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Serbia's LGBTQ+ community faces 'epidemic of violence' Documented cases of violence against LGBTQ+ people in Serbia have never been higher. The attacks are part of a larger shift in society targeting marginalized people. Tour de France final stage shortened due to wildfires Security personnel assigned to the race have been redeployed to help contain major blazes near Bordeaux, reducing Sunday's final stage. Could 'mesh networks' help overcome authoritarians' internet blocks? In authoritarian countries, the state is often either monitoring online communications or has the ability to shut them down in a political crisis. But there are other ways that activists can keep in touch. Poland's main opposition collapses over far-right slide A power struggle within Poland's main opposition force has come to a head. But a move to expel former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki may greatly weaken the right-wing party's popularity. Trump threatens EU with tariff probe over Google, tech fines US President Donald Trump has said he will initiate a tariff investigation against the EU in response to fines against US tech companies. He cited the latest case that Google lost on Thursday, as well as others. Russia hits drone demonstration near Kyiv, killing 10 Ukraine says 10 were killed and around 100 injured in the strike, a day after Zelenskyy met with officials from US arms giant Raytheon. Meanwhile, in St. Petersburg, another Wildberries warehouse came under drone fire. Sweden eases mining permits to cut China minerals reliance Sweden has declared the mining of critical minerals and rare earths a national security interest. This will ease and expedite the permit process. The government said the step was needed to counter dependence on China. ECB keeps interest rates unchanged amid Iran war inflation The European Central Bank has kept its base interest rates steady but said it was "closely monitoring" the energy price shock. The impact of the war against Iran on energy costs has pushed inflation over ECB targets. Canada-EU: Closer trade ties to counter Trump? Given they share the world's longest land border, Canada and the US have historically enjoyed fruitful trade relations. But with Donald Trump escalating his tariff war, Canada is looking to the EU and further afield. EU fines Google €890 million over competition rules The European Commission said it found that Google had preferenced its search engine and app store in ways that unfairly harmed competition.