The World in Brief from The Economist

Donald Trump delivered the longest state-of-the-union address on record. Also, Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic until Friday to remove restrictions it has applied to the way the Pentagon uses its Claude models.

Pete Hegseth, America’s secretary of war, gave Anthropic, an AI lab, until Friday to allow the Pentagon freer access to its Claude models.

The Pentagon gives Anthropic an ultimatum; European leaders meet in Kyiv, and more

Donald Trump’s new global tariff of 10% came into effect. Also, the uncertainty over America’s tariff, along with AI concerns, rattled American stockmarkets.

Peter Mandelson was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after he was accused of sharing confidential government documents with Jeffrey Epstein, a dead sex offender.

Peter Mandelson arrested; violence in Mexico after drug kingpin killed, and more

Violence broke out across Mexico after security forces killed the leader of the country’s most notorious drug-trafficking gang. Also, American stock futures fell after Donald Trump’s announcement of global tariffs of 15% worsened market uncertainty.

Mexico’s army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the country’s most notorious drug-trafficking gang.

A Mexican drug kingpin killed; Ukraine’s energy spat, and more