Bild: Cruel death during an affair | Grausamer Tod beim Seitensprung
FAZ: Baerbock praises relaxation of American conditions for Kiev | Baerbock lobt Lockerung der amerikanischen Auflagen für Kiew
Funke: Black-Red abolishes 29-euro ticket | Schwarz-Rot schafft 29-Euro-Ticket ab
Handelsblatt: Europe fears for lithium | Europa bangt um Lithium
RND: G20 states surprisingly agree on final declaration | G20-Staaten einigen sich überraschend auf Abschlusserklärung
SZ: Scholz still does not want to deliver „Taurus“ | Scholz will weiter keine „Taurus“ liefern
Tagesspiegel: In the billions: Berlin’s coalition agrees on savings | In Milliardenhöhe: Berlins Koalition einig über Einsparungen
taz: Last-minute flights to Russia | Last-Minute-Flüge nach Russland
Welt: Angry reaction from Moscow | Wütende Reaktion aus Moskau
Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirms his rejection of Taurus delivery to Ukraine: He has clear reasons why he does not consider the delivery to be right, Scholz said on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. He could not and would not take responsibility for this. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the delivery of 4,000 German-made AI-controlled combat drones to Kiev; the delivery of weapons will now begin. According to him, the drones can penetrate up to 40 kilometers into the hinterland. The decision by the United States to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles against military targets in Russia has been met with approval from its Western allies. faz.net, dw.com, spiegel.de, zdf.de (combat drones)
- Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, head of the EU defense committee, described the US decision as overdue; it is obvious that Russian President Putin perceives the West as weak and is therefore escalating the situation in Ukraine.
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on EU member states to follow the US decision. orf.at
- France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said his country was already considering the release of weapons.
- US President Joe Biden called at the G20 summit to support Ukraine’s sovereignty in the face of Russia’s war of aggression. The US is doing this and the other G20 member countries should be willing to do the same.
- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha sees the US permission to use missiles against targets in Russia’s hinterland as a possible game-changer; this could fundamentally change things, he said.
- Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico criticizes the US decision; Biden approved the use against targets in Russia „to completely disrupt or delay the peace talks,“ Fico said on Facebook.
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to warn China’s President Xi Jinping against arms deliveries to Russia on the sidelines of the G20 summit. They will also discuss the use of North Korean troops in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
- Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is calling for Europe to make an additional effort against Russia after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Bild-Sonntagsfrage by Insa: Union 32 percent (-0.5), SPD 16 percent (+0.5), Greens 11 percent (-0.5), FDP 4.5 percent (-0.5), AfD 19 percent (-0.5), Left 3.5 percent, BSW 7.5 percent (+0.5), others 6.5 percent. bild.de
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz in last place in politician top 20 ranking; Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in front. bild.de
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits embattled city of Pokrovsk: „This is a tense section of the front,“ Zelenskyy writes on Telegram from the city near the front line in the Donetsk region. He awarded medals to several soldiers. „It is only thanks to your strength that the east is not completely occupied by the Russian Federation,“ Zelenskyi said in a video. n-tv.de
- Ten dead and dozens injured in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. Meanwhile, Ukrainian air strikes have been reported in Russia. According to official reports, the air defense intercepted 59 drones, including over the Briansk border region. handelsblatt.com
- Months of false reports of territorial gains: Moscow has high-ranking Russian commanders arrested. tagesspiegel.de
- Britain has trained around 50,000 soldiers from Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression. Tuesday marks a „bloody milestone“ when the illegal invasion began 1,000 days ago, Defense Minister John Healey said in parliament in London. faz.net
- Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is threatening China with sanctions because of possible drone deliveries to Russia. This must and will have consequences, Baerbock said on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels. The war of aggression against Ukraine is also an attack on freedom in Europe and affects the core interests of all European states. handelsblatt.com
