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US 大統領による最新の暴言は、Germany における US 駐留軍の削減の可能性を示唆した翌日に行われた。 なぜ US は Germany に軍事基地を置いているのか、そして Trump は削減の脅しを実行に移すのだろうか。 Donald Trump は再び Germany の首相 Friedrich Merz を激しく非難し、Iran への「干渉」に費やす時間を減らし、「壊れた自国を立て直すこと」や Russia-Ukraine 戦争の終結に注力すべきだと述べた。 「Germany の首相は Russia/Ukraine との戦争（彼はそこで全くの無力だった！）を終わらせるためにもっと時間を使うべきだ」と Trump はソーシャルメディアの投稿に記した。 Continue reading...

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...