President Donald Trump passed on an opportunity to criticize German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying 'she has to say what she has to say' about him to stay in power.

German politician Walter Luebcke, who was known to have pro-migrant views, was found dead at his home in the city of Kassel. Investigators fear his killing had a far right motive.

President Trump blasted the latest comments by Democratic debate participants during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Japan.

Mrs Merkel said at the Group of 20 summit in Japan which included a long-distance flight and negotiations with other leaders: 'I'm convinced... it will go away again.'

Mrs Merkel kept a low profile as she attended the G20 summit in Osaka following the latest incident. Her office blamed dehydration for the first attack and said the second was psychological.

Children will only be admitted to kindergarten or school if they have had the jabs, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday.

Plans have been drawn up for a 32ft wide, 8ft deep trench to keep potential terror threats away from the seat of German democracy in Berlin.

Brussels believes the new Prime Minister wants to use the October 17 European Council meeting, just two weeks before the UK is due to quit the bloc, to force concessions.

The plan is believed to be under consideration by Boris Johnson in order to avoid Brexit dominating the G7 summit set to be held in Biarritz, France, from August 24-26.

The White House and State Department are pressuring governments in Europe to take back thousands of jihadis and their brides captured when ISIS collapsed - and having no success.

Boris Johnson today insisted he is 'confident' the European Union will ultimately buckle on Brexit and agree to renegotiate the terms of Britain's divorce from the bloc.

German GDP fell by 0.1 per cent between April and June and today the Bundesbank in Frankfurt said that 'industrial production is expected to shrink markedly in the current quarter as well'.

The Prime Minister was bullish tonight as he promised 'oomph' in negotiations and said he will tell EU leaders the Irish backstop 'is going to come out' of the withdrawal agreement.

Leading allies of Angela Merkel have warned Boris Johnson deleting the backstop from the Brexit deal is 'completely impossible' as the PM flies into Berlin for crunch talks.

PETER OBORNE: From his days as a Brussels-based journalist whose motif was his ridiculing of the Eurocracy and their policies, our new Prime Minister has long been a hate figure in Europe.

Body language expert Jude James says Boris looked anxious today in Berlin as the PM met Angela Merkel for a meeting about reopening Brexit negotiations.

Donald Trump says he'll air drop ISIS fighters into Europe, with no restrictions on the radicals' movements, if the countries they were living in before they were caught on the battlefield refuse to take them into custody.

The value of the pound jumped this afternoon after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel delivered Brexit boosts to Boris Johnson.

Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Germany's most popular newspaper Bild, predicted agreements amounting to 'basically a deal'. He said the Chancellor would be 'giving in but not giving in'.

The French President echoed the German Chancellor's suggestion that the deadlock over the Irish backstop could potentially be broken to prevent No Deal.

GREG HANDS: When I heard German Chancellor Angela Merkel had invited Boris Johnson to put forward new proposals to solve the Northern Ireland backstop in the next 30 days, I was delighted.

Boris Johnson today warned scrapping the backstop and striking a new Brexit agreement with the EU will 'not be easy' as he cautioned against people being too optimistic about a deal being done.

The Prime Minister will use the G7 summit in Biarritz to heap pressure on the EU chief Donald Tusk to re-open Brexit talks on the Irish backstop.

Tory Remainer rebels are set to delay their attempts to stop No Deal until Angela Merkel's 30-day window to scrap the backstop has expired as Boris Johnson was given a Brexit reprieve.

The Council President warned Jair Bolsonaro's rampant deforestation agenda will likely prevent the agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc being struck.

Body language expert Judi James told MailOnline there was a 'sense of intimidation' coming from other leaders while Boris had 'an air of happy oblivion' at the G7 in Biarritz, France.

It's the second day of the G7 Trump in Biarritz, France.World leaders gathered for a summit dinner Sunday evening and gave each other warm welcomes.

Photos have emerged of Scott Morrison looking awkward while engaging with other world leaders at the G7 Summit in France.

G7 leaders posed on the shore of the Atlantic this evening for a 'family portrait' at the summit in Biarritz but Boris Johnson found himself in a place at the far side of the front row of 19 leaders and spouses.

Donald Trump urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 in Biarritz, France to take back captured ISIS fighters who journeyed to the conflict zone from Europe.

Trump was scheduled to attend the session on climate, biodiversity and oceans, but his chair remained empty while other leaders pledged a modest $20 million to help put out Brazil's jungle fires.

Isolated and uncomfortable, his body language was remarkably different from US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson who appeared at home and relaxed.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Only Boris Johnson's enemies could deny that his first month in office has been something of a tour de force.

The pair had a notoriously hostile relationship when they were both in power, and used language about each other which shocked diplomats.

Angela Merkel has given Prime Minister Boris Johnson 30 days to come up with a new Brexit deal - despite the initial praise of a 'constructive and professional' G7 summit meeting.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has begged Poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War at a service in Weilun, Poland.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pledged Sunday that America will not abandon its allies, as he spoke at a WWII memorial in Poland and met in Warsaw with Ukraine's newly-installed president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence proclaimed Monday in Poland 'Moscow seeks to divide our alliance' but Vladimir Putin's efforts 'will fail,' because the NATO alliance remains strong.

Merkel, on a visit to Beijing, met with Chinese premier Li Keqiang and stressed that a peaceful solution is needed following as military trucks parked on the Hong Kong border.

PETER OBORNE:  If Johnson is to regain his poise, he needs a new set of advisers. He's lost four consecutive Commons votes and failed to secure a general election losing control of parliament.

Stefan Jagsch (pictured), of the far right-wing extremist National Democratic Party (NDP), was elected on Thursday for Waldsiedlung after the post remained vacant for weeks.

German Chancellor Angela gave the upbeat assessment amid signs of a renewed push in negotiations, with just 50 days until the UK is due to leave.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was pledging her support to the nation's car industry at the annual Frankfurt IAA car show when Greenpeace protestors made their way inside the building.

Government sources said EU negotiators were being 'shown pieces of paper' giving the outline of Mr Johnson's plans, including the removal of the controversial Irish backstop.

David Cameron writes in his memoirs that Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured together at a Brussels summit in 2016) was a 'European integrationist to the core'.

Ms Symonds will get to the UN General Assembly in New York on her own steam, without Mr Johnson's RAF jet. It is unknown whether the couple will be staying together in a hotel.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron of France both sat down separately with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN in New York.

Mr Cox is understood to have conveyed the threat during a 'heated' exchange with Mr Johnson over the Government's concession that the PM would ask for a delay if no deal is agreed by October 19.

Boris Johnson 's hopes of striking a new Brexit deal with the EU were dashed today after a furious early morning phone call with Angela Merkel .

Michael Gove today ramped up the government's preparations for a No Deal Brexit as the chances of an agreement being struck between Britain and the EU appeared to collapse.