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King Charles visited Germany for his first state visit as king in March 2023, where he told the Bundestag of his “wish to renew the pledge of friendship between our nations.” London and Berlin signed a wide-ranging friendship treaty in July, pledging closer security co-operation and promising to come to one another’s aid in the event of an armed attack. The visit is likely to include a ceremonial welcome, a banquet at Windsor Castle, and talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Italy tops the EU ranking when it comes to cannabis consumption among young people, with more than one in five (21.5%) consuming it in the past year. It’s followed by Croatia, with 20.3%, and Spain with 19.4%, according to the latest European Drug Report by the European Union Drugs Agency. The smallest shares of young people consuming the drug were found in Portugal at 4.9%, Greece at 4.5%, and Hungary at 3.4%. Young men are typically twice as likely to report consuming cannabis as women. Cannabis remains by far the most commonly consumed illicit drug in Europe. The cannabis market…
On September 29, US President Donald Trump alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new plan to address the war in Gaza. Commonly referred to as Trump’s 20-point plan, it was negotiated with the consultation of many Arab and Muslim countries, notably Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. The immediate triggering event that reportedly caused President Trump to force Israel to end the Gaza War was the Israeli attack on Doha, which violated Qatar’s territorial integrity in a failed attempt to kill the Hamas negotiators. Due to domestic political differences, Trump felt freer to put pressure on Israel, and in the…
By AP with Euronews Published on 13/10/2025 – 10:49 GMT+2 China’s exports globally hit a six-month high in September; however, exports to the United States fell 27% in the same month, compared to the year before. Customs figures released Monday showed that China’s worldwide exports were 8.3% higher than a year earlier, at $328.5 billion (€283bn), surpassing economists’ estimates. That was markedly better than the 4.4% year-on-year increase in August. Imports grew 7.4% last month, significantly better than a 1.3% increase by year in August, although a weaker domestic economy and a real estate sector downturn continue to weigh on demand…
10:23 GMT+2 UN says humanitarian aid to Gaza boost under way The top UN humanitarian official said on Monday that a scale-up of humanitarian aid to Gaza is under way.Tom Feltcher said that the UN and its partners distributed hundreds of thousands of hot meals and bread bundles in southern and northern Gaza. He also said cooking gas entered the Strip for the first time in months.“This is just the beginning,” he wrote on social media after he arrived in Egypt’s resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to attend an international summit on Gaza. 10:21 GMT+2 Hostage release definitive end to war,…
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Hoekstra brushed off the criticism toward his approach, telling an event in Brussels earlier this month, that “we tend to overestimate our ability to, at scale, influence [China’s] decision-making.” “I’m not convinced at all that if we had tabled something earlier that it would have moved the needle,” he said. But added that, when China is responsible for about 30 percent of global emissions, “if then the response is a 7 to 10 [percent reduction of emissions], it’s really hard, even if you want to make as much of a diplomatic effort as possible, to do as if that is…
Published on 12/07/2025 – 20:25 GMT+2 “Diogo Jota: Forever our number 20”. Liverpool FC confirmed Friday, in a statement on their official platforms, that they will be retiring the number 20 jersey from all the club’s squads “in honour and memory” of Diogo Jota. The Premier League club that the Portuguese footballer represented made the decision after “consulting his wife, Rute, and his family”. It will also cover the LFC Women and Academy teams. The club said the initiative is “recognition of not only the immeasurable contribution our lad from Portugal made to the Reds’ on-pitch successes over the last…
Ein Tag, der Geschichte schreibt: Nach 737 Tagen Geiselhaft durch die Hamas beginnt in Israel die Freilassung der letzten Überlebenden. Freude, Erleichterung – und Trauer liegen dicht beieinander. Während die Familien ihre Angehörigen empfangen, reist Donald Trump nach Israel, um in der Knesset zu sprechen. Was von der Rede zu erwarten ist, bespricht Rixa Fürsen mit Jonathan Martin von POLITICO in Washington. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Armin Laschet, Vorsitzender des Auswärtigen Ausschusses, über die Bedeutung dieses Tages und über die Rolle Europas.Zum Schluss: Personalwechsel bei der Grünen Jugend: Henriette Heldt und Louis Bobker übernehmen die Spitze. Wie sie den Verband weiter…
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