Friedrich Merz may create a new European military alliance.

German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies told Reuters in an interview that Russia will not be readmitted into the Group of Seven ...

Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership role in Europe.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin contradicts Donald Trump's claims about European peacekeepers in Ukraine being accepted by Russia. Listen to the latest Trump 100 podcast while you scroll.

He also added Russia is going "all-out" to end the war, but those comments have been contradicted by a group of analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (see our 3.27pm post).