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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

In Germany’s Depressed East, Tanks Are the Lesser of Two Evils

9 October 2025 at 12:01
Even leaders from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which opposes aid to Ukraine, have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production.

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An armored transport vehicle at the Alstom factory in Görlitz, Germany, this year. The company KNDS has taken over the plant, which used to produce train cars, to instead make tanks and other military vehicles.
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With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil

7 October 2025 at 12:01
The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

© Pool photo by Stephane Mahe

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.

Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries

7 October 2025 at 04:16
In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending authoritarian rule.

© Omar Sanadiki/Associated Press

The spokesman for Syria’s electoral committee, Nawar Najma, announces results of the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, at a news conference in Damascus on Monday.

France’s Government Is Gone (Again). What Comes Next?

7 October 2025 at 03:46
President Emmanuel Macron could appoint a new prime minister. But he is under increasing pressure to call new parliamentary elections.

© Pool photo by Stephane Mahe

A microphone was set up in a courtyard in Paris on Monday before Sébastien Lecornu’s announcement that he was resigning as prime minister.
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