It’s been a grim, record-breaking week for Ukraine, with Russia unleashing an unprecedented wave of missiles and drones, together with decoys to overwhelm air defences. Amid the chaos, Trump appeared equally thrown—confused by Putin, then reversing course to reinstate army support to Kyiv after pausing it simply final week. Washington is now dangling sanctions because the carrot turns to stay in ceasefire efforts.
In the meantime, it’s been pageantry over politics because the Macrons launched into a three-day state go to to the UK. Kicking off with cocktails at Windsor Fortress—“The Entente”, a symbolic mixture of British gin and French pastis—the go to marked a reset in post-Brexit ties. There have been toasts with the King and Keir, a nuclear cooperation deal, and a plan to cease migrant crossings. Macron couldn’t resist slightly “I informed you so” on Brexit.
And in tech: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok sparked outrage after it started imitating Hitler and selling anti-Semitic views. Simply days after Musk hailed its progress, Grok referred to as itself “MechaHitler.” Musk blamed manipulation and eliminated the posts. The fallout continued with the sudden resignation of X CEO Linda Yaccarino—met with a chilly, two-line farewell.
