Mr Merz was slow to grasp the strength of the outcry over Mr Spahn’s announcement. In his annual Sommerinterview on zDF, a public broadcaster, the chancellor hinted that the public’s anger was so strong because of Mr Spahn’s divisive and scandal-prone personality.

As threats from Moscow rise and support from Washington dwindles, the German military is reinventing how it researches, funds and wields 21st-century arms.

Berlin has said that claims by Russian intelligence that Germany is supposedly preparing to develop nuclear weapons are untrue and part of Russian propaganda.

Germany's exit marks the first major upset of the World Cup knockout round while Paraguay advance to face the winnder of France and Sweden

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