We start the news day with you and give you a quick overview of the most important topics of the morning.
Less sea ice in Antarctica than ever before: Satellite data shows that around February 19, 2023, only an area of around two million square kilometers of the Southern Ocean was covered by sea ice. The previous minimum of February 24, 2022 (2.27 million square kilometers) was again undercut. More on this
Israeli minister speaks of “wiping out” a city: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for “wiping out” the small Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank. The US State Department has heavily criticized the statements: They are “disgusting, irresponsible and repulsive,” says a spokesman. More on this
British government considered killing all domestic cats: At the beginning of the corona pandemic, the British government considered killing all domestic cats. “In fact, there was an idea for a moment that we needed to ask the public to eradicate all cats in Britain. Can you imagine what would have happened if we had done that?” Conservative politician James Bethell told Channel 4 news. More on this
ÖVP and Greens poison each other because of pesticides: The Black Alexander Bernhuber and the Green Sarah Wiener deliver an Austrian derby in the European Parliament on the question of whether and if so, how much the use of pesticides should be reduced in the EU. The Brussels briefing von Oliver Grimm. More on this
Ebb after the flood of teachers: Up to 30,000 people will be missing from the school system in the coming years. Nobody knows where to find them. Not even the reform-weary Ministry of Education, writes Julia Wenzel in her morning commentary. More on this
More than just Carinthia: What consequences can Sunday’s election result have for all of Austria? Thomas Cik from the “Kleine Zeitung” is a guest in today’s Podcast for the Carinthian election on March 5, 2023. He explains what can be expected in the second state election this year, why SPÖ party leader Peter Kaiser will become governor again and why the FPÖ should hold second place. More on this
100 years ago today wrote the “Neue Freie Presse” about a night of terror in Berlin: The Reichstag building burned. More on this