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US 总统的最新言辞爆发发生在他暗示可能削减驻 Germany 美军人数的一天之后 为什么 US 在 Germany 设有军事基地——以及 Trump 是否会兑现削减人数的威胁？ Donald Trump 再次抨击 Germany 总理 Friedrich Merz，称其应专注于“治理其破败的国家”并努力结束 Russia-Ukraine 战争——并减少在 Iran 事务上的“干预”。 “Germany 总理应该花更多时间在结束与 Russia/Ukraine 的战争上（他在那方面完全无能！）”，Trump 在社交媒体帖子中写道。 继续阅读...

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...