# 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 in Ukraine has entered a new phase defined by a rapid technological competition and a more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, challen - [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. - [Japan earthquake death toll reaches 34 as rescuers search rubble in 35°C heat](https://pollar.news/en/event/71-quake-hits-southern-japan): Rescuers comb through a collapsed shopping mall and paper mill in Kumamoto prefecture, with thousands sheltering in evacuation centres and t - [Over 1,500 migrants swim into Spain's Ceuta exclave, local government demands military deployment](https://pollar.news/en/event/migrant-surge-hits-ceuta): More than 1,500 people, many of them minors, have reached the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta by swimming from Morocco in recent days - [Infantino defends $20bn FIFA subsidiary plan as UEFA, EU and players’ unions erupt](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA plans to create a $20 billion commercial subsidiary and sell up to 20% to an investor group led by Thrive Eternal, sparking fierce oppo - [Russian cruise missile carrying explosives crashes in eastern Poland, triggering NATO consultations](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-strikes-trigger-polish-alert): A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile carrying a significant quantity of explosives violated Polish airspace and crashed near Tarnawa-Kolonia in t - [George and Amal Clooney evacuate French vineyard home as wildfires rage; vow to help rebuild Brignoles](https://pollar.news/en/event/clooneys-flee-french-wildfires): The actor and human rights lawyer left their Provence estate with their twins as a fire broke out near Brignoles. In a letter to the mayor, - [Russia adds Telegram founder Pavel Durov to terrorist blacklist, seeks his arrest over Ukrainian sabotage claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-wants-telegrams-durov-arrested): Russia's financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring placed Telegram founder Pavel Durov on its register of 'terrorists and extremists' on Thursday, - [US strikes dozens of IRGC targets in Iran as war engulfs Jordan, Iraq and Egypt](https://pollar.news/en/event/mideast-truce-collapses): American warplanes struck dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran early Thursday after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at US bases - [Poland finds 10-metre crater and scattered debris after unidentified object breaches its airspace during Russia's overnight assault on Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/unidentified-object-hits-poland): A 10-metre-wide crater and fragments were discovered in a field near Tarnawa-Kolonia, Lublin province, after an object crossed into Polish a - [Fermoselle wildfire burns 11,000 hectares in 24 hours as Spain ends national emergency for earlier blazes](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The wildfire in Zamora's Arribes del Duero natural park has burned up to 11,000 hectares and forced over 1,000 people from 14 towns, while P - [Nearly 2,000 migrants swim into Ceuta in two weeks after Supreme Court ruling blocks hot returns](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spain's Supreme Court ruling three weeks ago prohibited immediate returns of migrants intercepted at sea, triggering a pull effect that has - [Jared Leto denies criminal sexual misconduct claims from four women in BBC documentary](https://pollar.news/en/event/jared-leto-accused-of-sexual-assault): The Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman issued a statement after 'Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret' detailed accusati - [Bolivia orders arrest of former president Evo Morales on terrorism and armed uprising charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/evo-morales-arrest-ordered): Prosecutors accuse the former president of armed uprising and terrorism over road blockades that paralysed the country for 50 days in May an - [Bond markets revolt as Fed Chair Warsh's muddled message sends 30-year yield to 5.20%, highest since 2007](https://pollar.news/en/event/fed-holds-three-dissent): Long-dated Treasury yields surged past 5.20% during Kevin Warsh's second post-meeting press conference, steepening the yield curve and erasi - [Two arrested for arson as France's largest wildfire since 1949 holds at 42,000 hectares](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): French authorities arrested two people on suspicion of arson Thursday as the Gironde wildfire, the country's largest since 1949, remained at - [Germany's heat death toll hits 9,800, surpassing any full year since 2016](https://pollar.news/en/event/germanys-10000-heat-deaths): The Robert Koch Institute estimates 9,800 heat-related deaths from April to July 19, with over 5,000 during a June heatwave. The toll alread - [Deutsche Bahn returns to profit with €147 million half-year surplus, but punctuality drops to 59%](https://pollar.news/en/event/deutsche-bahn-turns-profit): Germany’s state-owned railway posted a net profit of €147 million in the first half of 2026, breaking a seven-year loss streak, while long-d - [BMW profit slumps 35% as China sales collapse, plans 8,000 job cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/bmw-cuts-8000-jobs): Second-quarter net profit fell to €1.2 billion, and the automotive division earned less than financial services for the first time. The Muni - [8,000 evacuated from Crete resort as wildfires kill three firefighters in Greece](https://pollar.news/en/event/crete-wildfire-kills-two): About 8,000 people were evacuated from the resort village of Agia Galini on Wednesday night as a 15-kilometre fire front, fanned by winds up - [Madrid regional government U-turns on luxury penthouse purchase, will sell it to fund wildfire recovery after scandal](https://pollar.news/en/event/ayuso-penthouse-purchase-criticised): The Community of Madrid announced it would sell the 480-square-metre penthouse it had bought for temporary presidential offices, pledging th - [Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies in Dublin motorbike crash at 56](https://pollar.news/en/event/glen-hansard-dies-at-56): The Frames frontman and Once star was found on a road near Lucan in the early hours of Wednesday after a member of the public raised the ala - [BBVA and SocGen lift profit targets and launch €3.5bn in buybacks as Spanish firms report H1 2026 earnings](https://pollar.news/en/event/endesa-lifts-2026-guidance): Spanish and French lenders BBVA and Société Générale led a wave of first-half earnings on Thursday, lifting profit forecasts and unveiling m - [Amy Winehouse's father ordered to pay £960,000 after judge calls his lawsuit against singer's friends 'weak and opportunistic'](https://pollar.news/en/event/winehouse-father-ordered-to-pay): A London judge has ordered Mitch Winehouse to pay £963,851 to two friends of the late singer Amy Winehouse, ruling that his lawsuit over auc - [Chelsea sign Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace for £52m on six-year deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/lacroix-joins-chelsea): The France international defender, 26, moves to Stamford Bridge on a contract until 2032 after two trophy-laden seasons at Crystal Palace. C - [Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Crashes in Eastern Poland, NATO and EU Condemn Airspace Violation](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-missile-hits-poland): The overnight crash of a likely Russian Kh-101 cruise missile near Lublin, Poland, drew swift condemnation from NATO and the EU, though no c - [Trump threatens to pull Blanche nomination as GOP senators block confirmation over $1.8bn IRS settlement](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): Two Republican senators are withholding support for Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination, demanding written guarantees that a $1.8 bil - [Atlético Madrid files FIFA complaint over Barcelona's alleged illegal approach for Julián Álvarez](https://pollar.news/en/event/atletico-files-fifa-complaint): The Spanish club accuses Barcelona of illegal contact to force the Argentine striker's transfer, with an earlier €100m bid still on the tabl - [BTS boycotts 2027 Grammys over new Asian pop category, says music should not be divided by region or language](https://pollar.news/en/event/bts-boycotts-2027-grammys): The K-pop group announced on Instagram that it will not submit its album 'Arirang' for the 69th Grammy Awards, citing the Recording Academy' - [UK invests £8.4bn in Dreadnought nuclear submarines as Burnham ties defence to jobs](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-bets-84bn-on-nuclear-subs): Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled £8.4 billion for the next phase of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme during a visit to Barrow-i - [France orders expulsion of Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova, citing disinformation threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-expels-kremlin-propagandist): Xenia Fedorova, former RT France chief and now a regular on Vincent Bolloré's media outlets, was placed under house arrest after the interio - [EU opens bidding for seven AI gigafactories backed by €30 billion in public and private funds](https://pollar.news/en/event/eus-30b-ai-gigafactory-plan): The European Union launched a call for consortia to build up to seven AI gigafactories, combining 10 billion euros in EU and national funds - [Over 1,500 migrants reach Spain's Ceuta enclave, local leader calls it a humanitarian crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migrant-crisis-deepens): More than 1,500 people have crossed from Morocco into the Spanish North African enclave in little over a week, overwhelming reception centre - [Poland braces for extreme heat then violent storms: temperatures up to 37°C, gusts to 100 km/h forecast](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-under-red-heat-alerts): Much of Poland will see temperatures soar to 35–37°C on Thursday and Friday, before a cold front from the Norwegian Sea triggers violent thu - [Italy's facial recognition decree stalls in parliament as government insists it respects EU AI Act](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-facial-recognition-decree-delayed): A vote in the Lower House committee was postponed on Thursday after the Senate approved a measure allowing biometric data from public camera - [Turin prefect bans No Tav camping after clashes, activists defy order in