CDU leaders reject speculation over replacing Chancellor Friedrich Merz with Hendrik Wüst as Germany’s coalition faces polls and reform pressure.

On May 30, the Australian Minister for Defense, Richard Marles, the United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and the British Secretary of State for Defense, John Healey, met at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, where the ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the AUKUS security pact and announced several new initiatives focused on accelerating the partnership between the three countries.