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After Solingen: German Government agrees on migration package of measures

German Bild: Police arrest Syrian from refugee center after Solingen stabbing

German police: We are raiding a building in Solingen following a stabbing attack

The Islamic State has claimed the Solingen stabbing attack.

German Interior Minister: Security services are doing everything they can to arrest the attacker in the stabbing incident in Solingen, western Germany

Several fatalities in stabbing attack on Solingen, Germany, according to local reports

German Lufthansa: Suspension of flights to Beirut until September 30

EU foreign policy chief: German aid cuts to Ukraine worrying

The security level at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen was raised based on intelligence information indicating potential threat. All non-mission essential staff have been sent home as a precautionary measure

German Foreign Ministry summons Iranian ambassador in Berlin

EU Commission approves Germany's €5bn mega-subsidy package for TSMC's semiconductor factory investment in Dresden.“The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5 billion German measure to support European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (‘ESMC') in the construction and operation of a microchip manufacturing plant in Dresden. ESMC is a joint venture between Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (‘TSMC'), Bosch, Infineon, and NXP. The measure will strengthen Europe's security of supply, resilience and digital sovereignty in semiconductor technologies, in line with the objectives set out in the European Chips Act Communication

German Foreign Ministry spokesman: Berlin's support for Ukraine is constant and will continue as long as necessary

German Finance Ministry Spokesperson: We are working intensively on creating an international financing instrument for Ukraine

US approves $5 bn Patriot missile sale to Germany: statement

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak denied his country's involvement in explosions which damaged the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and instead pointed the finger at Russia in comments to Reuters on Thursday

NATO has clarified earlier comments by a Bundeswehr spokesperson on a security alert at the Geilenkirchen base, after a suspected case of sabotage: "The base was at no time sealed off. We checked the water, it is okay, and the base is accessible."

German Foreign Ministry: Government condemns Israeli ministers' visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Another German military base - Geilenkirchen, housing Nato AWACS aircraft - sealed off due sabotage with similar reports of tap water being contaminated. One person arrested

The German army has confirmed that it is investigating a possible act of sabotage at a barracks near Cologne. According to media reports, soldiers on site have been told not to drink from the water supply amid fears it has been contaminated

President Biden spoke mid morning with the leaders of UK, France, Germany and Italy about Middle East, John Kirby says

Leaders of UK, France and Germany call for a ceasefire and release of hostages as the slaughter mounts in Gaza

German Chancellor to Netanyahu: It's time to finalize prisoner release, ceasefire deal

German Foreign Ministry spokesperson on possible Middle East evacuations: there is a false sense of security among citizens in Lebanon @Reuters

German Lufthansa: Suspending flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and Beirut until August 12

Due to a fire in a cable duct in the German capital Berlin, there are disruptions to long-distance, regional and commuter services, rail operator Deutsche Bahn says

The German government has deported the Iran government-linked Imam of the Islamic Center in Berlin, Nasir Niknejad, according to information obtained by Iran International's correspondent in Berlin

Biden thanked 5 allied countries—Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Turkey—for helping clinch prisoner deal "This is a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world whom you can trust and depend upon" Biden says

According to The Insider, Russia has released: - Evan Gershkovich, - Vladimir Kara-Murza (foreign agent), - Liliya Chanysheva, - Ilya Yashin (foreign agent), - Ksenia Fadeeva, - Andrei Pivovarov, - Paul Whelan, - Alsa Kurmasheva, - Oleg Orlov (foreign agent), - Sasha Skochilenko, - Dieter Voronin, - Kevin Lik, - Rico Krieger, - Patrick Schöbel, - Herman Moizhes, - Vadim Ostanin. In exchange for journalists, human rights activists and oppositionists, as well as a former American marine, Western countries agreed to give up: - Vadim Krasikov (from Germany), - Artem Dultsev (from Slovenia), - Anna Dultseva (from Slovenia), - Mikhail Mikushin (from Norway ), — Pavel Rubtsov (from Poland), — Roman Seleznev (from the USA), — Vladislav Klyushin (from the USA), — Vadim Konoshchenko (from the USA).

German Lufthansa Group: Extending the cancellation of flights to and from Beirut until August 12

German airline Lufthansa temporarily suspends all flights to Israel from this evening until August 8