# Pollar > Start with an event. Pollar is a pan-European editorial news outlet with AI-assisted summaries, evergreen topic threads, a daily brief, and live market data. Content is published in English, Polish, German, and French; the locale prefix in URLs selects the language (e.g. /en/, /pl/, /de/, /fr/). ## Daily editorial - [Daily brief](https://pollar.news/en/brief): twice-daily editorial digest of EU + world news, ~5 minutes of reading - [Markets](https://pollar.news/en/markets): EU + global indices, EUR-pivoted FX, commodities, crypto, US Treasury bonds — refreshed minute-by-minute from Yahoo Finance - [Explore on map](https://pollar.news/en/explore): events plotted geographically across Europe and the world ## Evergreen threads 12 long-running topic threads grouped into europe / world / other. Each thread has a thesis, a current state-of-play, week highlights, and a chronicle of recent developments (updated every 6h by the research agent). - [Brussels vs capitals: EU integration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-integration): Sovereignty within the European Union is not static; it is continuously contested and renegotiated through legal rulings, treaty interpretat - [The Green Deal under revision](https://pollar.news/en/threads/green-deal): The EU's climate agenda has formally pivoted from legislative expansion to a phase of implementation, simplification, and competitiveness-dr - [The ageing Union's economy](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-economy): Europe's economic competitiveness is under pressure from low productivity, weak investment, demographic decline, and the cost of the green t - [European democracies and populism](https://pollar.news/en/threads/democracy-populism): Populist and anti-liberal political forces are gaining institutional ground within the European Union, testing and at times reshaping the bo - [Demography and migration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/demography-migration): An ageing Europe faces a structural need for labour immigration to sustain its economy and welfare systems, yet political sentiment across m - [AI: capabilities, regulation, labour](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ai-revolution): The rapid convergence of frontier-model capabilities is compressing competitive advantage cycles and testing regulatory guardrails, while th - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold, forcing a pivotal narrative shift from solely preventing climate change to urgently adapt - [Culture, media and the new divides](https://pollar.news/en/threads/culture-media): The European information ecosystem faces increasing pressure from collapsing traditional media business models, algorithmic-driven polarizat - [China and the West: decoupling](https://pollar.news/en/threads/china-west): The strategic de-risking of Western economies from China has escalated into a reciprocal regulatory conflict, where China's new legal counte - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war is characterized by a reciprocal escalation of long-range strikes, with Ukraine systematically targeting Russian logistics and energ - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war has accelerated a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power, shifting influence from traditional centers like Egypt and S - [The US under Trump: second term](https://pollar.news/en/threads/us-under-trump): US foreign policy under the Trump administration is shifting decisively from multilateralism toward a doctrine of transactional bilateral ba ## Recent events (last 50) Individual event briefs, AI-summarised from multiple sources, with structured locations / mentioned people / source attribution. - [Avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak kills famed climber Nirmal Purja and nine others](https://pollar.news/en/event/purja-missing-in-avalanche): The 43-year-old record-holding mountaineer and his entire expedition were swept away at 6,600 metres on Thursday; all 10 bodies were confirm - [Ceuta death toll reaches 67 as Spain installs sea barrier and most of the 50,000 who crossed return to Morocco](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): The Spanish government said Saturday that 67 people died in the mass border breach at its North African enclave, as it began installing a fl - [FIFA scraps World Cup stake sale after UEFA boycott threat, Infantino's leadership in crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA President Gianni Infantino withdrew a plan to sell a 20% stake in a new commercial entity running the World Cup after European football - [Three dead, up to 20 injured in explosion at Moscow's Balzi Rossi restaurant; gas leak suspected](https://pollar.news/en/event/moscow-cafe-blast-kills-three): An explosion near an outdoor café on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow killed at least three people and injured between 15 and 20 others - [Russian ballistic missile barrage kills 10 in Kyiv, damages Lithuanian embassy; Ukraine intercepted only one of 27 Iskanders](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-attack-kills-four): Overnight