Nukes in Ukraine, Germany in China, India in Israel

25 February 2026

Daily Briefing

1. Merz in China: German chancellor, Xi seek more cooperation (dw.com )

2. Merz: Decoupling from China would be ‘shooting ourselves in the foot’ (news.cgtn.com )

3. China adds 20 more Japanese groups to export control list (www3.nhk.or.jp )

4. Shanghai sending lower-level delegation to Taipei Lantern Festival (taipeitimes.com )

5. Arming Ukraine with nukes: Western elites have ‘lost touch with reality’ (rt.com )

6. Russian diplomat sees UK, France flirting with Kiev over nukes (tass.com )

7. Declassification of the 23-F documents (okdiario.com 🇪🇸)

8. The secret documents of 23F declassified: the keys to the 150 blocks of files published by the Government on the attempted coup d’état (infobae.com 🇪🇸)

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