Overview

• Police in Völklingen say an officer was fatally shot after a petrol-station robbery when the suspect wrested away the officer’s service weapon and fired.
• In a separate Ulm incident, officers used their firearms in a response involving a person reported as psychologically distressed, with authorities stating there was no danger to the public.
• Germany’s statistics office reported a 0.3% quarter-on-quarter GDP decline in spring, a sharper fall than the previously expected 0.1%.
• In Serbia, a student-driven protest movement against President Aleksandar Vučić persisted after recent violence, following his televised claim that the country is “in great danger.”
• Security expert Franz‑Stefan Gady argues that any consideration of deploying Bundeswehr personnel to Ukraine depends on resolving fundamental questions of European security policy.