# 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. - [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 - [Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers die in avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak, company confirms](https://pollar.news/en/event/purja-missing-in-avalanche): The 43-year-old Nepali mountaineer, famed for his record 14-peak ascent in 2019, was leading a 10-person expedition when the avalanche struc - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Over 100,000 march in Hamburg Pride under doubled security a week after Berlin attack kills one, injures 31](https://pollar.news/en/event/hamburg-pride-after-berlin-attack): One week after an Islamist killed a woman and wounded 31 at Berlin's Pride, Hamburg's parade went ahead with doubled police presence and ove - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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. - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [US drops Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case against ex-Olympian, admits damage was botched renovation](https://pollar.news/en/event/doj-drops-reflecting-pool-case): The US Justice Department moved to dismiss felony vandalism charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, 67, after documents showed - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Tour de France Femmes 2026 starts in Lausanne with Ferrand-Prévot, Vollering and a summit finish in Nice](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-femmes-2026-begins): The fifth edition of the women's Tour de France rolls out of Lausanne on Saturday with 147 riders facing nine stages across Switzerland and - [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 - [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. - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [French basketball champion Monaco thrown out of pro leagues over €24m debt, federation confirms on appeal](https://pollar.news/en/event/monaco-ousted-from-elite): The French Basketball Federation (FFBB) appeal body upheld the exclusion of AS Monaco from Betclic Elite and Elite 2 on Saturday 1 August, a - [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 - [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 - [Alexandri sisters claim second gold in Paris with narrow free duet win at European Championships](https://pollar.news/en/event/double-gold-for-alexandri-sisters): Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri added the free duet title to their technical duet gold, edging Spain by less than a point at the 38th Europe - [Infantino scraps $20bn World Cup stake sale after UEFA boycott threat and internal revolt](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-kills-world-cup-sale-plan): FIFA president Gianni Infantino withdrew the proposal to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights to private investors on 1 August 2026, - [EU interior ministers will meet Tuesday to discuss Ceuta crisis after 22 leaders demand emergency talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-meets-on-ceuta-crisis): Interior ministers from the 27 EU member states will convene an emergency videoconference on Tuesday, 4 August, after 22 national leaders de - [Magnitude 4.7 quake at Campi Flegrei supervolcano leaves 21 injured, two seriously](https://pollar.news/en/event/naples-quake-injures-four): The strongest tremor in decades struck the Phlegraean Fields caldera on Friday evening, damaging homes and churches in Pozzuoli and cutting - [Bayern Munich kicks off Asia tour with flight to Jeju, friendlies against Jeju SK and Aston Villa lined up](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayern-munich-asia-tour-starts): Vincent Kompany's squad, including captain Manuel Neuer and new signing Nathaniel Brown, flew to Jeju Island on Saturday for the Audi Summer - [Fatal storm hits Saxon Switzerland: one dead, national park closed as Germany battered by severe weather](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-storm-hits-rathen-theater): A 28-year-old man was killed by a falling tree near the Felsenbühne open-air theatre in Rathen on Friday evening as a violent thunderstorm s - [French holiday gridlock peaks at 1,041 km of jams as black-alert Saturday grips motorways](https://pollar.news/en/event/1041-km-of-french-jams): Cumulative traffic jams across France hit 1,041.2 km at 11:50 on Saturday 1 August, the peak of a day rated black for departures nationwide - [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 - [English FA and Dutch KNVB demand FIFA governance overhaul after Infantino's private investor plan collapses](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-under-fire): The English and Dutch football associations have called for a complete overhaul of FIFA's leadership after president Gianni Infantino abando - [Poland sends 105 firefighters to Spain as part of EU wildfire pre-positioning operation](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-firefighters-to-spain): The first of three 35-person shifts flew from Kraków to Castilla-La Mancha on 1 August to back up Spanish ground crews with hand-tool wildfi - [Partner detained in Rome femicide after video shows him leaving terrace alone with victim's bag](https://pollar.news/en/event/rome-femicide-partner-held): Dafne Rebaudo, 30, was found dead on 13 July at the base of a housing block in Tor Bella Monaca. 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