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Nuclear deal with Iran
Expert: US bombers can pressure Iran into agreement – ​​or war

The US has moved aircraft carriers and bombers to the Indian Ocean in what TT describes as an attempt to put pressure on Iran ahead of upcoming nuclear energy negotiations.

Alexander Atarodi, a Middle East expert and former employee at the Swedish Defence Research Institute, tells the news agency that it should be remembered that it is surprising that there are diplomatic contacts between the countries at all. However, he also believes that there are reasons to worry that it will all end in war if Trump does not get his way.

– It may happen that nothing substantial is achieved during the initial talks. Then his patience may run out because he wants results immediately, and then something else may happen, says Atarodi.

China-Taiwan relations
Chinese captain suspected of cable damage in Taiwan

A Chinese ship captain is being prosecuted in Taiwan, suspected of sabotaging an underwater cable to the island. According to AFP, he is suspected of having instructed the crew to let the anchor drag along the bottom when they passed the power line in February this year.

The captain denies any wrongdoing. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. The crew will not be prosecuted, but will be deported to China.

Chinese ships have also been accused of sabotaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.

The change of power in Germany
Sources: Merz to be sworn in as German Chancellor on May 6

Christian Democratic CDU leader Friedrich Merz will be sworn in as Germany's new Chancellor on May 6, party sources told Reuters.

The CDU/CSU and the party's coalition partner, the Social Democratic SPD, have agreed on the date, sources on both sides told the news agency.

On Wednesday, it was announced that a coalition agreement had been signed. At a press conference, Merz promised that the agreement would make Germany more stable, safer and economically stronger.

Trump's USA  Greenland's future
Commander emailed criticism of Vance - gets fired

The US defense agency Pentagon fires Susannah Meyers, commander of the Pituffik Air Base in Greenland.

According to the independent website Military.com, Meyers is said to have sent an email to her staff in which she distanced herself from Vice President JD Vance's comments when he visited the island.

"The views that Vice President Vance expressed on Friday do not reflect Pituffik Air Base," Meyers wrote in her email.

The Pentagon has not given the reason for Meyers' firing but writes that "actions that undermine the chain of command or President Trump's agenda will not be tolerated."