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Hamas and Israel agree to Gaza ceasefire, says Hamas The ceasefire agreement was reached early Saturday, a spokesman for Hamas said. "With Egyptian and United Nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between (Israel) and Palestinian factions," Fawzi Barhoum told the Reuters news agency.Israeli officials did not immediately comment on the Hamas announcement,the second such agreement in a week.There was no military activity reported in Gaza in the early hours of Saturday.

G20 finance ministers meet in Argentina as trade dominates agenda G20 finance ministers meet this weekend in Buenos Aires in their first meetingsince global trade tensions moved beyond rhetoric into a volley of tariffs and counter-tariffs. Trade will dominate the agenda in the Argentine capital, with much attention likely to be focused on US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as he looks to "respond to concerns on US trade policies" at the gathering of finance ministers and central bankers from the worldʼs 20 leading economies.

The EU, China and Canada will be among those represented, with all of those having come into direct conflict with the trade polices of US President Donald Trump in recent weeks and months. The EU, China and Canada will be among those represented, with all of those having come into direct conflict with the trade polices of US President Donald Trump in recent weeks and months.

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Angela Merkel rejects Donald Trumpʼs definition of EU as ʼfoeʼ The German chancellor stressed that Europe and the US are not enemies

In her annual summer press Q&A session, the German chancellor stressed that Europe and the US are not enemies. She also held up the EU as a model of a "win-win" situation — words clearly aimed in Washingtonʼs direction.

Facebookʼs Mark Zuckerberg slammed

by Germany over Holocaust comments Mark Zuckerberg has backtracked on comments he made about allowing Holocaust deniers to post their beliefs on his social media platform.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas condemned Zuckerbergʼs comments.

Germanyʼs Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticized Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for saying that while he finds Holocaust deniers abhorrent, they should still be allowed to post their beliefs on Facebook Maas said in a tweet that "Nobody should defend anyone who de-

nies the Holocaust. On the contrary, worldwide, everything must be done to protect Jewish life." In Berlin, the Justice Ministry also chimed in and said that Zuckerberg caused outrage by saying his platform should not delete such comments. "There must be no place for anti-Semitism. This includes verbal and physical attacks on Jews as well as the denial of Holocaust," said Justice Minister Katarina Barley on Thursday. "The latter is also punishable by us and will be strictly prosecuted," Barley said.

Latest Ryan Gosling film to open Venice Film festival A small step for Gosling, a great step for moviegoers? The Hollywood heartthrob plays astronaut Neil Armstrong in his new film, First Man, which will opens the 75th Venice Film Festival in late August.

Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling is set to fly to the moon. But will it finally win him an Academy Award? In the drama First Man, the 37-year-old plays Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who was the first person to set foot on

the moon. The film was directed

by Damien Chazelle, with whom Gosling already worked in La La Land, and has the coveted opening slot at this yearʼs Venice Film Festival, festival director Alberto Barbera announced yesterday. He described the film as "a very personal, original and captivating work." Claire Foy (The Crown) plays Armstrongʼs wife Janet, while Corey Stoll (House of Cards) performs the role of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Sweden now fighting 50 wildfires as EU nations rush water bombers More than 50 wildfires — 10 more than the previous day — are now alight across central and western Sweden, but also above the Arctic Circle, authorities confirmed on Friday. Swedenʼs head of civil defense Dan Eliasson said fire crews were struggling to bring the most ferocious forest fires in years under control. He said four of the fires had become too large for firefighters to extinguish.

And with no rain in sight, the situation was unlikely to improve over the weekend, he said.

Germany remembers failed Hitler assassination with attack on populism The German foreign minister marked the 74th anniversary of the failed plot

by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler by condemning todayʼs right-wing populists and calling for a more united Europe. The solemn military ceremony, in the courtyard of the Bendlerblock building in Berlin where Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and four of his coconspirators were executed after their attempted coup failed on July 20, 1944, is usually framed as a celebration of the re-establishment of justice in Germany following the aberration of Nazism, but this year there was a clear note of defiance against new farright populism in Europe and around the world.

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Martin Kaymerʼs struggles are just the tip of the iceberg for German golf Despite being a two-time major winner, a former world number one and the man to sink the putt to retain a historic comeback in the 2012 Ryder Cup, Martin Kaymer has struggled to carry the flag for German golf in recent years. After finishing the first round of the 147th Open Championship with the same even-par score (71) as Tiger Woods, Kaymer endured more than he enjoyed on day two.