strikes on 1 August hit seven districts of the Ukrainian capital with 35 missiles and 185 drones, killing at least 10 people and w - [Hamburg Pride draws record 300,000 a week after Berlin attack, security doubled](https://pollar.news/en/event/hamburg-pride-after-berlin-attack): One week after a fatal extremist attack at Berlin's Christopher Street Day, Hamburg's Pride parade drew a record 300,000 participants under - [Lorena Wiebes wins Tour de France Femmes opener in Lausanne uphill sprint, takes yellow jersey](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-femmes-2026-begins): The Dutch sprinter held off attacks on the final climb to win the 85.5-mile stage and claim the overall lead. Océane Mahé took the polka-dot - [Trump denounces own DOJ after Reflecting Pool vandalism case collapses](https://pollar.news/en/event/doj-drops-reflecting-pool-case): US attorney Jeanine Pirro withdrew felony charges against ex-Olympian David Hearn, citing a 'botched installation' of the pool's lining. Pre - [Warsaw falls silent for the 82nd anniversary of the 1944 Uprising as sirens mark the 'W' Hour](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-remembers-1944-uprising): At exactly 17:00 on 1 August 2026, sirens wailed across Warsaw and the city came to a standstill for one minute, marking 82 years since the - [Pozzuoli declares three streets unsafe as 250 flee after magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Naples, the strongest in four decades](https://pollar.news/en/event/47-earthquake-strikes-naples): A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei near Naples on Friday evening, the strongest in four decades. Three streets in Pozzuoli - [Chelsea sign 35-year-old Danny Welbeck from Brighton in £5m deal, breaking youth-focused transfer policy](https://pollar.news/en/event/welbeck-joins-chelsea): The former England striker, who scored 13 Premier League goals last season, will join Xabi Alonso's squad on their pre-season tour in Hong K - [Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election with 66% of vote, succeeding PM Andy Burnham](https://pollar.news/en/event/labour-holds-manchester-mayoralty): Bev Craig secured 66.3% of the vote after second preferences, defeating Reform UK's Sian Astley in the by-election triggered by Andy Burnham - [Petro, in final Cuba visit, urges US to avoid invasion and open dialogue with Trump and Rubio](https://pollar.news/en/event/petros-cuba-plea): Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his last official trip to Havana to call for international solidarity with Cuba and propose - [Ukraine sinks Rosatom's Janina in Black Sea drone attack; Russia strikes Odesa fuel tanks](https://pollar.news/en/event/kiev-sinks-rosatom-ship): Ukrainian drones sank the sanctioned Rosatom container ship Janina near Novorossiysk overnight, while Russia responded with strikes on fuel - [Three dead, three missing after Messina building collapse; three under investigation for manslaughter](https://pollar.news/en/event/messina-collapse-missing-feared): Rescuers recovered a third body Saturday from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Pistunina district of Messina, where three people re - [Brentford sign Mali midfielder Mamadou Sangare from Lens for club record fee](https://pollar.news/en/event/sangare-joins-brentford): The 24-year-old joins on a five-year contract after a standout season in which Lens won the French Cup and finished second in Ligue 1. - [King Felipe VI says state must 'ensure security' as EU calls crisis meeting over Ceuta arrivals](https://pollar.news/en/event/king-indignation-ceuta-crisis): Over 50,000 people swam into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco within two days, leaving dozens dead. Spain's King expressed indignat - [Real Madrid squanders two-goal lead in 2-2 preseason draw with Fiorentina as Endrick and Ciria score](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-draws-2-2-in-austria): Real Madrid opened its preseason with a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina in Klagenfurt, Austria, after Endrick and Alexis Ciria gave Mourinho's s - [Peruvian ex-President Ollanta Humala released after court overturns 15-year conviction](https://pollar.news/en/event/humala-released-from-prison): Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala walked free from a Lima prison on Friday evening after the Constitutional Court overturned his 15-y - [Gironde mega-fire fixed, Var blaze active: France’s largest wildfire since 1949 is contained after 42,000 ha burned](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The massive blaze that forced 224,000 people to flee in southwestern France has stopped spreading, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile a new - [Trump reverses on $1.8bn fund, threatens to keep Blanche as acting AG if Senate blocks confirmation](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): President Trump said on Saturday he would keep Todd Blanche as acting attorney general and push Congress to pass an 'anti-weaponization' bil - [Yealimi Noh leads by three at AIG Women's Open as Ryu Hae-ran stumbles; Lottie Woad and Charley Hull in