RANKED: The best urban beaches in cities around Germany
With summer finally here and the temperature rising, plenty of people will be itching to get out of their shoes and socks and dig their toes in warm sand. Here's our pick of the top six beaches in as many cities across German – as well as a longer list of places well worth a visit.
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The Advertiser
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- The Advertiser
Europe talks don't rule out rejecting new US trade deal
European Union leaders have discussed new US proposals for a trade deal, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out that tariff talks could fail and saying "all options remain on the table". Time is running out for the bloc to find a common position before a respite from higher tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump expires on July 9, which could hammer exporters from cars to pharmaceuticals. The EU's two biggest economies were apparently at odds at the Brussels summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the EU to do a "quick and simple" trade deal rather than a "slow and complicated" one. But in a separate briefing, French President Emmanuel Macron, while also wanting a quick and pragmatic trade deal, said his country would not accept terms that were not balanced. All tools must be used to ensure a fair deal and if the US baseline rate of 10 per cent remained in place, then Europe's response would have to have an equivalent impact, he said. "Our goodwill should not be seen as a weakness," Macron added. Von der Leyen said the EU had received the latest US document on Thursday for further negotiations and the bloc was still assessing it. "We are ready for a deal. At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached," she told reporters. "In short, all options remain on the table." The bloc is already subject to US import tariffs of 50 per cent on its steel and aluminium, 25 per cent for cars and car parts along with the 10 per cent tariff on most other EU goods that Trump has threatened could rise to 50 per cent without an agreement. The European Union has agreed, but not imposed, tariffs on 21 billion euros of US goods and is debating a further package of tariffs on up to 95 billion euros of US imports. Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit US giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta, Apple, X and Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the US has with the EU. The EU leaders also discussed ideas to carve out a new form of trade cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, that would be a way of reforming what they see as an ineffective World Trade Organisation. Merz said the idea was in its early stages but could include mechanisms to resolve disputes, as the WTO was meant to do. "You all know that the WTO doesn't work any more," he said. The EU summit follows a NATO meeting this week that agreed to drastically raise defence spending in the military alliance but left some European countries finding it difficult to pay, and Spain explicitly demanding an opt-out. The EU bloc also has to tackle a raft of other issues, including its support for Ukraine and the prospect of EU membership for a country still at war against nuclear-armed Russia. Hungary is firmly opposed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had urged the EU to pass a new sanctions package on Russia targeting its oil trade and banks, as well as to give a clear signal on his country's EU accession. Before the start of the summit however, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would block a vote on the sanctions until his country's concerns on gas supplies were addressed. European Union leaders have discussed new US proposals for a trade deal, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out that tariff talks could fail and saying "all options remain on the table". Time is running out for the bloc to find a common position before a respite from higher tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump expires on July 9, which could hammer exporters from cars to pharmaceuticals. The EU's two biggest economies were apparently at odds at the Brussels summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the EU to do a "quick and simple" trade deal rather than a "slow and complicated" one. But in a separate briefing, French President Emmanuel Macron, while also wanting a quick and pragmatic trade deal, said his country would not accept terms that were not balanced. All tools must be used to ensure a fair deal and if the US baseline rate of 10 per cent remained in place, then Europe's response would have to have an equivalent impact, he said. "Our goodwill should not be seen as a weakness," Macron added. Von der Leyen said the EU had received the latest US document on Thursday for further negotiations and the bloc was still assessing it. "We are ready for a deal. At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached," she told reporters. "In short, all options remain on the table." The bloc is already subject to US import tariffs of 50 per cent on its steel and aluminium, 25 per cent for cars and car parts along with the 10 per cent tariff on most other EU goods that Trump has threatened could rise to 50 per cent without an agreement. The European Union has agreed, but not imposed, tariffs on 21 billion euros of US goods and is debating a further package of tariffs on up to 95 billion euros of US imports. Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit US giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta, Apple, X and Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the US has with the EU. The EU leaders also discussed ideas to carve out a new form of trade cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, that would be a way of reforming what they see as an ineffective World Trade Organisation. Merz said the idea was in its early stages but could include mechanisms to resolve disputes, as the WTO was meant to do. "You all know that the WTO doesn't work any more," he said. The EU summit follows a NATO meeting this week that agreed to drastically raise defence spending in the military alliance but left some European countries finding it difficult to pay, and Spain explicitly demanding an opt-out. The EU bloc also has to tackle a raft of other issues, including its support for Ukraine and the prospect of EU membership for a country still at war against nuclear-armed Russia. Hungary is firmly opposed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had urged the EU to pass a new sanctions package on Russia targeting its oil trade and banks, as well as to give a clear