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German Chancellor: Israel’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany will decide on its stance on EU sanctions against Israel before an October meeting.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state in a statement on Sunday afternoon. The move comes after the prime minister said in July the UK would shift its position in September unless Israel met conditions including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and committing to a long-term sustainable peace deal that delivers a two-state solution. It represents a major change in British foreign policy after successive governments said recognition should come as part of a peace process and at a time of maximum impact. The move has drawn fierce criticism from the Israeli...

Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki has said Germany could begin repaying World War II reparations by financing the development of Poland’s defense industry and military capacity. Nawrocki made the remarks on Tuesday during a press briefing following visits to Berlin and Paris. In Germany, he met with president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and chancellor Friedrich Merz, where they discussed bilateral trade, European Union policy, and the issue of reparations. “I am in favor of Germany paying reparations to Poland,” the president said. He added that he had suggested Berlin could help finance Polish defense as part of a long-term settlement. “I suggested that...

It’s no secret that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prefers to work with that other Polish leader, centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk. But on Tuesday he’ll be receiving Polish President Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist backed by the opposition populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which demands that Berlin pay reparations for Nazi Germany’s World War II invasion and occupation of Poland. Relations between Poland and Germany have seesawed between close cooperation and open friction in recent years. While the two countries have strong trade relations and increasingly cooperate on defense, Nawrocki and PiS politicians have railed against the EU’s influence...

The British Government has determined that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told the chair of the international development committee in a letter on September 1. This differs significantly from the government’s previous position, which was that only courts can decide whether Israel is or is not committing genocide. It also marks the first time the UK government has stated explicitly that Israel’s actions in Gaza do not count as genocide. In the letter to Sarah Champion, Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time of writing, acknowledged that the UK government has the...

The newly promoted First Secretary of State, speaking in Berlin, hailed the euro as a saviour that had brought stability to the European Union during financial turmoil. "It is perfectly clear that the euro has been a great success in anchoring its eurozone members during this financial crisis," he said.

EU's Mandelson lashes U.S. lawmakers for rejecting plan LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have "taken leave of their senses" by rejecting a $700 billion (388 billion pound) financial bailout plan, European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Monday. The U.S. House of Representatives earlier voted against the plan to help the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding and led to recriminations between Republicans and Democrats. "I feel they've taken leave of their senses and I hope that in Europe we will not see politicians and parliamentarians replicating the sort of irresponsibility and political partisanship...

Far left extremists are claiming responsibility for a major attack on a power supply hub providing power to southeast Berlin, which led to a blackout that left 50,000 people without power, the biggest blackout in Berlin since the Cold War. The damage has been so severe that authorities are reporting it may take until 2026 to fully make repairs, according to Tagesspiegel. A letter of responsibility was published on Indymedia, a website where many leftist groups publish such letters following attacks. Berlin’s interior senator, Iris Spranger (SPD), said the letter was authentic. In fact, the letter has many similarities to...

They went there--(Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) German Public TV, subsidized by government-mandated license fees, is arguing that Charlie Kirk enraged people because he was a racist misogynist who hit people's rage buttons. Advertisement Of course, they say it is unacceptable to celebrate Kirk's murder, but, well, you know he deserved it... These people are scum. Similarly, The New York Times spread a hoax about Kirk--that he held certain views that he quoted and then criticized. They, of course, released a correction well after the fact, and one that almost nobody will see.

Donald Trump issued a stunning threat to NATO allies for holding up his negotiations to end the Russia - Ukraine war and warned against 'wasting my time' in a blistering social media post. Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday morning to rebuke NATO allies for buying oil from Russia despite their opposition to Vladimir Putin's invasion, saying it 'greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia'. 'I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM...

The International Committee of the Red Cross chose a wing in Al-Shifa hospital "adjacent to the [Hamas] movement offices,” according to documents found by the IDF in Gaza and recently declassified. Two Hamas documents found by Israeli forces in Gaza indicate that international organizations such as the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders are well aware of the presence of Hamas in the Gaza Strip’s medical facilities despite obfuscating or outright denying it publicly, NGO Monitor revealed on Wednesday. The internal Hamas memos were among a cache of documents declassified by the Israel Defense Forces. NGO Monitor translated the Arabic-language...

