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Why Merz Wants to Rebuild the Weimar Alliance
Manage episode 481395612 series 2763586
In today’s episode, we cover German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first foreign visits, food running out in Gaza as Israel’s siege continues, a US-UK tariff deal, ongoing India-Pakistan hostilities, and VE day.
Watch TLDR’s latest videos here:
TLDR’s Daily Briefing is a roundup of the day’s most important news stories from around the world. But we don’t just tell you what’s happening, we explain it: making complex topics simple to understand. Listen to the Daily Briefing for your global news bulletin every weekday.
Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, here: https://toolong.news/daily
Produced and edited by Scarlett Watchorn
Hosted by Ben Blissett
Written by Nadja Lovadinov and Rory Taylor
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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Sources:
✍️ Merz Visits Warsaw & Paris
- https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-warsaw-paris-weimar-triangle-nato-defense/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/merz-heads-paris-warsaw-first-trip-german-chancellor-2025-05-07/
✍️ Gaza World Central Kitchen Suspends Operations
- https://wck.org/news/gaza-update-5-7
- https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-08-05-2025-c62f170869c08fb96e68f8197ccc50d7
✍️ UK-US Deal
✍️ India-Pakistan Continued Tensions
✍️ VE Day
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-china-russia-kremlin
- https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/europe/china-russia-xi-putin-victory-day-hnk-intl
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
900 episodes
Manage episode 481395612 series 2763586
In today’s episode, we cover German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first foreign visits, food running out in Gaza as Israel’s siege continues, a US-UK tariff deal, ongoing India-Pakistan hostilities, and VE day.
Watch TLDR’s latest videos here:
TLDR’s Daily Briefing is a roundup of the day’s most important news stories from around the world. But we don’t just tell you what’s happening, we explain it: making complex topics simple to understand. Listen to the Daily Briefing for your global news bulletin every weekday.
Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, here: https://toolong.news/daily
Produced and edited by Scarlett Watchorn
Hosted by Ben Blissett
Written by Nadja Lovadinov and Rory Taylor
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
//////////////////////////////
Sources:
✍️ Merz Visits Warsaw & Paris
- https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-germany-warsaw-paris-weimar-triangle-nato-defense/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/merz-heads-paris-warsaw-first-trip-german-chancellor-2025-05-07/
✍️ Gaza World Central Kitchen Suspends Operations
- https://wck.org/news/gaza-update-5-7
- https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-08-05-2025-c62f170869c08fb96e68f8197ccc50d7
✍️ UK-US Deal
✍️ India-Pakistan Continued Tensions
✍️ VE Day
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-china-russia-kremlin
- https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/europe/china-russia-xi-putin-victory-day-hnk-intl
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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