Epstein recordsdata: Only Trump’s signature is lacking | EUROtoday

The launch of the FBI investigation recordsdata into the Jeffrey Epstein case is getting nearer. After the US House of Representatives, the Senate additionally accepted the legislation. Now all that is left is the US President Donald Trump signal. He had lengthy resisted publication, however gave in when strain from his personal get together elevated. The late multimillionaire Epstein ran an abuse ring for a very long time. Epstein additionally maintained shut contact with Donald Trump for years, lengthy earlier than he grew to become US President. Critics now concern that the Trump administration may withhold numerous recordsdata even when the legislation is handed, citing ongoing investigations. How harmful may the contents of the recordsdata be for Trump? This is what Rieke Havertz, worldwide correspondent for ZEIT, explains.

The federal authorities desires to strengthen drone protection with a brand new legislation. The plan is for the Bundeswehr to have the ability to assist the state police in defending in opposition to harmful drones sooner or later – for instance with jammers or, in sure distinctive circumstances, with weapons. This applies when human lives are in peril or important infrastructure is to be attacked. The background is the rising variety of drone sightings over German airports. According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the drones are a minimum of partly used on behalf of overseas nations, with the main target right here being on Russia specifically.

The world local weather convention COP30 in Belém is getting into the decisive section. Representatives of the world’s nations will likely be negotiating there till Friday about how the local weather will be saved. The convention has usually been criticized previously: though there’s numerous discuss, in the long run nothing or solely little will change. Is there any momentum this yr? And what particular matters are on the desk? ZEIT editor Elena Erdmann is on website in Brazil and assesses the scenario.

Also within the replace: The uncertainty surrounding the billion-dollar Stuttgart 21 building venture continues. According to dpa, the partial opening of the underground station deliberate for the top of 2026 will likely be postponed indefinitely – the explanations are technical issues with digitization and building.

And in any other case? Blue Wonder – Curaçao in World Cup fever.

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Further hyperlinks to the episode: The Epstein case and Donald Trump, defined intimately within the podcast OK, America?

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