NATO leaders in Madrid approve the most important document that will frame the security of the Western world for years to come. It regards Russia as the "most significant and immediate threat", refers to China as a "challenge" and mentions Afghanistan only once, in the context of "lessons learned".

Hundreds of thousands of people in Europe continue to live in catastrophic conditions today. They will be hardest hit by climate change. The only way forward is to improve their standard of living, and for this we need the cooperation of activists, the state and the Union.

Although the NATO invitations to Finland and Sweden were eventually approved by Turkey, the leaders are unlikely to sign them at the Madrid summit. This is because the Croatian president is blocking them. The official invitations should therefore be signed in the next few days by the ambassadors to NATO in Brussels.

Temperatures in city centres can be up to ten degrees higher than in their surroundings during the summer due to heat waves. This causes an increase in the number of collapses and premature deaths of residents. It is not just buildings that need to be cooled, but entire neighbourhoods.