Daily Archives: 23 February، 2025

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz face off in final debate ahead of German election

Muhamad Yehia During the debate the candidates touched on migration, the economy, and security. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates touched on migration, the economy, and …

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German federal election 2025 live updates: Germany goes to the polls

Muhamad Yehia Follow Euronews’ live blog on Sunday as Germany elects its new chancellor and parliament. Germany heads to the polls this Sunday for snap federal elections in a vote that will shape the course of the EU’s largest member state and its biggest economy for the next four years. …

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Donald Trump announces second round of Ukraine peace talks with Russian diplomats

Muhamad Yehia The first round of negotiations in Riyadh on Tuesday prompted European allies to rally around Volodymyr Zelenskyy, nervous about Trump’s perceived pivot to Moscow and fears that talks would take place without Ukraine’s direct involvement and favour Russia. US President Donald Trump has announced a new phase of …

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Hamas releases six last hostages in first phase of ceasefire agreement

Muhamad Yehia The six included three Israeli men seized from the Nova music festival and another taken while visiting family in southern Israel when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border in the 7 October, 2023, attack that triggered Israel’s 16-month bombing campaign in Gaza. Hamas released six more hostages in …

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Austria’s biggest centrist parties inch close to forming new coalition without far-right

Muhamad Yehia For Austria, the political situation is unprecedented, as coalition formation talks have never taken this long. After nearly five months of an impasse, three of Austria’s biggest centrist parties in parliament on Saturday hinted they were on the verge of agreeing to form a coalition government. The move, …

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Deciphering Trump’s comments on Ukraine

Muhamad Yehia European leaders are struggling to make sense of a seemingly dramatic reset of the relationship between Washington and Moscow. President Trump has been echoing talking points made by President Vladimir Putin of Russia, falsely accusing Ukraine of having provoked Russia’s invasion and casting Russia as the aggrieved party rather than the aggressor. …

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A troubling development after a hostage handover

MuhamadmYehia Hamas handed over yesterday what it said were the remains of four Israelis abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Among them were Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, the militant group said. Early this morning, however, the Israeli military said that genetic testing had revealed …

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Germany prepares to vote, as a Trump-E.U. rift grows

Muhamad Yehia Germans will head to the polls on Sunday to choose their next chancellor. The man favored to clinch the election is Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats. Polling second is the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which has been linked to neo-Nazis and to plots to overthrow …

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