Germany will block the Typhoon deal due to Saudi Arabia’s human rights record By Mark Nicol, Defence Editor Published: 21:26 GMT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 02:14 GMT, 1 November 2023 Thousands of highly skilled engineering jobs could be lost after Germany blocked a deal for British-made fighter jets to be exported to Saudi Arabia. … Read more
Six French airports have been evacuated over suspected bomb threats on the same day a synagogue in Berlin was firebombed, as Europe remains on high alert after an ISIS terrorist killed two people in Brussels in the wake of Hamas attacks on Israel. The airports of Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais received bomb … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden, 80, has again fumbled while delivering a public speech, this time confusing dates of his inauguration, the G7 summit and NATO 2021. During a speech in Arizona celebrating a library to be built honoring his friend and fierce Trump critic, the late Republican Sen. John McCain, Biden began to issue a … Read more
Australia will join a German-initiated climate club, as the federal government aims to seal a free trade deal with the European Union. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed at a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin that Australia had been invited to join the initiative. ‘Australia and Germany are now united in our deep … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for breakfast Thursday at her Naval Observatory home, marking the first time she’s hosted a foreign leader at the residence. ‘We are pleased to welcome you Madam Chancellor and I know we are the fourth administration that you have worked with throughout your extraordinary career. want … Read more
Boris Johnson jokes to Angela Merkel the ‘wurst is behind us’ over post-Brexit UK-EU ‘sausage war’ as PM says the two sides must ‘sort out’ problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol Boris Johnson today joked the ‘wurst is behind us’ over EU-UK ‘sausage war’ Mr Johnson said UK and EU must ‘sort out’ issues with … Read more
Her Royal Happiness! Queen looks delighted in a dressed-down navy padded gilet as she arrives at the Royal Windsor Horse Show – after hosting German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Windsor Castle Queen, 95, appeared in good spirits as she arrived at the Royal Windsor Horse Show this morning The monarch dressed down in a loose … Read more
Germany needs to implement nationwide measures to break the current wave of coronavirus infections as quickly as possible, its health minister said on Friday. ‘We need a lockdown,’ Jens Spahn told journalists in a news conference, adding that nighttime curfews may be necessary to further reduce social contacts. He said that there were currently nearly … Read more
Angela Merkel calls for national lockdown to curb Germany’s coronavirus crisis Angela Merkel today backed regional leaders’ calls for short, sharp lockdown Comes amid third wave with Germany battling average of 15,000 cases per day ‘Every call for a short, uniform lockdown is right,’ Merkel’s spokeswoman said She added that the country was struggling with … Read more
J. V. Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji Antonio Luis Santos da Costa, prime minister of Portugal Klaus Iohannis, president of Romania Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya Emmanuel Macron, president of France Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany Charles Michel, president of the European Council Kyriakos Mitsotakis, … Read more