Skip next section Bayer says it has preliminary approval for glyphosate class settlement from US court March 4, 2026 Bayer says it has preliminary approval for glyphosate class settlement from US court Bayer has repeatedly said Roundup is safe to useImage: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images German pharmaceutical and biotechnological giant Bayer says it has received preliminary
Britain has announced that will stop issuing student visas to people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmarand Sudan. It will also suspend skilled work visas to people from Afghanistan, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The Home Office said the move was an attempt to clamp down on asylum seekers who enter Britain through legal routes.
Emmanuel Macron arrived to the highly-secretive nuclear submarine base where he would give his speech in a manner perfectly choreographed for the weighty remarks he was about to deliver: accompanied by a squadron of nuclear-capable Rafale jets. "To be free one must be feared," Macron said, "and to be feared one must be powerful."
Skip next section Merz to head back home March 3, 2026 Merz to head back home Following his meeting with Trump, the German chancellor is set to fly back to Germany. With that, we will be closing this blog.
Parliament's special commissioner for the Bundeswehr military, Henning Otte, lobbied for a rapid recruitment drive in the army in the coming years in his annual report published on Tuesday. "The issues of personnel and its expansion remain the central challenges for the Bundeswehr, if it is to further strengthen its capabilities," the report said.
Germany's ruling coalition plans to slow parts of its renewables push and amend a key heating law, amid fossil-fuel industry lobbying and public hesitation over alternatives like heat pumps.
Published March 3, 2026 last updated March 3, 2026 The German government's plan to evacuate stranded travelers from the Gulf region has been found wanting, ciritics say. Meanwhile, police urge people to take care when rebooking flights as scammers strike. DW has more.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said France would be increasing the number of nuclear warheads in its arsenal. The French leader was speaking from L'Ile Longue military base that houses the country's nuclear submarines. France is the only nuclear power within the EU.
It is a trip that had been planned for a long time, but under very different circumstances: This Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will depart for Washington. On Tuesday, he will meet with US President Donald Trump amid an escalating conflict in Iran and the Middle East.
Components from German manufacturers have been found in Russian drones attacking Ukrainian cities. German media reported on this in January, citing the latest Geran-5 attack drone in particular. The television broadcaster ntv and later other German media reported that transistors made by the German company Infineon Technologies were found in a Geran-5, along with other foreign-made components.
Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken announced that his country's navy boarded and diverted a vessel believed to be part of Russia's illicit shadow fleet of oil tankers on Sunday. Francken said the ship was being taken to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, where it would be officially seized by Belgian authorities.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has barred Ukraine's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing a helmet that honors Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia. "The IOC fully understands the desire of athletes to remember friends who lost their lives in that conflict," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a news conference on Tuesday.