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German Greens name new minister after 1st Cabinet departure

Germany’s Green party has named a financial policy expert as the country’s new minister for families and women, replacing a fellow party member who resigned just four months after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government took office

The Independent UK

Strains in German coalition as junior partners turn on Scholz over Ukraine

Frustration is growing among German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's junior coalition partners over what they say are shortcomings in his leadership on Ukraine, an internal rift that risks undermining Western unity against Russia.

Reuters

Macron declines to join Biden in calling Ukraine atrocities 'genocide'

French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to endorse accusations by his US counterpart Joe Biden, that Russia is committing "genocide" in Ukraine – warning that verbal escalations would not help end the war. Ukraine's Volodymr Zelensky decribed France's reaction as "painful".

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Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Russia says warship has sunk

Ukraine news from April 14: Russia says the missile cruiser the Moskva has sunk after an explosion and fire.

Al Jazeera

War in Europe gives the UK new momentum for a role on the world stage

Since Brexit, the UK has turned its back on Europe and struggled to find natural allies as a solo global player. Now war in Ukraine could be helping the UK forge new bonds with old partners.

France 24

Germany irritated by Ukraine's snub of a presidential visit

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for his country’s president and defended Berlin’s record on delivering weapons to Kyiv

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Ukraine seeks to patch up relations with Germany after snub to president

Relations strained after Kyiv said it would prefer visit from German chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Scholz irritated by German president's aborted Ukraine visit

Germany's president would have liked to visit Ukraine and the fact that he was not received there was "irritating", Chancellor Olaf Scholz told RBB public radio, adding that he had no immediate plans himself to visit Kyiv.

Reuters

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Nicholas Goldberg: Why I won't cheer as Germany ends its antiwar experiment

In the first half of the 20th century, Germany was aggressive, expansionist and dangerous. Its legacy includes millions of needless war deaths and the unspeakable crimes of the Nazi regime.

Los Angeles Times

Austrian chancellor confronts Putin over Ukraine war crimes

Karl Nehammer becomes first western leader to hold face-to-face talks with Russian president since invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

German foundation expelled from Russia says will continue democracy work

Germany's Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the political foundation linked to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrat party, said that it will seek to promote democracy in Russia even though it has been barred from working in the country.

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The Independent UK

German minister faces heat over vacation after deadly floods

A German Cabinet minister has apologized for taking a long vacation shortly after devastating floods last year in the state where she was then a senior official, but it isn’t clear whether the move will help relieve pressure on her

The Independent UK

Live Updates | New Zealand sending transport plane, money

New Zealand will send a military transport plane and a support team of 50 to Europe, as well as give money to Britain to buy weapons, as it significantly steps up its response to the war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

The United Nations calls for an investigation into violence against women and children in Ukraine – as it happened

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Russia is afraid and shows 'top-to-bottom cowardice' says Ukraine's president Zelensky in blistering speech

Ukrainian president responds to claims that his troops are killing their own people

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Al Jazeera

Russian rockets destroy airport in Ukrainian city of Dnipro

Reports say airport in the central Ukrainian city has been completely destroyed in Russian attack.

The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

Reuters

Zelenskiy says discussed additional Russia sanctions with Germany's Scholz

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had held spoken on the phone with German chancellor Olaf Scholz on the possibility of additional sanctions on Russia, as well as fresh defence and financial support for his country.

The Guardian - UK

Germany must shake off its torpor and play its full role against Putin

Only the boldest leadership can unite the EU against the delusional tyrant in Moscow. The German chancellor has the chance to provide it

Reuters

Civilian deaths in Ukraine's Bucha were war crimes, Germany's Scholz says

The perpetrators of civilian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were guilty of war crimes and must be held accountable, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Germany, UK offer more weapons for Ukraine in show of unity

BERLIN — Germany and Britain vowed to send Ukraine more weapons and work together to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, downplaying differences over imposing tougher sanctions on Moscow.

The Independent UK

Kramatorsk station attack kills at least 50 fleeing civilians

Zelensky says attack on crowded station shows Russia is ‘an evil without limits’

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