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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany to suspend borrowing limits for fourth year after debt brake ruling

      Berlin to ask parliament to declare ‘exceptional emergency’ allowing it to create supplementary 2023 budget

      Finance minister Christian Lindner, pictured in Berlin on Thursday
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthGermany
      How Germany’s ‘debt brake’ broke the budget

      Government in disarray after top court insists it abide by constitutional restrictions on public deficits

      Montage of Olaf Scholz and logo of German constitutional court
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany freezes new budget spending after top court ruling

      Measure likely to affect €8bn in funding Berlin had pledged for Ukraine next year

      People prepare to board a train at a rail station in Munich
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Tracking Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia in maps

      A visual guide to the war

      Montage of map of Ukraine and tanks
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      German economy
      German debt brake ruling could doom energy crisis fund, says Habeck

      Deputy chancellor warns constitutional court ruling may affect €200bn fund

      Robert Habeck stands next to Anja Hajduk , state secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the coalition, on the sidelines of the Bundestag Budget Committee’s final deliberations on the budget for 2024
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      ‘B-movie general’: Israel’s hostage point man draws scorn from angry families

      Retired army officer Gal Hirsch becomes lightning rod for fury as most of those held remain in Hamas’s captivity

      Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan walk while holding hands with retired brigadier general Gal Hirsch
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli military raids Gaza’s largest hospital in climax of siege

      IDF says al-Shifa medical facility sits on top of Hamas tunnel complex

      Israeli troops patrol the al-Shifa hospital site in Gaza City as part of an offensive against Hamas
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Emboldened Israeli settlers seek to tighten grip on West Bank

      Occupied Palestinian territory has witnessed huge upsurge in violence since the Jewish state declared war on Hamas in Gaza

      Residents guard a checkpoint entrance to Mitzpe Yair, an Israeli settlement that sits close to the town of Susya, occupied West Bank
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel-Hamas war: 2-minute briefing, day 38

      A summary of the latest events plus FT analysis, comment and features

      Relatives mourn those killed during overnight strikes on Rafah on Sunday
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US warns Israel against hospital ‘firefights’

      Patients risk being caught in crossfire as Benjamin Netanyahu claims Hamas preventing citizens from leaving Gaza

      Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at al-Shifa hospital
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Blinken says too many Palestinians being killed in Israel-Hamas war

      US calls for more action to protect civilians as friction builds between Washington and Israel

      Israeli soldiers walk through rubble in northern Gaza
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Inside north Gaza with Israeli forces trying to destroy Hamas

      The FT travels to the battlefield with the IDF

      Israeli soldiers stand amid rubble during the ground invasion against Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip on November 8 2023
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
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      Paris races to clean up Seine before Olympics

      Pedro Sánchez set to retain power in Spain after amnesty deal with Catalan separatists

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Palestinians flee as Israeli troops battle Hamas in Gaza City

      G7 foreign ministers call for ‘unimpeded humanitarian support’ for civilians trapped in the besieged Palestinian territory

      People fleeing their homes
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli businesses buckle as war hits economy

      Demand has plummeted and companies have shut as consumers and workers are either drafted or shielding

    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Blinken tells Abbas that PA could play ‘central role’ in Gaza

      Palestinian Authority leader insists his administration would take over strip only as part of ‘comprehensive solution’

      Antony Blinken and Mahmoud Abbas
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Blinken calls for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza

      US secretary of state says Israel must do more to protect Palestinian civilians

      Antony Blinken waves as he disembarks from an aircraft in Israel on Friday
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      ‘Bibi’s finished’: Netanyahu loses core support after Hamas assault on Israel

      In stronghold of prime minister’s Likud party Israelis vent anger at refusal to shoulder blame for attacks

      A protester holds a sign saying “Bibi, you have blood on your hands” in a demonstration of support for the families of those kidnapped by Hamas, near the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli army ‘encircles’ Gaza City as US calls for pause in fighting

      Washington says halt in hostilities needed to free hostages but stops short of pushing for full ceasefire

      Israeli soldiers inside the Gaza Strip
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel hits Gaza refugee camp in strike against Hamas commander

      Officials in enclave say dozens of Palestinians died in attack

      Palestinians search for casualties in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza as first hostage rescued

      Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects ceasefire as ‘surrender to Hamas’

      Smoke billows out of buildings in the north Gaza Strip on Monday following an Israeli air strike
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli forces expand Gaza ground operations in push to destroy Hamas

      Aid groups step up appeals for pause in fighting and Biden calls for more humanitarian assistance

      Israeli tanks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Musk’s offer to provide Starlink to Gaza aid groups angers Israel

      Government ministers say Hamas will use satellite network access for ‘terrorist purposes’

      A boy in Gaza tries to use his mobile phone
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Netanyahu apologises for criticising Israel’s security services

      PM retracts comments blaming intelligence officials for not warning of Hamas’s attack plans after pushback from foes and allies

      Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cabinet minister Benny Gantz during a press conference in Tel Aviv on Saturday
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      German immigration
      Germany to tighten immigration rules amid rising support for far-right

      Government seeks to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers who are still in the country

      People wait to enter a registration centre for asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany
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