Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Alexandra Beier, AFP Trump's threats of a trade war spell more trouble ahead for Germany, after its economy has shrunk for the past two years, and as it faces bitter social polarisation on the ...

The centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) are projected to win Germany’s 2025 federal election, securing 30 per cent of the vote and 220 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag, according to YouGov’s ...