Takeaways: Mark Zuckerberg testifies for the first time ever on social media and children’s mental health
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday testified before a jury for the first time about accusations that social media, including Instagram, harm children’s mental health. The outcome of her lawsuit could affect the hundreds of other cases by families who say their own children have been harmed or even died because of social media. Meta, for its part, denies the accusations and says it’s implemented numerous measures to safeguard young users. Later, Lanier showed an email that he said was sent by a Meta employee to Zuckerberg. Rodriguez was the first of more than 1,500 individuals to file a civil case against the social media platforms; her suit’s outcome could depend in part on how the jury in Kaley’s suit decides.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 14:12 UTC
Live updates: Trump indicates Iran decision within days and says Board of Peace will be ‘looking over’ UN
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, attends the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace on Thursday. “Virtually everyone is the head of a country other than Gianni, but he’s the head of soccer. Later in his remarks, the president announced that FIFA would be pledging over $75 million for “soccer-related” projects in Gaza. “I think they saw that I got screwed by Norway, and they said, ‘let’s give him a peace prize,’” Trump added. President, we’ll unite the world here this summer during the World Cup, but if we truly want to unite the world, we need peace,” Infantino said during his own remarks.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 14:03 UTC
Viral Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt A.I. video rocks Hollywood
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February 19, 2026 13:44 UTC
He drew a line with Trump. Now Oklahoma’s governor is drawing the president‘s ire
Kevin Stitt arrived in Washington this week with invitations to two White House meetings from an angry President Donald Trump. Days later, Stitt told governors the White House had reversed course and invited all governors to the Friday morning meeting. Trump and Stitt have a history of disputesThe unraveling of the governors’ White House visits was the latest example of Trump battling with Democratic state leaders. After Stitt informed governors that the White House wasn’t inviting Democrats to the Friday morning business meeting, Trump called the Oklahoma governor. Two days later, Stitt told governors that all governors were being invited.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 12:31 UTC
‘You’ve been warned’: See how immigration agents are using impeding laws to detain Americans
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February 19, 2026 12:31 UTC
The world’s biggest food company doesn’t want to make ice cream anymore
An employee fills an ice cream cone at the Häagen-Dazs shop opening in Sylt, Germany in 2015. - Franziska Krug/Getty ImagesNestlé has thawed on ice cream. The world’s biggest food and drinks maker said Thursday that it was in “advanced negotiations” to sell its remaining ice cream business to its joint venture partner, Froneri. “We cannot drive (growth) the same way that Froneri can.”Froneri was created a decade ago by Nestlé and UK ice cream maker R&R. Unilever spun off its ice cream unit in December, creating the largest ice cream business in the world — The Magnum Ice Cream Company — because it wanted to focus on fewer products.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 12:25 UTC
Trump administration expands ICE’s ability to detain legal refugees in latest memo
The Department of Homeland Security is broadening federal immigration authorities’ ability to detain legal refugees who have not yet obtained green cards, citing national security concerns and the need to ensure refugees undergo additional screening, according to a DHS memo obtained by CNN. “Refugees may be considered to have voluntarily returned to custody” by submitting application paperwork and appearing at scheduled appointments with immigration services, according to the new memo. “This memo was done in secret, with zero coordination with the organizations that serve refugees,” said Beth Oppenheim, CEO of refugee agency HIAS. The International Refugee Assistance Project, one of the plaintiffs in the federal Minnesota case, says it is challenging the new refugee policy. Last fall, the Trump administration set the number of annual refugee admissions at 7,500 – a fraction of what the US has historically allowed.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 12:08 UTC
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct, police say
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February 19, 2026 12:06 UTC
