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World Faces New Challenges as Nuclear Treaty Expires, Gaza Sees Deadly Strikes, and Legal Battles Continue
The world grappled with a series of significant events on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, ranging from the expiration of a key nuclear arms treaty to deadly violence in Gaza and ongoing legal battles in the United States.
The last remaining treaty capping the arsenals of Russia and the United States expired on Thursday, raising fears of a new nuclear arms race. According to Sky News, this marks the first time in over half a century that there will be no legal limits on American and Russian missiles and warheads. Vasily Kashin, a research fellow at Moscow's Higher School of Economics, told Sky News that the situation is "serious."
Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 23 Palestinians, many of whom were children, according to Al Jazeera. The strikes shattered the notion of an existing ceasefire. The attacks occurred on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
In the United States, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to strip temporary protected status from up to 350,000 Haitians, The Guardian reported. Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary stay preventing Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, from implementing her decision to revoke the status, which allows Haitians to legally live and work in the U.S. amid turmoil in their homeland.
Separately, in the United Kingdom, an investigation was launched following the sudden closure of Sheffield-based law firm PM Law, the BBC reported. The firm, which had offices in Yorkshire, Cumbria, Berkshire, Derbyshire, and Kent, specialized in personal injury, wills, and conveyancing. The closure left hundreds of staff and clients in limbo. One customer told the BBC they were about to complete on a flat sale when they found they could no longer contact PM Law. An employee described feeling "devastated" by the closure. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has begun inquiries into the matter.
In Ireland, police reported "unprecedented" success in tackling Dublin's drug gangs, Sky News reported. In 2025, the Gardai recorded zero gangland gun murders for the first time in modern times, believed to be at least 30 years. This success comes a decade after a notorious gangland hit at the Regency Hotel in 2016. Ninety-eight members of the two gangs involved in the bitter feud were arrested.
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