Kate Connolly

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Kate Connolly

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2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kate Connolly

Germany is drawing up plans to rapidly expand its network of bomb-proof bunkers and shelters, the government’s most senior civilian protection official has said, warning the state needs to be prepared for an attack from Russia within the next four years. Ralph Tiesler, the head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), said Europe’s largest economy needed to wake up to the reality of conflict, and that in its current state Germany was inadequately prepared.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Kate Connolly

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Kate Connolly

Donald Trump has heaped criticism on the former German chancellor Angela Merkel for opening up her country to refugees, telling her successor: “I told her it shouldn’t have happened.”During an appearance with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Thursday, Trump was asked about the sweeping travel restrictions on 19 countries that he announced the previous day.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Martin Belam |Jakub Krupa |Pjotr Sauer |Angela Giuffrida |Kate Connolly

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTrump gets asked if he will keep US troops in Germany, and he says “the answer is yet, we will talk about that, but if they’d like to have them there, we have a lot of them.” “You think that’s good economic development. They’re highly paid troops, and they spend a lot of money in Germany. The relationship with Germany is very important.