Bild: Clogged drain blamed for train disaster | Verstopfter Gully schuld an Bahn-Katastrophe
FAZ: Sharp criticism of EU customs agreement with Trump | Scharfe Kritik an EU-Zollabkommen mit Trump
Funke: New US tariffs cost Berlin’s economy €240 million | Neue US-Zölle belasten Wirtschaft in Berlin mit 240 Millionen Euro
Handelsblatt: “Recovery will be more difficult” | „Erholung wird schwieriger“
RND: EU pays, US benefits? How hard the tariff deal hits the German economy | EU zahlt, USA profitieren? So hart trifft der Zoll-Deal die deutsche Wirtschaft
SZ: Military spending to rise further in 2026 | Militärausgaben sollen 2026 weiter steigen
Tagesspiegel: Broad criticism of tariff deal with Trump: Katarina Barley sees EU Commission as having “caved in” | Breite Kritik am Zoll-Deal mit Trump: Katarina Barley sieht EU-Kommission „eingeknickt“
taz: Tariff frenzy reaches Europe | Zollwut erreicht Europa
Welt: “A fatal signal to the closely intertwined economy” | „Ein fatales Signal an die eng verflochtene Wirtschaft“
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists on end to Hamas: Israel has two tasks to accomplish—the destruction of Hamas and the liberation of all hostages still being held in the coastal region, Netanyahu said during a visit to military intelligence headquarters, despite increasingly loud calls for an end to the Gaza war. diepresse.com
- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa calls for the disarmament and disempowerment of the Islamist Hamas and for Israel to withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip.
- US President Donald Trump urges Israel to take a different approach in the fight against Hamas after talks on a ceasefire and the release of hostages failed last week.
- US President Donald Trump does not want to commit himself on the Palestinian issue. “I will not take a position,” Trump emphasized at a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland.
- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has described a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as the only option at the start of a UN conference in New York.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sees peace in the Middle East as a distant prospect. No progress is expected at the meeting in New York given the escalation in the Middle East. n-tv.de
US President Donald Trump announces more aid for Gaza: The situation in Gaza is terrible. “We want to feed the children,” Trump said, adding that there are many starving people in Gaza, which is why it is important “that people get something to eat.” Trump wants to urge Israel to provide food to the starving population. He wants to ensure that the population receives the food that has not yet been delivered.
- Germany is launching an air bridge together with Jordan to supply the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid, the security cabinet decided in the Berlin Chancellery. The number of aircraft the German Armed Forces will contribute remains unclear. handelsblatt.com, zeit.de
- Doctors Without Borders has sharply criticized the airdrop of aid supplies over the Gaza Strip. This method is not only ineffective, but also poses a danger to the people waiting on the ground. It would be much more effective to bring aid supplies to the coastal area by truck. zdfheute.de
- UN organizations are calling for a long-term and steady supply of relief supplies. The World Food Programme said that 60 trucks with relief supplies had been dispatched, but that this amount was not enough. faz.net
- EU Commission prepares sanctions against Israel due to the situation in the Gaza Strip; specifically, to suspend funding for start-ups in the technology sector. The proposal will be discussed by the 27 member states on Tuesday. zdfheute.de
Christian village attacked by settlers in the West Bank: Settlers set fire to Palestinian cars in Tajbeh near Ramallah and sprayed “racist threats” in Hebrew on houses, according to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack as “settler terrorism.” There have been several attacks by settlers in Tajbeh and the surrounding area in recent months, including an explosive attack on a Byzantine church.
US President Donald Trump sets new ultimatum for Russia: Due to a lack of progress toward a ceasefire, the US president wants to significantly shorten the ultimatum given to the Kremlin leader. He was disappointed with President Vladimir Putin, Trump said at a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland. The original 50 days have now been reduced to ten to twelve. If there is no ceasefire or peace agreement before the deadline, Trump is threatening Russia’s trading partners with 100 percent tariffs. These secondary sanctions are directed against countries such as China, India, and Brazil. spiegel.de, n-tv.de, handelsblatt.com, zdfheute.de, tagesschau.de
- Putin confidant Dmitry Medvedev has sharply rejected US President Trump’s customs announcements. If Trump is threatening to shorten deadlines to get Russia to back down in the Ukraine war, he must bear in mind that every ultimatum is a step toward war. stern.de
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked US President Donald Trump for increasing pressure on Russia. Zelensky spoke of an important step. Peace through strength is possible because Russia is feeling the sanctions and the resulting losses. spiegel.de
Ukrainian and Belarusian hacker groups claim responsibility for cyberattack on Aeroflot: Dozens of flights have been canceled by the Russian state-owned airline. In a statement, “Silent Crow” and “Cyber Partisans” said the attack was made possible by a lack of protective measures. They claimed that Aeroflot CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky had not changed his password since 2022 and that the company was using outdated software. Aeroflot’s internal IT infrastructure had been completely compromised and destroyed, they said. The Russian prosecutor’s office announced that it had launched an investigation following disruptions at Moscow’s main airport. faz.net, tagesspiegel.de
- Iris-T systems are said to have intercepted Russian ballistic missiles. According to Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, seven systems are currently in use, with eleven more to follow. Ukrainian soldiers reported that Iris-T successfully intercepted a ballistic missile. Iris-T is not actually designed for ballistic missiles. n-tv.de
- According to pro-Ukrainian channels, there were fires at two Russian military sites. A large fire broke out near a training ground in Rostov, and a training center is reportedly on fire in Nizhny Novgorod.
