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Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spendingGerman election live – latest updatesFriedrich Merz marked his conservative alliance’s victory in Germany’s election by urging Europe to make itself more independent from the US – a project that will be music to the ears of Emmanuel Macron but may turn on whether Merz can build a Bundestag majority to lift the so-called debt brake that slows increases in defence spending.One possibility for the CDU/CSU alliance leader, who is on course to become Germany’s next chancellor, is to claim that the country

Jonathan Reynolds apologises for referring to himself as a solicitor in parliament and criticises Tories’ 'personal attacks’Jonathan Reynolds has apologised for referring to himself as a solicitor in parliament but denied ever “misrepresenting” himself professionally amid calls by the Conservative party for an investigation.The business secretary, who is in India to restart free trade talks, said he had spoken to the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) last week after it told him it was deciding whether to open a formal investigation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/24/business-secretary-jonathan-reynolds-says-he-did-not-misrepresent-legal-career-amid-calls-for-investigation Author : Eleni Courea New Delhi Publish date : 2025-02-24 14:42:00 Copyright for syndicated

Situation on American Airlines flight originally bound for New Delhi reportedly involved bomb threat sent by emailAn American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi landed safely in Rome on Sunday afternoon after it was diverted due to a security concern, which later proved to be “non-credible,” the airline said.While the airline did not elaborate, NBC reported that the situation involved a bomb threat sent in by email. The network cited a source familiar with the situation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/american-airlines-flight-rome Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-02-24 13:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Government agencies give conflicting advice after email from Elon Musk demanding employees list accomplishments from past weekElon Musk said on Monday that starting this week, government workers would be put on administrative leave if they fail to return to the office.Musk, who is leading a downsizing effort at the US government wrote on X:Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning.Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave.French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, saying