contention](https://pollar.news/en/event/noh-leads-by-three-at-lytham): American Yealimi Noh shot a two-under 69 to reach seven under, three ahead of a five-way tie for second. England's Lottie Woad and Charley H - [Remco Evenepoel storms to record fourth Clasica San Sebastian win, beating Carapaz after a puncture](https://pollar.news/en/event/evenepoels-fourth-record): Six days after finishing second in the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel overcame a late puncture to win the Clasica San Sebastian for the fou - [Spain builds sea barrier in Ceuta after 60,000 migrants cross from Morocco, death toll reaches 67](https://pollar.news/en/event/67-dead-in-ceuta-crisis): Around 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave on Thursday and Friday, overwhelming the city of 83,000. Spain began in - [Savannah Guthrie issues desperate plea six months after mother's disappearance as police release ransom notes](https://pollar.news/en/event/guthrie-ransom-notes-released): Six months after Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson home, her daughter Savannah Guthrie posted an emotional appeal on Instagram, while - [76-year-old detained after Ukrainian woman struck twice on head with walking stick in Gdynia](https://pollar.news/en/event/suspect-held-in-gdynia-attack): A 76-year-old man was detained after a 40-year-old Ukrainian woman was struck twice on the head with a walking stick in Gdynia. Police say t - [Iris Tió wins two artistic swimming silvers on one day at European Championships in Paris](https://pollar.news/en/event/tios-double-silver-day): At the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, Spain's Iris Tió and Dennis González claimed mixed duet free silver with 257.9733 points, just - [Evenepoel beats Carapaz in sprint for record fourth San Sebastián win](https://pollar.news/en/event/evenepoels-record-fourth): Remco Evenepoel won the Clásica de San Sebastián for a record fourth time on Saturday, beating Richard Carapaz in a two-up sprint after over - [EU calls emergency meeting after 60,000 migrants cross into Ceuta, majority returned](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-emergency-ceuta-meeting): Ireland's EU presidency schedules a Tuesday videoconference of justice and home affairs ministers after nearly 60,000 people crossed from Mo - [Trump claims Hamas disarmament deal, but Israel and Hamas swap preconditions that block the path forward](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-claims-disarmament-deal): The US president said the Board of Peace had secured a 'complete disarmament' roadmap, but a senior Hamas official conditioned it on an Isra - [Singapore bans Massive Attack after band unfurls Palestinian flag and chants 'Free Palestine' at concert](https://pollar.news/en/event/massive-attack-banned-in-singapore): Two members unfurled a Palestinian flag and one chanted 'Free Palestine' during Wednesday's concert, prompting police to issue stern warning - [Poland resumes search for missing fragment of Russian Kh-101 missile that fell in Lublin region on Thursday](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-missile-fragment-search-resumes): Investigators returned to the crash site in Tarnawa-Kolonia on Saturday after laboratory analysis revealed one additional piece of the cruis - [Magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Naples injures 26, strongest in Phlegraean Fields in 40 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/naples-quake-injures-26): A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Phlegraean Fields west of Naples on Friday evening, followed by dozens of aftershocks through Saturday - [Rhine sinks to historic low at Cologne, breaking 2018 drought record](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-rivers-run-dry): A prolonged drought pushed the Rhine's level at Cologne to a new record low of between 67 and 68 centimetres early Saturday, surpassing the - [PSG agree personal terms with Ajax's Mika Godts, but Dutch club demand €60m and resist sale](https://pollar.news/en/event/godts-agrees-psg-terms): Paris Saint-Germain have reached an agreement in principle on personal terms with Ajax winger Mika Godts, but the Dutch club insists no form - [Amsterdam Canal Parade draws hundreds of thousands as WorldPride kicks off under tight security](https://pollar.news/en/event/worldpride-canal-parade-underway): Prime Minister Rob Jetten joined 80 boats on the Amsterdam canals Saturday, as the WorldPride celebration unfolded with heightened police pr - [Bordeaux fire contained but new blazes engulf Greece as Europe battles wildfires](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-rage-across-southern-europe): Fires in France's Var region rekindled and Greece declared red alert for Attica, while 198,000 evacuees near Bordeaux returned home. - [Two fatal mountain accidents in Poland's Tatras on 1 August amid heatwave and storm warnings](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-tatras-deaths): On Saturday, 1 August 2026, a tourist and a climber lost their lives in two unrelated accidents in Poland's Tatra Mountains, amid a heatwave - [Wildfire in West Attica