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American officials don’t seem to have a realistic plan B and are not thrilled with Israel’s suspected actions.

“Not every weapon makes Germany immediately safer,” says Rolf Mützenich, the leader of the SPD faction in the Bundestag.

Israel was retaliating for an attack on a football pitch on Saturday that killed 12 children and youths.

The two sides held previously unreported talks earlier this month, officials exclusively told POLITICO.

As Labour refocuses on Europe and America, doubts linger in Japan about whether it can rely on London.

France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. are reaching out to Middle Eastern counterparts to urge calm.

France wants its current commissioner to serve another term.

Israel’s foreign ministry demanded Turkey’s “expulsion from the regional alliance.”

Senior Israeli officials are using strong language to warn Hezbollah that more fighting could break out.

From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.

Lufthansa said it suspended five routes to and from the Lebanese capital until July 30 out of “an abundance of caution.”

Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,” the president said.

Here are the EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.

China contacted lawmakers in a bid to pressure them to not attend a democracy summit on the island of Taiwan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to deploy missiles within striking distance of the West should the U.S. move forward with its missile deployment in Germany.

Washington’s pledge to shore up its top Indo-Pacific ally will endure “irrespective of” the American election result, Antony Blinken says in Tokyo.

The drones struck a long-range missile carrier at the Olenya base, Ukrainian Pravda reported.

Fears grow of an escalation as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office says “Hezbollah will pay a heavy price.”

Israel accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of the strike, but the Lebanese group denied responsibility.

Israel says the attack targeted a “Hamas command and control center” in the shool.

Most of the funds will be used to buy weapons for Kyiv.

The vice president did not diverge from Biden administration policy except in tone.

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