- Development Minister Svenja Schulze promises Ukraine further help in rebuilding its energy supply. rnd.de
- Ex-Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in favor of „partial membership“ for Ukraine in the EU. zeit.de
- Sweden and Finland are preparing their populations for a possible war with various campaigns. While the Swedish Civil Contingency Authority began sending out five million brochures, a website with information went online in Finland. spiegel.de
Finland and Germany „deeply concerned“ after interruption of undersea communications link: A thorough investigation is underway, they said in a joint statement. European security is threatened not only by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, but also by the hybrid warfare of malicious actors. The Finnish company operating the fiber optic cable had reported that the damage could not be explained without external influence. The nearly 1,200-kilometer-long cable runs between Helsinki and Rostock and connects the data centers of continental Europe with those in Scandinavia. faz.net, sueddeutsche.de, stern.de
- Cable in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Lithuania damaged on Sunday, reports Lithuanian radio LRT, citing the Swedish Telia. n-tv.de
- Active in undersea cables: Navy escorts Russian ship out of the Irish Sea. heise.de
Hezbollah is said to have agreed to the US proposal for a ceasefire: Lebanon’s senior politician Ali Hassan Khalil has stated that Lebanon and the Hezbollah militia have agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with a few comments. He spoke of the most serious attempt to date to end the fighting. Lebanon sent its response to the US proposal on Monday. reuters.com
- An apartment in the Zokak el-Blat neighborhood in the center of the Lebanese capital Beirut was the target of Israeli attacks. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, four people were killed and 18 others injured in the attack. The densely populated area is considered to be controlled by the Shiite militia Hezbollah and its allies in the Amal movement. tagesschau.de
- According to Israeli officials, Hezbollah militia fired more than 100 rockets into Israel by Monday evening. One woman was killed in the town of Shefaram and five others were injured. In Tel Aviv, four people were injured by falling shrapnel, one of them seriously.
- According to Palestinian reports, many people have been killed in an Israeli attack in the northern Gaza Strip. In the city of Beit Lahia, two Israeli missiles hit a house, according to residents. The building was completely destroyed as a result.
- Aid convoy looted after entering the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the incident occurred on Saturday. Of the 109 trucks, 98 were lost. The convoy was transporting food. This shows how difficult it is to bring aid to the southern and central Gaza Strip, the agency explained. spiegel.de
- Armed men belonging to the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip have, according to eyewitness reports, taken massive action against looters of aid convoys. The action around the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south of the coastal strip has left dead and injured. The action was also confirmed by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of the Interior.
- The United States has warned Turkey not to accept leading figures of the radical Islamic Hamas organization from the Gaza Strip. Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, made the comment in response to reports that Hamas leaders would move from Qatar to Turkey.
- US government imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group Amana because of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The US accuses Amana of threatening the stability of the West Bank. The US government has recently imposed an increasing number of sanctions because of settler violence. spiegel.de
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms attack on Iran’s nuclear program in October. Speaking in parliament in Jerusalem, he said that a specific component of the nuclear program had been damaged. However, this did not eliminate the danger of Iran developing nuclear weapons. n-tv.de
- EU foreign ministers do not want to suspend political dialogue with Israel despite serious allegations regarding Israeli conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip. According to diplomats, several foreign ministers of EU member states indicated at a meeting in Brussels that they did not want to agree to a proposal by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. faz.net
- A cargo ship sailing in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has allegedly been attacked twice by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. There were no reports of damage or casualties. The attack is said to have taken place about 48 kilometers west of the Yemeni port city of Mokka. According to British reports, there was another attack in the Gulf of Aden.
