The German chancellor had rolled out the red carpet for Queen Margrethe’s arrival in Berlin, but was left embarrassed when the royal left her offer of a fist bump hanging.

World leaders engaged in a spot of dinner-time diplomacy last night ahead of the last ‘full’ day of the COP26 summit today.

Merkel blames the poison attack on the Kremlin and has called for Navalny’s release since he was jailed in February, weeks after his return from Germany. Putin denies the poisoning.

Police were deployed outside synagogues across Germany after protests against Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip descended into racial abuse.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel – among others – warned against isolationism in response to the Covid pandemic.

French Europe Minister Clement Beaune explicitly warned exports of the jab to Britain could be halted unless more were supplied to EU nations.

DOUGLAS MURRAY: Emmanuel Macron’s counterpart in Germany, Angela Merkel, has played her own discreditable role in conducting an unpleasant campaign of trade deal sabotage.

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was heckled by opposition MPs during a speech to parliament on Thursday, while taking aim at groups spreading “lies and disinformation” as the country continues to battle the coronavirus crisis. The speech, which took place the morning after Mrs Merkel announced a range of sweeping reforms to tackle the spread […]

There is growing optimism of a deal being done between the two sides but fisheries remains the major stumbling block to an accord, with France still refusing to budge.