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Anna wrote that US Senators Schumer, Shaheen, and Warren called Trump's diesel deal with Putin a "total betrayal" of Ukraine and pledged their support to Kyiv. They blamed the Iran war for rising fuel prices in the US and Europe and accused Trump of disregarding the bipartisan will of Congress, which had passed a law just weeks earlier prohibiting the purchase of Russian energy. The senators called for an end to the Iran war instead of financing Russia's war machinery, stating that Putin only responds to strength. Anna recalled that Trump told Zelensky in February 2025 at the White House that he had no cards. Now, Trump is allegedly asking Zelensky for oil with diesel prices exceeding $6 per gallon. According to Anna, Moscow is receiving a sanctions reprieve and new sales markets while Washington is facing accusations of betrayal in its own Senate. She cited a joint statement from the senators, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Arab News, and SRF as sources. #Ukraine #Trump #Putin (translated)

Eritrea has informed the UN Security Council that Ethiopia has declared war on it and is calling for international intervention against the neighboring country amid strained diplomatic relations and historical conflicts between the two nations. #Eritrea #Äthiopien #UNOSicherheitsrat (translated)

After the devastating fire in a nightclub in Crans Montana, Switzerland is demanding from Italy the reimbursement of around 1.6 million euros for the initial medical care of Italian injured people, while the dispute over cost coverage and bilateral relations between the two countries remains tense. #CransMontana #Schweiz #Italien (translated)

Switzerland continues to demand 1.6 million euros from Italy for the treatment costs of young people who were injured in the New Year's Eve disaster in Crans-Montana, with the legal dispute over the coverage of costs remaining unresolved and the bilateral relations strained. #CransMontana #Italien #Schweiz (translated)

Switzerland demands the reimbursement of around 1.6 million euros from Italy for the initial medical care of Italian youth injured in a fire in Crans-Montana, while the coverage of costs remains an unresolved point of contention in bilateral relations. #CransMontana #Schweiz #Italien (translated)

The author wrote that some consulting networks have become problematic overall. This is not only because former employees economically exploited their knowledge and contacts, but also because the networks often tapped into personal relationships with active politicians or civil servants, or tried to exert political influence. #Consulting #Politik #Netzwerk (translated)

Hasnain Kazim remembered the third anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. At that time, he arrived by bicycle in Heidelberg and heard discussions about the attack in the marketplace. The terror had strengthened his resolve to stand against extremism. He described the attack as the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust. Kazim wrote that religiously justified restrictions and violence had occupied him since childhood. He had experienced, among other things, the outrage over a joke by Rudi Carrell about Khomeini, the persecution of Salman Rushdie, and the deaths of more than a dozen acquaintances, friends, and colleagues at the hands of Islamist extremists. He had also found statements that praised Hitler or Osama bin Laden to be profoundly unbearable. Since October 7, 2023, he has observed that Hamas terrorists are celebrated in Germany as well. In Berlin-Neukölln, people distributed candies after the massacre. Kazim also criticized the fact that some young people appeared with keffiyehs and pro-Palestinian slogans without understanding their political and historical significance. He wrote that Hamas fighters and bin Laden are portrayed on TikTok as representatives of the oppressed or as opponents of capitalism. At the same time, Kazim warned of extremists demanding mass "remigration" and threatening people who appeared foreign or Muslim to them. He accused the political center of not rejecting Islamism and the glorification of terror decisively enough and of ceding the political space to others. He did not want to live in a society where extremists set the tone, nor in one where Sharia law prevailed and religious authorities dictated people's lives. Kazim also referred to the vulnerability of people who could be identified as Jewish, as well as the need for protection for restaurants, kindergartens, schools, places of worship, and diplomatic missions. This was neither resistance nor criticism of the Israeli government, he wrote. In conclusion, he commemorated the victims of October 7, wished healing and peace for the injured, and called for the defeat of the terrorists. #Terrorismus #Extremismus #Frieden (translated)

Chris Veber wrote to the German Chancellor that, in his view, Germany's security depends more on the previously customary good relations with Russia. He asked whether the Chancellor knew that he would only be received in Ukraine because he was bringing money that had previously been extorted from German taxpayers. #Sicherheit #Deutschland #Russland (translated)

A significant election is taking place in Brazil today, where the 80-year-old Lula must compete against Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, while the outcome of the duel is also of interest for geopolitical relations in Latin America. #Lula #Bolsonaro #Wahlen2026 (translated)