signal on his country's EU accession. Before the start of the summit however, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would block a vote on the sanctions until his country's concerns on gas supplies were addressed. European Union leaders have discussed new US proposals for a trade deal, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out that tariff talks could fail and saying "all options remain on the table". Time is running out for the bloc to find a common position before a respite from higher tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump expires on July 9, which could hammer exporters from cars to pharmaceuticals. The EU's two biggest economies were apparently at odds at the Brussels summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the EU to do a "quick and simple" trade deal rather than a "slow and complicated" one. But in a separate briefing, French President Emmanuel Macron, while also wanting a quick and pragmatic trade deal, said his country would not accept terms that were not balanced. All tools must be used to ensure a fair deal and if the US baseline rate of 10 per cent remained in place, then Europe's response would have to have an equivalent impact, he said. "Our goodwill should not be seen as a weakness," Macron added. Von der Leyen said the EU had received the latest US document on Thursday for further negotiations and the bloc was still assessing it. "We are ready for a deal. At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached," she told reporters. "In short, all options remain on the table." The bloc is already subject to US import tariffs of 50 per cent on its steel and aluminium, 25 per cent for cars and car parts along with the 10 per cent tariff on most other EU goods that Trump has threatened could rise to 50 per cent without an agreement. The European Union has agreed, but not imposed, tariffs on 21 billion euros of US goods and is debating a further package of tariffs on up to 95 billion euros of US imports. Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit US giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta, Apple, X and Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the US has with the EU. The EU leaders also discussed ideas to carve out a new form of trade cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, that would be a way of reforming what they see as an ineffective World Trade Organisation. Merz said the idea was in its early stages but could include mechanisms to resolve disputes, as the WTO was meant to do. "You all know that the WTO doesn't work any more," he said. The EU summit follows a NATO meeting this week that agreed to drastically raise defence spending in the military alliance but left some European countries finding it difficult to pay, and Spain explicitly demanding an opt-out. The EU bloc also has to tackle a raft of other issues, including its support for Ukraine and the prospect of EU membership for a country still at war against nuclear-armed Russia. Hungary is firmly opposed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had urged the EU to pass a new sanctions package on Russia targeting its oil trade and banks, as well as to give a clear signal on his country's EU accession. Before the start of the summit however, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would block a vote on the sanctions until his country's concerns on gas supplies were addressed. European Union leaders have discussed new US proposals for a trade deal, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out that tariff talks could fail and saying "all options remain on the table". Time is running out for the bloc to find a common position before a respite from higher tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump expires on July 9, which could hammer exporters from cars to pharmaceuticals. The EU's two biggest economies were apparently at odds at the Brussels summit. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the EU to do a "quick and simple" trade deal rather than a "slow and complicated" one. But in a separate briefing, French President Emmanuel Macron, while also wanting a quick and pragmatic trade deal, said his country would not accept terms that were not balanced. All tools must be used to ensure a fair deal and if the US baseline rate of 10 per cent remained in place, then Europe's response would have to have an equivalent impact, he said. "Our goodwill should not be seen as a weakness," Macron added. Von der Leyen said the EU had received the latest US document on Thursday for further negotiations and the bloc was still assessing it. "We are ready for a deal. At the same time, we are preparing for the possibility that no satisfactory agreement is reached," she told reporters. "In short, all options remain on the table." The bloc is already subject to US import tariffs of 50 per cent on its steel and aluminium, 25 per cent for cars and car parts along with the 10 per cent tariff on most other EU goods that Trump has threatened could rise to 50 per cent without an agreement. The European Union has agreed, but not imposed, tariffs on 21 billion euros of US goods and is debating a further package of tariffs on up to 95 billion euros of US imports. Among the EU rebalancing options is a tax on digital advertising, which would hit US giants like Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta, Apple, X and Microsoft and eat into the trade surplus in services the US has with the EU. The EU leaders also discussed ideas to carve out a new form of trade cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, that would be a way of reforming what they see as an ineffective World Trade Organisation. Merz said the idea was in its early stages but could include mechanisms to resolve disputes, as the WTO was meant to do. "You all know that the WTO doesn't work any more," he said. The EU summit follows a NATO meeting this week that agreed to drastically raise defence spending in the military alliance but left some European countries finding it difficult to pay, and Spain explicitly demanding an opt-out. The EU bloc also has to tackle a raft of other issues, including its support for Ukraine and the prospect of EU membership for a country still at war against nuclear-armed Russia. Hungary is firmly opposed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had urged the EU to pass a new sanctions package on Russia targeting its oil trade and banks, as well as to give a clear signal on his country's EU accession. Before the start of the summit however, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would block a vote on the sanctions until his country's concerns on gas supplies were addressed.
