This is NewsCard Daily for Tuesday February 10 2026... your briefing on the stories shaping our world.

We begin in the occupied West Bank where Israel's security cabinet approves sweeping new measures to seize Palestinian land... Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pushes changes that lift bans on direct sales to Jewish settlers and ease real estate rules... Palestinians and Arab nations slam it as a blatant step toward annexation... Settlements expanded at record speed last year says the UN... Families fear fraud and forced sales will uproot communities forever... This escalates tensions in a region already on edge.

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Shifting to East Asia now where Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison... The 78-year-old Apple Daily founder gets the harshest penalty yet under Beijing's national security law... Guilty of sedition and security charges his kids call the verdict cruel given his failing health... Supporters worldwide demand his release but authorities insist it's pure justice... Lai won't see parole until his late 90s... A stark reminder of China's grip tightening on dissent.

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Across the globe to London where King Charles speaks out for the first time on the Epstein scandal rocking his brother Prince Andrew... Buckingham Palace pledges full support to police probing allegations of misconduct and leaked secrets... Reports say Andrew shared confidential trade info with Jeffrey Epstein back in 2010... Anti-monarchy groups file complaints as fresh scrutiny hits the royals... The king expresses deep concern for abuse victims... Royal ties to predators test the throne's credibility like never before.

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We turn to Eastern Europe where Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid with relentless attacks... Blackouts leave millions without heat or water as Zelensky reveals U.S. pressure for a war end by June... Talks resume next week in Miami but Moscow's silence hangs heavy... Nearly four years into the invasion families huddle in the cold bracing for more... Human suffering mounts with every missile.

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Finally stateside to the American Midwest where the Guthrie kidnapping saga twists again... Siblings post on Instagram pledging to pay the full ransom for their mother Nancy... Investigators hunt signs it might not be a real abduction at all... Meanwhile killer cold grips 80 million from mid-Atlantic to Northeast... Life-threatening freezes claim lives and strain rescuers... Families pay ransoms huddle for warmth and pray for breakthroughs in a nation gripped by crisis. 

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