Europe News
USA thrash Netherlands as UAE also boost Super 8 hopes
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
United States thrashed the Netherlands by 93 runs to give themselves an outside chance of reaching the T20 World Cup Super 8s, thanks to Saiteja Mukkamalla's 79-run haul and Harmeet Singh's four wicke...
Ukrainian slider still banned as helmet appeal dismissed
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed his appeal to wear a helmet depicting images of athletes kille...
Germany’s Merz blasts ‘lost’ US leadership and says international order ‘no longer exists’
- Politics
- Chris Lunday
- Feb 13, 2026
Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirms discussions underway on a European nuclear deterrent, at speech in Munich.
'We have a lot of work to do' - Guardiola on Ratcliffe's comments
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says we will "have a better society" by embracing other cultures but the world has "a lot of work to do". His comments come as a response to an interview from Ma...
Europe’s open-border dreams meet German politics
- Politics
- Ekaterina Bodyagina, Ellen O'Regan
- Feb 13, 2026
Brussels is preparing to scrutinize Germany’s border practices as Friedrich Merz’s government weighs whether to extend internal Schengen checks.
Docherty to assist as Aberdeen promise 'imminent' boss announcement
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
Former assistant manager Tony Docherty rejoins Aberdeen to strengthen Peter Leven's interim management team despite sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel promising an announcement about a permanent appo...
BBC to show Scots' games live as Serie A returns to free-to-air TV
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
Games involving Scotland internationals Scott McTominay, Billy Gilmour, Lewis Ferguson, Che Adams, Lennon Miller, Kieron Bowie and Josh Doig are to be shown live on the BBC from Sunday thanks to a new...
Guehi and Glasner 'had big disagreement' during defeat by Macclesfield
- Sports
- Feb 13, 2026
Macclesfield assistant manager Francis Jeffers tells The Wayne Rooney Show Oliver Glasner and Marc Guehi had a "big disagreement" at half-time in Crystal Palace's FA Cup third-round defeat by the non-...
Putin should worry about the Trump-Xi relationship
- Politics
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Feb 13, 2026
For Russia, the implications of a U.S.-China rapprochement — even if based on convenience rather than conviction — are profound.
Westminster Power Couples — 2026 edition
- Politics
- Bethany Dawson
- Feb 13, 2026
It’s been another year of drama, gossip and heartbreak in British politics — but there’s still love in the air in Westminster. POLITICO is yet again celebrating the annual festival of romance by bring...
The Traitors: EU version
- Politics
- Paul Dallison
- Feb 13, 2026
A load of EU leaders locked up in a castle. What could possibly go wrong?
The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund
- Politics
- Karl Mathiesen, Marion Solletty, Tim Ross, Mari Eccles, Nette Nöstlinger
- Feb 13, 2026
The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.