Iran parliament speaker Ghalibaf said inspectors are permitted access only to two sites: the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the Tehran research reactor.

FAW-Audi insiders said reports that the company’s Chinese head had been replaced are false. Guo Yongfeng remains executive deputy general manager of FAW Audi Sales Co., a role he has held since Sept. 1, 2025, with responsibility for sales, after‑sales, dealer network and brand marketing for all domestic and imported models in China.

Chancellor Merz on Thursday unveiled a 34-point package of pension, tax and labour reforms, aiming for parliamentary approval of the main elements by year-end. On pensions, the plan implements recommendations to add capital-market-based elements to the state pension system and to gradually raise the retirement age over the coming decades. Tax changes raise allowances and ease progressivity for middle incomes; two-child working families would receive more than €600 (about $685) in annual income-tax relief. The measures are projected to cut household tax burdens by roughly €10bn a year and would be partly financed by lifting the top marginal rate from 45% to 47% on annual taxable income above €280,000. Industrial and technology support will target autos, chemicals and pharma, cleantech, machinery, batteries, semiconductors and AI, and the Germany Fund investment framework will be expanded into a strategic vehicle focused on resilience, energy and raw materials.