Macron warns US trade ‘threats, intimidation’ towards EU not over
French president has urged the bloc to learn lessons from ‘the Greenland moment’ and undertake urgent reforms.

French president has urged the bloc to learn lessons from ‘the Greenland moment’ and undertake urgent reforms.









Cuban foreign minister accuses US of trying to break the ‘political will’ of Cubans, hints at diplomacy with Washington.
These are the key developments from day 1,447 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Centre-left socialist president is elected, but far-right rival secures record share of the vote.
British police are assessing a complaint that ex-prince sent confidential trade reports to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
![Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at a petrol station, started after two Russian ‘Sahed’ drones hit it, in the city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, 9 February 2026. [Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AA-20260209-40506034-40506010-RUSSIAN_AIRSTRIKE_HITS_THE_UKRAINIAN_CITY_OF_KRAMATORSK_cropped-1770667191.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
Firefighters in eastern Ukraine fought to extinguish an extensive blaze after a Russian drone hit a fuel station.

Voters in Portugal elected Antonio Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party to a five-year term.
For the second straight Winter Olympics, Mathilde Gremaud bests Eileen Gu in the women’s blue ribband freeski event.
PM faces criticism for backing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US despite his known links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Ukraine’s foreign minister calls for complete EU entry ban on Russians participating in the war.
Commercial documents shed light on hundreds of shipments from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.