DNA expert who helped exonerate Amanda Knox warns of challenges in Guthrie DNA investigation
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February 19, 2026 12:00 UTC
Abortion clinics are closing, even in states that have become key access points
There are about a dozen fewer brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US than there were two years ago, according to a new report. There were 753 brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US at the end of 2025, according to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute — 54 fewer than in 2020, including a net loss of 12 abortion clinics since March 2024. In New York, abortion is legal and protected; voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state’s constitution in 2024. The closure was “a big blow,” said Chelsea Williams-Diggs, executive director of the New York Abortion Access Fund. “That has direct impacts on abortion access and on abortion funds,” Williams-Diggs said.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 11:46 UTC
Former South Korean president sentenced to life in prison
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February 19, 2026 11:42 UTC
ACDC News and Views February 12 – February 18
UN disarmament panel passes Pakistan-led resolutions on arms control, nuclear security https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621911/pakistan2. Deploys 24 F-15E, 30 F-35A and A-10 Jets to Jordan: Massive Airpower Buildup Near Iran Signals Escalation in Middle East Tensions https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-f35-f15e-a10-deployment-jordan-muwaffaq-salti-air-base-iran-tensions-2026/8. Russia, China, Iran Launch “Maritime Security Belt 2026” Naval Drills in Strait of Hormuz as US Deploys Dual Carrier Strike Groups https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/russia-china-iran-maritime-security-belt-2026-strait-of-hormuz-us-carrier-strike-group/11. Belgium wants additional F-35 jets to be ‘as European as possible,’ says defense minister https://breakingdefense.com/2026/02/belgium-wants-additional-f-35-jets-to-be-as-european-as-possible-says-defense-minister/13. New Talks on Nuclear Arms Control of No Use Without China https://japan-forward.com/new-talks-on-nuclear-arms-control-of-no-use-without-china/
Source:New York Times
February 19, 2026 11:42 UTC
The Saudi–Iranian Détente: A Strategic Imperative
IntroductionIran and Saudi Arabia are pursuing a détente. Against this backdrop, consolidating détente with Saudi Arabia has gained strategic importance for Iran’s leadership. Détente Under StressHigh-level contact between Saudi Arabia and Iran resumed after the 2023 agreement, including bilateral meetings between foreign ministers and security officials. In the context of renewed international pressure on Iran (sanctions, weakened deterrence and threats of future Israeli attacks), détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia represents a significant achievement for Iran. 2 “Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns the Blatant Israeli Aggressions Against Iran,” Saudi Press Agency, June 13, 2025, https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/w2339269.
Source:New York Times
February 19, 2026 11:42 UTC
What Lara Trump Thinks Donald Trump Knows About Aliens
(Obama later clarified that he’d seen no evidence of that during his time in the White House.) Advertisement“What’s funny is, we’ve kind of asked my father-in-law about this, ’cause we’re like, ‘Well, what do you know?’” responded Trump, who is married to the president’s son Eric. And it has to do with maybe some sort of extraterrestrial life, so to speak.”AdvertisementLara Trump said her father-in-law, President Donald Trump, "played a little coy" when she asked him what he knew about aliens. Noting that she considers herself a “numbers person,” Trump told Devine that it would be “pretty wild” to think that we’re alone in the universe. AdvertisementDevine then pressed Trump on whether she thinks the president “acts as if he believes there are UFOs.”“I mean, he’s kind of been very cool about it.
Source:Huffington Post
February 19, 2026 11:18 UTC
Midterm elections: Trump is preparing to make health care a central focus
Since then, Democratic candidates have enjoyed a sustained polling advantage on health care. White House spokesperson Kush Desai argued that Trump has already defied the party’s history on health care, touting the president’s efforts to lower drug prices. But in recent briefings on midterm strategy, Trump’s political advisers offered a blunter motivation for leaning in on health care: They have no other choice. “I don’t think they just want to be attacked for letting health care costs go up,” said Alex Conant, a longtime GOP operative. The new focus has mirrored Trump’s own rising enthusiasm for campaigning on parts of his health care agenda.
Source:CNN
February 19, 2026 11:05 UTC