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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:s utrikeschef: Tysklands biståndsnedskärningar till Ukraina oroande

Säkerhetsnivån vid Natos flygbas Geilenkirchen höjdes baserat på underrättelseinformation som indikerar potentiellt hot. All personal utanför uppdraget har skickats hem som en försiktighetsåtgärd

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

Tyska utrikesministeriets talesman: Berlins stöd till Ukraina är konstant och kommer att fortsätta så länge det behövs

Tyska finansministeriets talesperson: Vi arbetar intensivt med att skapa ett internationellt finansieringsinstrument för Ukraina

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

Den ukrainske presidentens rådgivare Mykhailo Podolyak förnekade sitt lands inblandning i explosioner som skadade gasledningen Nord Stream 2 och pekade istället finger åt Ryssland i kommentarer till Reuters på torsdagen

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

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