What we are reading June 11, 2024

War and peace dominate the headlines along with a political shift to the right in Europe. This is what we are reading this week.
Why Europe is lurching to the right
Far-right parties made big gains in EU Parliament elections — and that’s already having an effect.

How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed at least 274 Palestinians in Gaza
Based on previous operations, at least some of the special forces who took part in the raid likely dressed like Palestinians and spoke fluent Arabic.
Sora is ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator. Here’s what we know about the new tool
The maker of ChatGPT is now diving into AI-generated video. Meet Sora — OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator.
I Think I Can Explain Joe Biden’s Bad Approval Ratings
Inflation is not the problem.

Ukraine says a third of Russian warships in the Black Sea have been destroyed or disabled
Ukraine’s navy spokesman says that Ukrainian forces have sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea, a major blow to Moscow’s military capability as the war has dragged into a third year.

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