Starting 22 February 2026: Here's What's Happening!

Welcome to your weekly news update! Every week, I will bring you 10 exciting stories from around the world to help you learn about important events. Stay curious and discover new ideas!

🏛️ Political Economics

BBC News · 28.02.26US and Israel attack Iran, shaking the Middle EastOn 28 February, the United States and Israel launched large strikes on Iran. Iran answered with attacks on Israel and US allies in the Gulf, and the fighting spread to Lebanon.
  • The strikes were announced by President Trump in an overnight video message.
  • The strikes hit military sites, missile factories and nuclear programme sites across Iran.
  • Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the first wave of strikes.
  • Iran struck back at Israel and at US allied countries in the Gulf region.
  • World leaders called for calm as the fighting spread to Lebanon.
BBC News · 20.02.26Top US court strikes down Trump's global tariffsThe US Supreme Court ruled that President Trump could not use an emergency law to set his big global tariffs. The decision more than halves the typical tariff rate, from about 15% down.
  • The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that Trump exceeded his authority.
  • The court said only Congress has the power to set taxes like tariffs.
  • The typical tariff rate countries faced on selling into America was around 15%.
  • Trump said he was ashamed of the justices and promised new 10% tariffs under a different law.
  • The US may have to refund billions of dollars already collected from importers.
BBC News · 24.02.26Former UK ambassador Peter Mandelson arrested and releasedPeter Mandelson, the former UK ambassador to the United States, was arrested by London police over claims he shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein. He was released on bail.
  • Mandelson was arrested at an address in Camden, north London, on Monday.
  • Police suspect misconduct in public office, meaning misuse of a trusted job.
  • He was questioned at Wandsworth police station and released on bail early Tuesday.
  • Mandelson was sacked as ambassador in September after new details about his friendship with Epstein emerged.
  • The government says it will release documents about his appointment in early March.

🏛️ Fun Fact!

Did you know? The very first known trade agreement was made around 4,000 years ago between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley! Today, the United States trades with more than 200 countries.

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Guardian · 28.02.26Trump drops AI company Anthropic over safety rulesPresident Trump ordered US government agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI after the company refused to change its safety rules for the military. The Pentagon called the startup a supply risk.
  • Anthropic is the AI company behind the Claude chatbot.
  • The company refused to change its safety rules about how the military can use its AI.
  • Trump directed all US agencies to toss out Anthropic's AI tools.
  • The Pentagon called the startup a supply chain risk, a very unusual label for a US company.
  • The dispute shows how tricky it is to agree on rules for powerful AI.
TechCrunch · 27.02.26ChatGPT reaches 900 million weekly usersOpenAI announced that ChatGPT now has more than 900 million weekly active users and 50 million paying subscribers, closing in on one billion users.
  • ChatGPT grew by 100 million weekly users since October 2025.
  • More than 50 million people now pay for a ChatGPT subscription.
  • OpenAI also raised 110 billion dollars in new investment, one of the largest funding rounds in history.
  • Amazon, NVIDIA and SoftBank are among the big investors.
  • People use ChatGPT to learn, write, plan and build things.
BBC Future · 26.02.26The AI that can recreate what you are thinking aboutScientists are building AI systems that can read brain signals and turn them into words and rough pictures of what a person is imagining. It could one day help people who cannot speak.
  • The AI studies brain scans taken while people look at pictures or think.
  • It can then turn the brain signals into words describing the thought.
  • In tests, dream reconstructions were recognizable about 60% of the time.
  • The technology could help people who have lost the ability to speak.
  • Scientists say strong privacy rules will be needed to protect people's thoughts.

🤖 Fun Fact!

Did you know? A modern AI can read more books in a single day than a human could read in 10,000 lifetimes, and it trains on the equivalent of 100 million libraries of information!

🔬 Amazing Science

ScienceDaily · 24.02.26Scientists engineer bacteria that eat cancer tumors from the insideResearchers have engineered special bacteria that can sneak inside cancer tumors and destroy them from within, because tumors have no oxygen, which is exactly where these bacteria thrive.
  • The bacteria are designed to live where there is no oxygen.
  • The inside of a tumor has no oxygen, so the bacteria gather there naturally.
  • Once inside, the bacteria attack and destroy the tumor from within.
  • This could become a new way to treat cancers that are hard to reach with surgery.
  • The research is still being tested before it can be used in hospitals.

