Germany's industry has set a new record for the number of jobs lost

Shortly before the official signing of the agreement between the US and Iran, German businesses are hoping for a significant drop in energy prices, notes the author of the article. However, new data shows that cheaper energy alone is unlikely to significantly change the structural problems of the German economy.

In the key metallurgical and electrical engineering industry, only in April, 15,600 jobs were lost — the same number as last time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New "shocking" figures were presented by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. According to them, in April, about 3.75 million people were employed in the metallurgical and electrical engineering industry. This means a reduction of 102,600 workers compared to last year.

The reasons for this are diverse: entrepreneurs have been complaining for many years about increasingly complex regulations that require additional resources. Moreover, the level of labor costs in international comparison remains uncompetitive, while global competitors such as China are reducing their technological lag.

The head of the industry association Gesamtmetall, Oliver Zander, sharply criticized the lack of reforms on the part of the federal government:

"Nobody needs new papers or more warm words. There is almost no time left to preserve the industrial location. Without improving business conditions in the metallurgical and electrical engineering industry alone, another 300,000 jobs will be at risk."

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Russian Fake news! Perhaps the first I've encountered here!

I've literally JUST filled up at a Tatneft station in Saint Petersburg. Only change is prepayment.

""Tatneft" has introduced a temporary limit on the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel at all gas stations in Russia.

"At the moment, restrictions have been introduced throughout the entire network of Tatneft gas stations," - reports the company's hotline"

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⚡️🇷🇺 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of the populated area of Novy Donbass in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

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The Netherlands has begun preparing camps for prisoners of war in case of a conflict with Russia, reports AD.

The Dutch army has for the first time in several decades started to practice scenarios for the mass detention of prisoners of war, the publication writes. A project of a camp designed to accommodate up to 2,000 enemy soldiers is being tested at the Marneheijzen training ground in the province of Groningen.

According to the commander of the Operational Support Command of the Dutch Army, Nicole de Wolf, the preparation is related to the growing military risks in Europe and the need to take into account scenarios of a large-scale conflict with Russia.

The camp includes living modules with bunk beds, showers, a dining hall, and a medical unit. As the army emphasizes, the detention conditions will meet international standards and will not differ from the conditions of accommodation of their own soldiers.

“They can expect conditions that are at least as comfortable as those in which our own troops are located,” de Wolf noted.

In the Netherlands, it is believed that humane treatment will help obtain valuable information during interrogations, the newspaper writes.

Unlike the camps of the last century, control over the territory will be carried out with the help of modern surveillance cameras and drones. If necessary, the facility can be deployed in just a week. The construction is being carried out by civilian contractors, who usually build infrastructure for the country's largest music festivals.

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The head of the German Foreign Ministry, Johann Wadephul, suggested that negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian conflict could begin as early as this summer, according to The Guardian.

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The Russian frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" fired warning shots at a British-flagged yacht* in the English Channel, reported Sky News.

After the incident, British and French ships were put on alert

*Update - HMS JERSEY & HMS TYNE were shadowing

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Regime change in Iran has never been the goal of the USA.

This was stated by Trump, who added that he does not believe in the effectiveness of attempts to change the government in other countries, and in Iran in particular.

"I don't believe in regime change, and I've seen these regime changes over a number of years. They never work. It just has to happen,"
, - statement.

He also stated that he "never cared about regime change", and this very idea was not part of the plan.

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Russia has increased its maritime oil exports to almost record levels, according to Bloomberg.

According to the agency, by June 14, the four-week average volume of Russian oil supplies rose to 3.83 million barrels per day. This is the highest figure since the beginning of the year.

The average level of oil exports since the beginning of 2026 has reached 3.49 million barrels per day, which is higher than any annual figure after 2022. The volume of Russian oil at sea has stabilized at just over 120 million barrels, and supplies to Asia amount to about 3.63 million barrels per day.

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Right now, the Russian Armed Forces are launching strikes with tube artillery against targets in temporarily occupied Slavyansk - local media are publishing footage.

There are reports of incoming fire in the railway station area. Local residents are also reporting the destruction of the "Betonmash" machine-building plant.

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‼️🇷🇺🇬🇧Statement by the Ministry of Defense about the opening of fire by a Russian Navy frigate in the English Channel

▪️The crew of the "Admiral Grigorovich" in the English Channel detected a yacht called "Bright Future" flying the British flag, which was on a dangerous course of approach;
▪️The crew of the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" made several attempts to contact the British-flagged yacht, but received no response;
▪️The frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" fired flares to attract the yacht's attention, but the vessel continued its dangerous approach;
▪️After reducing the distance to 150 m, the commander of the "Admiral Grigorovich" fired a preemptive shot, and the British-flagged yacht changed its course;
▪️The crew of the "Admiral Grigorovich" took all necessary measures to prevent an incident with the yacht.

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A Ukrainian military jet crashed in Khmelnytskyi region. Locals in Moskalevka heard an aircraft overhead, followed by a powerful blast.

Update: The downed aircraft was an Su-24M bomber (not a MiG-29), capable of carrying Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Both the pilot and navigator were killed.

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🖥️ Double standards around Ukraine are preventing us from talking about peace, said Milan Urik, a member of the European Parliament from Slovakia.

"Zelensky in Ukraine glorifies and revives Nazi units, which killed Poles and Slovaks, and no one in the European Parliament is concerned about this. Last month, he even received an award.

There's also a double standard here. Everyone talks about Russia's crimes, but when Ukrainians bomb a boarding school on Russian territory, it's considered normal, and no one notices this either.

And it's precisely this double standard that is an obstacle to peace negotiations.

I don't want to spend the next ten years living in the European Union with constant talk of war, fear, and the need to allocate tens, hundreds of billions of euros on missiles, weapons, drones, or sending all this to Ukraine.

"And now to the last speaker. I must say that survival at any cost is much more expensive than the struggle itself."

I want to live in a Europe that will peacefully get along with Eastern states. We will be able to cooperate with them and focus on solving the economic problems of Europeans, our residents, so that they can live better.

So, please, stop constantly talking about war and let's finally start talking about peace."

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🇬🇧 Britain increasingly looks like a country trapped in managed decline.

Migration pressures rise, trust in institutions falls, dissent is stigmatized, and governments change without changing direction. Meanwhile, Russia—despite sanctions and isolation efforts—has demonstrated resilience, sovereignty, and stability that many in the West failed to predict.

The contrast is becoming harder to ignore.

Political systems survive on legitimacy. When citizens stop believing their voices matter, cracks begin to widen.

History rarely announces turning points in advance. It reveals them only after they have arrived.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️The father of a slain Ukrainian soldier revealed the shocking truth about online battles and death bets

▪️To find his missing son in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the father conducted an investigation. He learned that the battle was being broadcast online for money. The command had made such broadcasts a routine, and viewers from all over the world were placing bets on the survival of Ukrainian soldiers.
▪️It sounds crazy, just like the organization of "safaris" for foreigners in Donbass since 2014 or American biolaboratories. But the truth always comes out. Is it a secret to anyone that for the military-political leadership of Ukraine, their own citizens are a resource that they sell for a pittance?
▪️In addition, the command deceived the father, claiming that his son was in captivity with memory loss, and to make it believable, they named a place. They lied to him so as not to pay compensation and later demand money for including his son in the exchange lists. Such are the realities of modern Ukraine.

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