Esme Nicholson
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Rejected asylum seekers will also be issued immediate return orders and if there are no diplomatic relations between the country they're trying to enter and their country of origin, they will be held in what are referred to as return hubs in third countries.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
The EU's migration and asylum pact aims to make it more difficult for asylum seekers and migrants to enter the 27-nation bloc.
They are to be screened at the European Union's outer borders for up to seven days before being admitted.
Asylum seekers from countries that the EU now deems safe, such as Syria and Bangladesh, can be kept at the border while their cases are processed and given only one chance to appeal a rejected application.
Rejected asylum seekers will also be issued immediate return orders, and if there are no diplomatic relations between the country they're trying to enter and their country of origin, they will be held in what are referred to as return hubs in third countries.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
I wouldn't like it, and maybe we'd take back Washington and run it on a federal basis.
Speaking to reporters at a German military base, Merz affirmed a strong NATO remains top priority.
Referring to Germany's relationship with the United States, he said it is particularly close to our hearts and to him personally.
Trump said Merz should focus on trying to end Russia's war in Ukraine instead of, quote, interfering with the issue of Iran.
Earlier this week, Merz remarked the Iranian regime has, quote, humiliated the United States and added the U.S.
appears to have no exit strategy from what he called an ill-conceived war.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Spain, Ireland and Slovenia were among the member states pushing to suspend some of Israel's free trade privileges with the 27-nation bloc.
Pointing to settler violence in the West Bank, they accuse Israel of breaching conditions of the deal that include respect for human rights.
Germany and Italy vetoed the proposal, which requires unanimous support.
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Warupfuhl says his government's objection to sanctions does not mean what he called critical issues should not be discussed with Israel.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Lufthansa says its decision to reduce its summer flight timetable should save more than 40,000 metric tons of kerosene
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