Germany’s Merz elected chancellor Germany’s Friedrich Merz wins second vote to become chancellor 02:40 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German government said Saturday. Merz’s office said the new German […]
Germany and Ukraine to jointly develop new long-range weapons as U.N. experts accuse Russia of war crimes
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Berlin will help Kyiv develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets in Russian territory. He said both countries’ defense ministers would sign a memorandum of understanding for the production of long-range weapons systems, declining to provide technical details or […]