Teeing off at Carnoustie just as the rain and wind arrived, Kaymer delivered a solid front nine. As conditions improved though, Kaymer couldnʼt.

The Düsseldorf man traded pars with bogeys on his way back towards the clubhouse, before bogeying two of the last three holes, meaning he missed the cut and wouldnʼt continue at the weekend. Kaymer finished +4, finding just 40 percent of the fairways. Many struggle on the course nicknamed "The Beast," and Kaymerʼs failure to make the cut leaves German golf with only 60year-old Bernhard Langer in the field for the final two rounds.

Bundesliga clubs chase the American dream orussia Dortmund’s Christian Pulisic is undeniably the face of football in the United States. The 19-year-old is a symbol of the new generation of players expected to turn things around for the US national teamand Dortmund are naturally looking to capitalize on that hype during their US tour. “It’s about being there and giving people a sense of being closer to us.

German Cabinet approves 4-billioneuro plan to combat long-term unemployment

Long-termunemployed people in Germanycould soon benefit from government-subsidized jobs for up to five years, after the German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a corresponding draft bill presented by Labor Minister Hubertus Heil. Four billion euros ($4.65 billion) are to be set aside over the next few years for the project, entitled "social labor market." It was initiated by the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs conserva-

tives. The Labor Ministry calculates that each subsidized job will cost €24,000 ($27,895) annually. Employers are to receive subsidies at the level of Germanyʼs minimum wage (€1,498 per month) for two years, which are then to be reduced by 10 percent annually for the next three years. People who have been receiving state welfare payments — known as "Hartz IV" — for at least seven years and are over 25 years of age will be eligible under the plan.

The global heat wave thatʼs been killing us A heat wave is ravaging countries around the world. Although many celebrate sunny days, wildfires, wasted crops and health problems are some of the many disastrous consequences hot weather can have.

Most of us enjoy sunny days and complain on rainy ones — yet behind the clear skies lies a less pleasant reality. Since June 2018, numerous regions around the world have been facing infernal temperatures, which have caused wildfires, ruined crops and killed hundreds of people. The

hottest year ever recorded was 2016, due to a combination of global warming and a strong El Niño episode. Despite 2018 experiencing the opposite climate event, La Niña — which tends to cool temperatures — June has ranked as one of the hottest months on record. A heat wave describes a period of at least five days with a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average. Extremely hot individual days can be a one-off, which doesnʼt always have a link to heat waves or global warming.

Germany sees sharp rise in ʼfake scienceʼ journal publications Over 5,000 scientists at German universities and other higher education institutes have published the results of their research in journals run by quasi-scientific publishers, according to a media report on Thursday. When researchers publish their results in a scientific journal, the expectation is that their research questions, methods and data have undergone a rigorous review by other scientists in the field in a process known as peer review. The process acts as a form of quality control, ensuring that studies are scientifically sound before being released to the public.

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Sierenʼs China: Pendulum politics between China and the EU Well, at least the stars were all nicely lined up on the red China flags and the blue EU flags draped behind the negotiating table at the EU-China summit, which took place in Beijingʼs Great Hall of the People earlier this week. The EU and China were keen to demonstrate their solidarity as US President Donald Trump continues to go it alone. "We are all aware of the fact that the architecture of the world is changing before our very eyes," said European Council President Donald Tusk, backed up by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Chinaʼs ambassador to the EU had said in an editorial recently that "China and the EU were two major forces of stability" that supported inclusive globalization.

EUʼs Barnier lukewarm over Brexit White Paper, warns on red tape The British governmentʼs blueprint for its trading relations with the EU after it has left the bloc contains "useful" elements but many questions remain, EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday. "From our point of view there are ... several elements that open the way for a constructive discussion," he said, including plans for a free trade deal, a commitment to common standards and guarantees on fundamental rights. But Barnier hinted that some of the proposalscontained in a White Paper published last week may be unworkable and questioned whether they were compatible with the EUʼs basic principles, or in the blocʼs interest. "There are some points that are in contradiction with the guidelines" of the remaining 27 EU leaders, Barnier told reporters, citing the integrity of the EUʼs single market and the indivisibility of its four freedoms – free movement of goods, services, capital and persons. Britain has indicated that will seek single market privileges for industrial and agricultural goods alone, while aiming for a much looser arrangement for the trade in services.