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• Der jüngste Ausbruch des US-Präsidenten erfolgt einen Tag, nachdem er eine mögliche Reduzierung der US-Truppen in Deutschland angedeutet hat • Warum unterhalten die USA Militärstützpunkte in Deutschland – und wird Trump seine Drohung wahrmachen, die Truppenzahlen zu senken? • Donald Trump hat erneut gegen den deutschen Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz gewettert und erklärt, dieser solle sich darauf konzentrieren, sein „kaputtes Land in Ordnung zu bringen“ und zu versuchen, den Russland-Ukraine-Krieg zu beenden – und weniger Zeit damit verbringen, sich im Iran „einzumischen“.

Ron Prosor says verbal attack on Friedrich Merz referencing Nazi regime ‘erodes the memory of the Holocaust’Israel’s envoy to Germany has criticised a far-right Israeli cabinet member who made historically charged accusations against the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, saying the attack “[eroded] the memory of the Holocaust”.In a rare rebuke of a top Israeli official by an active ambassador, Ron Prosor said he wished to “unequivocally condemn” Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against Merz, in which he made reference to the Nazi regime and said: “You will not force us into ghettos again.” Continue reading...

Rachel Reeves will address concerns about price rises and shortages with retailers as energy costs surgeThe bosses of the UK’s biggest supermarkets are to meet the chancellor on Wednesday as the government seeks to gauge the extent of potential price rises and shortages of household essentials amid a surge in energy, fuel and fertiliser costs.Rachel Reeves is meeting the bosses of Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons as concerns rise about the potential impact on the cost of living – including higher food prices – as a result of the Middle East conflict. Continue reading...