Venaus](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-tav-camp-banned-defied): After weekend clashes at the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail site, prefect Donato Cafagna issued urgent ordinances prohibiting free camping in Su - [Romanian Senate votes down PNRR integrity bill after PSD pushes retroactive amendment against Dominic Fritz](https://pollar.news/en/event/senate-blocks-anti-fritz-bill): The Senate, as decisional chamber, failed to pass the public integrity law on 30 July after the PSD inserted a retroactive clause that would - [Spain's fourth heatwave pushes temperatures past 42°C, while hotels slash August prices as domestic tourists stay home](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-swelters-hotels-discount): More than half of Spain's weather stations recorded above 35°C on Thursday, with Sant Julià de Vilatorta hitting 42.6°C, as the fourth heatw - [Portugal extends smartphone ban to 9th grade, overhauls teacher hiring and delays secondary school start](https://pollar.news/en/event/portugal-phone-ban-hiring-reform): The Portuguese government approved a ban on smartphones for all students up to 9th grade starting January 2027, alongside a new continuous t - [Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment over 100 times at Senate Covid hearing, faces contempt vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/fauci-pleads-the-fifth): The former top US infectious-disease expert declined to answer any questions before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, accusing Chairma - [Heatwave and high winds drive new wildfires across southern Europe, forcing thousands to evacuate from France to Turkey](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-rage-across-southern-europe): Fires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds forced mass evacuations in France, Spain, Greece and Turkey on 29-30 July, with two firefighters - [Morawiecki's Rozwój Plus club registered in Sejm, PiS loses 39 deputies](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-silenced-after-rant): Former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki's new parliamentary club, Rozwój Plus, was registered by the Sejm Chancellery on Thursday, formalis - [Adidas Raises Sales Forecast on World Cup Demand, Shares Plunge 17% as Profit Misses and CFO Departs](https://pollar.news/en/event/adidas-shares-plunge-17): The German sportswear giant raised its 2026 revenue growth target to 9-10% after a record second quarter fuelled by the FIFA World Cup, but - [Meta profit drops 14% as AI spending and legal costs bite, shares slide up to 12%](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-cost-fears-hit-meta): Facebook parent Meta reported a 14% drop in net income to $15.85 billion, missing analyst expectations, as heavy AI infrastructure spending - [Shell Q2 profit more than doubles to $9.84bn as Iran war boosts trading and oil prices](https://pollar.news/en/event/shell-profit-doubles): Higher oil and gas prices and strong trading performance driven by the US-Israeli war with Iran pushed Shell's adjusted earnings to $9.84 bi - [Manolo Solo, Goya-winning actor of 'Tarde para la ira' and 'La isla mínima', dies at 62](https://pollar.news/en/event/manolo-solo-dies-at-62): The Goya-winning actor, known for 'Tarde para la ira', 'La isla mínima' and 'Celda 211', had been battling cancer. He was 62. - [Rushdie attacker convicted of terrorism for 2022 stabbing, faces life sentence on 3 November](https://pollar.news/en/event/matar-convicted-of-terrorism): A federal jury in Buffalo found Hadi Matar guilty of terrorism and supporting Hezbollah for the 2022 stabbing that blinded author Salman Rus - [French student fined S$600 for licking straw in Singapore vending machine prank](https://pollar.news/en/event/s600-fine-for-straw-lick): A 19-year-old French student pleaded guilty to public nuisance after filming himself licking a straw and returning it to a dispenser at an i - [Germany braces for peak of heatwave with temperatures up to 39°C, then severe thunderstorms and abrupt cooldown](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-heatwave-to-hit-39c): The second heatwave of the summer reaches its climax on Thursday with highs of 39°C across much of Germany, prompting nationwide heat warnin - [Russian ballistic missiles strike Kyiv, at least one dead after Zelenskyy's warning of 'massive attack'](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-missile-strike-kills-one): At least one person was killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv early Thursday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warne - [Lech Poznań squanders 4-1 lead, crashes out of Champions League qualifying to Aarhus on penalties](https://pollar.news/en/event/lech-poznans-european-collapse): A 4-1 first-leg advantage evaporated at Stadion Poznań as AGF Aarhus forced extra time and won 4-3 on penalties, sending the Polish champion - [Berlin techno parade 'Zug der Liebe' cancelled after Islamist attack on CSD, 'Rave the Planet' to go ahead](https://pollar.news/en/event/zug-der-liebe-cancelled-after-attack): Organisers cite security fears and a 'drastically changed' climate after last Saturday's deadly van attack on the CSD, while the separate 'R ## 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)