Why Merz Wants to Rebuild the Weimar Alliance

Описание: 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/fried...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

✍️ Gaza World Central Kitchen Suspends Operations

https://wck.org/news/gaza-update-5-7
https://apnews.com/article/israel-pal...

✍️ UK-US Deal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

✍️ India-Pakistan Continued Tensions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

✍️ Story 4

https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/eu...

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00:00 Intro
00:21 Merz Visits Warsaw & Paris
02:38 Gaza World Central Kitchen Suspends Operations
03:43 UK-US Deal
04:34 India-Pakistan Continued Tensions
05:36 VE Day
06:27 Outro