abroad Right-wing demonstration Turkey condemns Koran burning in Stockholm Status: 01:26 a.m | Reading time: 3 minutes Right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan burns a copy of the Koran in Stockholm Source: via REUTERS For months, Sweden has been arguing with Turkey about NATO membership. In the midst of the diplomatic dispute, a right-wing extremist burned the Koran at a demonstration in Stockholm. Ankara is outraged. BDuring an anti-Turkish demonstration in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, a participant burned a copy of...
BAnother US citizen has died in the fighting in Ukraine. The former member of the Navy Seals special unit succumbed to injuries he sustained in Dnipro, US officials said on Friday. He did not fight in an official capacity. No further details were given. The US State Department said it could only confirm the recent death of a US citizen in Ukraine and is in contact with the man's family. According to the Navy, the man was a non-commissioned officer...
live ticker Ukraine war Zelenskyj wants to continue "fighting" for German Leopard tanks Status: 08:10 a.m | Reading time: 5 minutes “Germany must finally dare to take the lead” At the meeting of the Ukraine contact group in Ramstein, no decision was made on the delivery of German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Selenskyj advisor Alexander Rodnyansky explains at WELT why German Leopard tanks are much more important than British Challenger tanks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not yet given...
Germany New Secretary of Defense "Russia is waging a cruel war of annihilation against a sovereign state" As of 9:47 p.m | Reading time: 4 minutes Pistorius officially appointed Minister of Defense and sworn in in the Bundestag Boris Pistorius has been sworn in before the Bundestag. At the request of Bundestag President Bärbel Bas, he took the oath of office. Pistorius had previously been appointed as the new Minister of Defense by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. You can listen...
DAccording to Moscow, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the headquarters of an army unit stationed in Ukraine on Tuesday. The commander of the Vostok group and commanders of other units informed Shoigu about the "progress in the fulfillment of combat objectives," the Defense Ministry said. Whether the headquarters of the Vostok group is in Ukraine or in Russia remains open. A video released by the ministry along with the statement shows Shoigu speaking to military commanders, some of whom...
WEconomy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has spoken out in favor of Germany allowing Poland and other countries to supply Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine. "I think it's right if other countries want to help, that you don't disturb them and stop their assistance," said Habeck at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the WELT news channel. Poland had announced that it would provide Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition. Because of...
Germany CO2 reduction "A speed limit would help," says Stephan Weil Status: 06:38 a.m | Reading time: 2 minutes Wants to buy an electric car this year: SPD politician Stephan Weil Source: dpa/Sina Schuldt Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil believes that the transport sector must make a greater contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. He repeats his demand for a speed limit of 130 – and announces that he will soon be buying a new private car. Dhe Prime Minister...
Dhe Kremlin has denied any tensions between the Russian army and the Wagner mercenary group. "This conflict only exists in the newsroom," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Russia recognizes its "heroes who serve in the armed forces" as well as those "who come from the paramilitary group Wagner," he emphasized: "Everyone is fighting for their fatherland." The disagreements between the army and the Wagner group had come to the fore in recent days during the battle for the...
Dhe federal government has criticized the violence used by demonstrators to clear the village of Lützerath for lignite mining. The deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann referred to an interview by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) from the weekend in the "taz", in which he explained that the limit for demonstrations is where there is violence. "This limit was exceeded in Lützerath, and we expressly condemn that," said Hoffmann on Monday in Berlin. Activists had accused the police of excess violence during...
DThe Bundeswehr begins relocating its Patriot air defense system to Poland. The first soldiers should set off this Monday with their vehicles from Bad Sülze (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), as the German Press Agency learned from security circles. In the coming days, the weapon systems will also be relocated to the neighboring country. A total of three squadrons are to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure of the NATO ally near the border with Ukraine. After a missile hit Polish territory in...
