The situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly precarious. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling in the region to negotiate the release of the hostages in Gaza.
The drama in the US Congress over the future of military aid for Ukraine is entering a new, even crazier phase. Olaf Scholz receives the new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Berlin for the first time. The German Federal Republic of Germany introduced the “VAT” system in its current form.