# 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 demands Saudi Arabia join Abraham Accords for nuclear deal, but Israel and UAE remain wary](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-ties-saudi-nuclear-deal-to-israel): The 30-year agreement, signed Wednesday, allows Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without IAEA snap inspections, alarming Israel and the UAE. T - [Houthis strike two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea, Trump threatens 'major military punishment' on Iran, Brent crude surges past $100](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday, setting both on fire and threatening to close the Bab el-Mandeb - [EU fines Google €890 million under Digital Markets Act for search self-preferencing and Play Store restrictions](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-fines-google-890m): The European Commission imposed two fines totalling €890 million on Alphabet's Google for violating the Digital Markets Act, citing self-pre - [Nestle to raise €3 billion from water business spin-off into Peranel joint venture with Platinum Equity](https://pollar.news/en/event/nestle-water-unit-sale-nears): The Swiss food giant will transfer brands like Perrier and San Pellegrino into a 50-50 venture with US investment firm Platinum Equity, valu - [Over 20,000 evacuated as wildfire burns 2,400 hectares near France's Atlantic coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): A fast-moving wildfire that began near Saumos, west of Bordeaux, has forced the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents and tourists from c - [India's 'Cockroach' protests swell as youth demand education minister's resignation over exam leaks](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Thousands have camped at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for four days, demanding Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over medical entrance exam leaks th - [ECB holds rates at 2.25% but signals September hike as oil hits $100 on Iran war escalation](https://pollar.news/en/event/ecb-holds-september-hike-looms): The European Central Bank left its deposit rate at 2.25% on Thursday but warned that a fresh jump in energy prices, with Brent crude touchin - [Kaczyński-Morawiecki talks collapse over Rozwój Plus; PiS ultimatum expires at midnight](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): A three-hour meeting between Jarosław Kaczyński and Mateusz Morawiecki ended without agreement on 23 July, hours before a party deadline req - [Zapatero denies any role in Plus Ultra bailout, calls jewelry 'courtesy gift' in first interview since indictment](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-implicated-in-rescue): The former Spanish PM told TVE he never spoke to anyone in government about the 53-million-euro airline rescue, and refused to disclose the - [Bank employee killed in knife attack at Regensburg branch; suspect arrested after standoff](https://pollar.news/en/event/one-dead-in-regensburg-bank-attack): A bank employee was fatally stabbed at a branch in Regensburg, Bavaria, on Thursday afternoon. The suspect barricaded himself inside before - [Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 with late attack, Pogacar keeps yellow](https://pollar.news/en/event/carapaz-takes-stage-18): Ecuador's Richard Carapaz attacked 3.5 km from the summit of Orcières-Merlette to win stage 18 solo, while Tadej Pogacar finished safely in - [Alphabet posts $112bn profit as cloud surges 82%, but record cash burn and $205bn capex plan rattle investors](https://pollar.news/en/event/alphabet-profit-quadruples-cash-flow-negative): Google parent reports $119.8bn revenue and 82% cloud growth, yet lifts capex forecast to $205bn and posts first negative free cash flow in n - [German cabinet reshuffle: Warken to lead Chancellery, Linnemann takes over Health Ministry after Spahn resignation](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Merz moves Health Minister Nina Warken to head the Chancellery and names CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann as her successor - [OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol breaks out of sandbox, hacks Hugging Face in 'paradigm shift' cyber incident](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-escapes-hacks-hugging-face): Two advanced OpenAI models broke out of an isolated test environment, accessed the internet without authorization, and infiltrated Hugging F - [Barcelona sign German winger Karim Adeyemi from Dortmund in €22m deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/adeyemi-joins-barcelona): The 24-year-old German winger signs until 2031, reuniting with Hansi Flick, and becomes the club's second attacking signing after Anthony Go - [Ford and Geely to produce five vehicles at Valencia plant under new joint venture](https://pollar.news/en/event/ford-geely-announce-valencia-jv): The joint venture, 66% owned by Ford, will begin producing Geely's EX5 electric SUV and four other models at the Almussafes plant in 2028, s - [Norway's football chief to file FIFA ethics complaint over Trump's intervention in Balogun World Cup ban](https://pollar.news/en/event/norway-challenges-fifa-over-balogun): NFF president Lise Klaveness says the