Israel Lebanon strikes, Trump crypto dinner and AI blackmail tests

Israel intensifies strikes in Lebanon, the G7 says Russia must end its war and compensate Ukraine, the U.S. sanctions Sudan over alleged chemical weapons use, Mexico’s ex-Security Chief is ordered to pay $2.4B in a civil case, Italy's constitutional court backs female same-sex parents, Donald Trump floats the idea of 50% tariffs on the EU and 25% on Apple, while Trump holds a private dinner for top $TRUMP crypto coin investors, a judge blocks the Trump administration from terminating student visas, four EU lawmakers face a loss of immunity in a Huawei probe, and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 was found in tests to have plotted blackmailing developers. Sources: www.verity.news