Germany on tenterhooks for Merz’s first official meeting with Trump

BREAKING NEWS

06/06 07:03 - News live: Australian navy ship accidentally blocks wifi across parts of New Zealand; Sunday forecast to be ‘coldest day of the year’ for some areas 06/06 07:00 - News24 | US slaps sanctions on ICC judges in ‘clear attempt to undermine’ actions against Netanyahu, Israel 06/06 06:41 - Russia mounts deadly barrage on Kyiv after vowing revenge for Ukraine attack on bomber fleet 06/06 06:32 - Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee 06/06 06:32 - Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ sends ash, lava flowing as hundreds flee 06/06 06:15 - Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine 06/06 05:54 - The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone? 06/06 05:54 - The US has checked out. Can Europe stop Putin alone? 06/06 05:25 - The Papers: 'Reform civil war' and 'arise Sir Becks' 06/06 04:59 - Russian drone attack on Kyiv kills at least four people, Ukrainian authorities say 06/06 04:46 - UN warns of surge in acute malnutrition among Gaza’s young children 06/06 04:46 - UN warns of surge in acute malnutrition among Gaza’s young children 06/06 04:37 - Tech giants see emissions surge 150 percent in 3 years amid AI boom: UN 06/06 04:37 - Tech giants see emissions surge 150 percent in 3 years amid AI boom: UN 06/06 04:01 - U.K. Faces ‘Extraordinary’ Threat from Russian and Iranian Plots, Official Warns 06/06 03:36 - News24 | Massive World War II bombs spark large-scale evacuation in Cologne 06/06 02:58 - N Korea launches warship after earlier failed attempt 06/06 02:32 - Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones – as it happened 06/06 02:28 - Endangered sharks being killed at alarming levels in Pacific, Greenpeace claims, after cutting 20km of vessel’s longline 06/06 02:26 - Lululemon shares plunge as Trump tariffs bite 06/06 02:14 - North Korea raises capsized warship after botched launch: Report 06/06 02:14 - North Korea raises capsized warship after botched launch: Report 06/06 02:14 - War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened 06/06 02:00 - Australians may soon be able to download iPhone apps from outside Apple App Store under federal proposal 06/06 01:07 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,198 06/06 01:07 - Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,198 06/06 00:48 - Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting 06/06 00:30 - Germany's Merz requests 'more pressure' on Russia from US 06/06 00:17 - Handwritten notes reveal Churchill's penicillin concern ahead of D-Day 05/06 23:16 - Trump Is Waging A New Kind Of War. It Could Put Your Family In Danger. 05/06 22:43 - Record number of ebike fires in UK prompts renewed risk warnings 05/06 22:36 - State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Judges 05/06 22:19 - Friedrich Merz, Germany’s Chancellor, Meets With Trump at White House 05/06 22:10 - After Ukraine’s Drone Strike, Has Anything Changed for Putin? 05/06 22:06 - Judge threatens to remove Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from court for nodding at jury 05/06 21:54 - After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while’ 05/06 21:47 - Israel Armed Palestinian Militia to Fight Hamas, Officials Say 05/06 21:37 - Rubio imposes sanctions on four ICC judges for ‘targeting’ US and Israel 05/06 21:14 - Brittany Higgins warns of #MeToo backlash and urges Labor to ‘transform’ how Australia handles sexual assault 05/06 21:11 - US may slap sanctions on both Russia and Ukraine, Trump says 05/06 21:09 - No, the New START nuclear deal did not enable Ukraine to carry out the 'Spider's Web' attack 05/06 21:05 - Birmingham bin strike could last until December as workers vote to continue walkouts 05/06 20:55 - War in Ukraine: What’s in the Russian memorandum? 