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The construction of military infrastructure for the deployment of a combat-ready German Armed Forces brigade in Lithuania is well on track, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Tuesday. A permanent presence of up to 5,000 soldiers is planned, with the main location being a new barracks facility with a military training area in Rudninkai, about 40 kilometres south of the capital Vilnius, near the border with Belarus. "We are fulfilling our obligations to our allies and are ready to complete the work on schedule and welcome our German brigade," Nauseda said during a site visit in Rudnink...

Israel has rejected the European Commission's plans to impose sanctions on the country over its actions in the Gaza Strip. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday that suspending certain trade advantages was "disproportionate" and "unprecedented." The commission plans to present concrete proposals for sanctions on Wednesday. However, the EU is deeply divided on how to deal with Israel, and it is questionable whether there will be a majority in favour. A spokeswoman said that one of the measures under consideration ...

Tour de France chief organizer Christian Prudhomme has boosted hopes of a Grand Depart of cycling's biggest event in the German city of Dresden in 2030. "Germany is important to France, and Germany is equally important to the Tour de France," he said at a presentation of a book about the Tour in Berlin on Tuesday. A German bid "cannot simply be dismissed," he said. For several months now, an initiative has been pushing the idea of bringing the Tour de France back to Germany after 13 years. The last time the race started in Germany was in Düsseldorf in 2017. Prior to that, West Berlin in 1987, ...

Jamie Lee Curtis broke down in tears over Charlie Kirk's death mid-way through an interview on Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast. In the episode released on Monday (15 September), theFreakier Friday star, 66, became emotional as she discussed how the right-wing political commentator and Donald Trump ally was shot and killed while addressing a crowd at a university campus. After mistakenly calling him "Charlie Christ," Curtis maintained that she disagreed with Kirk "on almost every point" she ever heard him say. "But I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that he felt...