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Police in the German city of Hamburg have shot a man who threatened officers in a pedestrian zone, where football fans were gathering ahead of a Euro-24 match. Officers fired several times at the man, who was carrying a hammer and a petrol bomb. Police say the suspect is now receiving medical treatment.

The two-day Summit on Peace in Ukraine has drawn to a close in Switzerland. The vast majority of the more than 90 countries and other groups taking part supported a final communiqué reaffirming a commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the return of abducted children and political prisoners. But more than a dozen countries chose NOT to endorse the declaration.

Unhoused people, including refugees, are being sent out of Paris to the provinces. Aid organizations are calling it "social cleansing".

Business is booming for Europe’s biggest defense firms as countries race to rearm. There’s just one problem: The industry is incredibly inefficient, with too many players and too many weapons systems. That leads to higher costs and threatens basic interoperability on the battlefield. Can Europe come together on defense? Or will nations continue to put their own industries first?

Teaser: US President Joe Biden has used his address for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday to press for a cease-fire in Gaza. Biden said a pause in fighting was the best way to save civilians from the horror of the conflict. In Gaza itself, another nine Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike. The attack came after Israel's military said it would implement a daily 'tactical pause' along a road in southern Gaza to allow aid deliveries through the key Kerem Shalom border crossing. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have criticized the move. 00:00 Intro and report 02:53 DW's Rebecca Ritters reports from Jerusalem 07:05 DW speaks with Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council

Kieran Maguire, an expert in football finances from the University of Liverpool and co-host of the Price of Football Podcast, tells of the economic upside from the European Championship. What does UEFA stand to win? If host Germany does well, will it mean a red card for slower growth? And … who does Kieran think will win the bloody thing!

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine withdrew its forces from four regions claimed by Moscow. Putin also denounced an agreement by Western countries to provide Ukraine with a loan package using frozen Russian assets and pledged retaliation.

The US and Ukraine have signed a ten-year bilateral security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the pact would protect not just his country, but the world, from Russian aggression. G7 leaders also backed a multi-billion dollar deal to use the interest from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine strengthen its defenses and pay for reconstruction. For more about the latest at the G7 and this 50 billion dollar loan to Ukraine, we talk to Claudia Schmucker. She is the Head of the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Technology at the German Council on Foreign Relations. And we speak with our Chief Political Correspondent Nina Haase, who is in Bari at the summit for us. 00:00 Intro and report 00:24 Talk with Nina Haase

The US and Ukraine have signed a ten-year bilateral security agreement on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the pact would protect not just his country, but the world, from Russian aggression. G7 leaders also backed a multi-billion dollar deal to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine strengthen its defenses and pay for reconstruction. 00:00 $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine 02:49 William Courtney, Senior analyst at RAND 05:16 Jakob Kirkegaard, German Marshall Fund

It's been more than two years into Russia's full-scale invasion -- Ukrainian troops are dug in for a long war of attrition and the next generation is getting ready. DW’s Amien Essif has visited a group of young Ukrainians practicing the basic skills they may need to defend their country.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the lawsuit of a terminally ill Hungarian, who's seeking the right to die. Daniel Karsai has an incurable disease of the central nervous system. He sued his government last year. But the court found Hungary's ban on euthanasia didn't breach the European Convention on human rights. DW met Daniel ahead of today's verdict. For more on this, we talk to Steve Foster. He is associate professor in law at Coventry University and a specialist in European human rights law. 00:00 Intro and report 03:36 Interview with Stevie Martin

At least 40 Indian citizens have been killed in a fire in Kuwait. The blaze tore through a building housing foreign workers in the Mangaf area outside the Kuwaiti capital. At least nine others also died. Human rights groups have frequently raised concerns over living conditions for migrant labourers in the Gulf state.

Ukraine says more than 20,000 children have been taken since the start of the war. According to an investigation by the Financial Times at least four children - listed as missing in Ukrainian databases - have been seen on Russian adoption sites. US authorities are calling the news 'despicable.' The children are believed to have been taken during the initial months of Russia's full-scale invasion. Their names and ages have reportedly been changed. Last year the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.

Destroyed cities, power plants and critical infrastructure: many areas in Eastern Ukraine are in ruins. And an end to the Russian aggression is nowhere in sight. In the midst of the war, Ukrainian President Zelensky is lobbying for help to rebuild his country. He’s asking Germany for aid, but also for more weapons. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is promising further support but wants to avoid an escalation of the conflict. Germany and NATO, however, must be ready to resist a war if things go wrong. We ask: Between fear and deterrence: Can Europe defend itself? Our guests: Nana Brink (Table.Media) Daniel Brössler (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Roman Goncharenko (DW) 00:00 Opener 03:00 The war in Ukraine: Are allies finally delivering enough? 04:30 Video: Olaf Scholz’s slow decision-making 06:15 Will Germany waste more time in supporting Ukraine? 07:25 Scholz will never make a decision unless it’s agreed with the US. 08:20 Will NATO send military trainers to Ukraine? 09:00 Is Germany’s fiscal policy a danger for Europe? 10:20 Are parts of the German population siding with Russia? 12:30 Is there still an anti-American sentiment in Germany? 14:30 Can the peace conference in Switzerland be the beginning of a peace process? 15:40 Video: How prepared is Europe for a war with Russia? 17:25 The military procurement in Europe needs to be improved. 18:00 Will Germany be combat-ready in 2029? 19:51 It takes Germany five years to deploy one brigade to Lithuania 22:00 How much denial is there still in Germany towards the threat of war? 23:00 Fighting a war is still unthinkable for many Germans. 25:00 Would Russia lose a war against NATO?

