UK and Germany Raise Concerns On Deal Talks

The UK and German governments are seeking to safeguard jobs in the potential merger of the Vauxhall and Peugeot carmakers. Ministers have raised concerns after PSA Group, maker of Peugeot cars, said it was in talks to buy General Motors’ loss-making European business, Opel. Opel has thousands of workers at its plants in Germany and … Read more

Afghan Repatriated From Germany Wounded In Kabul Attack

Barely two weeks after Germany deported him, an Afghan asylum seeker was struck by flying shrapnel in a suicide bombing in Kabul, highlighting the perils of repatriation to the war-battered country. Atiqullah Akbari, 23, was caught up in Tuesday’s militant attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul, a terrifying scene of carnage, bloodshed and agonising … Read more