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Andreas Audretsch, vice-chairman of the Green parliamentary group, was incensed by a FOCUS online interview in which CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann portrayed the Green Party in an unfavorable light. Audretsch responds here - and at the same time...

The EU is tightening its sanctions against Russia: from July, high tariffs will be imposed on grain imports.EU member states agreed on Thursday to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia. This step is intended to help cut Moscow's...

Donald Trump will have to report to the parole board after the verdict against him. He will probably not like going there at all. He should still behave, otherwise he could have problems during the election campaign and during...

A devastating fire destroys a building of Putin's unofficial residence in Altai, which probably also houses the Russian president's secret bunkers.A building of the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Altai Mountains was almost completely destroyed by...

US tanks are failing in the war against Russia, while Moscow calls them “empty tin cans.”The highly touted Abrams tanks from the United States, which were deployed to the battlefield to support Ukraine, are apparently not living up to...

The debate about Ukraine's right to self-defense is coming to a head. While the USA, France and Germany now consider the attack on Russia with Western weapons to be justified, others are warning against it. However, it would make...

In Thuringia, several local politicians have thrown in their AfD party membership cards - partly in protest against the radical course of Björn Höcke. On FOCUS online, the renegade Andreas Spanjer speaks out - and ruthlessly takes the far-right...

Israeli tanks are apparently advancing into the center of Rafah. The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting. Benny Gantz's party is calling for new elections. All developments here in the news ticker.10:22 p.m.: The Islamist Hamas says...

What are Germany and Europe doing to help people fleeing? "A significant contribution," says migration researcher Franck Düvell from the University of Osnabrück, referring to the more than one million refugees taken in in 2023. Despite this praise, however,...

For the first time in the history of the United States, a former US president has been convicted of a crime. It remains to be seen whether the historic verdict will harm Trump in the November election.Judge Juan Merchan...