Israel said on Thursday it will deport to Europe pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla headed towards Gaza as the Israeli navy intercepted vessel after vessel in the Mediterranean.

Google said Wednesday it was adding its Gemini generative AI assistant to its smart home devices, saying users would be able to control them with natural language commands.

British fashion designer Stella McCartney is showcasing plant-based alternatives to real feathers in her latest collection, as the animal-rights campaigner takes on the "barbaric" farming of birds for clothing.

Jose Mourinho insisted fond memories of his time at Chelsea were not enough to satisfy him after Benfica were beaten 1-0 on his return to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

The United States will regard "any armed attack" on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike on the country last month.

"In light of the continuing threats to the State of Qatar posed by foreign aggression, it is the policy of the United States to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar against external attack," said an Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and released on Wednesday.

The Russian army's advance in Ukraine slowed again in September, especially in the Donetsk region, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Moscow's forces seized a total of 447 square kilometers (173 square miles) from Ukraine in September, accentuating a slowdown that began in August, the data showed.

France is probing an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's clandestine "shadow fleet" for "serious offenses", President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday -- stopping short of confirming reports of a link to mysterious drone flights in Denmark.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday vowed Russia would not succeed in sowing "division and anxiety" in the bloc, at the start of summit talks in Denmark rattled by a spate of mysterious drone flights.

"It's a pattern, and this pattern is coming from Russia," von der Leyen told reporters as the defence talks kicked off in Copenhagen. "Russia tries to test us, but Russia also tries to sow division and anxiety in our societies. We will not let this happen".

The EU will seek to widen and significantly increase tariffs on foreign steel, the bloc's industry chief Stephane Sejourne told the sector on Wednesday.

Brussels will unveil new measures on Tuesday to protect the steel sector that will replace the current "safeguard clause" expiring next year, Sejourne said during a meeting in Brussels, participants told AFP.

Eurozone inflation rose in September, official data showed Wednesday, buoyed by energy costs in the single-currency area.

Inflation rose to 2.2 percent last month, from two percent in August, the EU's statistics agency said. The figure was in line with predictions by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.