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More than 1,000 environmental activists participated in a protest march against the Tesla electric car factory outside Berlin on Saturday, according to the police, following clashes and arrests the previous day. Police also reported isolated clashes between participants and officers on Saturday and pyrotechnics were also set off, a spokesman said. Overall, however, the march had largely passed off peacefully, it said. The police did not initially provide any information about possible injuries or arrests. The demonstrators headed from a nearby railway station to US tech billionaire Elon Musk's...
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Activists protesting against an expansion of Tesla's electric car factory near Berlin said they want to warn of dangers to the environment, but also criticized other car manufacturers at a press conference on Saturday. "It doesn't matter if it's Tesla, VW or Mercedes - car companies and their political supporters are responsible for selling out our lifeblood," said the spokeswoman of the Disrupt Tesla group, Lucia Mende, ahead of a planned demonstration. "We must prevent this and we will prevent it," she added. A citizens' initiative in Grünheide, where US tech billionaire Elon Musk has built ...
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Local police were braced on Saturday for further protests at the Tesla factory site in Grünheide near Berlin, following violent clashes the previous day. "We are sensitized," said a police spokesman. The situation had been calm during the night and in the morning, he added. A citizens' alliance is planning a protest march from a nearby railway station to the Tesla factory in the afternoon. According to the police, the local A10 motorway junction has been closed in both directions. The police advised drivers to widely avoid the area. On Friday, there were repeated clashes between protesters and...
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Germany has ordered €23 billion ($24.7 billion) worth of weapons and equipment for its armed forces, or Bundeswehr, during a visit by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to the United States. A total of around 380 contracts are in place with US defence companies, Pistorius said on Wednesday in the US city of Philadelphia during a tour of a helicopter factory belonging to the US company Boeing. The CH47-F Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter, 60 of which Germany has ordered in the state-of-the-art Block II variant, is produced there. After the visit, Pistorius said that the company had confirme...
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said that a further escalation of the war in Gaza must be prevented. Pistorius said he agreed with UN Secretary General António Guterres, whom he held talks with in New York earlier on Wednesday, that everything must be done to alleviate the misery of Palestinian civilians. "At the same time, I also know that the Israeli dilemma is great: to do what is necessary and what they have a right to do, and at the same time not to allow the suffering of the civilian population to become excessive," Pistorius said at the UN headquarters. Pistorius said "diplo...
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The US government on Tuesday contradicted reports that the Palestinian militant organization Hamas had agreed to a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza war shortly before the Israeli army started a military operation in the city of Rafah. "Hamas did not accept the ceasefire proposal. Hamas responded, and in their response made several suggestions. It's not the same as accepting," said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller in Washington. Miller explained that the draft under discussion was an offer made at the end of April. "That's the offer that was on the table," he said. "Hamas seemed...
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The US government is targeting Russia's weapons production with new sanctions, the US Treasury Department said on Wednesday. Some 200 companies and 80 individuals in third countries such as China, Belgium and Slovakia, which allegedly support Russia in the procurement of materials for its weapons programme, are affected, it said. The sanctions are also aimed at Russia's production of chemical and biological weapons. "Today’s actions will further disrupt and degrade Russia’s war efforts by going after its military industrial base and the evasion networks that help supply it," US Treasury Secret...
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The US government on Monday confirmed itidentified "gross violations of human rights" by five Israeli military units before the start of the Gaza war on October 7. "We found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. All of these were incidents much before October 7, and none took place in Gaza," Deputy US State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel said in response to a question in Washington. "Four of these units have effectively remediated these violations, which is what we expect partners to do," Patel added. Regarding the fifth battalion, t...
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The US government is providing another $6 billion in military aid to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's invasion, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said on Friday. The latest tranche of weapons will include artillery ammunition, anti-drone systems as well as missiles for the US-made Patriot air defence systems, Austin said following a virtual meeting of the Washington-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group. The announcement comes after the US Senate approved new aid totalling around $61 billion for Kiev late on Tuesday evening - thus paving the way for new arms deliveries after months o...
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The US government is providing another $6 billion in military aid for Ukraine, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin says.
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