- The Ukrainian secret service SBU has arrested a Belarusian spy in the border region. According to its own statements, the SBU foiled plans by the Belarusian secret service to obtain secret information about Ukrainian defenses in the northeast.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law strengthening the SBU domestic intelligence service. The SBU became known worldwide through “Operation Spider’s Web,” when drones brought to Russia attacked various aircraft.
- After talks with Estonian President Alar Karis, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces plans to expand cooperation with the country.
- Estonia’s Foreign Ministry summons the Russian chargé d’affaires over the incursion of a Russian ship into its territorial waters. A “formal protest” was lodged against the “serious and unacceptable violation.” vol.at
- Azerbaijan will supply natural gas to Ukraine in the future. Naftohas Ukrajiny and a Ukrainian subsidiary of the Azerbaijani state oil company Socar have signed a contract for initial deliveries.
Bild Sunday trend by Insa: Union 27.5 percent, AfD 24 percent, SPD 14.5 percent (+0.5), Greens 10.5 percent, Left Party 10 percent (-0.5), BSW 4.5 percent, FDP 3.5 percent, others 5.5 percent. bild.de
Federal government faces billion-euro deficit by 2029: There appears to be a gap of around 170 billion euros in the financial planning for 2027 to 2029. That is 30 billion more than originally expected. In mid-June, when presenting the 2025 draft budget, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil had still assumed a budget shortfall of 144 billion euros in the financial planning. The reason for the larger financial shortfall is compromises made in the agreed growth package and the mothers‘ pension. Klingbeil intends to present his new draft budget to the cabinet on Wednesday. zdfheute.de, rnd.de
Federal government has no plans to raise retirement age: Deputy government spokesman Sebastian Hille referred to a corresponding provision in the coalition agreement. A package is to be implemented for the future of pensions, which includes an “active pension.” It is intended to motivate people to work longer through incentives. Economics Minister Katherina Reiche sparked a debate with her call for longer working lives. merkur.de
- Government response: 421 cases of “gang-related benefit fraud” involving citizen’s income reported in 2024. stern.de
- Economics Minister Katherina Reiche promises further relief for the chemical industry. mdr.de
- Holocaust denier Horst Mahler has died. spiegel.de
- The VBE education association calls for Islamic religious instruction nationwide. zeit.de
Soldiers march in memory of the fallen: Around 150 soldiers and reservists from the German Armed Forces from all over Germany marched through Brandenburg to Berlin over four days. The participants covered a distance of 120 kilometers. Their aim was to commemorate 120 members of the German Armed Forces who have died in foreign missions since the Bundeswehr was founded. tagesspiegel.de
More regional news:
- Berlin: Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stops special state rules for Syrians, Iraqis, and Afghans. spiegel.de
- Baden-Württemberg: Rescue operations have begun after a train accident near Riedlingen; the accident was presumably caused by a landslide.
- Hamburg: School meals to become more expensive. n-tv.de
- Saxony-Anhalt: Right-wing extremist Marla-Svenja Liebich announces constitutional appeal against conviction for incitement to hatred. lto.de
- Brandenburg: Interior Minister Rene Wilke wants to revoke the right to asylum for asylum seekers who cannot be located during the asylum process. rbb24.de
- North Rhine-Westphalia: Mouse figure damaged in arson attack in Cologne repaired with bandages; wave of solidarity. dwdl.de
- Schleswig-Holstein: Punks move into protest camp on Sylt. ndr.de
EU Member Daniel Caspary calls customs agreement with the US a wake-up call for the EU: The 15 percent tariffs are painful, Caspary said on DLF radio. However, the compromise reached could shake Europe into increasing its competitiveness and becoming more independent. Those who are able to defend themselves will be able to act differently in the future. The misguided trade policy will also have consequences for the US. deutschlandfunk.de
- EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said the Commission had achieved the best possible result. faz.net
- EU Parliament Vice President Katarina Barley believes the EU Commission has “caved in”: Criticism from the SPD regarding the customs deal with Trump. tagesspiegel.de
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz expects damage from tariffs; the compromise will hit Germany’s export-oriented economy hard. However, the effects will not be limited to Germany and Europe. “We will also see the consequences of this trade policy in America.” The government is still hoping for relief from the high tariffs on steel and aluminum. zeit.de
- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou spoke of a “black day” for Europe. The EU has decided to submit to the US. n-tv.de
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the agreement was significantly worse than the deal reached by the UK with the US. zdfheute.de
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that a devastating scenario had been prevented.
