# 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. - [Trump announces Gaza disarmament deal; Hamas says Israel must withdraw first, Israel demands full demilitarisation](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-claims-disarmament-deal): President Trump said the Board of Peace reached an agreement for Hamas to disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw, but Hamas insists Israel mu - [FIFA adviser resigns as UEFA, CONCACAF and Asia reject World Cup stake sale plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): UEFA's 55 nations voted to boycott FIFA tournaments, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation rejected the proposal, and a senior advis - [Spain estimates 49,000 crossed into Ceuta in a day; at least 19 dead, Italy threatens to suspend Schengen](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spain's Interior Ministry estimates 49,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco in a single day, the largest surge since 2021, leaving at - [Franco Baresi, AC Milan legend and World Cup-winning Italy defender, dies at 66](https://pollar.news/en/event/milan-denies-baresi-death-rumors): The former sweeper, who spent his entire 20-year career at Milan and won the 1982 World Cup, died overnight. Tributes poured in from Italian - [Four bodies found after avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak; famed climber Nirmal Purja among 10 missing](https://pollar.news/en/event/purja-missing-in-avalanche): Rescuers located four bodies on Friday after an avalanche swept a 10-member expedition on Broad Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram range. Famed Ne - [Anthropic reveals Claude AI models hacked three companies during security tests](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-hack-spree-sparks-safety-plea): Anthropic disclosed that three of its Claude models gained unauthorized access to outside organizations during cybersecurity evaluations, fo - [France's largest wildfire since 1949 burns 42,000 hectares, forces 220,000 to evacuate near Bordeaux](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The blaze west of Bordeaux has forced more than 220,000 people from their homes in Gironde alone, destroyed 240 houses and killed two firefi - [Trump says he's 'not sure' about letting Ukraine build Patriot missiles, contradicting earlier pledge](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-backtracks-on-patriots): Three weeks after promising Ukraine the right to build Patriot air defense missiles, Donald Trump told the Financial Times he is 'not sure' - [Danube drought exposes woolly mammoth bones in Bulgaria, nuclear plants forced to shut down](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-drought-uncovers-mammoth-bones): Record-low water levels on the Danube, driven by months of drought and heatwaves, have uncovered the remains of a young woolly mammoth near - [Methane blast kills 34 miners in Pakistan coal mine, two still missing](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-mine-explosion-kills-34): A methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Quetta in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 34 miners on Thursday. Rescue teams are working - [Finland joins Italy in demanding Spain's exclusion from Schengen after 20,000 migrants enter Ceuta](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-spain-schengen-clash): Finland's interior minister endorsed Italy's proposal to exclude Spain from the passport-free zone after 20,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta - [49,000 migrants storm Spain's Ceuta exclave in 24 hours, Madrid deploys military](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migrant-crisis-deepens): Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta saw 49,000 people cross from Morocco in a single day, overwhelming the city of 85,000 and prompting M - [French inflation rises to 2.1% in July as energy costs surge, eurozone hits 2.9%](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-inflation-hits-21): Consumer prices in France rose 2.1% year-on-year in July, up from 1.8% in June, as energy costs jumped 12.4% amid Middle East tensions. Euro - [Tesla weighs sale of China business to clear path for SpaceX merger; Musk calls report 'absurdly fake'](https://pollar.news/en/event/tesla-mulls-china-sale): The Wall Street Journal reports that Tesla executives have been told to prepare for a separation of the Chinese business, with options inclu - [Thunderstorms with heavy rain and gusty winds move across western Poland on Friday morning](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-under-red-heat-alerts): A prefrontal squall line brought thunderstorms to Dolnośląskie and Wielkopolskie voivodeships early Friday, with rainfall up to 15 l/m² and - [Polish government safety guide alert crashes servers after missile scare](https://pollar.news/en/event/safety-guide-alert-crashes-servers): A nationwide SMS alert sent by Poland's Government Security Centre on Friday morning directed millions to a digital safety guide, but the su - [Malaysia Airlines pilot flew passenger jet while on drugs, arrested in Jakarta with 70,000 ecstasy pills](https://pollar.news/en/event/pilot-caught-with-70000-ecstasy-pills): A