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Roberta Metsola tracker – week 27 EU

She has started the week positivvely frist by attacking Ursula Von der Leyen and raising the profile of EU president ( much needed) and then later she was speaking to business leaders in Brussels telling them Europe is open for business

A leaked wiretap has exposed Israeli firm Paragon and its spyware ‘Graphite’ for hacking journalists critical of Israel’s policies. The software, linked to ex-military chiefs and tested on Palestinians, allows full access to phones without user interaction.

This underreported story raises urgent questions about state surveillance, media suppression, and the demise of free speech.

It’s been more than seven years since Belgium’s worst ever peacetime attack. In March of 2016 an islamic state terror cell carried out twin bombings at the Brussels airport alongside a third on the Metro. A court Tuesday convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges, including French citizen Salah Abdeslam and Belgian-Moroccan Mohamed Abrini – both already sentenced to life in jail by France for the Paris attacks in 2015. FRANCE 24’s Peter O’Brien tells us more.

Live: Zelensky arrives in Brussels to rally EU leaders EU

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels on Thursday to rally EU leaders to step up support for his war-ravaged country on the third leg of his European tour, officials said. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).