Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disasters The Guardian - UK · Mar 9
‘Even when the world is collapsing, life continues’: the return of indietronica legends the Notwist The experimental German band known for a love of tinkering embraced a fresh ethos, ditching remote collaboration for a collective recording done in a week The Guardian - UK · Mar 9
BMW Mistakenly Publishes The Names Of All 2027 Cars BMW has pledged to launch about 40 cars by the end of next year to flesh out its Neue Klasse lineup, spearheaded by the new iX3. Although only a handful of models have been officially announced so far, a massive leak on the company’s site reveals the names of what… Motor1 · Feb 27
Great powers, fractured rules: Is the era of US-led world order over? In February 2026, at the Munich Security Conference, world leaders dropped the usual diplomatic language. Germany’s chancellor said the global order “no longer exists”. France warned Europe must be ready for war. US secretary of state Marco Rubio declared that “the old world is gone”. At Davos, Canada’s prime minister… The Times of India · Feb 26
Hundreds of Lufthansa passengers stranded overnight on planes Bad weather, an airport curfew and a bus shortage left travellers stranded on Thursday The Independent UK · Feb 24
Airport staff went home amid heavy snow; 500 passengers stranded inside grounded planes whole night in Munich Around 500 passengers had to spend an entire night inside their grounded planes at Munich Airport as all the staff had gone home because of the heavy snowstorm and the airport had already been closed. According to German newspaper Bild, 123 passengers were due to fly from Munich to Copenhagen,… The Times of India · Feb 23
Global leaders are dreaming of a US-free world order. Do they stand a chance? In the world being ushered in by Trump, power will prevail over cooperation. We will come to rue having taken this path The Guardian - US · Feb 22
China has turned the page on its aggressive ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy – except when it comes to Japan At the recent Munich Security Conference, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, delivered a rebuke of what he said were dangerous trends of militarism in Japan. In a panel discussion, he pointed out comments made in November by the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in which she suggested Japan could intervene… The Conversation · Feb 18
Rubio’s Munich speech was an offer of friendship – but on white, Christian, Maga terms The top US diplomat’s soothing tone masked a familiar message: Europe can remain America’s ally – but at a cost The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump’s justice department of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ In an interview at the Munich security conference, Clinton urged the Trump administration to ‘get the files out’ The Guardian - US · Feb 17
Forget Maga. Welcome to Mega: Make Empire Great Again Marco Rubio arrived at the Munich security conference with a disturbing message for European governments: empire is great The Guardian - US · Feb 17
Trump blasts AOC and Gavin Newsom after Munich global summit: ‘Incompetent’ President Trump also claimed that former First Lady Hillary Clinton was ‘Trump-deranged,’ but conceded that she was ‘competent’ The Independent UK · Feb 17
How can Europe meet the challenge posed by the retreat of the US? At the Munich security conference, US secretary of state Marco Rubio spoke more warmly about the transatlantic relationship than US vice-president J.D. Vance at the same venue last year. However, faced with the presidency of the erratic Donald Trump, the need for Europe to do more to protect its security… The Conversation · Feb 17
In his Munich speech, Marco Rubio balanced loyalty to Trump with reassurances to Europe When the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a speech at Europe’s biggest security conference in the German city of Munich on February 14, leaders from across the continent were relieved by its content. In contrast to the previous year, when US vice-president J.D. Vance had launched a scathing… The Conversation · Feb 16
Euronews · Feb 16 Munich Security Conference 2026: Wind of Change 2.0 The security precautions outside the MSC were as usual: barriers, a heavy police presence, meticulous checks. But as the conference draws to a close on Sunday evening, one irritating realisation remains: inside, nothing was the same, Dr Alexander Wolf writes in an opinion article for Euronews.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16 Republicans and Democrats unite to condemn Trump’s attacks on allies US politicians break rank at Munich Security Conference to hit out at ‘destructive’ president and urge Europe to stand up to Trump
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16 Why Marco Rubio’s ‘reassuring’ speech to Europe was nothing of the kind After JD Vance’s frontal attack in Munich last year, the secretary of state’s tone seemed almost soothing. That’s just a new Maga trap, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
Euronews · Feb 16 Newsletter: A friendlier Rubio, but no olive branch for Europe Also in this newsletter: Finnish minister warns Russia's reinforcing nuclear and Arctic assets near border; and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Hungary on the second stop of his Central Euroepan tour
The Guardian - AU · Feb 16 What next for Greenland and Ukraine? Questions after the Munich security conference Gathering of world leaders in Germany has disbanded for another year, but many of the issues remain unresolved
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Rallies held across the world in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, tells 200,000 in Munich he is ready to lead Iran to a ‘secular democratic future’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 Offer to join Trump’s new era is met with growing sense of European steeliness Talk of a stronger, independent Europe was the dominant mood in Munich amid bitter disagreement on Ukraine
Euronews · Feb 15 Kallas says 'Europe is not facing civilisational erasure' in rebuke to US bashing Kallas says 'Europe is not facing civilisational erasure' at Munich Security Conference in response to US administration after Marco Rubio expressed worries about the future of a shared Western civilisation.
Euronews · Feb 15 Munich Security Conference: Six quotes to take away from the world's biggest security conference The annual gathering at the Munich Security Conference laid bare competing visions of the West. While Rubio called on Europe to help save a common civilisation, Kaja Kallas suggested Europe does not need saving.
Euronews · Feb 15 'We have to be strong, we must not stop being good,' Tusk says in Munich "Those who think that everything can be bought should also remember that, according to this philosophy, everyone can be sold," Polish PM Donald Tusk said at the Munich Security Conference.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15 ‘Woke Europe not facing civilisational erasure,’ says EU’s Kallas after Rubio’s Munich speech – as it happened EU’s foreign policy chief says many countries still ‘want to join our club’