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Iran war: What’s happening on day 61 as UAE exits OPEC?

Friedrich Merz over the Iran war, after comments by Merz that Tehran is “humiliating” Washington at the negotiating table. Merz said that “the Americans obviously have no strategy”, to which Trump said the chancellor “thinks

US 'studying' whether to reduce troops in Germany, Trump says

Friedrich Merz criticised his approach to the war in Iran, suggesting that US had been "humiliated" by Iranian negotiators. In his post, Trump said he is "studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops

Germany says it foresaw Trump’s withdrawal of US troops as row over Iran comments grows – live

comments grows – live Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. The German defence minister, **Boris Pistorius,** said that it was **“foreseeable” that the US would withdraw troops from Europe

Germany’s Merz downplays rift with Washington despite US troop drawdown

Friedrich Merz has tried to downplay tensions with the United States after Washington announced plans to reduce the number of American troops in Germany. Merz said US plans to withdraw troops have “no connection

Germany troop cuts send wrong signal to Russia, say two top US Republicans

Friedrich Merz for saying the US had been "humiliated" by Iranian negotiators in the ongoing war. The US military deployment in Germany is by far its biggest in Europe, compared with about

Trump tells Merz to ‘fix his broken country’ in new attack on German chancellor

Friedrich Merz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/friedrich-merz), saying he should focus on “fixing his broken country” and trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war – and spend less time “interfering” in Iran. “The Chancellor of [Germany](https://www.theguardian.com

Trump slams Germany’s Merz again as rift over Iran war widens

Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran. The US president suggested on Thursday that Merz should

Katya Adler: Europe's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain

Strategies Julianne Smith told me. "Furthermore, in a moment when the transatlantic relationship is still reeling from a stated US policy to "get" Greenland (a territory belonging to Nato ally, Denmark), pursuing these types

Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Nato seeks clarification

Friedrich Merz for saying the US had been "humiliated" by Iranian negotiators in the ongoing war. The US military deployment in Germany - currently at more than 36,000 active duty troops

US plans to hike tariffs on EU cars to 25% will hit luxury market the most

Friedrich Merz said the US was being “[humiliated](/news/2026/4/27/iran-very-skilful-as-us-humiliated-says-german-chancellor)” in negotiations with Iran. ## Which car companies would be hit the hardest? European carmakers would be hit by tariffs. Car trade is a significant portion