UK ‘is hoping Angela Merkel will push Emmanuel Macron to compromise on fishing rights’ amid warnings that shop prices will rise if there is no Brexit trade deal France is still refusing to compromise over post-Brexit fishing rights during talks UK Government hoping Angela Merkel will ‘unlock’ Emmanuel Macron on issue Comes as logistics bosses … Read more
Czech hospitals are three weeks away from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, the government has said as Germany announced a new high of more than 11,000 infections today and Rome imposed a curfew to fight off the second wave. The Czech Republic is seeing Europe’s biggest surge in infections with a new one-day record of … Read more
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Germans to expect ‘difficult months ahead’ as the country posts a new daily record of over 7,800 new coronavirus cases. On Saturday she also urged Germans to come together like they did in the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus. ‘Difficult months are ahead of us,’ she said … Read more
Downing Street today warned there are still ‘stark’ differences between the UK and the EU over the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal as the clock ticks down to Boris Johnson’s deadline for a breakthrough. The Prime Minister will this evening hold make-or-break talks with Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, … Read more
Germany today lined up tough new measures in its largest cities while hospitals warned of staff shortages amid an alarming spike in coronavirus cases. Angela Merkel and the mayors of 11 cities including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich have agreed the new rules, including bar curfews, outdoor masks and military assistance, which will kick in when … Read more
Angela Merkel has urged Germans to open their windows to fend off a disastrous second wave of coronavirus. The chancellor said good ventilation could be ‘one of the cheapest and most effective measures’ to slow the rate of infection as gloomier weather forces people indoors. Scientists say well-ventilated rooms are less vulnerable to the spread … Read more
Spitting Image returns to our screens on Saturday. We are promised grotesque new latex puppets of, among many others, Donald Trump, Meghan and Harry, Kim Kardashian, Boris Johnson, Taylor Swift and Angela Merkel. Ed Sheeran is to be portrayed as a turnip, with a root growing from his chin, and Dominic Cummings as an evil … Read more
Angela Merkel limits public gatherings to 50 people in covid hotspots but says a national shutdown will be avoided ‘at all costs’ to preserve Germany’s economy Merkel told state leaders ‘more difficult times lie ahead in autumn and winter’ Compared to other European countries Germany has a low infection rate But the Chancellor said cases … Read more
Germany has warned Russia that it could halt a gas pipeline project over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Mr Navalny, an opponent of Vladimir Putin, is in a coma in a Berlin hospital after falling ill on a flight in Siberia. Tests showed he was poisoned with novichok – the nerve agent used … Read more
The West is demanding answers from Moscow today after the ‘despicable and cowardly’ nerve agent attack on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Britain said the Kremlin ‘has a clear case to answer’ while NATO demanded a ‘full and transparent’ investigation after a German military lab found that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the Soviet-era weapon used … Read more