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Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

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

Il capo della politica estera dell'UE: preoccupanti i tagli agli aiuti tedeschi all'Ucraina

Il livello di sicurezza presso la base aerea NATO di Geilenkirchen è stato innalzato in base a informazioni di intelligence che indicavano una potenziale minaccia. Tutto il personale non essenziale alla missione è stato rimandato a casa come misura precauzionale

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

Portavoce del Ministero degli Esteri tedesco: il sostegno di Berlino all'Ucraina è costante e continuerà finché sarà necessario

Portavoce del Ministero delle Finanze tedesco: Stiamo lavorando intensamente per creare uno strumento di finanziamento internazionale per l'Ucraina

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

Il consigliere presidenziale ucraino Mykhailo Podolyak ha negato il coinvolgimento del suo paese nelle esplosioni che hanno danneggiato il gasdotto Nord Stream 2 e ha invece puntato il dito contro la Russianei commenti rilasciati a Reuters giovedì

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

Secondo The Insider, la Russia ha rilasciato: - Evan Gershkovich, - Vladimir Kara-Murza (agente straniero), - Liliya Chanysheva, - Ilya Yashin (agente straniero), - Ksenia Fadeeva, - Andrei Pivovarov, - Paul Whelan, - Alsa Kurmasheva, - Oleg Orlov (agente straniero), - Sasha Skochilenko, - Dieter Voronin, - Kevin Lik, - Rico Krieger, - Patrick Schöbel, - Herman Moizhes, - Vadim Ostanin. In cambio di giornalisti, attivisti per i diritti umani e oppositori, nonché di un ex marine americano, i paesi occidentali hanno accettato di rinunciare: - Vadim Krasikov (dalla Germania), - Artem Dultsev (dalla Slovenia), - Anna Dultseva (dalla Slovenia), - Mikhail Mikushin (dalla Norvegia), — Pavel Rubtsov (dalla Polonia), — Roman Seleznev (dagli USA), — Vladislav Klyushin (dagli USA), — Vadim Konoshchenko (dagli USA).

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