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The new German government has agreed to stop family members of refugees with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial move will particularly affect Syrian families.

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Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages

The ongoing blockade of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip and the renewed expansion of hostilities are "unacceptable," Green Party leader Franziska Brantner said.

Brantner said the German government must "make clear its position on compliance with international humanitarian law."

Populist politician Sahra Wagenknecht meanwhile demanded an immediate halt to Germany's arms deliveries to Israel, describing its actions in the Gaza Strip as "a campaign of destruction and a gigantic war crime."

Wagenknecht, who leads the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, said the German government must immediately end its "policy of solidarity" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"I think that we have to undertake all efforts we can to keep the Americans on our side," Merz said at a European Political Community (EPC) summit in Albania on Friday.

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The longer the war lasts, the more the desire to return diminishes as Ukrainians become accustomed to their new lives elsewhere. As the years go by, "Ukrainians abroad are increasingly determined to stay in their host country because their children are now enrolled in those countries' national schools, they are completing their adaptation and it is about their future," said Dukhnich. "If you are a Ukrainian mother, you do not think about your own fulfillment, but about the future of your children. And many people see more opportunities in these countries than in Ukraine."

Four former soldiers from the elite 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in southern France have filed formal complaints accusing their superiors of physical violence, moral harassment and degrading treatment.

They also described “entrenched” racism, saying words like “bonobo” and “negro” were used freely.

Tritto said two-thirds of those who joined the regiment in the same year as him have since left the army, and one in four are dealing with depression.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has promised to act swiftly to protect crypto players and their families after a series of violent attacks and kidnappings that have shocked France, prompting calls for deregulation of the sector.

The new measures include better partnering between law enforcement and crypto firms, giving top executives priority access to emergency services and offering them home security assessments by police experts.

Crypto professionals will be eligible for special security briefings provided by elite police units.