Five people died in a fire at an apartment building in Manlleu, near Barcelona, Spain, on Monday night, while the European Parliament blocked lawmakers from using AI tools on their work devices, citing security risks. In other news, CBS allegedly banned Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas Representative James Talarico, and Syria began evacuating residents from the Al-Hol camp, which houses relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) fighters. Additionally, an undercover operation foiled an IS plot to massacre Jews in Manchester, according to The Guardian.
The fire in Spain broke out in a five-story building's storage room, according to Sky News, and emergency services reported that victims were unable to escape an attic storage room. The cause of the blaze is still unknown.
Meanwhile, the European Parliament cited cybersecurity and privacy concerns as the reason for blocking lawmakers from using AI tools on their work devices. According to an email seen by Politico, the parliament's IT department stated it could not guarantee the security of data uploaded to AI companies' servers. "It is considered safer to keep such features disabled," the email said, as reported by TechCrunch.
On the entertainment front, Stephen Colbert revealed that CBS prevented him from airing an interview with Democratic Representative James Talarico. Colbert said the network's lawyers told him he could not have Talarico on the show, according to The Verge.
In Syria, government forces began evacuating the Al-Hol camp, which had been the largest camp housing family members of suspected IS militants. Government forces captured the camp from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last month, according to Euronews.
In the UK, an undercover operation thwarted a plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester. Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein were sentenced to life imprisonment after attempting to carry out the attack, according to The Guardian. Saadaoui, who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, had previously worked as a holiday entertainer and restaurateur.
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