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In Alabama and Florida, four people have lost their lives due to the storm "Isaias," while the hurricane continues to cause dangers such as flooding and flash floods, and another hurricane, "Simon," is approaching the Mexican mainland. #HurrikanIsaias #Tropensturm #Überschwemmungen (translated)

The author wrote that Germany is increasingly coming under economic pressure and the government is responding with even more debt, the repayment of which is becoming more difficult. He also believes that companies like BMW are falling into a trap by prioritizing principles over economic considerations. https://t.co/FiUQroNs58 #Wirtschaft #Schulden #BMW #DE (translated)

The article described how the CDU had overthrown a chancellor. It quoted a leading CDU politician who noted in his diary that the chancellor would have already been replaced if his successor had been determined. According to the article, the impression had also spread within the closest power circle of the CDU that the situation was slipping. https://t.co/z7rS9Tg5kr #CDU #Kanzler #Politik #DE (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that Donald Trump promised hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian diesel after a phone call with Vladimir Putin. The U.S. Treasury then allowed an exemption from the sanctions. Given the midterms in four weeks and a diesel price at record levels, Laska interpreted the move as a possible campaign maneuver. In mid-September, Trump publicly called on Volodymyr Zelensky to stop attacks on Russian refineries. According to a Reuters report led by Laska, at that time three of the six largest Russian diesel refineries were shut down or operating at limited capacity. She also pointed to a Russian export ban on diesel until the end of October and noted that Russia imported almost seven times as much diesel from Belarus from January to July as in the same period of the previous year. Deputy Prime Minister Novak is now talking about surpluses, she wrote; however, it is unclear whether the announced delivery quantities and deadlines will actually be met. Zelensky offered to stop Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries if Russia ends its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Laska referred to this as a symmetrical de-escalation offer that is on the table for the Americans. She also cited rocket attacks on a residential building in Pryluky, glide bombs on city buses in Kramatorsk, and shelling of the energy supply in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Odesa. She warned that Russia would respond to the diesel with terrorism. The EU also criticized Laska: On September 22, Usmanov and Fridman were removed from the sanctions list under pressure from France, Slovakia, and Luxembourg. According to Laska, Zelensky pointed out that the attacks had since increased. At the same time, the EU extended the remaining personal sanctions from six months to three years. Latvia had long resisted the compromise and ultimately paved the way for it by abstaining. Laska compared Trump's diesel concession to Russia with the European compromise in favor of unanimity. In her view, the costs of such agreements are borne not by their authors but by the people in Pryluky, Kramatorsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Oleshkiv. #Trump #Putin #Dieselpreise (translated)