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.
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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
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