- Cars from the US will be able to be imported into the EU duty-free in future as part of the trade deal with US President Donald Trump, an EU official confirmed. The prerequisite is that the US reduces US tariffs on car imports from the EU from the current 27.5 percent to 15 percent. zdfheute.de
Number of people suffering from hunger worldwide slightly declining: According to the World Food Report, around 22 million fewer people were affected by hunger last year than in the previous year. However, the situation has worsened in some regions of Africa and Western Asia. Overall, 8.2 percent of the world’s population still suffers from hunger. zeit.de
US President Donald Trump suspects political maneuvering in the Epstein affair: He accuses the Democrats of deliberately linking him to the investigation. The documents in question were kept “by the enemy” and “by the worst scum in the world,” Trump said of the previous administration under Joe Biden. It is easy to “put something wrong in the files” after the fact, he added. n-tv.de, faz.net, sueddeutsche.de
- Epstein debate: Trump wants to force 94-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch to testify soon. welt.de
- “A worrying sign”: Trump’s “free plane” is expected to cost almost a billion dollars. tagesspiegel.de
More News:
- United Kingdom: Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for closer cooperation with the US on mini nuclear power plants. spiegel.de
- France: Justice interrogates Telegram founder Pavel Durov again. unternehmen-heute.de
- Greece: Suburbs of Athens evacuated; fires threaten homes. n-tv.de
- Turkey: Google’s earthquake early warning system did not work properly. heise.de
- Syria: Another aid convoy reaches the province of Suwaida. stern.de
- Iran: Government considers week-long closure of capital Tehran due to water crisis. rnd.de
- Malaysia: Ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand begins. zdfheute.de
- North Korea: Offers of talks from South Korea rejected. rnd.de
- Despite a shortage of skilled workers, many training positions are likely to remain unfilled. rnd.de
- Little confidence – companies continue to cut staff. handelsblatt.com
- Pisa chief on education system: Students with immigrant backgrounds are disadvantaged. tagesschau.de
- German economy: Trade deal will cost prosperity and jobs sueddeutsche.de
- EU pays, US benefits? How the tariff deal is hitting the German economy hard rnd.de
- VW subsidiary: Audi’s profits slump by more than a third tagesschau.de
- Agriculture: Agricultural markets in the EU relatively stable table.media/europe
- COVID-19: Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of hospitalization internisten-im-netz.de
- High incidence in Europe – cohort study: Nosocomial infections in nursing homes are the rule rather than the exception aerztezeitung.de
- How fit your brain is, how long you can expect to live, or whether you have dementia – what proteins in your blood reveal nzz.ch
- Age verification app: EU solution could include problematic restrictions Verification mechanism is tied to the Google ecosystem. Android alternatives fail security check t3n.de
- Tinder features on WhatsApp? New features reminiscent of dating app netzwelt.de
- Decision weeks: What’s next in the takeover battle for P7S1 dwdl.de
- Final ratings: Biggest ratings boost for Lanz talk show with Brosius-Gersdorf dwdl.de
- Fan reaction after arson attack: Charred mouse figure in front of WDR building treated with bandages spiegel.de
- Cuts at the Kassel Art Academy: “We have nothing left to give” monopol-magazin.de
- Radiant soccer star at concert: This time, Coldplay’s kiss cam shows Lionel Messi spiegel.de
- Prince William: Personal words after the European Championship final with Charlotte gala.de
- Criticism of cosmetic surgery: “Genocide” – Jamie Lee Curtis attacks the cosmetics industry with harsh words spiegel.de
- Actress kisses Hollywood colleague: Jessica Alba newly in love after marriage breakup t-online.de
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- Nigerian women win Afcon final table.media/africa
- European Championship final: Spain’s poor losers – World Footballer of the Year Aitana Bonmatí “For me, England is a team that is capable of not playing well and still winning.” welt.de
- DFB team: After ter Stegen’s injury, goalkeeping legend Sepp Maier calls for Neuer’s comeback t-online.de
- Diaz set to arrive today: Salary, transfer fee, contract: The facts about FC Bayern’s star signing n-tv.de
- English national team: Soccer player Lucy Bronze played in the European Championship with a broken shin zeit.de
- Future decision made: Marko confirms Verstappen bombshell – will not be switching from Red Bull to Mercedes within Formula 1 next season. sport.de
- Tour de France review: Lipowitz thwarts his team’s plans – Florian Lipowitz’s team wants to sign another top star even after the German finished third. spiegel.de
Scotland: Donald Trump cheats at golf – video exposes “Commander in cheat” welt.de