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Russian Foreign Ministry speaks out against nuclear war The Russian Foreign Ministry has declared that it wants to prevent a nuclear war. The risks of a nuclear war should be kept to a minimum, a ministry official said, according to the Russian agency Tass. In particular, any armed conflict between nuclear powers must be prevented, Vladimir Yermakov, head of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Division, is quoted as saying. Russia follows the agreements of the nuclear powers represented in the UN Security Council to prevent a nuclear war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has in connection with the war against Ukrainerepeatedly threatened to use the country's nuclear weapons. France announces further military aid French President Emmanuel Macron has promised his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy further military and humanitarian support in a telephone call. Macron wants to work to restore Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Elysée Palace said. According to thi...

Poland to deliver more than 200 tanks Ukraine will receive more than 200 Soviet T-72 tanks from Poland. This was reported by the Polish news agency IAR, citing government agencies. Most of the tanks have already crossed the border and are on Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Poland and the Polish people "for the unprecedented support of Ukraine and Ukrainians," he said, according to Polish broadcaster TVN24 refugees from Ukraine. Norway closes ports for Russian ships In future, Russian ships will no longer be allowed to dock at Norwegian ports. The only exception to this are fishing trawlers, as the Norwegian government announced in Oslo.  Norway is once again following the example set by the EU. With a time delay, the country had joined almost all EU sanctions against Russia. 1,200 bodies  around Kiev Ukraine speaks of 1,200 bodies around Kiev Since the beginning of the war, 1,187 people have been found dead in the area around the Ukrainian...

So far, US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping have only talked on the phone. Now they have met for the first time by video - and admonished each other. US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping started their eagerly awaited video summit with mutual reminders. Biden warned of a confrontation between the world's two largest economies. It is their mutual responsibility "to ensure that competition between our countries does not degenerate into conflict, whether intentional or unintentional," he said. It takes "common sense guidelines," Biden said. Xi called on the US president, whom he referred to as "my old friend", to work together more closely. China and the US should respect each other, peacefully coexist and cooperate, as the state media quoted him. Both countries should also live up to their international responsibilities. It is the first personal, albeit virtual, encounter between the two presidents since Biden took o...

The G20 states are sticking to the Paris Agreement at the end of the summit. Experts criticize the final report. Times and goals are imprecise and watered down. The 20 largest economic powers ( G20 ) have committed to complying with the Paris Climate Agreement. According to information from the German Press Agency, the final communiqué of the G20 summit in Rome states that the G20 states are still committed to the 2015 targets of keeping global warming "well below two degrees and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5 Degree limit ". On the other hand, it remained unclear what specific measures the federal states intend to take in order to achieve the goals. Activists had hoped for a strong signal from the G20 for the world climate conference, which began this Sunday in Glasgow. The group of economic powers plays an important role because it is responsible for around 80 percent of global greenhouse gases. Activists were disappointed with the draft. While at the beginning the yea...

The US government wants to stop Iran from delivering combat drones to rebel groups around the world. It blacklisted two companies and two generals. The US has imposed sanctions on several companies and people in Iran. The US government accuses them of promoting the development of combat drones to attack targets of the Americans and their allies. As the US Treasury announced on Friday, the sanctions are directed against two generals of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, an elite unit of the Iranian army classified as a terrorist organization in the USA: Brigadier General Saeed Aghajani heads the drone command of the Revolutionary Guards, Brigadier General Abdullah Mehrabi is head of their research organization . You will be frozen any wealth in the US and denied access to the US financial market. The two companies Kimia Part Siwan and Oje Parwas Mado Nafar, which are said to have produced drone parts for the Revolutionary Guard, are also on the black list. The US accuses Iran of making c...

Papal audience, G20 meeting, climate summit: Joe Biden's second big trip takes him back to Europe. But this time the US president brings his own problems with him. In the summer, when Joe Biden made the rounds in Europe, a lot was even easier: "America is back", so don't worry, we'll get it done - that's how the halfway new US president was able to feel on his first trip abroad smile through the program, it all looked good in the pictures, and he said it often enough. At the time, the aim was to clean up the fidelity damage of the Trump years with the Western allies, to cultivate the image, to reclaim the old leadership role in the world. Everything was about a new beginning, and despite all the skepticism, the joy about it was definitely noticeable on this side of the Atlantic. Now Biden is back in Europe, especially for the weekend G20 meeting in Rome and then the climate summit in Glasgow. But apart from a private audience with the Pope this Friday, it shou...