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Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz could unseat chancellor Olaf Scholz but threat of gains by far-right AfD looms largeGuten Tag, and good day from Berlin.Sixty million Germans choose their next government today, which will lead Europe’s largest economy through what will most likely be the most tumultuous era in decades. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/23/german-election-live-olaf-scholz-alice-weidel-afd-friedrich-merz-germany-latest-news Author : Jakub Krupa in Berlin Publish date : 2025-02-23 11:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Credit reporting firm Equifax accidentally sends email to a charity that suggests it has data on ‘hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Britons’The Home Office has been accused of collecting data on “hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting British citizens” while conducting financial checks on migrants.A report by a private contractor for a routine immigration application was mistakenly sent to a charity by a government official, and contained information on more than 260 people including their names, dates of birth and electoral roll data. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/home-office-contractor-collecting-data-on-uk-citizens-while-checking-migrants-finances Author : Lizzie Dearden Publish date : 2025-02-23 10:00:00 Copyright for syndicated

Hezbollah’s former leader was killed in Israeli strike last September; Israel suspends release of 600 PalestiniansAs we mentioned in the opening summary, Hassan Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, was killed last September by Israel in a series of airstrikes on the group’s underground headquarters in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut.The Guardian’s international security correspondent, Jason Burke, has this profile on Nasrallah, who, prior to his death, had not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by Israel. Here is an extract from the piece:A qualified Islamic scholar, effective public speaker

Ahead of a career retrospective, Sue Williamson tells how the US pair are dragging her country ‘through the mud’For more than 50 years, Sue Williamson’s art has been shining a light on South Africa’s problems – first to campaign against the apartheid state, and then to question how far the country has progressed in reconciliation and remembrance.But as she prepares for her first retrospective exhibition, the 84-year-old artist has a new pair of targets in sight: US president Donald Trump and his billionaire, South African-born adviser, Elon Musk. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/trump-and-musk-are-gaslighting-anti-apartheid-artist-on-how-us-president-and-his-billionaire-ally-are-attacking-south-africa Author : Rachel Savage in Johannesburg