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- 1UN arms embargo on Darfur set to expire Saturday●RE: https:// flipboard.com/@taz_de/politik- 7q8h8pgaz/-/a-6c03zolPQo2detKqy8v_ag%3Aa%3A2741305549-%2F0 "am Samstag läuft
The UN arms embargo covering Sudan's Darfur region expires on Saturday and must be renewed by the UN Security Council. Discussion is focused on whether the embargo will be extended amid the war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, with attention to arms flows and regional actors including the United Arab Emirates.
- 2Jens Spahn steps back from Bundestag budget committee●Jens # Spahn zieht sich aus dem Haushaltsausschuss des Bundestags zurück. Das macht Hoffnung, schreibt unser Redakteur.
Jens Spahn, the CDU's parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, is withdrawing from the budget committee, the taz reports. Its editorial argues his retreat offers hope, implying it could ease tensions in budget negotiations. Spahn has been a prominent and often combative figure in the Union's parliamentary leadership, so his reduced role in the committee is drawing attention in Berlin politics.