# 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 continuously contested and renegotiated through legal rulings, fiscal rules, and political conditio - [The Green Deal under revision](https://pollar.news/en/threads/green-deal): The EU's climate agenda has shifted from legislative expansion to implementation, simplification, and competitiveness-driven recalibration, - [The ageing Union's economy](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-economy): Europe's competitiveness is squeezed between weak productivity, demographic decline, and the green transition's cost, while persistent infla - [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): Frontier-model safety failures now directly block product releases and strain regulatory guardrails, as leading labs split between resisting - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold and the UN now formally deems the breach unavoidable, projecting at least 1.8°C. The EU is - [Culture, media and the new divides](https://pollar.news/en/threads/culture-media): The European information ecosystem faces pressure from collapsing traditional media business models, algorithmic polarization, and AI agents - [China and the West: decoupling](https://pollar.news/en/threads/china-west): The strategic de-risking of Western economies from China has become a reciprocal regulatory conflict, and a preliminary EU-China car deal no - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): Russia and Ukraine trade strikes on cities, transport and logistics sites while Trump's announced "energy ceasefire" has no agreed terms and - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war triggered a realignment of Middle Eastern power and a direct US-Iran military conflict, shifting influence toward Gulf states a - [The US under Trump: second term](https://pollar.news/en/threads/us-under-trump): US foreign policy under the Trump administration is shifting from multilateralism toward transactional bilateral bargaining, linking securit ## Recent events (last 50) Individual event briefs, AI-summarised from multiple sources, with structured locations / mentioned people / source attribution. - [Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte dies at 34 in Brownsville, Texas, co-stars pay tribute](https://pollar.news/en/event/rj-mitte-dies-at-34): RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. in Breaking Bad, died on 12 October 2026 in Brownsville, Texas, aged 34. A spokesperson acknowledged r - [Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv again as Zelensky says partners gave no warning](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-warning-before-kyiv-strike): Ballistic missiles struck a nine-storey residential building and the CHP-4 power plant in Kyiv on the evening of 13 October. Ukraine says it - [Formula 1 returns to Africa with 10-year Rwanda Grand Prix deal from early 2030s](https://pollar.news/en/event/f1-returns-to-africa): The race will run on a purpose-built circuit at Bugesera, about 40 km south of Kigali, and will be the sport's first in Africa since Kyalami - [Finland halts site work on two Google data centres over environmental rules](https://pollar.news/en/event/finland-halts-google-data-centers): Finland's Supervisory Agency has ordered Google's local affiliate to halt ground clearance at two data centre sites in Muhos and Kajaani by - [MI5 chief warns Iran is seeking harder military targets in Britain, citing Fairford plot](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-targets-uk-military-sites): In his annual speech on 13 October 2026, MI5 director general Ken McCallum said Iran is pursuing harder targets such as military sites, and - [Ukrainian drones knock out Yandex data centers, disrupting services across Russia](https://pollar.news/en/event/yandex-data-centers-hit): Taxi rides, meal deliveries and online payments stopped for thousands of Russians after drones struck three Yandex sites, and the disruption - [Man, 42, dies after being ejected from roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia](https://pollar.news/en/event/georgia-coaster-death-several-hurt): Police in Cobb County are investigating the death of a 42-year-old Atlanta man who was ejected from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georg - [Oil above $100 drives global bond selloff, pushing UK gilt yields to highest since 2007](https://pollar.news/en/event/global-bond-selloff-deepens): Brent crude rose 4.7% to $104.87 a barrel on Thursday, fuelling a global bond selloff that pushed UK 10-year gilt yields to 5.527%, their hi - [Hungary's parliament votes to strip anti-LGBTQ provisions from Orbán-era child law](https://pollar.news/en/event/hungary-scraps-anti-lgbt-law): Parliament passed the amendment 139 to 51 on Tuesday, 13 October, the first significant reversal of Orbán-era curbs on LGBTQ people since Pé - [Greta Thunberg joins French high school protests as police use tear gas in Paris](https://pollar.news/en/event/thunberg-joins-french-school-protests): On Tuesday, 13 October, Greta Thunberg joined pupils outside a high school in Saint-Denis as the fifth day of student action drew crowds in - [Pope Leo XIV's lung surgery succeeds, lower right lobe removed in Rome](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-to-have-lung-surgery): Surgeons at Rome's Gemelli hospital removed the lower lobe of Pope Leo XIV's right lung on Tuesday, 13 October, after lung adenocarcinoma wa - [Hackers push fridges in hundreds of French supermarkets to 50 C, spoiling food](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-supermarkets-hit-by-cyberattack): Hackers took remote control of refrigeration systems overnight, spoiling stock with reports of fires in several stores. French officials say - [India detains Cockroach Janta Party leaders at Jantar