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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

Enligt The Insider har Ryssland släppt: - Evan Gershkovich, - Vladimir Kara-Murza (utländsk agent), - Liliya Chanysheva, - Ilya Yashin (utländsk agent), - Ksenia Fadeeva, - Andrei Pivovarov, - Paul Whelan, - Alsa Kurmasheva, - Oleg Orlov (utländsk agent), - Sasha Skochilenko, - Dieter Voronin, - Kevin Lik, - Rico Krieger, - Patrick Schöbel, - Herman Moizhes, - Vadim Ostanin. I utbyte mot journalister, människorättsaktivister och oppositionella, samt en före detta amerikansk marin, gick västländerna med på att ge upp: - Vadim Krasikov (från Tyskland), - Artem Dultsev (från Slovenien), - Anna Dultseva (från Slovenien), - Mikhail Mikushin (från Norge), — Pavel Rubtsov (från Polen), — Roman Seleznev (från USA), — Vladislav Klyushin (från USA), — Vadim Konoshchenko (från 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

In the coming hours there will be an exchange of prisoners between the Russian Federation, the USA, Germany and Belarus, - Slovenian TV channel. 2 Russian spies caught in Slovenia also will be exchanged

German Foreign Ministry: Cyberspace is not a lawless space – China must refrain from unacceptable cyberattacks like the one conducted against the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy in 2021. We strongly condemn such attacks targeted at institutions relevant for our critical infrastructure

German electoral reforms aimed at limiting the size of parliament are in parts unconstitutional, the Federal Constitutional Court rules

BASF in Ludwigshafen: 15 slightly injured in explosion

Fire on BASF site in Ludwigshafen extinguished

German Foreign Ministry: The announced election results are not enough to dispel doubts about the vote count in Venezuela. We call for the publication of detailed results for all polling stations and access to all voting and election documents for opposition and observers

German Foreign Ministry: The death penalty is an inhumane punishment that we reject. It is intolerable how the Belarusian government is parading a German on TV. We are in contact with him and his family and are doing everything we can to ensure that his rights are respected

Two Russian men arrested in Hamburg and 'Herzogtum Lauenburg' county on suspicion of membership in and providing material support for the foreign terrorist organization Islamic State: federal prosecutor general

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned German ambassador to Tehran over banning an Islamic center is Germany

Germany has banned the Islamic Center of Hamburg after police raids across the country. @UANI provided evidence to the German government last year of ICH's links to IRGC militants and Hezbollah which contributed to its decision

Berlin Airport announces the suspension of all flights until 8:00 GMT due to technical malfunctions

Berlin Airport suspending all flights due to IT problems

Police detained 4 suspects - 3 in Spain and 1 in Germany - as part of an investigation into the sale of drone parts to Hezbollah

Rysslands biträdande utrikesminister Ryabkov hotar att placera ut kärnstridsspetsar på medeldistansmissiler som svar på utplaceringen av amerikanska missiler i Tyskland

Tyskland kommer att halvera det militära biståndet till Ukraina nästa år

The German Foreign Ministry on Hungary's rotating presidency of the European Union: Hungary caused great damage during only 12 days of its presidency of the Union

Kremls talesperson för USA:s planer på att placera långdistansmissiler i Tyskland: Alla attribut från det kalla kriget kommer tillbaka med konfrontation, med direkt konfrontation. Tyskland, USA, Frankrike, Storbritannien är direkt involverade i konflikten kring Ukraina

Rysslands ambassadör i Tyskland, Sergei Nechayev, har varnat den tyska regeringen för en ytterligare försämring av relationerna mellan Moskva och Berlin om USA som aviserat stationerar långdistansmissiler där.

Natos generalsekreterare Jens Stoltenberg konstaterade att Rysslands försök att skrämma Nato genom att planera mordet på Rheinmetalls vd inte är isolerade incidenter. Istället för att avskräcka bistånd till Ukraina kommer dessa åtgärder att få Natos allierade att öka sitt stöd

Natos generalsekreterare: Utplaceringen av amerikanska långdistansmissiler i Tyskland visar USA:s engagemang för europeisk säkerhet

CNN: USA och Tyskland omintetgjorde en rysk komplott för att mörda verkställande direktören för den mäktiga tyska vapentillverkaren Rheinmetall, som har tillverkat granater och utrustning för Ukraina. @NatashaBertrand med @KatieBoLillis @fpleitgenCNN

German Federal government bans Huawei and ZTE technology from China in 5G mobile networks here

I Washington höll Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyi ett möte med den tyske förbundskanslern Olaf Scholz.