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- 1Darfur arms embargo set to lapse unless UN Security Council acts●RE: https:// flipboard.com/@taz_de/politik- 7q8h8pgaz/-/a-6c03zolPQo2detKqy8v_ag%3Aa%3A2741305549-%2F0 "am Samstag läuft
The UN arms embargo covering Darfur is due to expire on Saturday and would have to be renewed by the Security Council to remain in force. Commentators highlight the role of the United Arab Emirates and the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudan war, with debate touching on regional actors from Colombia to Libya and Puntland as pressure builds over the embargo's future.
- 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, is withdrawing from the Bundestag's budget committee, according to a taz commentary that frames the move as a reason for hope. The budget committee is one of parliament's most powerful bodies, steering federal spending, so his exit is being read as a significant shift in Berlin's fiscal politics.