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Der deutsche Außenminister hat seinen Amtskollegen Gideon Sa’ar aus Israel in Berlin empfangen. Nach einem Besuch am Holocaust-Mahnmal gab es eine Pressekonferenz zu den tagesaktuellen politischen Themen. Dabei hat natürlich der Gaza-Konflikt dominiert – aber auch die neuen, geplanten Siedlungen im Westjordanland. Hans von der Burchard war mit dabei und berichtet über die angespannte Stimmung vor Ort, klare Worte und Deutschlands schwierige Position zwischen Israel und den europäischen Partnern, die deutlichere Töne anschlagen als Berlin. Und: Mit Rasmus Buchsteiner geht es um die Forderung der Länder an den Bund, sie zu entlasten. Weil sie den größeren Teil der Folgen des…

Details still need to be hammered out, including the deadline for reaching that threshold and the definition of what qualifies for both spending categories. Rutte has suggested a 2032 deadline for the new spending goal, but Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said ahead of the meeting that 2032 was too late and that allies should commit to reach 5 percent within five years instead.  That view is shared by other frontline states concerned about a Russian attack. Members will have to present plans for yearly increases to show their progress toward the new objective, Rutte told reporters.  Reaching the 30…

Yusuf had earlier criticized the party’s new MP Sarah Pochin for asking Prime Minister Keir Starmer whether the U.K. would ban the burqa in a House of Commons exchange on Wednesday. “Nothing to do with me,” Yusuf said Thursday morning about the Pochin question. Yusuf, the co-founder of concierge service Velocity Black, was seen as a crucial hire for Reform as Farage attempted to professionalize his movement. The departure will be seen as a setback to the party’s plans for electoral success. “I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30 percent, quadrupled its…

Officials said six drones struck a residential area just before dawn, injuring nine others. The child, grandson of the local fire chief, died alongside his mother, police officer Daryna Shyhyda, and his grandmother. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fire chief arrived to respond to the aftermath, only to discover his own home destroyed.Separately, 17 were injured in Kharkiv, including children and a 93-year-old, while drone attacks also struck medical and educational sites in the Odessa region.

Les Verts jurent de contrecarrer le plan historique du futur chancelier, qui consiste à investir massivement dans la défense et les infrastructures. Mais il ne s’agit peut-être que d’une tactique de négociation. Mar 11 7 mins read

Published on 05/06/2025 – 18:02 GMT+2Sweden has reached an agreement with Estonia to house up to 600 inmates in rented prison cells in the Baltic country in a bid to alleviate its prison overcrowding crisis.The deal, which was confirmed on Wednesday by Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer, will allow Sweden to rent 400 cells in the prison in Tartu in the south-eastern part of Estonia. “Sweden and Estonia have reached an agreement that will significantly relieve the burden on the Swedish prison system,” Strömmer said. The cost of a prisoner in Estonia is estimated to be €8,500 per month, excluding costs…

At least five people, including a one-year-old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed on Thursday in an overnight drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky, officials said.Six drones hit a residential area in the city shortly before dawn, injuring nine others, according to authorities.The one-year-old killed was the grandchild of the local fire chief, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.The fire chief, identified by local officials as 50-year-old Oleksandr Lebid, “arrived to respond to the aftermath right at his own home,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. “It turned out that a Shahed…

Wadephul’s criticism comes after Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week condemned Israel’s renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip in unusually strong terms for a leader of Germany — traditionally one of Israel’s closest allies — saying the extent of the harm to the civilian population “can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism.” Wadephul also said more humanitarian aid must be allowed into the Gaza Strip and called for an end to the war. “It is absolutely clear that Hamas must never again pose a threat to Israel,” he said. “But the fight against Hamas cannot be won…

Published on 05/06/2025 – 17:05 GMT+2Europe is past the worst of its peak migration flows but cannot afford to calm its efforts to deal with the issue, the head of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) has told Euronews in an interview.The ICMPD is an international organisation that supports governments and institutions in developing and implementing long-term strategies to manage and govern migration.”We’re not in an exceptional situation anymore,” said Michael Spindelegger, reflecting on the peak migration flows of 2015–2016 in the Vienna office of the agency, adding: “But with nearly one million asylum applications again last year,…

Schwab, who quit the organization in April amid an investigation into his conduct, told the Financial Times that he and Lagarde had discussed her jumping ship before the conclusion of her term at the ECB in 2027, and asserted that an apartment had been reserved for her in the WEF’s Villa Mundi complex on the shores of Lake Geneva. In its initial response, the ECB had said Lagarde “has always been fully committed to deliver on her mission and is determined to complete her term,” a message it also circulated internally, according to two ECB officials familiar with the matter.…