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The North Korea-South Korea relationship
Kim's sister on South Korea's drill: Suicidal hysteria

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's sister, Kim Yo-Jong, calls South Korea's latest military exercises "suicidal hysteria."

After several years, South Korea has now resumed firing exercises near the land and sea borders with North Korea. Kim Yo-Jong accuses the South Korean government of deliberately escalating tensions.

"If we judge that they committed an act that is tantamount to a declaration of war, our armed forces will immediately carry out their mission and duty according to the constitution," she writes in a statement published in state media.

South Korean government spokesperson Koo Byoungsa responds that North Korea should first look at its own violations of human rights and international law.

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The Israel-Hamas war|The negotiations
Israeli minister threatens to end ceasefire - 'humiliating defeat'

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich intends to do everything to stop the proposal for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. He says that ahead of this week's negotiations, reports Reuters.

A deal with Hamas would mean "defeat and humiliation for Israel and victory for Sinwar," he told a party meeting, vowing that his party would not participate in the deal.

He held up a poster of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and warned that "thousands of people" will be killed in the "next Hamas massacre".

Smotrich is threatening that his party will leave Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition, which would then be left without sufficient support in parliament, according to the Times of Israel.

The leader of the largest opposition party, however, promises Netanyahu his party's support as a "lifeline", writes Reuters:

- The most important thing is to get the hostages home, says Yair Lapid.

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The development of electric cars
BYD circumvents EU tariffs - builds factories in Europe

After the EU introduced electric car tariffs against China, the Chinese EV giant BYD announces that it will build a new factory in Turkey, reports the Financial Times.

The investment lands at 1 billion dollars, corresponding to roughly 10 billion kroner, and the factory should be able to turn out 150,000 cars per year.

BYD, which is the world's second largest electric car manufacturer after Tesla, wants to ensure access to the growing European market when the EU introduces tariffs. The company is also building a factory in Hungary, which will be put into operation next year, and is also considering a second factory in the country, writes FT.

Turkey is part of the EU's customs union and cars can therefore be exported to EU countries without additional customs fees.