Passengers delayed 21 hours after aerobridge hits Qantas plane at Sydney Airport

Passengers face a 21-hour delay after an aerobridge crashed into an plane at Sydney Airport.
The aerobridge hit the engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 this morning, the airline has confirmed.
The plane was heading to Johannesburg on QF63.

Nobody was injured, but p…[Read more]

French inflation revised higher to 0.9% as service costs rise

French consumer prices rose more than initially estimated in June, confirming a broader euro zone trend of gradually rising inflation as service costs accelerate and declines in energy price moderate.
France’s harmonized inflation rate, adjusted for comparison with other euro zone…[Read more]

French probe of Musk’s X deepens as police are called in

A French probe into Elon Musk’s social media platform X deepened on Friday, when the Paris prosecutor’s office said it had enlisted police to investigate suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by the company or its executives.
The move adds to the pressure on Musk, a…[Read more]

UK to return some migrants to France within weeks, PM says

The UK will begin returning migrants arriving in small boats to France within weeks under a new pilot scheme, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Under the “one in, one out” deal, some arrivals would be returned to France and in exchange the UK would accept an equivalent number of asylum seekers,…[Read more]

Bundestag commemorates the Srebrenica massacre

Current information about Germany’s foreign policy and foreign relations.

Berlin (dpa) – 30 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, the Bundestag has commemorated the victims. “Srebrenica was the worst war crime committed on European soil since the Second World War,” said Bundestag President Julia K…[Read more]

German backpacker found alive after 12 days missing in Australian outback

Australian authorities said they found a 26-year-old German backpacker “safe and well” after she had been missing in a remote part of the country’s northwest for almost two weeks.
Carolina Wilga, who vanished on June 29 from near the outback town of Beacon, about 254 km…[Read more]

Postponed vote on top judge pitches German coalition into crisis

A planned vote on appointing three new judges to Germany’s Constitutional Court was shelved on Friday, as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition struggled to muster a parliamentary majority for the second time in three months.
Other parties, including his Social Democrat…[Read more]

Türkiye sets new record in agricultural output, enters world’s top 7

Türkiye’s agricultural output reached a record high, rising for the first time above $70 billion last year, according to Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı on Sunday. This, he said, placed the country among the top seven in the world.

“Our agricultural prod…[Read more]

Türkiye, Greece ink new protocol on tourism cooperation

In a move to boost bilateral tourism, Türkiye and Greece signed a cooperation protocol focusing on enhancing alternative tourism and improving transport connectivity.

According to a statement from the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the sixth Joint Tourism Committee Meeting was held in A…[Read more]

DEM Party MPs meet Öcalan as PKK to destroy arms

A delegation from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan once again on the İmralı prison island off Istanbul on July 6 ahead of the terror group’s anticipated disarmament.

The delegation included MPs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, with…[Read more]

Victorian Premier pulls together ‘anti-hate’ taskforce after anti-Semitic attacks

An anti-hate taskforce will assemble in Melbourne this week in the wake of the latest violent anti-Semitic incidents, with shock footage showing a series of arson attacks.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has pulled together the taskforce after a synagogue was fir…[Read more]

Accos calls for adoption of remaining robodebt recommendations

Two years on from the findings of the robodebt royal commission, the federal government has still not implemented all of its recommendations, the Australian Council of Social Service has said.

Acoss is calling on the federal government to adopt the remaining recommendations of the…[Read more]

Labor warned against ‘shirking legislative reform’ after robodebt royal commission

Economic Justice Australia has also released a statement calling for the government to implement the full robodebt royal commission report recommendations, two years since it published its final report.

CEO Kate Allingham:

While the unlawful robodebt scheme was…[Read more]

Calls for Minns to repeal protest laws in wake of Hannah Thomas’ injury

A collective of human rights groups and a union have alleged that NSW police misused their power when attempting to move protesters on before Hannah Thomas was seriously injured.

Thomas, 35, a former Greens candidate who ran against the prime minister at the federal e…[Read more]

Calls for federal paid placement scheme to include students working across allied health

The Health Services Union (HSU) is calling on the federal government to extend its new paid placements to students working across allied health, not just in key industries.

The payment, which came into effect on 1 July, offers $331 a week to eligible…[Read more]

Germany says Russia using media platform Red to sow discontent

Russia is using the online media outlet Red to sow discontent in German society as part of a disinformation campaign waged alongside its war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday.
“Red presents itself as a revolutionary platform for independent journalists.…[Read more]

Germany summons Iranian ambassador over alleged spying on Jews

Man arrested in Denmark accused of collecting information on ‘Jewish localities and specific Jewish individuals in Berlin’

Germany has summoned the Iranian ambassador after the arrest of a man suspected of spying on Jews in Berlin for Tehran, possibly as part of an attack plo…[Read more]

Iran charges French detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris with spying for Israel

Two French nationals detained for more than three years in Iran have been charged with “spying” for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, diplomatic and family sources said Wednesday, adding that the pair had also been charged with conspiring to overthrow the…[Read more]

Europe’s heatwave moves east as row erupts in France over air conditioning

French far-right leader’s ‘grand plan’ to expand AC comes under attack, while Germany braces for possible record heat

The European heatwave has moved east, threatening record temperatures in Germany, as a political row broke out in France over air conditi…[Read more]

BOJ policymaker calls for resuming rate hikes after temporary pause

The Bank of Japan should resume interest rate hikes following a temporary pause to evaluate the impact of U.S. tariffs, board member Hajime Takata said, signalling optimism the country was on track to durably achieve the central bank’s price goal.
While the BOJ must take its time…[Read more]