Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies

US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies

The Guardian
Investigation Reveals Israel 'Evaporated' Nearly 3,000 Palestinians With Thermal Weapons in Gaza | Common Dreams

Investigation reveals Israel's use of US-supplied thermal weapons in Gaza, resulting in nearly 3,000 Palestinians evaporated. Shocking details uncovered.

Common Dreams
Europe vs Visa & Mastercard: The $24 Trillion Payments Shift

Europe is building its own payments system and reducing reliance on Visa and Mastercard. Here’s why the $24 trillion shift matters now.

European Business Magazine
Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister who surprised the world: ‘Public life has become dehumanized’

In 2023, she resigned as leader of New Zealand because she no longer had ‘enough in the tank’ to give her best. She had been in office for six years. Her departure marked the culmination of a different approach to power, one that stood in stark contrast to the male-dominated hyper-leadership that continues to dominate the world. Her understanding of politics, based on empathy and transparency, made her an icon. We spoke with her in London

EL PAÍS English
The Europeans banned from the US for fighting misinformation: ‘Elon Musk has pushed the nuclear button. He doesn’t like us’

The White House considers them ‘radical activists,’ but all they do is push platforms to follow the law, curb disinformation, and stop hate speech. EL PAÍS speaks with them about being targeted by Trump

EL PAÍS English
Bernie Sanders: ‘These are the most dangerous times that the United States has faced in modern history’

The Vermont senator, a global icon of the left, warns in an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS that the president is using ICE as “a domestic army” and says that “it will have to be the American people who say ‘no’ to authoritarianism”

EL PAÍS English
Trump news at a glance: ‘This is going to be a free and fair election,’ says Hakeem Jeffries after Trump’s comments

Jeffries says Democrats will stop Donald Trump from trying to steal this year’s midterm elections – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 February at a glance

The Guardian
Massive Protests against American fascist paramilitary forces in the Olympics (Milan, Italy - 2026)

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

The Guardian