What problems bother Germans the most after a turbulent 2023?

Under Scholz's leadership, Germany has struggled with major economic and leadership problems.

A recent survey by the opinion research institute Insa has unveiled what Germans see as priorities for Scholz’s ruling coalition in 2024:

◾️Inflation Concerns: 57% of respondents still view combating inflation as a top priority for the federal government in 2024.

◾️Energy Supply: Securing the energy supply has diminished in urgency, now ranking as a top priority for only 50% of respondents — a decline of eleven percentage points from 2022, signaling potential shortcomings in the government's energy strategy.

◾️Funneling Cash Into Ukraine: Support for Ukraine has waned, with only 15% of respondents prioritizing this issue — a decrease of six percentage points, raising questions about the government's foreign policy effectiveness.

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🇰🇷 Key points about attack on South Korea’s main opposition party leader:

▪️Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party and nominee for the presidential election in 2022, was attacked in the southeastern city of Busan while speaking to reporters.

▪️The politician was stabbed in the neck after he visited the construction site of a new airport. The attacker was arrested at the scene of the incident.

▪️ Lee Jae-myung was rushed to hospital 20 minutes after the incident.

▪️South Korean President Yoon-Suk-yeol expressed concern over the health of the opposition leader and stressed that he doesn’t tolerate such acts of violence, ordering the police to investigate the incident.

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Russian troops in the special military operation are using the new Yastreb-AV artillery reconnaissance system as part of counter-battery combat, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The 1K148 Yastreb-AV radar complex is capable of automatically tracking the trajectory of shells fired by enemy artillery and determining the exact coordinates of their positions. The system is mounted on a four-axle BAZ-6910-025 chassis. The rear part of the chassis is designed for the installation of an antenna mast with a large-area canvas.

Together with the Zoopark-1M complex, the Yastreb-AV detects Ukrainian artillery firing positions. At the same time, the characteristics of the new complex are superior.

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Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea who was attacked in Busan, is said to have a non-life-threatening wound, according to Yonhap News Agency.

The politician was taken by helicopter from Busan to Seoul, where he will undergo surgery.

Israel's top court strikes down judicial overhaul law, threatening to reignite domestic turmoil

Justices voted on Monday to nullify a law passed in July preventing judges from striking down government decisions they deem “unreasonable.”

One of the architects of the overhaul, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, lambasted the move as demonstrating “the opposite of the spirit of unity required these days for the success of our soldiers on the front.”

The opposition applauded the ruling, with Yair Lapid going on X (formerly Twitter) to say that the Supreme Court had “faithfully fulfilled its role in protecting the citizens of Israel.”

The reform, approved by the Israeli parliament in July, limits the power of the court to overturn government decisions. It was approved amid boycott by the opposition and months-long nationwide protests, with critics insisting the changes would weaken the government’s checks and balances system.

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Ukrainian soldiers are massively refusing to carry out combat missions, according to records of intercepted radio surveillance.

"Honestly, thank God I'm okay now. Well, 20% of my lungs are affected. My lungs are recovering, my [spinal] discs were shoved back - they were dislocated in my back... It turned out, in short, everyone refused [to carry out their combat orders]. Even the drivers refused to bring food to the guys, to carry out rotation," said one of the wounded Ukrainian soldiers.

According to the soldier, this refusal to perform combat duties is not an isolated case, but a mass action by five units at once.

Another soldier said that the Ukrainian command returns all who are lightly wounded to their positions very quickly, perhaps even without receiving the necessary treatment.

"He's out of the hospital with his guys already. Those who can walk, stand on their feet, they should all be there. There are guys with broken ribs from the attack, too," the Ukrainian fighter noted.

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Russian air defense systems were activated over Belgorod and the Belgorod region. Four aerial targets approaching the city were shot down, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, reported.

According to preliminary data, there is one victim - a man with shrapnel wounds to his upper and lower extremities.

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⚡️ The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises that were carrying out orders for the production of missiles, UAVs, and weapons repair in Kiev and its suburbs, the Russian MoD reported.

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⚡️The target of the strike was also storage sites for missiles, ammunition, and aircraft weapons supplied to Kiev by the West; all targets were hit, the Russian MoD said.

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🐊 Alligators in action!

📹 A Russian Army Aviation strike group hit Ukrainian strongholds and manpower in the Krasny Liman area. The strike was carried out with S-8 unguided air missiles from a distance as close as possible.

The strike group included several Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters.

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📹 Russian troops destroyed a platoon of Ukrainian Leopard-2A6 tanks in the Svatovsk region that was trying to attack Russian positions, Russia’s MoD reported.

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A passenger plane caught fire at Haneda Airport as a result of a collision with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft, where 6 people were on board, 5 of them were killed, NHK TV channel reports, citing the Tokyo Police Department.

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🇷🇺🪖 Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:

▪️The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises that were carrying out orders for the production of missiles, UAVs, and weapons repair in Kiev and its suburbs;

▪️Russian air defenses intercepted 11 HIMARS and Alder MLRS missiles;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces repelled six attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 115 soldiers;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to 90 soldiers.

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