Just Eat Takeaway.com bought by South Africa’s Prosus in €4bn deal

Food delivery group’s board approves takeover by investor in German rival Delivery Hero

• Business live – latest updates

The food delivery business Just Eat Takeaway.com has been snapped up by …

Source: The Guardian

Elon Musk congratulates AfD’s Alice Weidel on far-right gains in German election

Far-right party co-leader says billionaire called her personally after it came second in Sunday’s poll

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Elon Musk called the co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für …

Source: The Guardian

Will Germany’s new government restore its role as a bold leader of the EU?

Friedrich Merz can rebuild European relationships and be a driving force on defence spending, but faces Trump’s upending of postwar certainties

Germany has long been seen as the EU’s “indispensable …

Source: The Guardian

German economy: what the newly elected Friedrich Merz has to deal with

As Germans went to the polls on Sunday, the country's shrinking economy was high on their list of priorities. It is now up to a new government to get the …

Source: France 24

Starmer’s meeting with Trump will be PM’s biggest diplomatic test to date

Aides say prime minister will try to balance the UK and Europe’s interests while retaining good relations with unpredictable US president

The first time Keir Starmer met Donald Trump, the …

Source: The Guardian

More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship

Parliamentary petition launched due to billionaire’s link to Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to conquer Canada

More than 150,000 people from Canada have signed a parliamentary petition calling for their …

Source: The Guardian

Elon Musk demand that federal workers document what they do causes chaos

Unions ask judge to block retaliation against staff over what unnamed Pentagon official calls ‘silliest thing in 40 years’

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Labor unions and advocacy groups …

Source: The Guardian

FirstFT: Europe and US diplomats clash over Ukraine on war’s anniversary

Also in today’s newsletter, Starbucks announces 1,100 job cuts, and Spain calls for EU to forge China policy without US

Source: Financial Times

Men accused of using witchcraft to try to harm African leader

Police said one man confessed they had been hired for a curse to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. He testified they were promised more than $1 million.

Source: CBS News

Uefa president Ceferin makes outspoken intervention on European politics

• Slovenian opines about immigration and populism
• ‘We are all fed up with political correctness’

The president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin, has made an outspoken intervention in European politics, claiming “freedom …

Source: The Guardian

A flawed peace deal would not end the war in Ukraine

Western policymakers should consider what happened with the Minsk agreements when talking peace in Ukraine.

Source: Al Jazeera

US agencies push back against Musk, telling workers not to reply to his email

Key US agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to respond to an email from cost-cutting chief Elon Musk ordering federal workers to …

Source: France 24