- Houthi rebels have threatened German shipping companies in e-mails in recent months, the German Shipowners‘ Association in Hamburg announced. The threats were directed, among others, against shipping companies that called at Israeli ports or were sailing in seas near Yemen. They are in contact with the security authorities. n-tv.de
- Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog cancels trip to Baku after Turkey denies overflight. n-tv.de
Influential SPD MPs do not yet consider the question of the candidate to be decided: „Ultimately, the party committees will decide on the question of the chancellor candidacy, and that is the right place for it,“ explained North Rhine-Westphalia state group leaders Wiebke Esdar and Dirk Wiese. Esdar is also a spokeswoman for the Parliamentary Left, Wiese for the conservative Seeheim Circle. There is a debate about the best political line-up; „we are hearing a lot of support for Boris Pistorius,“ they said in a joint statement. The reputation of Olaf Scholz is strongly linked to the traffic light coalition, Esdar and Wiese point out. sueddeutsche.de, spiegel.de, handelsblatt.com, faz.net, handelsblatt.com
- Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has called for a swift internal clarification of the chancellor candidacy and has backed Chancellor Olaf Scholz; for him, it is clear that Olaf Scholz is the frontrunner. The debate is damaging the party and must be ended as quickly as possible. dw.com
- Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wants Scholz as the SPD’s candidate for chancellor; he has led the country prudently and decisively through difficult times of crisis. rnd.de
- Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has referred to his loyalty in response to the question of whether Olaf Scholz should be the SPD’s candidate for chancellor. However, he did not want to rule out a candidacy in principle. br.de, rnd.de
CDU representatives warn against coalition with the FDP: He could not understand the black-yellow romance in any way, said the EU representative Dennis Radtke to Stern. With the election campaign in mind, he explained that his party had no votes to give away, especially not to a completely unreliable FDP under the leadership of Mr. Lindner. Following the break-up of the coalition government by the FDP, which was deliberately planned over a period of weeks, Alexander Throm, the CDU’s interior policy spokesman, said of FDP leader Christian Lindner that he „seems more like a gambler than a reliable politician“. stern.de
More Politics:
- Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in favor of a new approach to dealing with the coronavirus. derstandard.de
- Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser wants to clarify Haldenwang’s successor at the head of the domestic intelligence service before the end of this year. rnd.de
- Appointment at Airbus in Donauwörth: Defense Minister Boris Pistorius takes delivery of new combat helicopters. spiegel.de
- The Bundeswehr is preparing companies for war. faz.net
- CDU deputy Silvia Breher plans to abolish the citizen’s income and introduce a new basic income. t-online.de
SPD and BSW in Brandenburg agree on coalition negotiations: Both parties agreed on several common goals, including maintaining all hospital locations, continuing the relief of daycare contributions for parents with lower incomes, curbing illegal migration and placing an emphasis on reading, writing and arithmetic in primary schools. In addition, the parties agreed to work for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine. Both parties want to form a red-purple government before Christmas. It would be the first alliance of its kind. n-tv.de
The black-red government in Berlin has made austerity decisions: the coalition committee has agreed on the ways to achieve a savings target of three billion euros in the budget for the coming year; both parties want to present details on Tuesday morning. The RBB reports that, among other things, the 29-euro ticket will be abolished; the nine-euro social ticket will cost twice as much in the future. Furthermore, less money will be available for the expansion of daycare centers and the construction of the Jahn sports park. The overnight tax for tourists is to be increased. rbb24.de
More Regional:
- Brandenburg: Minister of Economic Affairs Jörg Steinbach distances himself from Elon Musk. rbb24.de
- Saxony: Coalition negotiations for minority government of CDU and SPD started. mdr.de
- Lower Saxony: CDU calls for more protection for public prosecutors. ndr.de
- Hessen: Despite tight budget, 100 new positions created for public prosecutors. lto.de
- Saxony: BSW member of parliament Jens Hentschel-Thöricht demonstrates „for peace and disarmament“ with right-wing extremists. saechsische.de
- Lower Saxony: Resigned AfD politician Jozef Rakicky in the state parliament joins the Union of Values. haz.de
- Berlin: Police Commissioner Barbara Slowik advises Jews and homosexuals in parts of the capital to be more careful. faz.net
- Baden-Württemberg: Mannheim will turn off the gas in 2035. faz.net
- Hamburg: Center for Quantum Computers Opened at the Center for Aviation and Space Travel. n-tv.de
- Thuringia: GDR civil rights activist Ehrhart Neubert has died. thueringer-allgemeine.de
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: First state office has moved into the Rostock administrative center. ndr.de
- Lower Saxony: Committee of inquiry into Stephan Weil’s office manager has so far cost 70,000 euros. noz.de
- NRW: Ambulance loses wheels in use; attack on paramedic suspected – homicide squad investigates. n-tv.de
- NRW: Funding for computer games against Islamist propaganda. wdr.de
- Brandenburg: Police bring down Tesla opponent in protest camp from trees. handelsblatt.com
- Austria: ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos formally start coalition negotiations. faz.net
- Slovakia: Nationalist government attacks on culture. sueddeutsche.de
- Switzerland: Aid organizations warn against federal savings plans.