Britain’s first female Muslim Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had a rough start on Saturday, with over 1,000 illegal migrants arriving after crossing the English Channel from France on her first day in office. Mahmood, a former pro-Palestinian activist whose Pakistani parents migrated to England from Mirpur in the disputed Kashmir region, was tasked by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Friday to run the Home Office, the cabinet department tasked with controlling immigration and protecting Britain’s borders. It came amid the forced Downing Street reshuffle sparked by the scandal-induced resignation of former Deputy PM Angela Rayner over the socialist politician’s...

Well, you may think things are chaotic here in the US. But let's check in on our friends over in Paris, shall we? Yes, the government of France has collapsed. The politicians aren't happy. The people aren't happy. But, for now, President Emmanuel Macron is (probably?) safe from expulsion. I will never quite get over the French system, where governments can collapse but the president just keeps on keeping on.— eugyppius (@eugyppius1) September 8, 2025" Here's Politico Europe to explain what's happening: French lawmakers toppled Prime Minister François Bayrou's minority government on Monday evening, thrusting the country deeper into a...

France is plunged into a fresh political crisis as MPs vote to oust the prime minister French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister "in a matter of days", his office says - who's in the running?

“When I think about the trip today, I wouldn’t do it again – it was so dangerous. What I remember is that many people died, they drowned … there were too many people on that boat.” Anas Modamani, who as a teenager fled Syria’s brutal civil war for the safety of Europe in 2015, is one of many who ended up in Germany, where he still lives and now holds a passport. Sitting in a Syrian cafe in Neukölln, a culturally diverse district of the German capital, Modamani is smiling and well-groomed. He works in IT and in his own...

The mystery surrounding local elections in Germany’s North Rhine–Westphalia province deepens as two more politicians from the right-wing anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) were reported dead unexpectedly, just days before the vote. As Hungarian Conservative reported earlier this week, the sudden death of Ralph Lange in Blomberg marked the fourth such case in little more than ten days. Now, media reports suggest that two additional reserve candidates have also died. Moreover, German outlet Die Welt wrote that in addition to these six cases, Hans-Joachim Kind, a direct AfD candidate in Kremenholl, a district in southern Remscheid, also died shortly before...

Six AfD politicians have reportedly died before the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to POLITICO, in addition to the four deaths previously reported by the AfD, two candidates from the reserve list have also died. The state deputy chairman announced that an investigation into the cases has been launched. AfD state deputy chairman Kay Gottschalk, however, believes there is not yet any reason to assume this is anything other than a coincidence. Another federal deputy chairman, Stephan Brandner, is skeptical that this is a coincidence. Brandner, an AfD member of parliament, said, “From my perspective, this is a statistically...

Göttingen public prosecutor’s office said on Friday that it has detained a 31-year-old man from Iraq on suspicion of pushing a 16-year-old girl onto the train tracks and fatally injuring her. The Iraqi national’s DNA was later found on the deceased girl’s shoulder. Police had interviewed the man shortly after the girl’s tragic death, after which he denied involvement and tested positive for alcohol consumption. According to prosecutors, the suspect had initially come into contact with police in 2022 when he applied for asylum in Germany. However, the request was denied in December of that year and a deportation order...

A key leader in the world economy is warning that undue interference in the Federal Reserve’s operations by President Donald Trump could pose a serious economic risk to the U.S. and the rest of the world. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an interview with Radio Classique on Monday that efforts to remove Fed Chair Jerome Powell or Fed Governor Lisa Cook would “represent a very serious danger for the U.S. economy and the world economy.” “If U.S. monetary policy were no longer independent and instead dependent on the dictates of this or that person, then I believe...

Through the use of false accusations, misleading information, and antisemitic conspiracies, Tucker Carlson’s Podcast is being used as a tool to deceive. While Carlson’s newfound disdain for the Jewish State has disgraced him in the eyes of many conservatives and Christians, millions of his followers remain, happily consuming content crafted to stoke public opinion against Israel and the Jewish people as a whole.