Scholz trails conservative CDU/CSU in election polls

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) believes he can return to office after the February 23 election. But, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance is ahead in the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend poll.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Trump’s risible ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

The White House is making up rationales for trade policy as it goes along

Source: Financial Times

US 'wants to please Putin': Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview broadcast Monday that the US is trying to "please" Moscow after a shock policy shift on the Ukraine war under President Donald …

Source: France 24

Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites

Israeli PM urges US to help ‘finish the job’ as Washington makes early maximalist demand over Tehran’s programme

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that, with Donald Trump’s support, his government will …

Source: The Guardian

US judges are the last line of resistance against Donald Trump

The president’s radical policies are increasingly being stalled or blocked by the courts

Source: Financial Times

US ‘backstop’ vital to deter future Russian attacks on Ukraine, says Starmer

British prime minister says force would need protections such as air cover that only US can provide

Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to provide a US “backstop” to a …

Source: The Guardian

Bain concedes to KKR in $4bn fight for Japan’s Fuji Soft

Private equity firm says it will not launch planned tender offer for IT services company after protracted bidding war

Source: Financial Times

Live: Ahead of Paris talks, Sweden says 'not ruling out' peacekeepers in Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, a pledge reiterated by Sweden on Monday just hours before European leaders meet in Paris to …

Source: France 24

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels capture eastern DRC’s second-largest city

Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms fall to militia group

M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the …

Source: The Guardian

Ukraine and European allies have reasons to be worried about peace deal, expert says

FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute. She says that the signals coming from the Trump administration give European allies and particularly …

Source: France 24

US tensions overshadow final campaign phase in run-up to German election

Simmering tensions between Europe and the United States are overshadowing the final week of election campaigning in Germany on Monday, with the debate more heated than ever amid controversy over …

Source: France 24

Rwanda's claim of FDLR threat is not credible, DR Congo expert says

M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of Bukavu, another key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of seizing land …

Source: France 24