A new political movement has burst on to the German political scene in 2024. Offering a mix of left leaning social and conservative migration policies, Sahara Wagenknecht hopes to win fed up voters from across the political spectrum. What exactly is her vision? And can she make an impact?

At a summit in Italy, G7 leaders have agreed on a plan to use the interest from $300 billion in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a one-off loan to Kyiv

Tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula, with the North and South turning to psychological warfare tactics. For the first time in years, Seoul has begun blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda through loudspeakers on the border. It's in response to North Korea sending over hundreds of balloons filled with trash. In a further escalation this week, the South Korean military says its soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops briefly crossed the border. For more on this, we talk to Jenny Town. She is a Korea analyst and Director of the 38 North Program with the Stimson Center think tank and joins us from Seoul. 00:00 Intro and report 02:46 Interview with Jenny Town

US Secreatry of State Antony Blinken says Hamas has proposed changes to a US-backed ceasefire deal with Israel. He said while some of the demands were workable, others were not. Wrapping up his Middle East tour, Blinken insisted that a deal to end the war in Gaza was still possible. Meanwhile, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militia has fired a huge barrage of rockets into northern Israel. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The group says it was in response to the killing of a senior commander in an Israeli airstrike. For more on this, we talk to our correspondent Tania Krämer in Jerusalem.

The win of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led alliance in the general election has largely been welcomed by India's regional partners. But not so whole-heartedly by many in India's immediate neighbor Pakistan. As India enters a new era under Modi's third term, let's look at what this could mean for India's south Asian neighbors Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Now, climate change is having more and more of an impact in people's daily lives, including here in Germany, where at least five people died in the south of the country during days of heavy rain and floods. Among them was a firefighter killed during a rescue operation. In the Bavarian city of Regensburg, the water level in the Danube river is still at six metres - double the normal level. Parts of the river Rhine, a major shipping route, remain closed to cargo ships. While the situation does now appear to be easing, with water levels slowly receding in some areas, several people are still missing and feared dead. However, police say they rescued a woman who had spent 52 hours in a tree to escape the flooding. She is currently recovering in hospital.

Russia's biggest annual economic forum gets underway in St Petersburg today. Among those invited are the Taliban, which currently rule Afghanistan. Last week, President Vladimir Putin said the Islamic militant group should be removed from Russia's list of banned terrorist groups and he backed proposals to formally recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government. No Western nation recognizes the Taliban government. Moscow has been trying to strengthen regional ties, after being shunned by the West for its invasion of Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to block irregular migrants from claiming asylum at the US-Mexico border. The measure enables officers to quickly return people across the border or to their home countries as long as illegal crossings average at least 2,500 a day. Now, migration is one of the thorniest issues this election year, and one where Mr Biden's Republican rival Donald Trump is seen as tougher. The president's plan would shut the southern US border to irregular asylum seekers when the numbers of arrivals becomes too high for border guards to process. Crossings have risen considerably since Biden took office, peaking at 300,000 last December – but have fallen in recent months. In a recent poll, Americans said immigration was the most important problem facing the country.

Narendra Modi has declared victory in India's national elections. It secures him a third term as prime minister, extending what has already been a decade in power. But it's also reduced the majority of his ruling coalition, led by his Hindu nationalist BJP, with an unexpectedly strong challenge from the opposition. Where does it leave the populist leader and his polaraizing agenda? For more on this, we talk to Sumit Ganguly. He is a professor of political science at Indiana University in the United States and has written extensively on Indian domestic politics & foreign policy. He joins us from Bloomington. For a look on US-Indian relations, we talk to Katherine Hadda. She is a former US diplomat who served as consul general in the Indian city of Hyderabad. She's currently chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. And we talk to Richard Rossow. He is the director of the Chair in US-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and he joins us from Washington.

China’s Chang’e lunar probe has taken off from the far side of the moon to return back to earth, according to China’s national space agency. If China successfully makes it back to earth, it will be the first country to have gathered samples from the far side of the moon. China’s previous lunar mission, Chang’e 5, gathered samples from the near side of the moon, but collecting samples from the far side has required additional technical know-how as well as operating on more challenging terrain. According to the China National Space Administration (CNSA), Chang’e 6 “withstood the test of high temperature on the far side of the moon.

Efforts to counter Russian disinformation are moving into overdrive in the remaining days before the European Parliament elections. In January, the German government said it had uncovered a coordinated Russian disinformation campaign on X, formerly Twitter. Before it was shut down, the campaign had distributed more than a million messages through fake accounts, pushing false or misleading narratives, such as that aid to war-torn Ukraine was neglecting local citizens. By spreading such messages in large numbers on online platforms, some experts critical of these so-called “hybrid warfare” networks argue that Russia aims to maximize its visibility and foster a sense of legitimacy. The alleged goal is to widen social divides, fuel anger, and sow distrust in democratic processes and the media. A multi-pronged approach is needed to counter hybrid warfare, experts agree. Countries must ensure that their critical infrastructure, including voting technology, is adequately protected against cyberattacks.