Speaking at the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin today, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said “it is clear that China, as one of the largest creditors, must play a greater role overall in order to reduce the debt burden of the poorest countries in the long term,” Reuters reported.
China hacked UK ministry: report
The Chinese state has hacked the British ministry of defence, Sky News reported this morning.
The cyberattack was on a payroll system with current service personnel and some veterans, it said.
China’s foreign ministry, meanwhile, said it “firmly opposes and fights all forms of cyber attacks” and “rejects the use of this issue politically to smear other countries”.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president and lead candidate of the centre-right European People’s party, is out campaigning in Poland today.
“It’s about building broad coalitions to tackle common challenges and make sure that the centre holds firm against the extremes. And about getting the vote out and getting young people mobilised,” she said in a meeting with Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister
