Daily brief
The European Union is planning to ban artificial intelligence applications used to create sexually abusive deepfakes, targeting the spread of non-consensual explicit content. EU countries and lawmakers have also clinched a provisional deal on watered-down AI rules, while the bloc agreed on stronger protections against sexualized deepfakes.
The EU approved billions in aid for German industry climate protection and billions for five hydrogen projects in Denmark.
The EU failed to agree on implementing a tariff deal with the US, as President Trump set a July 4 deadline for fulfillment or threatened higher tariffs.
The EU told airlines they must still pay passengers compensation for flight cancellations due to a fuel price surge.
Greece submitted a plan to the EU to fully phase out Russian gas by the end of 2027.