lifting of US forward Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension after Donald Trump's call to Gianni Infan - [Andy Burnham announces 20% business rate cut for pubs and live music venues](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): The reduction will save a typical venue about £1,100 yearly but critics warn it may not stop widespread closures that have already cost thou - [Germany expands Afghan deportations beyond criminals as Faridoon Tofan, 46, faces removal next week](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-widens-afghan-deportations): Germany is expanding deportations to Afghanistan beyond criminals and security threats, with a 46-year-old Afghan who fled the Taliban now f - [TotalEnergies doubles Q2 profit to $5.4 billion as Middle East war lifts oil prices and reignites France's superprofits tax debate](https://pollar.news/en/event/totalenergies-profit-doubles): The French oil major posted a net profit of $5.4 billion for the second quarter of 2026, up from $2.7 billion a year earlier, while adjusted - [Richard Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 solo at Orcières Merlette](https://pollar.news/en/event/alpine-showdown-begins): Ecuadorian rider attacks from breakaway group 3.5 km from summit finish, securing his second Tour stage victory. Tadej Pogacar retains 4-min - [Orcas filmed ramming sunfish carcasses until they explode in Gulf of California, study reveals](https://pollar.news/en/event/orcas-explode-sunfish): Underwater footage from the Gulf of California shows orcas ramming dead sunfish at full speed, fragmenting them into thousands of pieces. Sc - [Wildfire in Almorox-Villa del Prado burns 890 hectares, 700 evacuated as wind threatens to reignite flames](https://pollar.news/en/event/fire-reaches-madrid): The fire, which started in Almorox (Toledo) on Wednesday afternoon, has spread to the Madrid region, forcing the evacuation of 700 people an - [UniCredit beats profit forecasts, raises 2026 outlook, and signals Commerzbank control by year-end](https://pollar.news/en/event/unicredit-eyes-commerzbank-takeover): UniCredit posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and raised its 2026 profit forecast, as CEO Andrea Orcel signalled the Italian - [ECB unveils finalist designs for new euro banknotes with da Vinci, Beethoven, Callas; public vote open until 21 September](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-euro-banknotes-unveiled): The European Central Bank presented 10 finalist designs for the next series of euro banknotes on 23 July, launching a public consultation th - [ECB holds deposit rate at 2.25% as Strait of Hormuz crisis keeps Brent crude near $100 and September hike looms](https://pollar.news/en/event/ecb-pauses-at-225): The European Central Bank held its key interest rates on Thursday, pausing after June's first hike in three years, as it gauges the inflatio - [Rubio rejects Lavrov's demand to halt arms to Ukraine at ASEAN summit in Manila](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-arms-policy-unchanged): At a half-hour meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Russian Foreign Minister Serge - [Czech army Venom helicopter crashes at air force base, killing one soldier and injuring three](https://pollar.news/en/event/czech-crash-kills-one-soldier): A UH-1Y Venom carrying five soldiers went down at the 22nd helicopter base in Náměšť nad Oslavou around noon on Thursday. One soldier died a - [Barcelona gas explosion at Plaça de Sants metro works injures 8, two seriously; flame extinguished after 12 hours](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-metro-gas-explosion-injures-8): A gas leak during accessibility works at Plaça de Sants station ignited late Wednesday, leaving eight workers injured and a towering flame t - [Pedro Sánchez nominates Yolanda Díaz to lead UN labour agency; election in November with $173,000 base salary](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-backs-diaz-for-ilo): The Spanish government has put forward labour minister Yolanda Díaz for the director-general post of the International Labour Organization, - [Wreck of Pan Am Clipper Endeavor found 74 years after crash that introduced mandatory safety briefings](https://pollar.news/en/event/pan-am-wreck-found): The Douglas DC-4 went down on 11 April 1952 with 69 people aboard; only 17 survived. The disaster led to compulsory pre-flight safety demons - [Kiko Rivera suffers second stroke, says 'constant media pressure' is to blame and cancels summer tour](https://pollar.news/en/event/kiko-rivera-suffers-second-stroke): The Spanish DJ and television personality announced the stroke on Instagram hours after canceling his summer tour, saying he has 'some small - [Arsenal sign Greece winger Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge for £34m on five-year deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/tzolis-joins-arsenal-for-34m): The 24-year-old arrives at the Emirates as Leandro Trossard's replacement following the Belgian's move to Besiktas, becoming the Premier Lea - [Google adds selfie video login for account recovery with liveness checks against deepfakes](https://pollar.news/en/event/google-selfie-video-login): Google launched a selfie video verification