipelago to its former colony and pay to lease a key US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, for a century.

“This deal secures the operations of the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia for generations, with robust provisions for keeping its unique capabilities intact and our adversaries out,” Downing Street said in response to Trump’s criticism.

“It has been publicly welcomed by the US, Australia and all other Five Eyes allies, as well as key international partners including India, Japan and South Korea,” a government spokesperson added.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said in May that Washington “welcomes the historic agreement”.

“The Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint US-UK military facility at Diego Garcia,” Rubio said in a statement at the time.

‘Can’t Reverse The Clock’

“The treaty has been signed with the Mauritian government. So I can’t reverse the clock on that,” UK cabinet minister Darren Jones told Times Radio.

He added that the deal was in the final stages of going through parliament.

The UK kept control of the Chagos Islands after Mauritius gained independence from Britain in the 1960s.

But it evicted thousands of Chagos islanders, who have since mounted a series of legal claims for compensation in British courts.

In 2019, the International Court of Justice recommended that Britain hand the archipelago to Mauritius after decades of legal battles.

Challenges in international and domestic courts had left the status of the military base “under threat”, according to the UK government.

Opposition politicians in the UK have been critical of the deal, which would see Britain pay Mauritius £101 million ($136 million) annually for 99 years to lease Diego Garcia.

The net cost over the length of the lease would be around £3.4 billion if inflation was factored in, according to the government.

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the opposition Conservative party, said: “Unfortunately on this issue President Trump is right.”

“Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos islands,” said Nigel Farage, the populist leader of the hard-right Reform UK party.

But Ed Davey, leader of the centrist Liberal Democrat party, said Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer should begin to stand up to the US leader.

“This shows Starmer’s approach to Trump has failed. The Chagos Deal was sold as proof the government could work with him. Now it’s falling apart. It’s time for the government to stand up to Trump; appeasing a bully never works.”

AFP

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Spain Mourns As Train Disaster Toll Rises To 41

Channels Television — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:37:45 +0000

Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 41 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate.

The crash late on Sunday is Spain’s deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

The latest disaster took place when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region.

Members of the Red Cross work after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain, early on January 19, 2026. (Photo by Jorge GUERRERO / AFP)

It crossed onto the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train, which also derailed.

“This is a day of sorrow for all of Spain, for our entire country,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters during a visit to Adamuz on Monday as he declared three days of mourning.

“We will uncover the answer, and once the cause of this tragedy is determined, we will present it with absolute transparency.”

Forty deaths have been confirmed due to the crash, the head of Andalucia’s regional government, Juan Manuel Moreno, told a news conference, raising the toll from 39.

In this still image from video taken and released on January 19, 2026 by the Spain’s Guardia Civil, emergency workers are seen at the site where a high-speed Iryo train derailed and was hit by another train as rescue efforts continue in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 19, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Guardia Civil / AFP)

It would take 24-48 hours “to know with certainty how many deaths have resulted from this terrible accident,” he added.

Heavy machinery was deployed on Monday to lift the most severely damaged train carriages and give rescuers better access to the site of the disaster.

Over 120 people were injured, with 41 still in hospitals in the nearby city of Cordoba, Moreno said.

Relatives and friends of missing passengers have turned to social media, posting photos in an effort to find them.

‘Extremely strange’

Aerial footage of the crash site from Spain’s Guardia Civil police force showed the two trains far apart, as rescuers in high-visibility neon vests worked nearby.

Unlike the 2013 accident, the derailment occurred on a straight section of track, and the trains were travelling within the speed limit, officials said.

Transport Minister Oscar Puente said the first train to derail was “practically new” and the section of the track where the disaster happened had been recently renovated, making the accident “extremely strange”.

Train operator Iryo said the locomotive was built in 2022 and last inspected just three days before the accident. It said it “veered onto the adjacent track for still unknown reasons”.

The company said around 300 people were on board its service from the Andalusian city of Malaga to the capital, Madrid.

Renfe, the operator of the second train travelling to the southern city of Huelva, said it was carrying 184 passengers.

Human error has “been practically ruled out”, Renfe President Alvaro Fernandez Heredia told Spanish public radio RNE.

Heredia also ruled out speeding as a cause of the accident. He said both trains were traveling just over 200 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, below the 250 kilometres per hour limit for that section of track.

“It must be related to Iryo’s rolling stock or an infrastructure issue,” he added.

‘Strong hit’

In this still image from video released on January 19, 2026 by the Spain’s Guardia Civil, emergency workers are seen at the site where a high-speed Iryo train derailed and was hit by another train as rescue efforts continue in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 19, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Guardia Civil / AFP)

Spain has Europe’s largest high-speed rail network, with more than 3,000 kilometres of dedicated tracks connecting major cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and Malaga.

Survivor Lucas Meriako, who was travelling on the first train that derailed, told La Sexta television that it looked “like a horror movie”.

“We felt a very strong hit from behind and the feeling that the whole train was about to collapse, break… there were many injured due to the glass,” he said.

In Adamuz, where white buildings gleam among orange-lined streets, residents rushed to the town hall with supplies as news of the disaster spread.

