38 h. ago Czechs agree to buy 44 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $1.6 billion deal

The Czech government has approved a plan to acquire 44 Leopard 2A8 battle tanks from Germany

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7 d. ago Newcastle close on £78m deal to sign Stuttgart and Germany striker Nick Woltemade

Transfer likely to open door for Isak to join LiverpoolWoltemade has been a Bayern target this summerNewcastle are close to finalising a £78m deal for Stuttgart’s Germany striker Nick Woltemade.With negotiations well advanced the 23-year-old is believed to be ready to fly to Tyneside at short notice for a medical for a transfer that could very well open the door to Alexander Isak securing his long-coveted move to Liverpool. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Newcastle agree £70m deal to sign Stuttgart and Germany striker Nick Woltemade

Transfer likely to open door for Isak to join LiverpoolWoltemade has been a Bayern target this summerNewcastle have agreed a £70m deal for Stuttgart’s Germany striker Nick Woltemade, who is due to have a medical on Tyneside on Friday morning. The 23-year-old’s transfer could very well open the door to Alexander Isak securing his long-coveted move to Liverpool.Woltemade has two Germany caps and loomed large on Bayern Munich’s shopping list this summer after scoring 17 goals in 33 appearances for Stuttgart last season. The fee includes £5m of add-ons. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US to keep high tariffs on European cars until Brussels moves to lower its levies

Germany had pressed for a swift deal to reduce 27.5% rate on cars

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: US ambassador to Nato says Zelenskyy could attend Alaska summit but decision is Trump’s

Matthew Whitaker spoke as Europeans put pressure on US to include Ukrainian president in meeting with PutinThe US ambassador to Nato said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could attend this week’s US-Russia summit in Alaska, as European leaders push for Kyiv to be part of the negotiations. Ambassador Matthew Whitaker was asked on CNN whether Zelenskyy might join US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday. “Yes, I certainly think it’s possible,” he said. “Certainly, there can’t be a deal that everybody that’s involved in it doesn’t agree to. And, I mean, obviously, it’s a high priority to get this war to end.” Whitaker said the decision would ultimately be Trump’s to make. “If he thinks that that is the best scenario to invite Zelenskyy, then he will do that,” he said, adding that “no decision has been made to this point.”Germany warned the White House on Sunday against any deal hatched “over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainia...

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3 w. ago Europe’s leaders raise pressure on Trump to involve Ukraine in Putin talks

Move comes as Germany warns White House against any deal hatched ‘over heads of Europeans and Ukrainians’Europe’s leaders have raised the pressure on Donald Trump to involve Ukraine in a planned summit with Vladimir Putin, as Germany warned the White House against any deal hatched “over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainians”.Speaking before a bilateral meeting expected to take place between the US and Russian leaders on Friday in Alaska, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he hoped and assumed that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, would also be involved. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ethan Nwaneri targets bigger role with Arsenal after signing long

Forward, 18, agrees five-year contract with GunnersRegulations meant he had used separate changing roomEthan Nwaneri has said he feels at home at Arsenal after signing a new long-term deal and is determined to build on his breakthrough season. It is understood Nwaneri, the youngest Premier League debutant after playing for Arsenal aged 15 years and 181 days in 2022, has signed a five-year deal despite interest from Chelsea and clubs in Germany.The 18-year-old was the youngest member of England’s victorious squad at this summer’s European Under-21 Championship and has made 39 appearances for Arsenal, scoring nine goals. In January he became only the third player, after Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, to score three Premier League goals before his 18th birthday. Continue reading...

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