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From connected cars to British universities, from Russian sabotage to Iranian cyber operations, European security services are making increasingly explicit warnings public. The alerts come as Europe heads towards an election-heavy 2027, leaving governments to balance security concerns, diplomatic relationships and economic interests.

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European intelligence agencies are increasingly warning about security vulnerabilities in interconnected systems, from connected cars to university research partnerships. These warnings highlight the growing concern over data security, industrial competition, and technological dependence, particularly with China and Russia.

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When a car becomes a security concern. A car can also be a platform for collecting information. That is the message behind a new warning from Dutch intelligence about the risks associated with the increasingly connected systems installed in modern vehicles.

• Microphones and cameras can technically be activated remotely, according to the document published on Wednesday. Infotainment systems can hold identifiers from connected devices, contacts, internet traffic, messages and navigation data. GPS and telematics systems can also be used to reconstruct a vehicle’s location and movements. The advice to users is unusually concrete: avoid confidential conversations inside or near the vehicle, and limit the amount of personal or sensitive information entered into onboard systems.
• The Dutch warning does not identify China or Chinese manufacturers as the source of the threat. It addresses the vulnerabilities of connected vehicles in general. But it comes as the security implications of Chinese-made cars are becoming an increasingly sensitive issue in Europe.

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• Connected cars combine many of the features that have driven those concerns: sensors, cameras, microphones, geolocation, remotely updatable software and vast quantities of data. In the case of Chinese manufacturers, concerns over data collection intersect with the broader question of the relationship between companies and the state — and whether technologies becoming embedded in everyday European life could generate new strategic dependencies.
• It is here — rather than in the Dutch warning itself — that the car intersects with Europe’s broader China debate. Data security, industrial competition and technological dependence are increasingly converging around the same product.

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From universities to semiconductors. Cars are only one part of the picture. On the same day as the Dutch warning, the security of British university research partnerships with Chinese entities came under renewed scrutiny, amid concerns about the potential transfer of sensitive cyber expertise.

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Russia and the space below conventional war. With Russia, the picture is different — and more immediately coercive. On September 24, the Danish Defence Intelligence Service published an assessment concluding that Europe’s security environment had deteriorated further. Moscow, the agency said, had intensified its use of sabotage and destructive cyberattacks and was attacking targets in Europe with drones. Its conclusion was stark: “the hybrid war is escalating”.

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Making those risks public inevitably reduces the room for political ambiguity. It does not compel a government to adopt a particular policy towards China, Russia or Iran. But it makes it harder, after the fact, to argue that the risks had not been identified. In that sense, public intelligence warnings can begin to function as policy signals.

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I found myself in the same spot in the same conditions.

I got a second chance.

And this is the one I’m going with.

This is the one I like.

Apologies that this isn’t a well-dressed lady performing music, that’ll come tomorrow again probably.

Thanks for seeing my work!

Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian activist Sean Feucht said in a video published on September 29 that the entire state of Minnesota has been “hijacked with toxic empathy towards … the LGTBQ community,” Muslims, and “so many other groups” that have allegedly “hijacked the niceness or the empathy of the church.

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Several Finnish lawmakers have said someone entered their homes while they were away, Yle reported.

The incidents took place over the past year. Nothing was stolen during the suspected intrusions, but lawmakers reported noticeable signs that someone had been there — for example, doors left open or lights turned on. Parliament Speaker Jussi Halla-aho said this may have been deliberate.

The exact number of lawmakers affected has not been reported, but Yle puts it at “fewer than 20.” Halla-aho said they did not belong to the same party or share any other common characteristics.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said foreign actors could be behind the incidents. “If someone is trying to destabilize Finland, undermine our sense of security, or weaken our support for Ukraine, for example, it has the opposite effect,” he said.

Orpo also said Russia had previously tried to interfere in European elections. Finland’s next parliamentary election will be held in April 2027.

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Im not sure if i should go with youtube or some other platform?

What would you all advise i look into? what do you think?

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European businesses are calling for a region-to-region trade agreement with ASEAN following a breakthrough in the EU's deal with the Philippines last week, as Brussels seeks to diversify its trade and political ties.

The European Union is also expected to conclude a trade agreement with Thailand by the end of this year, with the 10th round of talks ongoing until Tuesday. To date, the EU has trade deals in the region with Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam, and is in negotiations with Malaysia.

But businesses want the EU to go deeper and wider by seeking a deal with ASEAN as a bloc, in the face of competition from the two biggest economies -- China and the U.S.

"ASEAN would want the EU to become a more practical partner," [Joanne Lin, senior fellow at Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute] said, citing areas for cooperation like in green transition, energy connectivity, digital trade, resilient supply chains and sustainable infrastructure.

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Geopolitical competition and tension have surged in the past few years, and the EU has felt squeezed by China and the U.S. at a time when major European economies are struggling to grow. In its own backyard, it is also fighting against Russian hybrid attacks while wrestling with weak defense budgets and political instability.

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The EU-Philippines deal would remove tariffs on 94% of goods traded, including agrifood, machinery and appliances. For the first time, the Philippine government procurement market will also be open to foreign players.

"The agreement delivers real opportunities for businesses of every size," said Sefocovic. "It also delivers a stronger, more diversified supply chain at a moment when resilience has become a strategic priority."

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The ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations - is an intergovernmental forum of all 11 states in Southeast Asia. Members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

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Such as using a platform like fiverr for example, is it worth trying or should i stay away? I want to do basic tasks but i dont have a anything yet to showcase. So it may be a bad idea but at the same time i want/need money. I know i could get a job but im in a point in life where i feel i am unable to.

but who am to say...

The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache HTTP Server 2.4.69, addressing 20 security vulnerabilities affecting versions up to 2.4.68. The issues span multiple Apache modules and include denial-of-service, information disclosure, authentication issues, memory corruption, request/response smuggling, and limited code-execution scenarios.