🦠 Fun Fact!

Did you know? Your body carries more bacterial cells than human cells, about 1.3 bacteria for every one of your own cells. Most of them are helpful friends!

🌌 Space

Space.com · 24.02.26Warped starlight could reveal hidden black holes dancing togetherAstronomers say that gravitational lensing, where a black hole's gravity bends and warps the light of stars behind it, could help us find pairs of hidden black holes orbiting each other.
  • Black holes are invisible because not even light can escape them.
  • But their gravity bends the starlight passing behind them, like a giant magnifying glass.
  • This bending is called gravitational lensing, an idea predicted by Albert Einstein.
  • Watching the warped light could reveal two black holes orbiting each other in a cosmic dance.
  • Finding these pairs helps scientists understand how galaxies grow.

🕳️ Fun Fact!

Did you know? When two black holes merge, they can release more energy in a single moment than all the stars in the universe shine in a whole year!

🏅 Sports

CNN · 26.02.26Bukayo Saka opens up about Arsenal's big ambitionsIn an exclusive interview, Arsenal star Bukayo Saka talked about his team's dream of winning the biggest trophies in football and his own journey as a leader.
  • Saka is one of Arsenal's most important players and an England international.
  • He says the team is hungry to win the Premier League and the Champions League.
  • Saka came through Arsenal's youth academy as a young boy.
  • He spoke about becoming a leader on and off the pitch.
  • Fans love him for his skill, hard work and humble attitude.
Sky Sports · 28.02.26Rugby league's Super League hits Las VegasEnglish rugby league's Super League took its show to Las Vegas in 2026, with star players like Jake Connor and Mikey Lewis impressing fans and Australia's NRL.
  • Super League matches were played in Las Vegas to grow the sport in America.
  • Jake Connor and Mikey Lewis were among the standout players.
  • Australia's NRL, the world's top rugby league competition, watched closely.
  • Hull KR arrived in Vegas on top of the world after a brilliant season.
  • The event mixed sport with the bright lights and fun of the famous city.

🏉 Fun Fact!

Did you know? Rugby league was invented in 1895 in Huddersfield, England, when 22 clubs split away to pay their players. Taking the sport to Las Vegas shows how far it has travelled!

🎬 Entertainment

BBC News · 27.02.26Paramount wins the battle to buy Warner BrosParamount has won the fight to buy the famous Warner Bros studio, after Netflix ended its own bid. The deal would bring streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max together.
  • Warner Bros is the studio behind Harry Potter, Batman and Looney Tunes.
  • Netflix ended its bid, clearing the way for Paramount's offer.
  • The deal would merge the streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max.
  • It is one of the biggest media deals ever, worth tens of billions of dollars.
  • Regulators will check the deal carefully before it can happen.

🎬 Fun Fact!

Did you know? Warner Bros was founded in 1923 by four brothers, and in 1927 it released The Jazz Singer, the very first big movie with synchronized sound!

Amazing Fun Facts You Won't Believe!

Here are some incredible facts about the topics we covered that will blow your mind!

⚖️ How many countries have nuclear weapons?

Nine countries are known to have nuclear weapons. The biggest one ever tested, the Tsar Bomba, was about 3,800 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

🌍 How old is world trade?

The first known trade agreement was made about 4,000 years ago between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. Today the United States alone trades with more than 200 countries.

🕳️ Black hole power

When two black holes merge, they can release more energy in a single moment than all the stars in the universe shine in a whole year!

🦠 You are more bacteria than human!

Your body carries about 1.3 bacterial cells for every human cell. Most of them are friendly helpers that keep you healthy.

💭 Reading dreams

In experiments, AI reconstructions of what people were dreaming were recognizable about 60% of the time. Scientists are learning to read minds, a little!

🎥 Movies learn to talk

Warner Bros was founded in 1923 by four brothers. Just four years later, in 1927, it released The Jazz Singer, the first big movie with synchronized sound.

🏉 Rugby league's big split

Rugby league was born in 1895 in Huddersfield, England, when 22 clubs split away so they could pay their players. Now its biggest matches are played in Las Vegas!

🔭 The super sharp James Webb telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope floats 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. It is so sharp it could spot a bumblebee on the Moon from here!

📝 Quiz Time! Test Your Knowledge

Let's see how much you remember from this week's news! Pick the correct answer for each question.

Question 1 / 10

🏛️ Which two countries started the attack on Iran?

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