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Rixa Fürsen und Gordon Repinski analysieren und bilanzieren den Samstag auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz. Die Ansprache des US-Außenministers Marco Rubio war versöhnlicher als viele erwartet hatten. Wie schon bei JD Vance vor einem Jahr ging es um Sicherheit und Migration, zugleich betonte Rubio das gemeinsame Wertefundament zwischen Europa und den USA. Gordon und Rixa ordnen ein, was diese Rede für das transatlantische Verhältnis bedeutet, wie sie aufgenommen wurde und sie sprechen darüber, wie die Ukraine in Rubios Rede keine Rolle spielte. Parallel bestimmte eine weitere Nachricht den Konferenztag. Neue Untersuchungsergebnisse legen nahe, dass Alexei Nawalny eindeutig vergiftet wurde. Gordon hat…

Faced with growing concerns around overtourism, environmental impact and port congestion, cruise lines are rethinking not just where they sail, but how they operate. In Europe’s cruise sector, the result is a shift away from high-volume itineraries towards smaller ships, longer stays and curated routes that balance visitor demand with the needs of local communities. Cruises are also becoming more experience-led. From Formula 1 Grand Prix packages to expedition voyages in the Arctic and immersive cultural exchanges in remote coastal villages, cruise holidays are expanding beyond traditional sightseeing trips by incorporating sport, adventure, wellness and education tourism. Here Euronews Travel…

The Council has asked the government to relieve the financial pressure of the loan and declining grants, requesting an extra £20 million in annual funding. Its chief executive warned last year that the organization might have to sell assets to survive, and that dozens of country operations were at risk.  A similar process has unfolded at the BBC World Service, often cited as another standard bearer of British soft power. The BBC said in a statement this week that the service is facing hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts in the next three years. ‘Detaching from foreign engagement‘ “The…

Published on 14/02/2026 – 19:40 GMT+1 On Saturday, Pedro Sánchez stepped onto the stage of the Munich Security Conference for the first time as Prime Minister of Spain. He did so with a speech that clashed head-on with the current trend among world powers. His message was direct: nuclear rearmament will not protect anyone from Vladimir Putin. The figures Sánchez used put his argument into context. The powers spend more than $11 million every hour on nuclear weapons. The US alone will spend $946 billion on nuclear weapons over the next decade. “This is enough to eradicate extreme poverty in…

Published on 14/02/2026 – 20:38 GMT+1 Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won gold in the giant slalom in Milan-Cortina, becoming the first athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics for Brazil. Braathen completed the two descents in 2 minutes and 25 seconds (1’13″92 in the first and 1’11″08 in the second), 58 hundredths ahead of Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt, considered the favourite to win this category, who won the silver medal. Loïc Meillard, also from Switzerland, finished third in the giant slalom. The Brazilian athlete was the first to descend, as per the draw published a day prior to the event,…

His comments came after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a speech in Munich that touched on Make America Great Again themes, highlighting Europe and America’s common heritage and shared Christian values, and also underlined that the U.S. still sees European countries as allies. U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, a close Trump ally, also stressed in an interview with POLITICO: “The Americans are not leaving.” That was a marked contrast to the overt hostility toward the continent displayed last year by U.S. Vice President JD Vance when he appeared on the Munich main stage. But Stubb noted that…

Published on 14/02/2026 – 20:00 GMT+1 Some 200,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference where world leaders gather, answering a call from Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked up international pressure on Tehran. Protesters carried placards, waved flags, banged drums and chanted for regime change as they participated in the protest Pahlavi described as a “global call to action” to support Iranians from abroad amid their continued struggle in the ongoing anti-government protests. “Change, change, regime change” the huge crowd chanted, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun…

Zelenskyy underlined that his country is making enormous sacrifices to hold Russia at bay, and reiterated his call for more and speedier arms deliveries from its allies. A particular sore point is delays in missiles for air defense systems while Russia pounds critical power and heating plants during a freezing winter. Ukraine is also hitting targets deep in Russia, and Zelenskyy noted that is what seems to make Russia more serious about peace negotiations. “The stronger we are, the more realistic peace becomes,” he said. Zelenskyy has continued to push hard at Munich for Tomahawk missiles from the U.S. During a…

Published on 14/02/2026 – 15:41 GMT+1 Kazakhstan has crowned its first-ever Olympic champion in figure skating after Mikhail Shaidorov produced a stunning free skate to win gold at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic games on Friday. Shaidorov, skating second in the final group, made a bold decision shortly before taking the ice, altering elements of his programme in a calculated gamble. He executed five clean quadruple jumps for the first time in his career. “I can’t believe it. The whole season I fought with myself. This season was extremely hard. I tried several times in competitions to land five quadruple…

Navalny died in a Russian penal colony in February 2024. The Russian authorities said he died of natural causes. But poisoning was “highly likely the cause of his death,” the five countries said in a joint statement on Saturday. Sky News reported that British scientists from Porton Down, the U.K.’s top secret laboratory, played a key role in the findings. Navalny, a longtime thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was filmed the day before his death at a court hearing cracking jokes and seemingly in high spirits. Yulia Navalnaya, his widow, announced the finding at a press…