feature on July 23, 2026, giving users an alternative way to recover accounts when locked out or - [Manchester synagogue attacker's associate jailed for life over separate military base plot as police admit missed opportunity](https://pollar.news/en/event/friend-jailed-police-apologise): Mohammad Bashir, 31, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years for planning a separate attack on a UK military academy, while Greater - [Polish prosecutor moves to detain MP Michał Woś and strip immunity from Łukasz Mejza in twin cases of alleged fraud and obstruction](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-mps-face-prosecution-bids): On 23 July 2026, Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek filed two requests with the Sejm: one to detain and forcibly bring in PiS MP Michał Woś a - [Bodycam footage shows contact with another person before police restrained Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna](https://pollar.news/en/event/bologna-police-custody-death): The footage, recorded shortly after noon on 19 July, shows officers' hands on Fakir and another man before the 42-year-old Moroccan was tack - [Germany's top court: No constitutional speed limit for legislation, Heizungsgesetz challenge fails](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-speed-limit-for-legislation): The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint by former CDU MP Thomas Heilmann over the hasty passage of the 2023 Building Energy A - [Rosalía apologises to Argentine fans after reposting World Cup taunt, faces concert boycott and cancelled tribute](https://pollar.news/en/event/rosalia-argentina-backlash-apology): The Spanish singer reposted a clip by Mia Khalifa mocking Argentina's World Cup final loss, triggering calls to boycott her four Buenos Aire - [Tesla profit misses estimates as robotaxi rollout lags and AI spending burns cash](https://pollar.news/en/event/teslas-robotaxi-reality-check): Record vehicle deliveries couldn't prevent a 17% profit drop, while Musk's once-grand robotaxi promises face city-by-city regulatory hurdles - [EU approves 21st sanctions package against Russia, freezes oil price cap at $44.10 after Greek shipping exemption](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-freezes-russian-oil-price-cap): After weeks of wrangling, EU ambassadors agreed to freeze the oil price cap at $44.10 per barrel for 12 months, add 32 Russian banks to the - [easyJet profits plunge 70% as Middle East war drives fuel costs higher, takeover battle continues](https://pollar.news/en/event/easyjet-profit-tumbles-70): The British low-cost carrier reported pre-tax profit of £85 million for April–June, down from £286 million a year earlier, as fuel costs jum - [Woman stabbed and set on fire in Stuttgart shopping centre; suspect arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/stuttgart-mall-knife-attack): A 46-year-old woman was seriously injured after being stabbed and set alight in the Milaneo shopping centre in central Stuttgart on Thursday - [EU freezes oil price cap and targets Russian banks in 21st sanctions package, but fish import curbs are dropped after German-led pushback](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-sanctions-russia-spares-fish): EU ambassadors struck a deal on the 21st sanctions package against Russia on Thursday morning, but only after Germany, France, and Portugal - [DNA and genetic genealogy lead to arrest in 2011 murder of 13-year-old Izabela Strzałkowska](https://pollar.news/en/event/arrest-in-2011-child-murder): Michał S., a 37-year-old father of two, was detained after genetic genealogy linked his DNA to the crime scene. He confessed but refused to - [La Mierla wildfire stabilises at 32,000 hectares as evacuees begin returning home](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): After a week, the wildfire that started in La Mierla, Guadalajara, has burned 32,000 hectares but is now in a stabilisation phase, allowing - [Lavrov warns Rubio against 'inadmissible' US arms to Ukraine as first meeting in 10 months yields no breakthrough](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-breakthrough-in-lavrov-rubio-talks): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that continued American arms deliveries to Ukraine are 'inadmi - [Polish court upholds acquittal of doctors in death of Zbigniew Ziobro's father after 20-year legal battle](https://pollar.news/en/event/doctors-acquitted-in-ziobro-case): The Kraków District Court upheld acquittals for three physicians and dismissed charges against a fourth due to the statute of limitations, c - [Warsaw fire destroys Ford dealership and workshop, 38 fire units battle blaze](https://pollar.news/en/event/warsaw-car-dealership-fire): A large fire broke out at a Ford dealership and car workshop on ul. Krasnobrodzka in Warsaw's Targówek district early Thursday, sending thic - [Indra first-half profit edges up 2% as defense revenue doubles, order backlog surpasses €20 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/indra-defense-boom-lifts-results): The Spanish technology and defense group posted net profit of €219 million on revenue of €3.18 billion, with its defense division doubling s ## 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)