Ukraine can recapture its territory, according to US President Donald Trump: Ukraine is in a position to recapture its territory from the Russian aggressor with the help of Western allies. He described Russia as weak. With time, patience, and financial support, the original borders at the time the war began are an “option,” Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. This marks a reversal in Trump’s position. Trump is making a U-turn after previously stating that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to cede territory to end the war. rnd.de, tagesspiegel.de
- US President Donald Trump is once again threatening Russia with punitive tariffs, but only if Europe stops all its oil and gas purchases. He only learned two weeks ago that European countries are continuing to buy Russian petroleum products, Trump said in his speech to the UN General Assembly.
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on the EU to stop buying Russian oil by the end of the year. “Trump is absolutely right. We are working on it,” she said. spiegel.de
- US President Donald Trump wants to urge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop importing Russian oil; he will call him. Orban is a friend of his and may listen to him. Hungary and Slovakia continue to import oil from Russia despite EU sanctions. zdfheute.de
NATO issues sharp warning to Russia after airspace violations: The NATO Council has accused Russia of irresponsible escalation following the recent incidents in Estonia and Poland. NATO and its allies would use all necessary military and non-military means to defend themselves and deter threats in accordance with international law, according to a statement by all 32 alliance countries. The recent airspace violations carry the risk of miscalculation and endanger human lives; this must stop. zdfheute.de, handelsblatt.com, tagesschau.de
- US President Donald Trump supports shooting down Russian aircraft that violate NATO airspace. Whether the US would participate in such a move depends on the circumstances, Trump says. spiegel.de
- Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that reckless demands to shoot something down or make another special show of strength would be the least helpful thing right now. welt.de
Ukrainian forces recapture territory near Dobropillia: In their report, ISW analysts refer to geolocated images and video footage from the past few days. Among others, ISW analysts quote the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrskyj.
- Ukraine is launching massive drone attacks on Moscow, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Sobyanin said 34 drones were shot down.
- One person was killed in a Russian attack on Odessa, according to Ukraine’s state emergency services.
- The power supply has failed again at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian troops. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, this is already the tenth failure during the war in Ukraine.
- One week after the end of joint military maneuvers by Belarus and Russia, Poland is reopening its border with Belarus. The crossings could be reopened early Thursday, Prime Minister Tusk said in Warsaw.
- Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a lawsuit in Moscow against Viktor Momotov, chairman of the Judicial Council, on charges of corruption and violation of anti-corruption laws.
Qatar wants to continue mediating between Israel and Hamas: Despite Israeli attacks against the Hamas leadership in Doha, the Gulf emirate will continue its efforts to achieve a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip “in cooperation with Egypt and the US,” said the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, speaking at the UN in New York. spiegel.de
- US President Donald Trump has once again called on the radical Islamist Hamas to immediately release all hostages in the Gaza Strip. He said the war must end immediately and a ceasefire must be reached, but that Hamas had repeatedly rejected offers of peace.
- Hamas rejects statements by US President Donald Trump that the terrorist organization has rejected “several reasonable offers” for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. It accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of obstructing all attempts to reach a ceasefire agreement.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the Israeli government of using the Hamas terrorist attack nearly two years ago as a pretext for genocide in the Gaza Strip.
- Italy will only recognize a Palestinian state under certain conditions. These include the release of all Israeli hostages and the exclusion of the radical Islamic Hamas from any participation in government, said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Mass exodus from Gaza continues: Many people continue to flee due to Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City. Since Monday, thousands have left the city in the north of the Gaza Strip due to heavy attacks, residents told the DPA. Israel’s army has intensified its operations once again and advanced into the center of the city. The Times of Israel also reports that the army is advancing deeper and deeper into the city.
- Israel closes the border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The Palestinian border authority said the Israeli side had informed it of its intention to close the Allenby border crossing in both directions from Wednesday until further notice. spiegel.de
RTL/ntv trend barometer by Forsa: Union 25 percent, AfD 27 percent (+2), SPD 13 percent (-1), Greens 11 percent (-1), Left Party 11 percent, BSW 4 percent, FDP 3 percent, others 6 percent. n-tv.de
Finance Minister Klingbeil prepares for “uncomfortable decisions”: He said that massive investments must be made in the country’s future, but that significant savings must also be made. When presenting the 2026 draft budget, he emphasized the need for an increase in investment. “We all know that reforms are long overdue in bureaucracy, the welfare state, and the economy,” said Klingbeil. There is a structural imbalance in federal finances and billions in gaps in planning for the coming years. Klingbeil has linked cuts in the welfare state to higher taxes for wealthy and high-income citizens. The draft budget provides for expenditures of around 520 billion euros, 18 billion more than in the current year. Net borrowing is around eight billion higher at almost 90 billion euros. faz.net, rnd.de, welt.de, zeit.de
- Left Party MP Dietmar Bartsch was particularly critical of the planned increase in defense spending.
