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Union–SPD open the week fighting over Pflegereform; Trump expects Iran talks this week after rejecting Hormuz truce; Klopp’s DFB home debut ends 0–1 to Greece.

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Germany: Union–SPD crisis talks as SPD threatens to block Pflegereform

  • Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU) still aimed to bring the Pflege package to the black-red cabinet on Wednesday; SPD leaders threaten to block what Fraktionschef Matthias Miersch called a “reines Kürzungspaket.”
  • SPD demands: a “gerechter Beitrag” from private Pflegeversicherung (toward solidarity/Bürgerversicherung-style balance) and a “Pflegedeckel” on out-of-pocket Heim costs — Saarland’s Anke Rehlinger floated €1,500.
  • Linnemann rejected the Pflegedeckel on ARD: discussing it is fine, but “wir würden das Problem nicht lösen”; wants a late-Oct structural commission and “erste Hilfe” now so benefits/Beiträge stay stable.
Why it matters — After bruising Landtagswahlen, Pflege is the first big Monday stress test of whether Merz’s “ohne Abstriche” reform tempo survives SPD red lines — cabinet Wed is now the near-term clock.
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Iran/Hormuz: Trump expects talks this week; Tehran won’t soften seven-day plan

Iran open to ‘real diplomacy’ but ready for ‘apocalyptic war’ if US attacks
Al Jazeera liveblog
  • RNZ / Axios (Sun): Trump says he expects Iran talks to resume this week after rejecting Tehran’s seven-day truce → reopen Hormuz roadmap; “They overplayed their hand” / “not the deal that I want.”
  • Axios sources: indirect US–Iran talks could start as early as Monday; Trump still muses about renewed strikes while claiming Washington will win “very soon.”
Why it matters — Overnight moves the weekend rejection into a same-week negotiation window — with Iran still tying Hormuz reopening to broad Middle East ceasefire terms, and a claimed US drone seizure raising the risk of miscalculation.
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  • Geopolitics

Trump asked Xi if China wanted to buy US weapons, ambassador says

  • Guardian (Sun): US ambassador to China David Perdue told Fox News Trump asked Xi Jinping during last week’s summit whether China would like to buy US arms — “we sell arms to other people around the world.”
  • Context: Taiwan still waiting on a ~$14B US arms package Trump previously called a “negotiating chip”; Beijing opposes arms sales to the island.
Why it matters — An on-record ambassador claim that Trump floated arms sales to Beijing — immediately walked back by White House/State — muddies the already ambiguous Taiwan arms signal after the Xi summit.

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