Mantar protest site](https://pollar.news/en/event/cjp-leaders-detained-in-delhi): Police in New Delhi detained Cockroach Janta Party leaders on Tuesday, 13 October, a day after the Jantar Mantar site lost its status as an - [Pentagon plans livestreamed firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-backs-hasan-firing-squad): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on 8 October that the Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution will be streamed live. TikTok and Newsm - [Steinmeier appoints Alexander Schweitzer labour minister after Bärbel Bas resigns](https://pollar.news/en/event/schweitzer-named-labour-minister): Frank-Walter Steinmeier handed Alexander Schweitzer his appointment certificate on Tuesday, 13 October, a day after Bärbel Bas stepped down - [Netflix secures exclusive Spain and Andorra rights to all 104 matches of 2030 World Cup](https://pollar.news/en/event/netflix-wins-spains-world-cup): The deal covers every live match of the tournament hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one free match per matchday in Spain and a fr - [Trump accuses Houthis of pushing up oil prices after Riyadh airport strike](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strikes-hit-riyadh-airport): Houthi rebels claimed a strike on Riyadh's airport on Saturday, 10 October, that killed at least 13 people by some counts. Saudi Arabia's co - [White House asks US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign over allegations](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-weighs-firing-guilfoyle): The White House said on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, that it had asked Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle to step down, after reports of improper co - [Apple unveils HomeView smart display with Siri AI, but not for EU buyers yet](https://pollar.news/en/event/apple-homeview-launch-tuesday): Apple's first smart display, HomeView, runs Siri AI and can recognise up to six people, priced at 299 US dollars with sales from 13 November - [King Felipe VI visits Ceuta and stresses its Spanish sovereignty amid migrant crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-royals-visit-ceuta): The king and queen arrived in the Spanish exclave on 13 October, about two and a half months after a mass entry of migrants from Morocco on - [Atlético Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0, then Martínez criticises club's board](https://pollar.news/en/event/man-united-face-atletico-tuesday): Pablo Barrios and Ademola Lookman scored in a 2-0 win at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, and Leny Yoro's red card left United with ten men. Li - [Venice Commission urges Polish president to swear in Sejm-elected Constitutional Tribunal judges](https://pollar.news/en/event/venice-commission-on-tk-oaths): The Council of Europe advisory body published an opinion on Tuesday, 13 October, telling President Karol Nawrocki to administer oaths withou - [Borussia Dortmund extends coach Niko Kovac's contract to June 2029](https://pollar.news/en/event/dortmund-extends-kova-to-2029): Borussia Dortmund has extended coach Niko Kovac's contract to 30 June 2029, rewarding a turnaround that began when he took over an 11th-plac - [Cornell suspends all fraternity parties after gang rape lawsuit and special prosecutor row](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornell-lawsuit-gag-order-request): Cornell University has banned parties and social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the 2026-27 academic year. The step follows a l - [Simon and Rachel storms leave at least five dead in Mexico as floods spread](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-dead-in-mexico-storms): Flooding and winds from Hurricane Simon and storm Rachel have cut power and triggered evacuations on Mexico's Pacific coast, and Simon is fo - [Maresca defends Man City's Anfield celebrations amid Premier League charges case](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-face-anfield-after-verdict): Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca said the club's supporters have probably suffered most from the fallout of the Premier League's financi - [Dani Carvajal signs with Getafe until 2027 after leaving Real Madrid as a free agent](https://pollar.news/en/event/carvajal-joins-getafe): Getafe have signed Dani Carvajal, the 34-year-old right back who left Real Madrid as a free agent in June, on a deal the club says runs to 3 - [Duane 'Keffe D' Davis sentenced to 40 years to life for 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur](https://pollar.news/en/event/davis-sentenced-to-40-years): A Las Vegas judge on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, sentenced Duane 'Keffe D' Davis to 40 years to life in prison for ordering the 1996 killing o - [Ukraine says it has not struck Russian refineries since Trump's energy truce](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pressures-kyiv-over-diesel): Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday, according to its defence ministry's daily summary, after Trump's 11 October energy ceasef - [NASA's Perseverance rover sets Mars distance record at 45.22 km, passing Opportunity](https://pollar.news/en/event/perseverance-breaks-mars-driving-record): The rover reached the mark on 11 October 2026 while heading for Idubi, an area near Jezero crater's western edge where the science team hope - [OpenAI engineer charged after hidden recording device found in executive meeting room](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-arrests-employee-over-recorder): Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, appeared in federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday, 13 - [Goncourt-excluded author Thélyson Orélien denies using AI but admits