Reuters World News - Mar-a-Lago, blizzard, French far-right death and hockey

Episode Date: February 22, 2026

The U.S. Secret Service says its agents shot and killed a man in his 20s after he tried to unlawfully enter a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Blizzard warnings hit New York and the Northeast with up to 18 inches of snow expected. Trump says he’s sending a hospital ship to Greenland. Students in Iran stage fresh protests. Thousands march in Lyon, France after the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque. Plus, the USA men's Olympic ice hockey team beats Canada in overtime for Olympic gold. Listen to the latest On Assignment episode: Four years of war: On the ground in Ukraine Listen to the Morning Bid podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit the ⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠ for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠ to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, I'm Tara Oaks in Liverpool. It's Sunday, February 22nd. Today, secret service agents kill a man seen at the perimeter of Mara 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. This is Reuters World News. bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 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 1.30 a.m. EST, carrying what looks 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. 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 a 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 marches at Tehran Sharif University of Technology condemning supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a, quote, murderous leader. The protests coincided with 40-day morning 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 Tartic 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. But if you look at the data, this winter is really still pretty mid by historical standards. The snowfall we've seen this year is actually below the median for what's been typical over the previous 30 years. and many previous winters had significantly more snow.

I'm sure that'll make you feel reassured when this next wave of snow hits. Zooming out from the east coast, Ben says North America as a whole is in what researchers are calling a snow drought, with the numbers getting dragged down by large portions of the American West. Just to give you one data point, this January in the Mountain West states, only 400,000 kilometers of ground were covered with snow. Now, while that might sound like a lot, the average over the previous 25 years was nearly three times higher, 1.2 million kilometers covered in snow. That's how dry it's been. All that said, the snowstorms we're seeing this month are significant, and they're dangerous, and they've definitely been deadly. The snowstorms we've seen near Lake Tahoe and Northern California have resulted in eight skiers dying in an avalanche. These are serious, significant storms. And they're bringing up what has. And they're bringing up what has. And they're bringing up.

had been a very dry winter closer to something like the historic normal. Thousands of people marched in the city of Lyon, France, on Saturday, where far-right activist, Conton-D'Honk, was beaten to death at a rally last weekend. Many protesters wore surgical masks and sunglasses to cover their faces and chanted, we are at home and Antifa assassin. Local authorities say over 3,000 people participated and reported Nazi salutes and racist insults from some protesters. Seven people are under formal investigation for their alleged role in Dioran's murder,

including a former aid to a lawmaker for the hard left fronts unbowed, or LFI party, which has condemned the killing. Our reporter Jean-Luc Colonostro has more from Paris. This individual in particular is called Jacques-Eau-Fa-Fa-Frault. He was an assistant to a lawyer. lawmaker from the heart left France Unbowed Party. And so far several suspects have been accused of direct participation in the beating, but particularly the involvement of the former assistant to the lawmaker has stirred tensions quite a bit.

The far-right party, the National Rally, has urged supporters to avoid rallies for fear of unrest. But Jan Nuka says the incident has still intensified polarization, between left and right. This incident has given the far right National Rally an opening to cast itself as a victim of deadly extremist violence. We've seen the National Rally Party leader, Jordan Bardela, accusing political opponents of enabling LFI.

But at the same time, the National Rally, do not want to be seen anymore as a militant political force in the country, but perhaps as a more reliable option. There have been comparisons to Charlie Kirk, who died in the United States last year. Italy's Prime Minister, George Maloney, called the killing a wound for all of Europe.

She's not speaking only as Italy's prime minister, but she's also one of the closest European leaders to Donald Trump. posting on social media on Friday, a top state department official called De Ranks' killing an act of political violence, saying the department would, quote, continue to watch this case. De Rhein's death was the first allegedly carried out by hard left individuals since 2022, according to newspaper Le Monde. Reuters has reported at least five killings allegedly carried out by far right individuals in the same period, including one investigated as terrorism.

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