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The Ford Motor Co. will reduce its workforce by upwards of 4,000 across Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, the manufacturer announced Wednesday, citing headwinds generated from the economy, pressure from increased competition and weaker than expected sales of electric vehicles (EVs) for the grim forecast.

Iranian officials signaled they might be willing to return to nuclear negotiations under the second Trump administration after meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi in Tehran last week.

Marking 1,000 days since Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, the leaders of the G7 nations committed to supporting Kyiv for “as long as it takes”.

The German government has collapsed, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz has picked this moment to reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Iran on Thursday that the “margins for maneuver are beginning to shrink” for a “diplomatic solution” to the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.

Germany will elect its next government seven months early as the precarious “progressive coalition” of left-wing and centrists collapsed.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said that Europe must enact strict speech regulations on Elon Musk’s X platform to fight so-called “disinformation”.

Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany’s capital on Saturday with open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating one of the country’s most historic days on Nov. 9, 1989.

Germany´s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China.

The leftist-led coalition government in Germany collapsed on Wednesday evening over budget disagreements and the return of Donald Trump, culminating in Finance Minister Christian Lindner being dismissed and his Free Democrats chucked out of the coalition.

Donald Trump may have turned the U.S. red, but in Europe the airwaves and front pages turned blue as the tribally left legacy media vented.

In 2016 European leaders felt free to insult Trump, but caution now seems to rule where a second Presidency looks eminently possible.

A protester tried to take the sidearm of a police officer as they attempted to shut down a violent pro-Palestine march through Berlin.

The German Foreign Ministry on Tuesday recalled Ambassador to Iran Markus Potzel, then summoned Iran’s envoy in Berlin to lodge a formal protest against Iran’s execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen who resided in California.

A German court has heard a DNA test after a 12-year-old girl had an abortion, allegedly revealing her own father had impregnated her. 

A man fled a police stop on the Berlin subway, dropping over 17 ounces of a terrorist-favoured home made explosive as he ran.

Ahead of next week’s presidential election, First Lady Melania Trump is gracing the cover of Schweizer Illustrierte, a Swiss-based magazine, wearing an off-the-runway look from one of her favorite fashion duos.

The Iranian judiciary confirmed on Monday it had executed Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian national and longtime California resident, years after he was abducted and taken captive for alleged “terrorism.”

Victory plan openly criticised by a NATO leader for first time, with Ukraine joining alliance rejected out-of-hand by Chancellor Scholz.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday held wide-ranging discussions.

The UK must now rebuild its defence stockpiles and its military forces are not ready to fight a war, Britain’s Defence Secretary warns. 

German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed an indictment against a man who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and planned to carry out an attack in Germany on its behalf.

Leading left-wing globalist German news magazine Der Spiegel has branded Elon Musk “Enemy of the State Number Two” after Donald Trump, alleging that the entrepreneur’s next project will be to usher in the “decomposition of liberal democracy”.

The “first steps” towards the UK being drawn into a major defence pact with the European Union will be signed this week, a report claims.

A Libyan national has been arrested in Germany over a suspected ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin.

President Joe Biden told reporters upon the arrival of Air Force One in Germany on Friday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on the killing of Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar.

A German warship operating as part of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission shot down a drone during combat off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday, the German defence ministry confirmed.

A brand-new fire station and nearly a dozen fire engines have been destroyed in a massive blaze in Germany.

Young men in Germany are increasingly identifying as right-wing, with one in four between 12 and 25 classifying themselves as conservative, according to a major poll.

Never mind persuading drivers to buy electric, a new challenge is getting them to keep them, with a more EV owners switching back.

The former darling of the apocalyptic climate change movement, Greta Thunberg joined a Berlin protest against Israel on the anniversary of the October 7th terror attacks on the Jewish state.

The fear of a terrorist attack is soaring among Germans, a pollster finds, a worry rising in parallel with concern about crime and extremism. 

Crowds participated in anti-Israel and pro-Israeli protests and memorial in Europe on the eve of anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel.

German left-wing populists have revealed data which shows 48 per cent of all recipients of state out-of-work cash payments are not German citizens, with some migrant groups majority unemployed.

EU countries gave definitive green light to hefty additional tariffs on electric cars made in China, despite strong opposition led by Germany.

Wants to try what he failed to do in France on a continental scale, warning European Union could “die” if his warnings are not heeded.