September 7: Ukraine Refinery Strikes and Miami Cargo Crash

Digital rights in Europe A senior adviser to the EU’s top court says Belgium’s data-retention law should be struck down, arguing that mass collection of internet metadata breaches privacy rights even when justified as a cybercrime measure. The opinion is not a final ruling, but it presses the EU to reconsider how broadly governments can gather communications data and what oversight is required. AI safeguards and infrastructure UN human rights chief Volker Türk is calling for global safeguards, independent oversight and firm limits on advanced artificial intelligence, warning of potentially existential risks. Separately, major technology companies are promoting cooling systems intended to cut water use at AI data centres, though some can demand more electricity, shifting strain from local water supplies to power grids. Ukraine’s refinery campaign Ukraine says it struck oil-processing plants in Russia’s Perm region and Tatarstan overnight, reviving its long-range campaign against refinery infrastructure. The attacks come as reduced crude availability and refiners’ preference for diesel tighten marine-fuel supplies, adding costs and pressure across global shipping. Miami cargo jet crash Investigators are working to establish why an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport, killing at least five people. The inquiry will focus on the aircraft, runway conditions and the sequence of events leading to the crash. New Delhi hostel collapse Rescuers are searching for survivors after a hostel building collapsed in New Delhi, killing seven people. Heavy monsoon rain can weaken older buildings, and collapses remain a recurring danger in parts of India during the rainy season. Serbia’s public glorification of Mladić Thousands attended a Belgrade funeral for Ratko Mladić, the former Serbian general who died in prison while serving a life sentence for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide during the Bosnian war. Red Star Belgrade supporters also displayed an image of Mladić before a derby against Partizan, putting a convicted war criminal at the centre of a major sporting event and renewing concern over Serbia’s public reckoning with that history.