The Oscar ceremony dominated early coverage, with 'Anora' emerging as the main winner and Sean Baker making history with four awards. Zoe Saldaña won Supporting Actress for 'Emilia Pérez', while Kieran Culkin took Supporting Actor.
By morning, European responses to the Trump-Zelensky fallout intensified. France proposed testing Putin with a partial ceasefire, while Starmer announced a "Coalition of the Resolved." The King used the Mobile World Congress opening to express solidarity with Ukraine.
The afternoon saw two major incidents: a fatal car ramming in Mannheim during carnival celebrations, and a serious bus collision in Barcelona's Diagonal involving Italian students and cruise passengers, with 53 injured.
By evening, PSOE and Junts reached an agreement to transfer immigration powers to Catalonia, while Trump announced new tariffs against Canada and Mexico, further destabilizing international trade relations.