“We started bringing water, blankets, everything we could,” Manuel Munoz, a 60-year-old olive oil factory worker, told AFP.

Among those offering condolences were Pope Leo XIV and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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The Most Deadly Train Disasters In Europe Since 2000

Channels Television — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:17:23 +0000

The collision late on Sunday between two high-speed trains in southern Spain which has killed at least 39 people is the sixth worst rail accident in Europe since 2000.

More than 120 were also injured in the crash, and Spain’s transport minister warned on Monday that the toll could yet rise.

A recap of the others:

2013: Spain, 80 killed

On July 24, a train with 222 people on board shoots off the tracks near Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, killing 80 passengers and injuring more than 140, in Spain’s worst train accident since 1944.

An inquiry found that the train was travelling at twice the speed limit for that stretch of track, and the crash resulted from a lapse in attention by the driver, who ended a phone call with the on-board conductor just moments before the train lurched off the rails.

A driver and a safety director were sentenced in 2024 to two-and-a-half years in prison over the crash.

2023: Greece, 57 dead

At least 57 people are killed and 180 injured after two trains collide near the northern Greek city of Larissa on February 28, before midnight.

The casualties of Greece’s worst train crash were mostly young students returning from a long weekend on a passenger train which collided near Tempe, central Greece, the two trains having been allowed to run on the same track for 19 minutes.

The trial will open on March 23 next year of 36 people, including railway executives and the stationmaster on duty the night of the crash.

They face charges including involuntary manslaughter and negligence and sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

2006: Montenegro, 47 killed

On January 23, a train plunges into a canyon of the River Moraca some 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, killing 47 passengers and injuring 234. The driver is found guilty of failing to activate the brake mechanism at a train stop.

2010: Ukraine, 45 killed

On October 12, 45 are killed in a collision between a train and a bus in Marganets, eastern-central Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities accuse the bus driver, killed in the accident, of having entered the crossing despite a red light and screams from the passengers.

2004: Turkey, 41 killed

Turkey’s worst rail disaster in recent history comes on July 22, when 41 people are killed and 80 injured after a high-speed train derails in the northwestern province of Sakarya.

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High-Speed Train Collision In Spain Kills 39, Injures Dozens

Channels Television — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:45:30 +0000

A high-speed train has derailed and been hit by another in southern Spain killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 120, authorities said on Monday.

It said the country’s worst train crash in over a decade was “extremely strange”.

This was the deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela.

The crash happened on Sunday evening when a train operated by rail company Iryo travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz in Andalucia.

It crossed onto the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train, which also derailed.

Transport Minister Oscar Puente said at least 39 people died, warning this toll was “not definitive” and could still rise.

“I want to express my deepest gratitude for the tremendous work of the rescue teams throughout the night, under very difficult circumstances,” he added on X.

Around 123 other people were injured, including five very seriously and 24 seriously, the interior ministry said.

Unlike the 2013 accident, the derailment took place on a straight part of the track which had been completely renovated, Puente told reporters.

The first train to derail was “practically new”, making the accident “extremely strange” and “very difficult to explain”, he said.

Rail experts “are very surprised by this accident”, he added.

‘Hard, tricky work’

Members of the Red Cross work after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain, early on January 19, 2026. (Photo by Jorge GUERRERO / AFP)

Train operator Iryo said the locomotive was built in 2022 and last inspected on January 15, adding it “veered onto the adjacent track for still unknown reasons”.

The company said around 300 people were on board its service from the Andalucian city of Malaga to the capital, Madrid.

Renfe, the operator of the second train, has not said how many passengers were on the service, which was travelling to the southern city of Huelva.

Spain has Europe’s largest high-speed rail network, with more than 3,000 kilometres (1,800 miles) of dedicated tracks connecting major cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and Malaga.

Emergency services said they struggled to free the hundreds of passengers trapped in the wreckage.

“The problem is that the carriages are twisted, so the metal is twisted with the people inside,” Francisco Carmona, head of firefighters in Cordoba, told public broadcaster RTVE.

“We have even had to remove a dead person to be able to reach someone alive. It is hard, tricky work,” he added.

A passenger on the second train who gave only her first name, Montse, told Spanish public television the train, jolted, “came to a complete stop and everything went dark”.

She described being thrown around in the carriage at the back end of the train and seeing luggage tumble onto other passengers.

“The attendant behind me hit her head and was bleeding. There were children crying,” she added.

“Luckily, I was in the last car. I feel like I was given a second chance at life.”

‘Great suffering’

Survivor Lucas Meriako, who was travelling on the Iryo train, told La Sexta television: “This looks like a horror movie.”

“We felt a very strong hit from behind and the feeling that the whole train was about to collapse… There were many injured due to the glass,” he said.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was to visit the site of the disaster later on Monday, his office said.

“Today is a night of deep pain for our country owing to the tragic rail accident in Adamuz,” he wrote on X on Sunday night, adding: “No words can alleviate such great suffering.”

The royal palace said on X that King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were following the news “with great concern”.

The monarchs offered “our most heartfelt condolences to the relatives and loved ones of the dead, as well as our love and wishes for a swift recovery to the injured”, the palace said.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were among the world leaders offering condolences.