05/06 20:53 - How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War 05/06 20:44 - Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’ 05/06 19:31 - US on track for biggest nuclear arms spending hike since Cold War – disarmament activists 05/06 18:50 - Departure of Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf is latest in a long line of Farage fallings-out 05/06 18:47 - Democrats denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ and ‘discriminatory’ travel ban 05/06 18:43 - Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine like ‘children fighting in a park’ in White House meeting with Friedrich Merz – as it happened 05/06 18:37 - NATO to propose upping members' defence spending to 5% in line with Trump demand 05/06 18:17 - Trump, Merz discuss trade, NATO spending and Russia’s war on Ukraine 05/06 18:17 - Trump, Merz discuss trade, NATO spending and Russia’s war on Ukraine 05/06 17:58 - Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Felix Mallard, And Sara Waisglass Played A Game Of Cast Wars To See Who Knows The Most About Each Other 05/06 17:54 - Trump: Russia, Ukraine like ‘two children fighting in a park’ 05/06 17:54 - Trump: Russia, Ukraine like ‘two children fighting in a park’ 05/06 17:52 - Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia ‘fight for a while’ 05/06 17:43 - Judge in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Warns Him About Nodding at Jury 05/06 17:32 - Trump confirms China trip after 'very good' call with Xi 05/06 17:23 - Zelensky takes apparent dig at Trump for calling Putin 05/06 17:11 - Ministers share 'same frustrations' over Gaza war as protesters 05/06 16:50 - Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families 05/06 16:48 - US-German Ties: Will 'defence and economic concerns' loom large? 05/06 16:46 - ‘Premeditated genocide’: Brazil’s Lula slams Israel over Gaza war 05/06 16:46 - ‘Premeditated genocide’: Brazil’s Lula slams Israel over Gaza war 05/06 16:31 - Why did the US block a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza? 05/06 16:31 - Why did the US block a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza? 05/06 16:21 - MAGA travel ban 'hodgepodge': 'They're throwing everything at the wall to see what will stick' 05/06 15:59 - How the US deep state feeds the Ukraine war 05/06 15:24 - New German leader Merz goes to Washington, hopes to pass 'Trump test' in Oval Office 05/06 15:00 - Rapid snowmelt and Trump cuts compound wildfire fears in US west 05/06 14:57 - European Central Bank Cuts Rates as Trade War Weighs on the Economy 05/06 14:54 - ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in effort to bolster flagging eurozone growth 05/06 14:46 - ‘Flying blind’: Florida weatherman tells viewers Trump cuts will harm forecasts 05/06 14:38 - EU nation’s parliament passes historic Russia sanctions resolution 05/06 14:31 - Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to reopen two distribution centres intended to supply aid – as it happened 05/06 14:28 - Russian ambassador partly blames UK for Ukrainian drone attack: 'We perfectly know how much London is involved' 05/06 14:28 - Russian ambassador partly blames UK for Ukrainian drone attack 05/06 14:26 - Trump and China's Xi have 'very good' phone call and agree to more talks amid trade war 05/06 13:59 - Getting food in Gaza has become “like the Hunger Games” 05/06 13:59 - Getting food in Gaza has become “like the Hunger Games” 05/06 13:48 - Procter & Gamble to cut up to 7,000 jobs amid economic and tariff pressure 05/06 13:39 - Europe cuts interest rates as Trump's tariffs loom 05/06 13:25 - Women warned weight-loss jabs may affect the pill 05/06 13:21 - Venezuela says being in US is ‘great risk’ as countries respond to Trump travel ban 05/06 13:15 - Activists charged after stealing Macron wax figure for anti-Russia protests in Paris 05/06 12:59 - Key international takeways of Lula and Macron's joint press conference 05/06 12:30 - In War-Torn Nations, Trump’s Travel Ban Brings a New Hardship 05/06 12:18 - Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links 05/06 12:14 - Congolese refugees in Burundi: Families separated by chaos of war 05/06 11:50 - Moscow accuses British NGO of subversive activities in universities 05/06 11:22 - Russian drone strike kills 5 as Moscow pledges response to Ukraine attacks 05/06 11:22 - Russian drone strike kills 5 as Moscow pledges response to Ukraine attacks 05/06 11:13 - News24 | Russia kills 5 in Ukraine attack as Putin vows revenge for airbase strikes 05/06 11:10 - Pentagon redirects missile components from Kiev to own forces – WSJ 05/06 10:53 - Trump is letting Putin win 05/06 10:53 - Trump is letting Putin win 05/06 10:51 - Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review 05/06 10:16 - Russia’s war on Ukraine intensifies as peace talks appear at dead end 05/06 10:16 - Russia’s war on Ukraine intensifies as peace talks appear at dead end 05/06 10:09 - IDF recovers bodies of two Israeli-American hostages from 7 October attack