plagiarism](https://pollar.news/en/event/orelien-admits-plagiarism-denies-ai): The Canadian-Haitian author says no sentence of his novel was written by a machine, while apologising for copying passages from established - [Russia detains Japanese Hokkaido Shimbun reporter on espionage charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-arrests-japanese-journalist): Russia's FSB says a Hokkaido Shimbun correspondent was arrested in Sakhalin as he prepared to leave the country. He was flown to Moscow, whe - [Trump reposts footage of fatal tiger attack at Yorkshire wildlife park](https://pollar.news/en/event/man-injured-in-tiger-enclosure): A 23-year-old man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday, 10 October. On Tuesday, 13 Oc - [German top court hears challenges to inheritance tax breaks for business heirs](https://pollar.news/en/event/karlsruhe-weighs-inheritance-tax): Germany's Federal Constitutional Court heard two cases on 12 and 13 October 2026 over exemptions that let business heirs pay little or no in - [CDU faction in Saxony-Anhalt to leave chamber during AfD premier vote in December](https://pollar.news/en/event/cdu-may-walk-out): The CDU group in the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag decided on 13 October to leave the chamber during the first two ballots on AfD candidate Ulrich S - [Drones hit two ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, one sinks, Radev says](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-sink-ship-off-bulgaria): The Malta-flagged Chelsea 3, Ukrainian-owned, was hit by three drones about 18 nautical miles off Bulgaria's coast, and a second vessel sank - [Spain's unions call general strike for 11 November over housing and wages](https://pollar.news/en/event/unions-demand-7-minimum-wage): UGT and CCOO want the minimum wage raised by at least 7% for 2027 as they call a general strike on 11 November over housing and pay. Employe - [FIFA rejects reports Infantino received an undisclosed second salary from World Cup company](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantinos-undeclared-fifa-pay): FIFA says it pays its president no second salary after The Times and ESPN reported an extra 2024 payment of $1.72 million to $1.76 million f - [Musk gives Republicans over $276 million in midterm donations since July](https://pollar.news/en/event/musk-gives-276m-to-gop): Elon Musk has given more than $276 million to Republican groups since July, including $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund. The donati - [Arsenal beat Lille 3-0 with three second-half goals in Champions League](https://pollar.news/en/event/arsenal-beat-lille-3-0): Jurriën Timber, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka scored in the second half at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, 13 October, keeping Arsenal's per - [Azerbaijan defends school dress rules as hijab protests, arrests and Turkey row grow](https://pollar.news/en/event/azerbaijan-defends-school-dress-rules): Officials defend the new rules and tell Turkey to stay out, as the Interior Ministry reports 37 detentions and protesters gather outside Aze - [Nuremberg airport closed after false hijack alarm on Corfu flight, jets scrambled](https://pollar.news/en/event/nuremberg-airport-flights-suspended): A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800 from Corfu sent a hijack code, prompting two Eurofighter jets to escort it, and landed safely in Nurember - [Qantas cancels Rome flight after bedbugs found on Boeing 787](https://pollar.news/en/event/qantas-plane-grounded-over-bedbugs): Passengers on a Perth to Rome flight reported bites on 9 October, and Qantas kept the Boeing 787 on the ground for a deep clean, cancelling - [Bayern draw 3-3 at Viking Stavanger after Olise's red card and late equaliser](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayern-face-viking-stavanger): Harry Kane scored twice to turn a 0:2 deficit into 2:2, and Luis Díaz put Bayern ahead, but Michael Olise's sending-off let Herman Haugen eq - [UK asks Interpol to reject Argentina's Falklands arrest requests as oil row escalates](https://pollar.news/en/event/argentina-escalates-falklands-oil-row): Argentina has filed a legal claim with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to stop oil and gas exploration north of the Falkla - [German police probe two teenagers after robot allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl in Cologne](https://pollar.news/en/event/cologne-robot-allegedly-touched-teen): Police in Cologne seized a robot after it allegedly approached a 16-year-old girl from behind and made thrusting motions against her. The ro - [Villarreal beat Napoli 3-1 at La Cerámica, leaving Napoli on zero points](https://pollar.news/en/event/villarreal-host-napoli-at-2100): Amir Rrahmani gave Napoli the lead in the 8th minute, but Villarreal turned the match around with two goals in three minutes and Tani Oluwas - [Trump names Katie Zacharia White House press secretary after CNN finds old conspiracy posts](https://pollar.news/en/event/zacharia-named-white-house-spokesperson): Trump has picked Katie Zacharia, a former Department of Homeland Security staffer and Trump Media adviser, to replace Karoline Leavitt. A CN - [Greta Thunberg joins French student protests as about 200 lycées are expected closed](https://pollar.news/en/event/lycee-protests-intensify-in-france): The Swedish climate activist appeared outside a Saint-Denis lycée on Tuesday, 13 October, as the student movement, under way since 17 Septem ## 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 ad networks (at most one labelled brief sponsor a day; members see none), 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, advertising and partnerships, 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)