Opposition leader Peter Magyar, who is ahead in the polls, accused his rivals of planning to blackmail him with a secretly recorded sex tape ahead of the Hungarian election, according to BBC World. Meanwhile, Prince Harry thanked bereaved families mounting a legal challenge against social media giants Instagram and YouTube, as reported by BBC Technology. In other news, Prince Andrew faces accusations of sharing a Treasury document with a banking contact, as revealed by BBC Business.
Magyar, who leads long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the polls, stated he suspected there were plans to release a tape of him from August 2024, when he engaged in consensual sex with an ex-girlfriend at a party, according to BBC World. He was responding to a photo recently posted online of a bedroom in an apartment dating back to then. Magyar said he was filing a complaint with authorities.
Prince Harry, in an emotional address, thanked bereaved families for sharing their stories in a landmark trial in California, according to BBC Technology. The families allege that the online platforms are addictive by design. Lawyers for YouTube and Meta, which owns Instagram, reject the allegations. Prince Harry expressed hope for "truth, justice and accountability" in footage shared.
Prince Andrew faces another accusation of sharing an official document, with reports that he gave a Treasury briefing to one of his personal business contacts, according to BBC Business. Emails published in the Telegraph suggest that in 2010 the then Prince Andrew asked for information from Treasury officials on banking problems in Iceland. This briefing was shared with Jonathan Rowland, a business connection of Andrew's, whose father David Rowland took over part of a failing Icelandic bank.
In other news, the African Union Summit is tackling climate change and Somaliland tensions, as reported by Al Jazeera. Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 summit, with a water-focused theme centered on climate change. Conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, DR Congo and the Sahel loom, while Israel's recognition of Somaliland adds pressure over borders.
Additionally, the United Kingdom's ban on Palestine Action has backfired, its cofounder said, after the High Court ruled that proscribing the group as a terror organization was unlawful, according to Al Jazeera. Critics from the United Nations human rights chief to the Irish author Sally Rooney decried the UK's ban last June as an illiberal overreach.
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