SPD wants to unpick spymaster deal that has hobbled German government
The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats told Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday she wanted to renegotiate their unpopular compromise deal to promote the scandal-hit head of the domestic spy agency into a better paid job at the interior ministry.
Merkel open to SPD demands on spymaster deal: spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in favor of demands by her Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners to renegotiate an unpopular deal to transfer the head of the domestic spy agency to a higher position at the interior ministry.
U.S. may aid Liberia in search for missing millions
The U.S. government is considering helping Liberia track down more than $100 million in missing cash, an embassy spokesman said, in a case that has triggered a political crisis in the impoverished country.
Germany’s Seehofer open to new spymaster deal with SPD: spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer is open to the idea of renegotiating a deal to transfer Germany’s top spy to the interior ministry, a spokesman for his Christian Social Union (CSU) party said on Friday.
Nazi war crimes suspect, 94, faces trial in German youth court
A 94-year-old German is to go on trial accused of being accessory to hundreds of murders in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two, a court in the western city of Muenster said.
France to press Mali to implement peace deal with rebels
France will press Mali’s re-elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday to move more quickly to bring into force faltering peace accords with rebels as Islamist militants keep up actions to destabilize the West African country.
Pound sinks after PM May says Brexit talks at impasse
The British pound tumbled two cents against the dollar on Friday and headed for its biggest daily drop this year after Prime Minister Theresa May said Brexit talks with the European Union had reached an impasse and called for new proposals.
May challenges EU as Brexit talks hit ‘impasse’, sterling tumbles
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Brexit talks with the European Union had hit an impasse, defiantly challenging the bloc to come up with its own plans a day after EU leaders savaged her proposals.
Germany’s Seehofer open to renegotiating spymaster deal: media
Germany’s arch-conservative interior minister has expressed readiness to renegotiate a deal to transfer the domestic intelligence chief to the interior ministry, German news agency dpa reported on Friday.
UK minister says many Britons content to leave without Brexit deal
The attitude of the European Union means even Britons who still want a Brexit deal would be content to leave the bloc without one, a minister in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Friday.
