Berlin Bren(n)t

The World: Seen & Reported from My European Metropolis

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Politico names US President Trump the most influential person in Europe.

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US President Trump calls European leaders "real stupid."My talk with Ian Bremmer on some very rough transatlantic ties.

Trump attacks Europe in blunt Politico interview | DW News

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I spoke with Oleksiy Goncharenko,member of the Ukrainian parliament. He told me he does not believe President Trump would pursue a peace plan that would betray the interests of Ukraine.

#OleksiyGoncharenko #Ukraine #Russia #peaceplan #Zelensky #Trump #Witkoff

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Epstein fallout stirs fury in Trump's MAGA base | DW News

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How are Jeff Bezos and his bride dealing with the criticism? | DW News

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A Pope named Bob? Maybe to his family.

To the rest of the world Cardinal Robert Prevost is now the first American Pope.

Leo the Fourteenth.

#Leo #PopeLeo #LeoXIV #Vatican #Catholic #Rome #Chicago #Peru

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Time is apparently still on TikTok's side. For now.

Could TikTok 'go dark' in the US? Another 75-day reprieve granted | DW News

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Denmark, Germany, Finland, the UK, Canada issue advisories for travel to the US, including:Be prepared upon entry to show proof of plans to exit. If not, you could be detained. 

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IFive years ago this week the World Heath Organization declared the coronavirus pandemic.Here is how we covered those trying times from 2020 - when the world began to shut down

#WHO #pandemic #Coronavirus #Covid19 #lockdown #China #Italy

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Is Trump a Russian asset made for the White House?

Best-selling author Craig Unger on Trump, the KGB and a project that started in the 1980s.

#POTUS #Trump #KGB #Russia #kompromat #Ukraine

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"Trump doesn't have a plan." Former National Security Advisor John Bolton joins me and he doesn't hold back on US President Trump and on what Trump considers to be foreign policy.

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A new German Chancellor is now in the works. A special election edition of The Day. Watch here.

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The German election.  The rise of the AfD party.   Why the choices made at the ballot box matter from Berlin to Washington DC. A special thank you to Sudha David-Wilp of The German Marshall Fund of the United States

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Former MI6 boss on Trump, Putin and a 'new era' for international relations"We're not going back to the world we had before. You underestimate America at your peril, but it's ability to make rules across the world, it's not there now."

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If you watched 60 MINUTES recently, then you know that in Germany insulting a person online can get you arrested.

Can a society legislate civil behavior? Should it even try?

I ask attorney & HateAid CEO Josephine Ballon:

How do you know when free speech goes too far?

#freespeech #Germany #digitalviolence #draconian #limits #democracy #decency

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Has the US betrayed its ally, Ukraine?

Reaction to President Trump's plan for ending Russia's invasion.

Tyson Barker Teri Schultz #NickConnolly

#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Putin #Zelensky

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Trump threatens tariffs & wants them as the 51st state.  Is he pushing Canada into the arms of Europe?

Trade tariff turmoil pushes Canada to rethink US ties | DW News