What the territorial gains mean for Ukraine - The Ukrainians are staging a counteroffensive in the south of the front, while the Russians are suffering from communication problems. And the Kremlin troops are showing further signs of wear and tear www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra... #VladimirPutin

#DonaldTrump’s AI push fuels revolt in #Maga heartlands. Polling by Public First for the FT found about 60% of Trump voters were concerned about #AI’s rapid development and almost 80% believed the technology needed more regulation. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmal

The escalation of conflict in eastern #Congo (DRC) is driving mass displacement. Food, water, shelter are stretched to breaking point and women and children increasingly left exposed to violence and exploitation. €81.2 mio in #humanitarianaid across the #GreatLakes ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission to step up support for the EU eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Strengthening their prosperity and resilience is an expression of EU solidarity and a strategic investment in EU's security, competitiveness, stability ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #VladimirPutin

EU privacy watchdog opens probe into #ElonMusk’s #X over sexualised #AI images after thousands of sexualised deepfakes of women were generated using #Grok in early January, prompting a widespread backlash from users, safety experts and politicians www.ft.com/content/3c72... via @FT. #DonaldTrump

Air pollution directly linked to #Alzheimer’s risk, scientists say as fine particulate matter released by the combustion of #fossilfuels may damage brain health more directly than previously thought www.ft.com/content/35c5... via @FT #DonaldTrump #Republicans #EPA #healthcare #ActOnClimate

Brussels to tie EV subsidies to 70% local content rule - #Electricvehicle manufacturers benefiting from state support have to ensure that at least 70% of the components are made in the EU to protect it's industries from intense Chinese competition www.ft.com/content/02be... via @FT #ActOnClimate

#ChristineLagarde to leave #ECB before the end of her 8-year term to enable #EmmanuelMacron and #FriedrichMerz to find a new head for one of the EU’s most important institutions www.ft.com/content/30bc... via @FT #FutureOfEurope

Almost half of the citizens across five major EU countries think that the European Union should ban the US social media platform X (formerly Twitter) if it continues to break European legislation, a new YouGov survey found. www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/1... #ElonMusk #HateSpeech #FarRight

‘An insult to our name’: AfD urged to stop using Simson mopeds at events. It has increasingly become something of a cult lifestyle item in the former communist east, and has been taken advantage of by the #AfD including #BjörnHöcke www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #FarRight #Antisemitism

Criminal records among members of parliament – the winner is the AfD It provides family members with parliamentary jobs and accepts money from #VladimirPutin

For the third year in a row, every day in 2025 was more than 1°C warmer than the 1850–1900 pre-industrial level. Over a third of days were above 1.5°C. The world is moving to the 1.5°C warming limit of the Paris Agreement climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... #CopernicusClimate #ActOnClimate

Demographic change isn’t tomorrow’s problem. It’s today’s reality. Across Europe, regions are dealing with ageing populations, talent shortages and brain drain. The question isn’t whether change is happening — it’s how to respond ec.europa.eu/regional_pol... #migrationEU #FarRight #NigelFarage #AfD

Was Epstein an agent of the Kremlin? #JeffreyEpstein travelled to Russia repeatedly, persistently courted by #VladimirPutin, and brought young women to the United States. What points to the sex offender being a spy, and what points against it. www.spiegel.de/ausland/jeff... #DonaldTrump #Republicans

Germany’s population is projected to shrink by nearly 5 per cent within 25 years — a significantly steeper decline than previously forecast, whilst #AfD wants to expell more migrants. Integrating them would stop population shrinking www.ft.com/content/7b15... #SchrumpfGermanen #FarRight #DonaldTrump

After her time as chancellor, #AngelaMerkel withdrew from politics. But then #FriedrichMerz came along and squandered a lot of trust. Merkel would be a federal president who people would listen to. Germany needs her. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut... #FutureOfEurope #migrationEU #Humanity

Thank you #DonaldTrump High food prices are putting a strain on many American households. German discounters #Aldi and #Lidl are experiencing enormous popularity in the country and are expanding. Even in New York. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...

What does EU funding actually deliver on the ground? The data speaks. From infrastructure and innovation to #climateaction and social inclusion, EU funding is not abstract. It translates into concrete investments, measurable outputs,tangible regional impact cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/stories/s/tp...

In just 2 yrs, online platforms have reversed 50 mio decisions affecting users' content or accounts, helping users exercise their rights. With #DSA users in the EU are more empowered, platforms face greater accountability, and online environment is more transparent ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The objective of the EU-UK agreement in respect of #Gibraltar is to secure the future prosperity of the whole region. All physical barriers on persons and goods circulating between Spain and Gibraltar will be removed, fully safeguarding #Schengen and the Single Market ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Today, the European Commission has opened formal proceedings against #Shein, under the #DigitalServicesAct, for its addictive design, the lack of transparency of recommender systems, as well as the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #BigTech

🎥 Keeping it cool We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to keep #GlobalWarming below 1.5°! more📖 www.wwf.org.uk/our-reports/... more📖 www.un.org/en/climatech... PL RP🩷💚💙 graph via WWF #climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateActionNow #renewables

China’s high-speed rail network accelerates world’s largest human migration - #Railways have in recent days been ferrying about 20mn passengers a day, with half a billion train trips expected over the 40-day lunar new year period. www.ft.com/content/3c15... via @FT #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

#BigOil executives under pressure to spell out growth plans - After oil prices fell 20% last year and with a further oversupply of crude expected in 2026, shareholders and #investors seem to live in a dream world #Renewables are cheaper than #oilandgas www.ft.com/content/f0a9... via @FT #DonaldTrump

Narrator: He has not been “totally exonerated”

The GOP is once again showing its disdain for the Constitution. fox9.com/news/residen...