Malaysia Airlines pilot was arrested at Jakarta's main airport after flying a passenger jet from Kuala Lumpur while under the influence of - [Wildfires in Greece kill three firefighters, force 8,000 evacuations on Crete as Europe battles blazes](https://pollar.news/en/event/crete-wildfire-kills-two): Strong winds grounded firefighting aircraft on Crete, where two firefighters died and 8,000 people were evacuated by sea and road. A third f - [German unemployment tops 3 million in July, Bavaria hits near-20-year high](https://pollar.news/en/event/jobless-rate-hits-64): The Federal Employment Agency reported 3.007 million out of work in July, up 71,000 from June, as seasonal factors and a sluggish economy pu - [US State Department apologizes for AI-generated map that misplaced Nigeria, Ivory Coast at AIDS summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-map-embarrasses-us-at-aids-summit): A US presentation at the AIDS conference in Rio misplaced Nigeria in the Sahara and Ivory Coast in the south. The State Department blamed a - [Germany hits 40.5°C in July heatwave peak, three states set monthly records before storms sweep in](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-heatwave-to-hit-39c): Bernburg in Saxony-Anhalt recorded 40.5°C on Thursday, the highest of several 40°C-plus readings across Germany. Three federal states set ne - [Six missing after Messina building collapse, rescue hampered by smoldering fire](https://pollar.news/en/event/messina-collapse-missing-feared): Rescue teams in Messina, Sicily, search for six people missing since a two-story building collapsed on Thursday afternoon. A smoldering fire - [France freezes assets of Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova as expulsion order takes effect](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-expels-kremlin-propagandist): The French government published an asset freeze order on 31 July, six months after a 2024 law on foreign interference, adding to the expulsi - [Japan earthquake death toll reaches 34, with seven killed at Aeon Mall and eight at paper mill](https://pollar.news/en/event/71-quake-hits-southern-japan): The magnitude-7.1 quake struck Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, collapsing buildings and triggering a gas explosion at a shopping centre. Nea - [Bucharest court suspends six government decisions after PSD challenge, PNL warns of €140m risk](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-suspends-six-government-acts): The Bucharest Court of Appeal suspended six decisions adopted by the interim government of Ilie Bolojan, following legal actions by the Soci - [Rzeszów court acquits all 17 defendants in 1998 murder of 17-year-old Iwona Cygan after eight-year trial](https://pollar.news/en/event/cygan-murder-acquittals): The District Court in Rzeszów cleared every defendant on 31 July 2026, nearly 28 years after the teenager was strangled in Szczucin. The ver - [IAG profit slumps 20.6% on fuel costs as Spanish banks post H1 gains](https://pollar.news/en/event/endesa-lifts-2026-guidance): Airline group IAG saw net profit fall to €1.03 billion in the first half of 2026, while Unicaja and Ibercaja reported higher earnings, and A - [Global tech rout deepens as KOSPI plunges 10.8%, AI spending fears rattle markets](https://pollar.news/en/event/asia-chip-selloff-deepens): South Korea's benchmark index suffered its worst session in months, triggering a trading halt, as fears over AI infrastructure spending and - [Producer sues Netflix for $105 million after unreleased Nicolas Cage film stolen from its office](https://pollar.news/en/event/netflix-sued-over-film-theft): Simon Afram alleges an unencrypted hard drive of WWII thriller Fortitude was stolen from Netflix's Los Angeles office, destroying its commer - [Russian Kh-101 missile crashes in Poland after massive attack on Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-strikes-trigger-polish-alert): An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile violated Polish airspace and exploded in a field near Tarnawa-Kolonia early Thursday, during a barrag - [Romanian F-16 pilot breaks silence on downing two drones: 'We didn't know what we were taking off for'](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanian-pilot-breaks-silence): In an interview published by the Ministry of National Defence, the anonymous F-16 pilot detailed the July 24 and 25 missions that marked Rom - [Chile and Venezuela agree to restore consular services, two years after Maduro expelled diplomats over disputed election](https://pollar.news/en/event/chile-venezuela-consular-ties-restored): Chile and Venezuela will reopen consular services after a two-year freeze, aiming to assist hundreds of thousands of migrants and begin norm - [India's parliament passes bill doubling exam leak penalties after protests force minister's resignation](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): The upper house approved legislation doubling maximum prison terms to 10 years and fines to over $1m, days after Education Minister Dharmend - [Russia adds Telegram founder Pavel Durov to terrorist list after charging him with facilitating terrorism](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-wants-telegrams-durov-arrested): The move