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King Philippe of Belgium (R) is pictured during his visit at MolenGeek's new office in Brussels, on September 25, 2024. MolenGeek's mission is to make digital technologies accessible to everyone, regardless of background or level of training, to give everyone the chance to find a job, set up a business or develop professionally. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT
A general view of the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A couple sit on a bench overlooking the port of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A man wearing the logos of the IG Metall metalworkers union and of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) demonstrates on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
A man wearing the logos of the IG Metall metalworkers union and of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) on his cap demonstrates on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
A couple sit on a bench overlooking the port of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
An Israeli fighter jets flies over the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
An Israeli fighter jets flies over the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
A couple sit on a bench overlooking the port of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A woman jogs overlooking the port of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A woman checks her phone overlooking the port of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
Defendant Christian B (R) talks with his lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher prior to a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT JUSTICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE
Defendant Christian B (R) talks with his lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher prior to a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT JUSTICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the Rihan hills area in Jezzine in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the Rihan hills area in Jezzine in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the Rihan hills area in Jezzine in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
(FILES) A participant stands at the OECD headquarters in Paris during the presentation of the Economic Outlook at the 2013 OECD Week on May 29, 2013. The OECD said on September 25, 2024 that many governments need to raise property and environmental taxes alongside efforts to contain spending as countries face higher debt. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP)
Defendant Christian B (top, L) is brought to the courtroom for a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024; sitting from L are his lawyers Friedrich Fuelscher, Atilla Aykac and Philipp Marquort. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT JUSTICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE
Defendant Christian B (top, L) is brought to the courtroom for a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024; sitting from L are his lawyers Friedrich Fuelscher, Atilla Aykac and Philipp Marquort. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT JUSTICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE
Defendant Christian B (C) is brought to the courtroom for a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP) / GERMAN COURT REQUESTS THAT JUSTICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MADE UNRECOGNISABLE
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the village of Sujud in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Defendant Christian B (R) is brought to the courtroom for a session of his trial at court in Braunschweig, northern Germany, on September 25, 2024. Christian B is accused of three counts of rape and two counts of child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The charges are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case, in which Christian B was sensationally revealed as a suspect in 2020. The 47-years-old man is already behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old American tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz, the same Portuguese seaside resort where Madeleine McCann, often referred to as Maddie, went missing two years later. (Photo by Moritz Frankenberg / POOL / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the area of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
A cloud of smoke erupts during an Israeli air strike on the village of Sujud in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
(FILES) Co-leaders of Germany's Green party Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour give a press conference prior to a retreat of the party in Husum, northern Germany, on April 11, 2022. The co-leaders of Green party Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour announced their resigination on September 25, 2024 following recent election results. (Photo by Axel Heimken / AFP)
(FILES) Co-leaders of Germany's Green party Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour leave after a press conference prior to a retreat of the party in Husum, northern Germany, on April 11, 2022. The co-leaders of Green party Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour announced their resigination on September 25, 2024 following recent election results. (Photo by Axel Heimken / AFP)
Members of the IG Metall metalworkers union demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Lower Saxony's State Premier Stephan Weil gives a speech on September 25, 2024 at the state parliament in Hanover, northern Germany, to comment on an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
(FILES) The co-leaders of Germany's Green party Ricarda Lang (L) and Omid Nouripour stand on stage during the congress of the German Green Party in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on November 23, 2023. The co-leaders of Green party Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour announced their resigination on September 25, 2024 following recent election results. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)
Lebanese security forces stand guard as airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Turkish soldiers wait as airport workers to unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
A United Nations helicopter is parked at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Turkish soldiers wait for airport workers to unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
New Zealand All Blacks flanker Wallace Sititi poses for a photo at the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport in Upper Hutt, near Wellington on September 24, 2024. 'Braveheart' Wallace Sititi admits he is still processing his "crazy" rise this year from the fringes of the Waikato Chiefs to facing world champions South Africa with the All Blacks. (Photo by Ryland JAMES / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY RugbyU-RC-NZL-Sititi by Ryland JAMES
New Zealand All Blacks flanker Wallace Sititi poses for a photo at the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport in Upper Hutt, near Wellington on September 24, 2024. 'Braveheart' Wallace Sititi admits he is still processing his "crazy" rise this year from the fringes of the Waikato Chiefs to facing world champions South Africa with the All Blacks. (Photo by Ryland JAMES / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY RugbyU-RC-NZL-Sititi by Ryland JAMES
An elderly person waits for his turn as voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the second phase of voting for local assembly elections, in Ganderbal on September 25, 2024. Indian-administered Kashmir voted on September 25 to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory's semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Elderly voters rest after casting their ballots near a polling station during the second phase of voting for local assembly elections, in Ganderbal on September 25, 2024. Indian-administered Kashmir voted on September 25 to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory's semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload and organise humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Christian Kettel Thomsen, Royal Governor of Denmark's central bank, the Bank of Denmark, presents the prospects for the Danish economy and the development in monetary and financial trends at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload and organise humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload and organise humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Airport workers unload and organise humanitarian aid, provided by Turkey, at Lebanon's Beirut international airport on September 25, 2024. In south Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Israeli warplanes bombed villages for a third day on September 25, after air raids earlier this week killed at least 558 people in the deadliest day of violence since the 1975-1990 civil war. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Lower Saxony's State Premier Stephan Weil attends a session on September 25, 2024 at the state parliament in Hanover, northern Germany, where he commented on an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Thorsten Groeger, negotiator of the IG Metall metalworkers union, addresses members of the union as they demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Thorsten Groeger, negotiator of the IG Metall metalworkers union, addresses members of the union as they demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Elderly voters rest after casting their ballots near a polling station during the second phase of voting for local assembly elections, in Ganderbal on September 25, 2024. Indian-administered Kashmir voted on September 25 to elect its first government since New Delhi scrapped the Himalayan territory's semi-autonomous status, sparking widespread protest in a region wracked by a decades-long insurgency. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Thorsten Groeger, negotiator of the IG Metall metalworkers union, addresses members of the union as they demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
Thorsten Groeger, negotiator of the IG Metall metalworkers union, addresses members of the union as they demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in front of Schloss Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
