Chancellor

• US राष्ट्रपति का ताजा आक्रोश Germany में US सैनिकों की संभावित कटौती के सुझाव के एक दिन बाद आया है • Germany में US के सैन्य ठिकाने क्यों हैं - और क्या Trump सैनिकों की संख्या कम करने की अपनी धमकी को पूरा करेंगे? • Donald Trump ने Germany के चांसलर Friedrich Merz पर फिर से निशाना साधा है, और कहा है कि उन्हें अपना "टूटा हुआ देश ठीक करने" और Russia-Ukraine युद्ध को समाप्त करने की कोशिश करने पर ध्यान देना चाहिए - और Iran में "हस्तक्षेप" करने में कम समय बिताना चाहिए।

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...