# 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 - [20-year-old German man fatally stabs bank employee, holds two hostage in Regensburg; arrested after three-hour standoff](https://pollar.news/en/event/one-dead-in-regensburg-bank-attack): A 20-year-old German man stabbed a bank employee to death and held two people hostage inside a Regensburg bank branch on Thursday afternoon. - [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 - [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 - [Merz reshuffles cabinet: Warken becomes first female Chancellery chief, Linnemann takes health](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz will appoint Health Minister Nina Warken as his chief of staff, making her the first woman in the postwar era to h - [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 - [Wildfires in Ávila and Madrid force evacuation of over 5,000 residents as heat wave persists](https://pollar.news/en/event/thousands-flee-spanish-wildfires): Fires in Burgohondo (Ávila), Villa del Prado and San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Madrid) have destroyed homes, cut roads and triggered ES-Alert - [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 - [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 - [Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong out for weeks with torn knee ligament, avoids surgery for now](https://pollar.news/en/event/de-jong-out-for-weeks): The Barcelona midfielder sustained a medial collateral ligament tear during the World Cup and will miss the start of the LaLiga season, but - [House passes symbolic Iran war powers resolution 214-208; Senate blocks its own measure 49-47](https://pollar.news/en/event/house-passes-iran-war-resolution): The Republican-led House backed a resolution directing Trump to halt military action against Iran without Congress' approval, but the Senate - [Florida pastor sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT used his faith to talk him out of hospital before near-fatal embolism](https://pollar.news/en/event/pastor-sues-openai-over-chatgpt): Scott Winters, 55, alleges the chatbot repeatedly misdiagnosed his symptoms, used his Christian faith to build trust, and discouraged him fr - [EU adopts 21st Russia sanctions package as national carve-outs expose growing fatigue](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-sanctions-russia-spares-fish): The 27 EU states agreed on a 21st sanctions package against Russia on Thursday, freezing the oil price cap and blacklisting 32 more banks, b - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [EU adopts 21st sanctions package against Russia, targeting banks, shadow fleet and oil price cap](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-adopts-new-russia-sanctions): The package extends the $44/barrel oil price cap, blacklists 32 more banks, and for the first time targets vessels aiding Russia's shadow fl - [FDA panel votes 8-6 to ease restrictions on peptide BPC-157 despite safety warnings](https://pollar.news/en/event/fda-panel-eases-peptide-rules): A divided FDA advisory committee recommended allowing pharmacies to compound the popular peptide BPC-157, overriding agency scientists who c - [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 - [President Nawrocki files second referendum request on EU climate policy, sets 27 September vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrocki-pushes-second-referendum): President Karol Nawrocki submitted a new referendum proposal to the Senate on 23 July, asking Poles whether they support the EU's climate po - [ECB unveils new euro banknote designs, asks 358 million citizens to vote on culture vs nature themes](https://pollar.news/en/event/vote-on-euros-future-look): The ECB presented 10 design proposals for the next euro banknote series on Thursday, launching a public consultation that runs until 21 Sept - [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 - [Italy’s cabinet approves bill reversing burden of proof for minor offenders aged 14–18](https://pollar.news/en/event/italys-minor-imputability-shift): The Council of Ministers approved a bill that presumes minors aged 14–18 are capable of understanding their actions, reversing the current c - [Alessio Pio, 18 months, dies in Catanzaro hospital; Tropea nursery cluster triggers investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/nursery-outbreak-kills-toddler): An 18-month-old boy died at Catanzaro's Pugliese-Ciaccio hospital on 22 July. Four other children from the same Tropea nursery were hospital - [Elliot Anderson completes £116m move to Manchester City, calls club 'kings of Manchester'](https://pollar.news/en/event/anderson-joins-city-for-116m): The 23-year-old England midfielder moves from Nottingham Forest on a five-year contract until 2031, becoming Manchester City's record signin - [Minnesota man sentenced to life for politically motivated assassination of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman](https://pollar.news/en/event/life-sentence-for-political-assassin): Vance Boelter, 59, received two consecutive life terms plus 40 years for the 2025 murders of state House speaker Melissa Hortman and her hus - [Raków Częstochowa 3-1 Valletta: Emreli debut goal and Makuch redemption after penalty miss in Conference League qualifier](https://pollar.news/en/event/rakow-survive-valletta-scare): Mahir Emreli scored on his debut and Patryk Makuch made amends for conceding a penalty with a goal and an assist as Raków Częstochowa beat V - [Spain's Congress rejects deficit path for sixth time in two years, but government will forge ahead with 2027 budget](https://pollar.news/en/event/congress-blocks-deficit-path): PP, Vox and Junts voted down the fiscal stability path for the second time in a week, blocking a 0.1% GDP deficit margin for regions. The go - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Drone footage reveals devastation inside Bucharest block nine months after fatal gas explosion](https://pollar.news/en/event/rahova-block-drone-inspection): Nine months after a gas explosion killed at least three people and destroyed two floors of a Bucharest apartment block, the city has handed - [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 - [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 - [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 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 - [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 - [Spanish Congress lowers thresholds for parliamentary groups, easing path for ERC and Junts](https://pollar.news/en/event/congress-lowers-group-thresholds): The reform, approved with votes from PSOE, Sumar and nationalist allies, reduces the national vote requirement from 5% to 3% and the provinc - [EKAB rescuer stabbed to death in Syros after doorstep argument; couple arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/syros-stabbing-kills-rescuer): A 41-year-old EKAB ambulance rescuer was stabbed in the back and died after a confrontation at a home in Ano Syros on Thursday afternoon. A - [Barcelona mother denies seeing abuse of six-week-old baby as court keeps father in prison for second time](https://pollar.news/en/event/mother-denies-seeing-baby-abuse): A Barcelona mother testified for the second time on 23 July 2026, denying she saw her partner abuse their infant son, while the Audiencia de - [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 - [Ford takes 66% stake in Geely joint venture to build five models at Valencia plant from 2028](https://pollar.news/en/event/ford-and-geely-partner-in-spain): The US automaker will hold 66% of the venture, with Geely taking 34%, to produce two Ford SUVs, two Geely electric SUVs and a jointly develo - [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 - [Romania faces fuel supply strain as Kazakhstan halts CPC oil deliveries; interim PM says no shortages for two weeks](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-fuel-supply-stable): Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan assured that Romania will not face fuel shortages in the next two weeks, despite Kazakhstan suspending o - [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 ## 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)