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• O mais recente desabafo do presidente dos EUA ocorre um dia após ele sugerir uma possível redução das tropas americanas na Alemanha • Por que os EUA têm bases militares na Alemanha – e será que Trump cumprirá sua ameaça de reduzir o contingente? • Donald Trump atacou novamente o chanceler da Alemanha, Friedrich Merz, dizendo que ele deveria focar em “consertar seu país quebrado” e tentar encerrar a guerra entre Rússia e Ucrânia – e passar menos tempo “interferindo” no Irã.

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...