Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as X, formerly known as Twitter, have responded to a letter from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton urging caution over an increase in disinformation and illegal content. Both social media giants have said they've taken action on social media posts that violate EU law.

The EU's top brass sowed confusion by announcing and then backtracking a suspension of Palestinian aid. Slashing such funds would be unfair and undermine EU strategic interests, top officials and analysts warn.

The future of EU development funds to Palestinians could be in jeopardy in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel. The bloc's foreign ministers are meeting this Tuesday to review €691 million in aid. FRANCE 24's Catherine Viette takes a closer look at this economic lifeline for the Palestinian Territories. Also in this edition, we look at how the explosion in violence in the Middle East is affecting oil and stock markets.

"Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome." With these words, Pope Francis admonished Europe for failing to treat migrants with dignity. Speaking during his recent visit to the melting-pot French Mediterranean city of Marseille, the pontiff lamented what he called a "fanaticism of indifference" at a time when Europe has been seeing a sharp increase in migrant arrivals. Some 8,500 people landed on Italy's southern island of Lampedusa over just three days in September.

Members of the European Parliament can agree on one thing: Deaths on the Mediterranean must be stopped. But when it comes to working out how to make that happen, their views diverge considerably.

Azeri President Aliyev has declined to meet Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan in Spain as part of EU-brokered talks. The two were to discuss the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku called French and EU bias deal-breakers.

The bloc could ultimately restrict exports of certain technology to China. But getting all EU member states to agree to taking a tougher stand on Beijing is far from given.

It's not every day that both the Kremlin and its fiercest critics unite in outrage at the European Union. But that's precisely what happened recently, after the EU banned Russian citizens from bringing their personal vehicles into the bloc. And it wasn't just about cars. The Moscow Times reported that the ban appeared to include goods ranging from smartphones and laptops, to everyday necessities like toothpaste and toilet paper.

Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy, speaks to Talking Europe from New York, where he is attending the annual United Nations General Assembly. We discuss the big issues facing the EU in the world: Ukrainian grain exports and food security; the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia; the EU's strategy in the Sahel, and migration.

The EU has approved changes to its asylum policy but a late amendment is now on the table. The German foreign minister warned Berlin won't back plans to allow more flexibility during periods of large-scale migration.

Malaysia intends to double the quantity of palm oil it exports to China, in an effort to counterbalance the EU's push to cut down on its own imports.

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is not a signatory to the EU-wide code of conduct to crack down on fake news on social media platforms and advertising companies