• 7:47 am: Nord Stream: a fourth leak identified in the Baltic Sea

A fourth leak has been identified in the Baltic Sea above the Nord Stream gas pipelines targeted by suspected sabotage, we learned from the Swedish coastguard.

"There are two leaks on the Swedish side and two leaks on the Danish side," an official from the Swedish authority told AFP, adding that the two leaks on the Swedish side are "close to each other".

So far the authorities of the two countries had reported a leak on the Swedish side and two leaks on the Danish side.

  • 6:06 a.m .: the importance of NATO jumps in European and North American opinions

The importance of NATO as a security actor has jumped 11 points in one year in the perception of public opinion in 14 European and North American countries, according to an annual study by the German Marshall Fund (GMF ) published on Thursday.

The European Union is also perceived as important for the national security of the countries of the continent, according to this study called "transatlantic trends" and carried out in July in 14 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal , Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States) with 1,500 people per country.

Among those polled, 78% believe that NATO is "very" or "rather" important for the security of their country, compared to 67% in 2021. Countries close to Russia and Ukraine are those who grant it importance (91% in Poland, 88% in Romania, 87% in Lithuania), but high scores are to be noted in Western European countries, such as Portugal (90%), the Netherlands (81% ) or Germany (80%).

  • 12:16 a.m.: Apple removes Russian social network VKontakte from its app store

Apple confirmed on Wednesday that it has removed applications from the Russian social network VKontakte from its App store, following new British sanctions imposed on Russian organizations and personalities in retaliation for annexation votes organized in four regions of Ukraine by Moscow.

Users of VKontakte (VK), a Russian platform similar to Facebook, will be able to continue using their apps if they already have them on their iPhone, but not download new ones or perform updates.

"There may be difficulties with notifications and payments. VK specialists are working on it," the network said in a statement, adding that it has recently improved the apps to work well without an update." for a long time".

With AFP and Reuters

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