PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 24, 2026: First, the fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine makes the front pages in France and Europe. Elsewhere, the British front pages discuss the arrest of former British ambassador Peter Mandelson over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Next, the US's hockey teams may have won Olympic gold, but Donald Trump seems to value one more than the other. Finally, Paris's Tour Montparnasse gets a new look.

The fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine is being marked on several front pages. Libération has a Ukraine special edition and its headline reads: "Four years of war, keep holding on". Elsewhere, Le Figaro headlines with: "Lessons on Ukrainian resistance". La Croix focuses on Russia, and what it calls a "death economy". In Switzerland, Le Temps describes "four years of blood and tears". 

Cartoonists have also put their pens to paper. The Guardian shows Zelensky struggling up the long road to peace, the Telegraph imagines Putin celebrating the fourth anniversary in his bunker, and L'Opinion sees Trump and Putin sitting across from each other without saying a word. 

Meanwhile, the British front pages are discussing the arrest of Peter Mandelson. The Daily Mirror puts it quite simply: "Mandelson is arrested". The Daily Mail says it is now Mandelson's turn to face the music. The Financial Times says that the former UK ambassador and minister was arrested on the same charges as the former prince Andrew. Meanwhile, the Telegraph reports that Mandelson was released on bail at around 2am this morning. 

More Epstein revelations are appearing elsewhere. In France, Le Monde looks at what it calls "Jeffrey Epstein's troubling intimacy with the Lang clan". Mediapart, meanwhile, digs into Epstein's personal connections with banker and heiress Ariane de Rothschild.  

Over in the US, Donald Trump's comments seemingly mocking the US women's hockey team have upset many people online, according to People Magazine. Mashable reports that the women's side have since declined a half-hearted invitation to Trump's State of the Union address, citing "timing issues". 

Finally, The New York Times reports that the world's ugliest building in the world's most beautiful city is getting a revamp. 

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