Cabinet approves 2026 draft budget – DW – 07/30/2025

A council in the city of Leenfelden-Achheterdingon near Stutgart in South-Western Germany has said that almost complete mosque has been demolished.

In the majority votes, the local Leinfeldon-Achardingon Council said that the Islamic Association, which built the mosque, would have to tear it at the end of the year at its expense.

Click here or tap here to read more about the mosque and decide to decide for it.

German Sportswear brand Adidas warned that prices may increase due to American tafes, adding additional € 200 million ($ 230 million) to its cost in the second half of the year.

In the world’s second largest sporting Goods company Adidas, the shares fell over 8% after uncertainty and uncertainty around weakened and introduced sales.

“We still don’t know what the final tariffs in America will do,” CEO Byorn Gulden said in a statement. “So it is not known what the indirect impact on the consumer demand wants all researches to cause great inflation.”

So the guilders said that during the second trimester, we had “negative effects in tens of millions” of us alone.

He said that once Taf is finalized, “pricing will be reviewed.”

According to Gulden, any price will only be the United States.

Adidas produces its products in countries that are releasing us including Vietnam and Indonesia. Earlier this month, the US announced a 20% levy on several exports from Vietnam and 19% on goods from Indonesia.

Even though trains are safe and most permanent fashion of transport, they are unsafe for extreme weather.

What lesson can be learned from the recent derailment of the train in southern Germany?

Read the full story how Germany is planning to make its rail network more flexible.

The German cabinet has approved the 2026 draft budget of Finance Minister Lars Klingable, outlining the expenditure of € 520.5 billion ($ 600.3 billion) and is borrowing a new borrowing of a total of € 174 billion.

Europe’s largest economy has been moving away from the fiscal conservatum to revive economic growth, modernize its aging infrastructure and promote military expenses.

German MPs are expected to start discussion on the budget by the end of September, with the final approval of the last approved by the end of the year.

Berlin’s big new year’s eve party at Brandenburg Gate will be held this year, organizer Benedict Elder told the German news agency, DPA.

The cancellation of the Berlin city follows a decision with financial assistance for the celebration by the government.

Berlin’s governing Mayor Kai Veger told DPA that the city will no longer fund the show, which has drawn thousands of Revellers and Millions of TV audiences in decades.

“In my opinion, it is not the job of taxpayers to complete the search events,” Veger told the DPA. “Not especially in tight budget time.”

Due to no financial banking being safe, the organizers had no option but to shut down the celebration, the Elder said.

German internal minister Alexander Dobridate is reviewing the nationwide use of security software developed by American company Palantir.

A ministry spokesman told star The magazine of the magazine continues and no decision has been taken yet.

The software was specially developed for security agencies and is used by intelligence services, military and police.

Social Democrats lawmaker Johannes Shetzal said, “Palauntir is not a neutral IT provider, but is clearly associated with American intelligence agencies.”

He said that German security forces should not use the company’s software.

Green Party Deputy Leader Constantin von Notz said that at a time when the US government is becoming less reliable, cooperation with Palauntir should be denied.

Dobrindt supports the use of general search software and receives support from a fellow member of the ruling Conservative CDU/CSU from Jens Spain. Sphan said that Palantir “Wood helps a lot”, police, saying that criminals use all available digital equipment and “the state should be kept within the law.”

Last week, the Society for Civil Rights and the Caos Computer Club filed a constitutional complaint against the use of Palatir in Bavaria, arguing that it violates privacy by adding unconnected personal data.

Software is used at the state level in Bavaria, Hessse and North Rhine-Westphalia.

According to provisional data released on Wednesday, Germany’s economy shrunk in the second quarter.

Federal Statistics Office Destitis said that the country’s GDP (GDP) fell 0.1% compared to the first quarter. This follows a slight modification of Q1 growth. 0.3%.

Destatis stated that the quarter declined was due to low investment in machinery, equipment and construction. However, consumer and government spending provided some support.

Year after year, GDP remained flat when adjusted to prices, but a slight increase of +0.4% was observed when the calendar effects were considered.

A rescue mission is underway in Northern Pakistan for the German Olympic Bioathalon Champion Laura Dahlmier, which was seriously injured in a rockfall on Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range.

The 30 -year -old, climbing about 5.700 meters (18.700 ft) when the rocks fell out by the falling rocks. His climbing partner provoked the alarm after being rescued.

Officials say the use of helicopters is impossible.

Arab Ahmed Mukhtar, a senior local officer in Gunch district, said, “Conditions at the height are extremely challenging, and a team of foreigners will start a ground rescue mission today.”

Dahlmeer, an experienced climber, made history at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in which both sprint and chase were conquered.

The German news channel Well TV is starting a weekly program fully produced and hosted by Artificial Intelligence.

The title of the title, the show, includes subjects such as AI, Robotics and Future Tech, with all editorial processes, from research to presentation, is handled by AI with human supervision.

Jane Philip Burgard, Editor-in-Chief of Welt TV, said that the practical show is to show what is already possible with AI.

“We will not be able to stop the AI revolution, so we should hug it and help it shape it,” Heer said.

A computer-related avatar anchors the show. The first episode wants Air on Thursday.

The company says that the profit in the German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has fallen 55.8% in the first half of the year.

Stuttgart -based car manufacturer said that later tax earnings are around € 2.7 billion in the first half of the year.

Business cited the cost associated with efficiency measures as tariffs, low sales volumes, and reasons for the fall in cost.

Looking further, Mercedes now hopes that the revenue of the entire year’s group will fall below last year’s level.

The German government is expected to approve the 2026 draft budget on Wednesday, outline of the cost of € 520.5 billion ($ 600.3 billion) and a total new borrowing about € 174 billion.

The budget of Finance Minister Lars Klingable includes € 126.7 billion in investment made for modernization of the country.

The government has promised to upgrade the infrastructure in the office from May, to upgrade the infrastructure and increase the expenditure to strengthen the army.

Officials hope that the budget will help implement the economic environment, which is estimated to be carefully recovered in 2025 and 2026 after two years of stagnation.

However, Klingbill warned this week that the possibility of starting in 2027 would require significant penance measures, when a fine difference of about € 172 billion is expected.

Good morning! From the Bon News Room, there is still staff by humans.

This is no longer a fully case on Welt TV, where a new weekly program will be built soon and fully presented by artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, the German government is dealing with the 2026 draft budget for old -fashioned manner, without AI aid, at least as far as we know.

In a remarkable change from its long -standing tradition of fiscal restraint, Germany is now spending big: jumping the economy, modernizing its aging infrastructure and promoting military investment.

We will keep an eye on those stories, and more, here in this blog.