Avalanches from heavy snowfall in the European Alps claimed more lives over the weekend, as a train was derailed by a snow slide in Switzerland on Monday and roads and villages around Mont Blanc were closed or placed under evacuation orders. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #ClimateEmergency

Six Republican reps bravely stab Trump in the back by voting with Democrats to pass a resolution blocking his destructive Canada tariffs. #DonaldTrump just got handed a stinging, very public rebuke — and it came from his own party. #GOP #Republicans #JeffreyEpstein #MakeAmericaSmall

The US government reportedly plans to fund #MAGA aligned groups in Europe. However, these groups may be reluctant to accept these funds if it means they must link themselves to the #DonaldTrump administration, as the US president himself isn't too popular in major European nations. #AfD #VictorOrban

Trump drops his pants - #DonalfTrump dances down the Statue of Liberty, #VladimirPutin gets a satirical slap in the face: #Carnival revelers poke fun at international politics in the Rose Monday parades. The pictures. www.spiegel.de/panorama/ges...

After winning a clean sweep of legal victories over the past month, the #offshorewind industry is redoubling efforts to get projects finished so they can start producing power and develop the financing and supply lines needed to keep the sector afloat www.ft.com/content/2674... #DonaldTrump

In what would be a “watershed moment” #Ford’s CEO, #JimFarley, reportedly spoke with the #DonaldTrump Administration about partnering with Chinese EV makers in the US. So far blocked they are blocked by #tariffs oand proposing bans due to security risks electrek.co/2026/02/16/f... #ActOnClimate #EVs

Got an EU-funded project that truly made a difference? This is your moment. The 2026 edition of the #REGIOSTARS Awards is open. They spotlight the most impactful projects supported by EU #CohesionPolicy — projects that transformed regions and strengthened communities ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...

#Ottawa is “championing efforts to build a bridge between the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the European Union, which would create a new trading bloc of 1.5 billion people” #MarkCarney told world leaders and the global business elite in Davos www.politico.eu/article/eu-a... #DonaldTrump #Republicans

EU capitals have attacked the bloc's environmental policies, arguing onerous green rules were strangling their economies. Now even the #EmissionsTrading System (ETS) is under attack, as leaders argued high carbon prices were a worrying symptom, not #ClimateEmergency www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

Commissioner for Sustainable Transport #ApostolosTzitzikostas starts his mission in #Finland with a visit aboard an icebreaker. It will sail in the Gulf of Finland, providing firsthand insights into the operational capabilities and strategic role of #icebreakers ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission committed to halving road deaths by 2030. 19,940 people were killed in 2024, a 12% decrease since 2019 but falls short of the annual 4.6% reduction needed to meet the 2030 targets. 100,000 people sustain life-changing injuries each year. ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #RoadSafety #cars

Pakistan tax authorities turn to social media to crack down on evasion - People love to play up how rich they are on social media,” said Rashid Langrial, the FBR’s chair. “But no one wants to show off their money in their tax filings.” www.ft.com/content/1267... via @FT #taxevasion #taxes

UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots - #KeirStarmer has warned #ElonMusk that “no platform gets a free pass” on illegal content in the UK, as the OM moves to tighten online safety laws following a deepfake scandal involving xAI’s Grok chatbot www.ft.com/content/1591... via @FT

Germany vows more #defence tech funding after backlash over tanks. Analysts raise concerns for ploughing too much money into conventional weapons such as tanks — mostly to the benefit of established arms makers — rather than unmanned weapons powered by #AI www.ft.com/content/62f4... via @FT

Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials. It emerged as a main conduit for Kremlin-organised sabotage attacks in Europe, according to western intelligence officials www.ft.com/content/dbd1... via @FT #VladimirPutin #Dictator #WarCriminal

#DonaldTrump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices. The analysis indicates that the US will through 2055 incur $1.4tn in additional costs from increased fuel purchases, vehicle repair and maintenance, insurance, traffic congestion and noise www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#FriedrichMerz said the era of US hegemony was coming to an end, and more quickly than many thought. “We don’t believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade. We stand by climate agreements and the WHO because we can only solve global challenges together” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

“Contrary to what some may say, woke, decadent Europe is not facing civilizational erasure,” #KajaKallas said. “In fact, people still want to join our club and not just fellow Europeans.” Even in #Canada many people have an interest in joining the EU article.wn.com/view/2026/02... #DonaldTrump

Refrigerated #trailers are hauling your fresh food from the farm to your local market – the problem is that they pollute like crazy, powered by red-dye #diesel gensets that run around the clock. Rooftop solar emits no CO2 electrek.co/2026/02/14/g... #solarpower #renewables #ActOnClimate

#Canada aims to create 125,000 jobs by increasing military spending to 5% of GDP over the next decade and shifting away from US arms manufacturers. The paper to be published on Tuesday is #Ottawa’s biggest military push since WW2. Thank you #DonaldTrump giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... #tariffs

#BarackObama “[What] is true is that there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? That’s been lost” aje.news/i6txlz #DonaldTrump #Racism #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmall

#Windpower and pollution-busting kitchen appliances: Positive environmental stories from 2026. #Portugal tops EU leaderboard as over 80% of electricity in January came from #renewables and 10 EU countries pledge €9.5bn for North Sea windpower www.euronews.com/green/2026/0... #ActOnClimate #oilandgas

‘The best we can hope for’: Rubio’s Munich unity appeal fails to woo Europe - Vance’s 2025 speech was easier to handle because it was so overtly aggressive that it ensured unity in response. Rubio’s nuance made it harder to determine the threat. Nothing has changed www.ft.com/content/9463... via @FT