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Daily Mirror
Borussia Dortmund explain Gittens absence as Chelsea transfer talks continue
Borussia Dortmund were without Jamie Gittens as they beat Ulsan 1-0 at the Club World Cup as discussions remain ongoing about the 20-year-old potentially joining Chelsea Jamie Gittens missed Borussia Dortmund's 1-0 win over Ulsan at the Club World Cup on Wednesday, with Chelsea looking to sign the winger. Gittens has already agreed personal terms and reports have suggested that Chelsea are close to finalising a deal with Dortmund. And Gittens' absence from the Dortmund squad as they defeated Ulsan in Cincinnati fuelled suggestions that the move is all but done. However, Dortmund boss Niko Kovac insisted ahead of the game that Gittens only missed the game through illness. Explaining his team selection, Kovac said: "Marcel Sabitzer has had a bit of trouble with his knee. He took a knock and has therefore trained a bit less – today he participated in parts of team training again. "We'll have to see how things are for him tomorrow. The only one who won't be involved is Jamie Gittens. We left him in Fort Lauderdale because he's sick." Despite Kovac's comments, German newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten have claimed that Gittens was not involved because a move to Chelsea is 'imminent' and the suggestion that he is ill is actually a 'cover story'. The Blues did attempt to sign Gittens ahead of the Club World Cup, but they failed to meet Dortmund's asking price. However, Dortmund's sporting director Sebastian Kehl did admit earlier this month that they remained "in good dialogue" with the Blues. "There was contact with Chelsea FC, who got in touch again yesterday afternoon," Kehl said. "We spoke again on the phone and exchanged expectations and different ideas. In the end, we didn't come to an agreement because we have different ideas about the player's current value. "But the talks were very, very respectful. We have been in very good dialogue with Chelsea for many years. We are happy Jamie will now be part of our team at the Club World Cup and are delighted he is staying. "I'm not responsible for the late offer - but, of course, I still have to deal with it and that's what we've done. We looked into it very seriously, but in the end we also made a decision for ourselves. "It's still absolutely OK that Chelsea made this attempt. And, once again, we are in good dialogue. Let's see how things develop in the future."
New Straits Times
an hour ago
- New Straits Times
Dollar lingers at its weakest in over three years as traders bet on US rate cuts
SINGAPORE: The dollar drifted on Friday, hovering near its lowest level in three-and-a-half-years against the euro and sterling, as traders wagered on deeper US rate cuts while awaiting trade deals ahead of a July deadline for President Donald Trump's tariffs. Market focus this week has been on US monetary policy. The prospect of Trump announcing the next Federal Reserve Chair, who is expected to be more dovish, earlier than usual to undermine the current chair Jerome Powell has raised odds of the central bank cutting rates. Powell, whose term ends in May, was also interpreted as being more dovish this week in testimony to US Congress, adding to expectation of more rate cuts. Traders are now pricing in 64 basis points of easing this year versus 46 bps expected on Friday. "The sooner a replacement is announced for Powell, the sooner he could be perceived to be a 'lame duck'," said Carol Kong, a currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump has toyed with the idea of selecting and announcing Powell's replacement by September or October, a move analysts say could lead to the person operating as a shadow Fed chair, undermining Powell's influence. Trump has not decided on a replacement for Powell and a decision is not imminent, a person familiar with the White House's deliberations told Reuters on Thursday. "Such an outcome could introduce some volatility into financial markets if the nominee makes public comments markedly different to the current chair," CBA's Kong said. "For now, expectations President Trump will choose a more dovish chair will keep downward pressure on FOMC pricing and the USD." The euro was steady at US$1.1693 in early trading after hitting US$1.1745 in the previous session, its highest since September 2021. Sterling last fetched US$1.3733, just below the October 2021 top of US$1.37701 touched on Thursday. The dollar index, which measures the US unit versus six other currencies, was lingering near its lowest since March 2022 at 97.378, on course for a 2 per cent decline in June, its sixth straight month in the red. The index has dropped more than 10 per cent this year as Trump's tariffs stoke US growth worries, leading investors to look for alternatives. The yen was a bit weaker at 144.73 per dollar, while the Swiss franc was last at 0.8013 per dollar, perched near its strongest level in a decade. Investor attention will also be on progress on trade deals ahead of the July 9 deadline for Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs as nations scramble to get an agreement over the line with the clock ticking. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday the EU should do a "quick and simple" trade deal with the United States rather than a "slow and complicated" one. A White House official said on Thursday the US has reached an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earths shipments to the United States.