follows an FSB announcement that Durov is wanted internationally for allegedly allowing Ukrainian intelligence to use the messaging - [George Clooney evacuates French estate as wildfire burns 130 hectares near Brignoles; pledges to help rebuild](https://pollar.news/en/event/clooneys-flee-french-wildfires): The actor and his family left their Domaine du Canadel estate in Var after a fast-moving fire broke out Wednesday, though the property was o - [Saudi Arabia unveils 14-nation maritime coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks](https://pollar.news/en/event/saudi-maritime-coalition-formed): Riyadh hosted representatives from 43 countries and the EU on Thursday to launch a defensive alliance aimed at securing the Bab el-Mandeb St - [Nurse impaled by trekking pole on Montana's highest peak hikes 10 miles to avoid rescue cost](https://pollar.news/en/event/impaled-hiker-self-rescues): David Cifaldi, a wound care nurse, slipped on Granite Peak and was impaled by his own trekking pole. Rather than call for a costly airlift, - [US cyber agency warns of water system attacks after 30 Minnesota utilities targeted; Iran suspected](https://pollar.news/en/event/minnesota-water-systems-hacked): More than 30 community water systems in Minnesota were hit by a coordinated cyberattack on July 26-27, prompting a CISA advisory and an FBI - [Italy braces for 40°C heatwave as 19 cities under red alert, Po river at critical low](https://pollar.news/en/event/fourth-heatwave-hits-italy): Temperatures are forecast to hit 41°C in Terni and 40°C in Ferrara, Florence, Modena and Piacenza, with high humidity pushing perceived temp - [Trump threatens to pull Blanche's attorney general nomination, then renominate him after senators leave](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): President Trump said he would temporarily withdraw Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general and keep him as acting AG, then renominate - [Spain spent 28.3 million euros on wildfire prevention in 2024, far below the 2009 peak, as a mega-fire burns 74,000 hectares](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-wildfire-spending-lags-behind-crisis): Spain's central government spent 28.3 million euros on wildfire prevention in 2024, far below the 72.5 million peak of 2009, as a mega-fire - [John Stones signs two-year deal with Inter Milan after leaving Manchester City as free agent](https://pollar.news/en/event/stones-joins-inter-milan): John Stones, 32, has joined Inter Milan on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal until June 2028 with the Italian champions after a troph - [Catalonia's PISA 2025 sample invalid after 23% of students excluded, ombudsman opens probe](https://pollar.news/en/event/pisa-sample-error-in-catalonia): The Catalan ombudsman has opened an investigation after 23.2% of students selected for the 2025 PISA tests were excluded, far exceeding the - [Danube at record low forces first-ever shutdown of Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, Romania and France also curb output](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-dries-up-nuclear-power): Hungary's Paks plant will halt all four reactors by Monday, a first in its 42-year history, as the Danube's water level drops 121 cm below t - [Rhine hits lowest level ever recorded at Lobith as drought strands ships and forces German production cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/rhine-at-record-low): The Rhine at Lobith fell to 6.47 metres above NAP on Thursday, the lowest since measurements began in 1866, while German benchmark levels ne - [Romania activates Red Intervention Plan after minibus carrying 16 people, including 5 children, crashes in Câmpulung](https://pollar.news/en/event/red-plan-activated-after-arge-crash): A minibus carrying 16 people left the roadway and struck a fence in Câmpulung, Argeș county, on Friday morning. Two people were trapped in t - [Trump casts doubt on Patriot missile license for Ukraine, says 'we are chasing peace' and sends envoys to Kyiv](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-questions-patriot-license-for-ukraine): Three weeks after pledging a Patriot production license to Kyiv, Donald Trump now says he is 'not sure' and is 'analyzing' the move, while d - [Jared Leto denies sexual assault allegations as BBC documentary details claims from 10 women](https://pollar.news/en/event/jared-leto-accused-of-sexual-assault): Ten women, four alleging criminal conduct, describe encounters between 2002 and 2016 in 'Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret'; Leto calls cl - [AI hedge fund Situational Awareness sells public portfolio to Citadel after $35 billion rout](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-hedge-fund-unravels): Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness, once worth $45 billion, sold the bulk of its public equities to Ken Griffin's Citadel after a - [Milei decrees entry ban and expulsion for foreigners spreading 'hate' against Argentina](https://pollar.news/en/event/milei-targets-foreign-critics): Argentina's president issued an emergency decree Thursday allowing the immediate expulsion or denial of entry to any foreigner deemed to hav ## 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)