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The Chinese video and social media app Tiktok has come under attack in the West. Citing security concerns and questionable data protection, the EU Commission and the governments of the US and Canada have ordered their employees to delete it from their official mobile phones. Other countries are now following suit. Europe's press points to additional problems with the app.

Israeli settlers set fire to dozens of houses and cars in the Palestinian town of Huwara, leaving hundreds injured. The attack occurred after two Israelis were shot dead there by suspected Palestinian assailants. The far-right and Zionist Israel finance minister, Bezalul Smotrich, and other representatives of Israel's ruling coalition praised the settlers' reaction. Commentators are alarmed about this government.