- Austria: Investing in domestic EU hydrogen projects. volksblatt.at
- Spain: Economy grows apart from the rest of the EU. derstandard.at
- Switzerland: Rheinmetall subsidiary in Zurich switches to series production. nzz.ch
- Italy: Florence tightens rules for visitors in the fight against mass tourism. spiegel.de
- Sri Lanka: New government of left-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in. n-tv.de
- North Korea: Ruler Kim Jong Un calls on his generals to prepare for war. stern.de
- Taiwan: seeking economic proximity to the EU. diepresse.com
- Argentina: Supporters of President Javier Milei found armed wing of the party. spiegel.de
- EU health agency ECDC urges stronger action against antibiotic resistance. deutschlandfunk.de
- Spanish conservatives refuse to confirm new EU Commission. euractiv.de
- Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir criticizes chaos surrounding EU forest protection law. badische-zeitung.de
- Anti-discrimination: EU Code of Conduct for research funding. forschung-und-lehre.de
- President-elect Donald Trump wants to appoint Brendan Carr as head of the telecommunications regulator FCC. zdf.de
- Fox News host and former Congressman Sean Duffy is to become Transportation Secretary. tagesspiegel.de
- Trump’s possible education minister Tiffany Justice wants to abolish her own office: „Let parents take responsibility.“ n-tv.de
- Donald Trump stands by future Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth despite serious allegations of harassment. faz.net
- Trump’s designated intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard spreads Kremlin propaganda. n-tv.de
- Fast food on the plane: ridicule of Trump’s health minister Robert F. Kennedy. handelsblatt.com
- State of emergency to be declared: Trump wants to use the military for mass deportations. n-tv.de
- Trump wants to relax rules for self-driving cars; Tesla shares up more than seven percent. handelsblatt.com
- US Department of Justice apparently in favor of selling Google browser Chrome. handelsblatt.com
Those affected by the 2021 Facebook data leak are generally entitled to compensation: The Federal Court of Justice has strengthened the rights of those affected. The question of under what conditions victims are entitled to compensation was negotiated. The BGH stated that the mere loss of control over one’s own data is generally sufficient for this, even if no material damage has occurred. The court emphasized that the compensation could not be too high. In one specific case, the sum of 100 euros was mentioned. The Federal Court of Justice’s statement is crucial for thousands of cases at regional and higher regional courts. handelsblatt.com, n-tv.de
Cost increases due to longer care periods: According to an analysis by the Barmer Ersatzkasse, the average duration of care could almost double in the coming years. While the average was just under four years for people in need of care who recently passed away, it will rise to 7.5 years. The background to this is the introduction of a new definition of the need for care, whereby more people will be entitled to benefits. faz.net, zdf.de
Banks should prepare for geopolitical risks: In view of increased geopolitical risks, extreme events have become more likely, said Claudia Buch, head of ECB banking supervision, in Brussels. Negative events are difficult for banks and markets to predict. Financial sanctions or cyber attacks could exacerbate the risks. Banks could prepare for this by, for example, adopting a different approach to provisions. manager-magazin.de
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