Thousands of people are without electricity in south-eastern Berlin after a widespread power outage, police said on Tuesday. Initial investigations suggest that the power cut was due to arson, with two high-voltage pylons having caught fire, a police spokesman said. The flames have since been extinguished and criminal police are at the scene to investigate the cause of the fire. Emergency forces have been deployed to the affected districts of Altglienicke, Grünau, Adlershof, Spindlersfeld, Alt-Johannisthal and Oberschöneweide, police said in a post on X. The cut disrupted tram services in the ...
European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that the bloc's 27 member states are providing a record amount of military aid for Ukraine. "The European Union and our member states have provided almost €169 billion [$198.7 billion] of financial support since the full-scale war started in 2022," Kallas said in an address to the European Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg. "This includes over €63 billion in military support for Ukraine," she added. "This year alone, member states will provide more than ever before, €25 billion to date," Kallas said. EU countries have a...