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UK Govt Retreats On Mandatory Digital ID To Work

Nebianet Usaini — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:13:47 +0000

The UK no longer plans to make a new digital ID card mandatory to work in Britain, finance minister Rachel Reeves confirmed Wednesday, in the latest U-turn by her embattled government.

The climbdown follows an intense backlash to contentious plans to introduce a free digital ID for both nationals and those residing in the country in a bid to curb illegal migration.

After officials briefed British media late Tuesday that the new ID would no longer be mandatory for employment, Reeves insisted the right to work would still become contingent on providing a form of digital verification.

“We are saying that you will need mandatory digital ID to be able to work in the UK,” she told the BBC.

“Now the difference is whether that has to be one piece of ID — a digital ID card — or whether it could be an e-visa or an e-passport,” Reeves added.

“We’re pretty relaxed about what form that takes.”

The mandatory digital ID policy, unveiled by Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September, had sparked fierce opposition from rival political parties and public concern.

Some criticism, including from far-right figures, promoted unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives.

They included fearmongering that digital ID will be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit access to flying and food, which the government has vehemently denied.

Starmer said in September that the ID card would be introduced by 2029 and while it would not be mandatory, it would be required to prove the right to work.

Opposition politicians seized on the latest government reversal, which follows around a dozen other U-turns on various policies since centre-left Labour won power in July 2024.

“This is a victory for individual liberty against a ghastly, authoritarian government,” Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, said.

He vowed to scrap the ID “altogether” if it wins power.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said “good riddance” to “a terrible policy”.

A government spokesman said it is “committed to mandatory digital right to work checks”.

“Currently right to work checks include a hodge podge of paper-based systems with no record of checks ever taking place,” he added, calling them “open to fraud and abuse”.

The spokesman also noted the digital ID scheme will be set out “following a full public consultation which will launch shortly”.

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UK Regulator Opens Probe Into X Over Sexualised AI Imagery

Emmanuel Monye — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:21:52 +0000

UK media regulator Ofcom on Monday launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over its AI chatbot Grok’s image creation feature that has been used to produce sexualised deepfakes.

Grok is facing growing international backlash for allowing users to create and share sexualised pictures of women and children using simple text prompts.

Ofcom described the reports as “deeply concerning”.

It said in a statement that the undressed images of people “may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography — and sexualised images of children… may amount to child sexual abuse material”.

Contacted by AFP, X did not immediately respond.

Ofcom said it had contacted X on January 5 asking it to explain the steps it has taken to protect UK users.

Without sharing details of the exchange, the regulator said that X did respond within the given timeframe.

The formal investigation will determine whether X “failed to comply with its legal obligations”.

Under Britain’s Online Safety Act, which came into force in July, websites, social media and video-sharing platforms hosting potentially harmful content are required to implement strict age verification through tools such as facial imagery or credit card checks.

It is also illegal for media sites to create or share non-consensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material, including sexual deepfakes created with AI.

Ofcom has the power to impose fines of 10 percent of worldwide revenue for breaches of these rules.

Grok appeared to deflect the international criticism with a new monetisation policy at the end of last week, posting on X that the tool was now “limited to paying subscribers”, alongside a link to a premium subscription.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the move as an affront to victims and “not a solution”.

On Saturday, Indonesia became the first country to deny all access to the tool, with Malaysia following suit on Sunday.

The European Commission has said it is reviewing complaints about Grok.

AFP

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Cloudflare Threatens Olympic Services Over Piracy Fine

Emmanuel Monye — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:36:17 +0000

US internet company Cloudflare has threatened to pull its services in Italy, including for the Winter Olympics, after being fined 14 million euros ($16 million) for failing to tackle online piracy.

Italy’s independent communications watchdog, Agcom, announced the fine on Thursday for “ongoing violation of the anti-piracy law”, notably failing to disable content flagged under its “Piracy Shield” system.

The system allows rightsholders of live-streamed events to report pirated content through an automated platform, with providers required to block the content within 30 minutes.

In a lengthy post on X late Friday, Cloudflare chief executive Matthew Prince condemned what he said was a “scheme to censor the internet”.

He said the system had “no judicial oversight”, no appeal process and no transparency, and required services to block content not just in Italy, but globally.

Cloudflare had already launched legal challenges against the scheme and would now fight the fine, which he called “unjust”.

He also said his company was considering “discontinuing the millions of dollars in pro bono cyber-security services we are providing the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics”.

Prince said he would be discussing the issue with US officials in Washington, DC, next week and would then head to Lausanne for talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is organising the February 6-22 Winter Games in northern Italy.

He also warned his company could discontinue its free cyber-security services for Italy-based users, remove all servers from Italian cities and scrap plans to invest in the country.

Cloudflare is a platform that provides services including security and traffic management and optimisation for websites and applications.

It claims to manage around 20 percent of global internet traffic.

Agcom says that since its adoption in February 2024, Piracy Shield has led to the disabling of over 65,000 fully-qualified domain names (FQDN) and approximately 14,000 IP addresses.

AFP

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