triggers evacuations and sea rescue of 12 near Porto Germeno](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfire-evacuations-in-west-attica): A large wildfire in West Attica forced door-to-door evacuations and a sea rescue of 12 people on Saturday, as flames threatened coastal sett - [Lech Poznań edges promoted Wieczysta Kraków 2-1 three days after Champions League qualifying exit](https://pollar.news/en/event/lech-wins-at-wieczysta): Three days after a painful Champions League exit, Lech Poznań returned to domestic action with a 2-1 win at newly promoted Wieczysta Kraków, - [Italian rapper Salmo reveals basal cell carcinoma recurrence, triggering sunscreen safety debate](https://pollar.news/en/event/salmos-skin-cancer-sparks-debate): Rapper Salmo posted a TikTok video showing a scar on his temple, stating his basal cell carcinoma had returned after surgery. His comments l - [Romania captures four medals, including two golds and a European record, at Varese rowing Europeans](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanias-varese-medal-rush): Romanian rowers claimed two golds, a silver, and a bronze on the first day of finals at the European Championships in Varese, Italy, with Si - [Fatal truck collision shuts Athens-Lamia motorway for over 10 hours, one dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-crash-shuts-athens-lamia-motorway): An articulated lorry crossed the central reservation at the 123rd kilometre shortly after 7:00 a.m., colliding with a second truck whose dri - [Truck bomb wounds 11 in Colombia's Cucutá six days before far-right president-elect takes office](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombia-truck-bomb-wounds-11): A truck loaded with explosives detonated outside a police station in the Colombian border city of Cucutá on Saturday, wounding at least 11 p - [Prince Louis dons Wales bucket hat as George, Charlotte make first official Scotland visit at Commonwealth Games](https://pollar.news/en/event/louiss-bucket-hat-steals-show): Prince Louis wore a Wales cycling bucket hat as he joined Prince George and Princess Charlotte for their first official visit to Scotland, w - [US embassies across Middle East tell Americans to prepare to leave as Iran conflict widens to Egypt](https://pollar.news/en/event/americans-urged-to-leave-middle-east): Diplomatic missions in Amman, Jerusalem, Muscat, Baghdad and Beirut issued coordinated alerts on Saturday after a drone strike hit a Greek g - [Thunderstorms, hail, and 110 km/h winds threaten Poland as 37°C heat bakes the southeast](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-under-red-heat-alerts): IMGW has issued thunderstorm and heat warnings for nearly all of Poland on Saturday, with wind gusts up to 110 km/h and temperatures reachin - [Bournemouth sign Portugal defender António Silva from Benfica for €25m plus add-ons](https://pollar.news/en/event/antonio-silva-joins-bournemouth): The 22-year-old centre-back moves for a fixed €25 million, potentially rising to €30 million, and replaces Marcos Senesi who left for Totten - [Perugia hotel CO leak kills musician ahead of Music Fest concert, leaves colleague critical; manslaughter investigation opened](https://pollar.news/en/event/musician-dies-in-perugia-hotel-leak): The man, aged 54 or 55, was found dead in his room before a concert with the Orchestra of the Hundred Cities on Friday evening; a female col - [Met Gala 2027 to honor John Galliano as exhibition confronts his 2011 antisemitic remarks and hate-crime conviction](https://pollar.news/en/event/met-gala-honors-galliano): The Metropolitan Museum of Art will dedicate its spring 2027 Costume Institute show to John Galliano, the third living designer to receive a ## Search and discovery - [Search](https://pollar.news/en/search): full-text + semantic search across all events - [Sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap.xml): every public URL across the four locales - [News sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap-news.xml): Google News feed, last 48h of events - [Full content dump](https://pollar.news/llms-full.txt): all current event summaries + thread state-of-play in one markdown file (preferred when you want pollar context in a single fetch) ## About + policies - [What is Pollar](https://pollar.news/en/about): the service in plain terms — free, four languages, reader-funded, no ads, self-hosted cookieless analytics, every article lists its sources - [Pollar News iOS app](https://pollar.news/en/app): the free iPhone app — brief, live coverage with Lock Screen Live Activities, offline reading - [Pollar vs other news apps](https://pollar.news/en/compare): factual comparisons with Apple News, Google News and Kagi News - [Editorial team](https://pollar.news/en/about/editorial): the humans behind Pollar Editorial - [Editorial standards](https://pollar.news/en/editorial-standards): sourcing, AI assistance, independence, diversity of coverage - [Corrections policy](https://pollar.news/en/corrections): how mistakes are corrected - [AI policy](https://pollar.news/en/ai-policy): which models, what's automated, what's edited - [Privacy](https://pollar.news/en/privacy)