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World in brief: November 15, 2026
HUNGARY: Nearly $20m (£14.8m) in cash has been found hidden in farm buildings and buried in forests as part of an investigation into a former minister of Viktor Orban, authorities said. Miklos Sesztak
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Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek users’ consent separately. The company said it planned to appeal.
The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has ever imposed on a tech company.
HUNGARY: Nearly $20m (£14.8m) in cash has been found hidden in farm buildings and buried in forests as part of an investigation into a former minister of Viktor Orban, authorities said.
Miklos Sesztak, who served as minister of national development for four years of Mr Orban’s 16-year rule, is accused of accepting bribes in a scheme involving the state transport company and denies wrongdoing.
Hungary’s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who unseated Mr Orban in April on an anti-corruption platform, described the discovery as the end of the “mafia.”
AFGHANISTAN: Judges at the International Criminal Court have halted investigations into alleged crimes by US troops in Afghanistan and will instead focus on the Taliban’s actions, according to court documents released on Friday.
The ruling, issued on Thursday, cites “significant limitations to the prosecution’s ability to conduct its investigations and secure evidence,” closing a line of inquiry dormant since 2021.
The prosecutor’s office said it has already appealed the decision, which follows feuds with Washington over the case and the sanctioning of 13 current and former ICC staff.
CAPE VERDE: A presidential election was held today that could see the Atlantic island nation elect its first woman president since independence from Portugal in 1975.
Former justice minister Joana Rosa is challenging incumbent Jose Maria Neves, who is seeking a second term, with six candidates in the running and a runoff due on 29 November if no one wins outright.
The country of about half a million people has a record of peaceful transfers of power and competitive elections in a region where that is rare.