A viral image of an old couple in their underwear after apparently being mugged and stripped of their clothes in Paris has been confirmed as being created using AI.
This article covers world events on Monday (Australia time). For Tuesday’s live updates, click here.
The image, which claimed to be taken on October 17 amid violent protests and lootings across France, was widely shared on social media.
France was reeling Sunday from widespread damage during protests the day before that left a historic town hall torched and led to more than 2000 arrests, piling pressure on President Emmanuel Macron six months before elections to replace him.
It came as France’s interior minister admitted police “lost control” of protests across the nation over the weekend, as mayors demand to know why looters were left to ransack their streets.
Laurent Nunez admitted there was a “lack of anticipation” ahead of the weekend’s violence and offered his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, saying he “felt responsible for everything that happened”.
US President Donald Trump has blamed lax immigration policies for unrest during violent protests in France over the weekend and urged the country to “close your borders”.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk has promised American children a slice of his space empire, pledging a stock giveaway potentially worth more than $15 billion in Aussie dollars.
“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many,” the world’s first trillionaire posted on X on Monday.
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