Mar-a-Lago, blizzard, French far-right death and hockey
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Hi, I'm Tara Oakes in Liverpool. It's Sunday, February 22nd. Today. Secret Service agents kill a man seen at the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago. A major storm triggers blizzard warnings along the East Coast. Thousands march in France after the killing of a right-wing activist. And the USA beat Canada in overtime for the men's ice hockey Olympic gold.
What happened at Mar-a-Lago involving Secret Service agents?
This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the frontlines in ten minutes, seven days a week.
Secret Service agents say they have shot and killed a man trying to breach a secure perimeter at US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Agents say they spotted the man at the North Gate around 1.30am EST, carrying what looked like a shotgun and a fuel can. The suspect's intentions at the resort are unclear. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump is currently in Washington.
What blizzard warnings are affecting the East Coast?
It was an Olympics final worth the wait. After a nail-bitingly close game, the United States has defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal in men's ice hockey. It's the third time the men's team have got the Olympic gold medal, but their first since 1980. The US women's ice hockey team also won the gold with a matching 2-1 win over Canada. The men's game brings this year's Winter Olympics to a close, with the closing ceremony celebrating Italian culture expected later in the evening. Now to the US East Coast, where blizzard warnings are up for New York City and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut as a major storm moves in, with up to 18 inches of snow expected through Monday. It's the first blizzard warning in New York City since 2017.
Head to Reuters.com and the Reuters app for more as the storm hits. And stay tuned for some surprising data about how this US winter compares to other years. Students at several universities in Iran have started the new semester with protests, some turning into clashes with pro-government groups. One video purportedly shows rows of marchers at Tehran Sharif University of Technology condemning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a, quote, murderous leader. The protests coincided with 40-day mourning ceremonies for thousands killed in last month's crackdown, the worst since the 1979 revolution. Separately, a senior Iranian official has told Reuters that Iran and the US remain far apart on the scope and mechanism for lifting sanctions, with new nuclear talks set for early March that could pave the way for an interim deal.
India has delayed sending a trade delegation to Washington after the US Supreme Court upended Trump's tariff policy, and Trump responded with a temporary 15% global tariff on all imports. The pause leaves talks with India and billions in planned purchases in limbo, with no new date set for the trip. President Trump says he's sending a hospital ship to Greenland, announcing the move on social media and claiming it's already on the way. He says he's working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, whose connection to the matter is unclear. The US Navy has two hospital ships, the Mercy and the Comfort, but neither are stationed in Louisiana. Neither the White House, Landry's office, nor the Pentagon responded to queries about the plan, or who in Denmark or Greenland requested help.
The move comes after months of tension over Trump's push to buy the Danish territory. And just hours after Denmark's Joint Arctic Command said it had evacuated a crew member who required urgent medical treatment from a US submarine in Greenland's waters. Now you might be hunkering down right now for that East Coast storm. But you might be surprised that the data actually shows that this year's winter still falls short of expectations. News applications editor Ben Welsh in New York explains why.
After a string of dud winters where Central Park barely got dusted, New York City is finally having a real winter. New Yorkers are getting out their sleds, they're building snowmen, they're having to shovel off their sidewalks and clean off their cars and deal with all the hassles that come with the snow too.
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