- Green Party budget policy expert Sebastian Schäfer expressed doubts about the coalition’s austerity efforts.
Berlin pushes for reduction of bureaucracy: A “modernization agenda for the state and administration” is on the agenda for next week’s cabinet meeting. According to a draft circulating in Berlin, this agenda envisages “short-, medium-, and long-term measures that will lead to noticeable improvements for citizens, businesses, and the administration.” handelsblatt.com
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Brandenburg’s Minister President Dietmar Woidke wants one-fifth of the funds from the federal government’s special fund for eastern states: The 100 billion euros promised to all federal states have already been allocated by the states in consultation with local government associations. Now it is a question of the 400 billion euros that the federal government itself will decide on. “Approximately 20 percent of these investment funds belong to eastern Germany,” said Woidke. zeit.de
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- Saxony: SPD wants to push ahead with state modernization. n-tv.de
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US President Donald Trump attacks the UN: At the start of the 80th UN General Debate, Donald Trump accused the UN of rarely solving problems and instead creating new ones that the US then has to solve. Among other things, he blamed the UN for uncontrolled immigration. Trump himself has celebrated himself as a peacemaker. “In a period of just seven months, I ended seven endless wars.” These included wars between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, Congo and Rwanda, and Pakistan and India. “Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each of these achievements,” Trump said. spiegel.de, zdfheute.de
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had declared at the start of the debate that an era of reckless destruction and relentless human suffering had begun. Only cooperation between all countries could change the situation.
US President Trump had words of praise for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government. “Germany has been led down a very sick path, both in immigration policy and in energy policy,” Trump said. He falsely claimed that the German government had switched back to fossil fuels and nuclear power. faz.net - Donald Trump has called for a global bioweapons convention. His administration wants to launch an international initiative to enforce such a convention and ban such weapons, including with the help of artificial intelligence, Trump said.
- Nobel Prize winners call for “red lines” for artificial intelligence and warn of dangers to humanity. In a letter to heads of state and government, they say that AI could soon surpass human capabilities and become increasingly difficult to control. International agreements are therefore needed as soon as possible to mitigate the risks of the technology.
EU and Indonesia sign trade agreement: EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and Indonesian Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto signed the agreements in Bali. Sefcovic said that this sends a strong signal to the world that the EU and Indonesia stand for open, rules-based, and mutually beneficial international trade. Airlangga Hartarto spoke of an important milestone. A key point is duty-free trade. The EU also hopes to gain reliable access to critical raw materials, including nickel for car batteries. tagesschau.de
Commission requests information from US tech giants on fraud schemes: Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Booking.com are to provide information on what they are doing to combat financial fraud on their platforms. The Brussels authority issued a request for information that is binding on the companies. “This is also an important step towards protecting users across the EU,” the EU Commission said. The request is based on the Digital Services Act. rnd.de, heise.de, spiegel.de
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks of “the most serious attack on critical infrastructure to date” after drones were spotted at Copenhagen Airport: Danish police said the drones were controlled by skilled pilots. Frederiksen did not rule out Russia’s responsibility for the incident. The government in Moscow denied responsibility. Operations at airports in Copenhagen and Norway’s capital Oslo were suspended for several hours after the drones were spotted. Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded, partly because flights had to be diverted. zdfheute.de, tagesschau.de
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul sees little chance of an agreement in the nuclear dispute with Iran: Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Debate, Wadephul referred to Iran’s delaying tactics. The consequence, he said, would be that international sanctions against the country would be reinstated at the end of this week. The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and the UK had previously met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New York to renegotiate the nuclear program. spiegel.de
OECD lowers growth forecast for Germany: It expects economic growth of 0.3 percent for the current year. That is 0.1 percentage points less than forecast in June. Germany thus continues to lag behind the other major industrialized nations. For the coming year, the OECD expects growth of 1.1 percent. According to the report, industrial production in Germany has recently declined. This is also becoming increasingly noticeable in the form of declining demand for labor. spiegel.de
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