Mrs Merkel said at the Group of 20 summit in Japan which included a long-distance flight and negotiations with other leaders: 'I'm convinced... it will go away again.'

Mrs Merkel kept a low profile as she attended the G20 summit in Osaka following the latest incident. Her office blamed dehydration for the first attack and said the second was psychological.

Brussels believes the new Prime Minister wants to use the October 17 European Council meeting, just two weeks before the UK is due to quit the bloc, to force concessions.

The plan is believed to be under consideration by Boris Johnson in order to avoid Brexit dominating the G7 summit set to be held in Biarritz, France, from August 24-26.

The White House and State Department are pressuring governments in Europe to take back thousands of jihadis and their brides captured when ISIS collapsed - and having no success.

German GDP fell by 0.1 per cent between April and June and today the Bundesbank in Frankfurt said that 'industrial production is expected to shrink markedly in the current quarter as well'.

Leading allies of Angela Merkel have warned Boris Johnson deleting the backstop from the Brexit deal is 'completely impossible' as the PM flies into Berlin for crunch talks.

Body language expert Jude James says Boris looked anxious today in Berlin as the PM met Angela Merkel for a meeting about reopening Brexit negotiations.

The value of the pound jumped this afternoon after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel delivered Brexit boosts to Boris Johnson.

Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Germany's most popular newspaper Bild, predicted agreements amounting to 'basically a deal'. He said the Chancellor would be 'giving in but not giving in'.

The French President echoed the German Chancellor's suggestion that the deadlock over the Irish backstop could potentially be broken to prevent No Deal.

Boris Johnson today warned scrapping the backstop and striking a new Brexit agreement with the EU will 'not be easy' as he cautioned against people being too optimistic about a deal being done.

G7 leaders posed on the shore of the Atlantic this evening for a 'family portrait' at the summit in Biarritz but Boris Johnson found himself in a place at the far side of the front row of 19 leaders and spouses.

Trump was scheduled to attend the session on climate, biodiversity and oceans, but his chair remained empty while other leaders pledged a modest $20 million to help put out Brazil's jungle fires.

Isolated and uncomfortable, his body language was remarkably different from US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson who appeared at home and relaxed.

Angela Merkel has given Prime Minister Boris Johnson 30 days to come up with a new Brexit deal - despite the initial praise of a 'constructive and professional' G7 summit meeting.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has begged Poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War at a service in Weilun, Poland.

Merkel, on a visit to Beijing, met with Chinese premier Li Keqiang and stressed that a peaceful solution is needed following as military trucks parked on the Hong Kong border.

PETER OBORNE:  If Johnson is to regain his poise, he needs a new set of advisers. He's lost four consecutive Commons votes and failed to secure a general election losing control of parliament.

German Chancellor Angela gave the upbeat assessment amid signs of a renewed push in negotiations, with just 50 days until the UK is due to leave.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was pledging her support to the nation's car industry at the annual Frankfurt IAA car show when Greenpeace protestors made their way inside the building.

European Council chief Donald Tusk (pictured) raged at Mr Johnson and claimed 'you don't want a deal' after the PM's hopes of a Brexit agreement with Brussels were left hanging by a thread yesterday.

The Brexit campaigners posted the image on social media yesterday following a phone conversation between the German leader and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Mahamadou Issoufou has blamed Niger's explosive birth rate on a misreading of Islam which has led people to believe girls as young as 12 can be married instead of continuing education.

HENRY DEEDES: The very people who only recently were insisting no new Brexit deal was available, were now queuing to touch Johnson's cloak as if he was a latter-day prophet.

Merkel's decision to welcome a million Syrian migrants in 2015 has tarnished her political standing, but the idea of a 'safe zone' could reduce the outflow of refugees from the war-torn country.

While popular premier far-left Die Linke party easily retained the top spot with about 30 per cent, the Alternative for Germany scored at least 23 percent - more than doubling its result in 2014.

Angela Merkel has urged Europe to defend 'democracy' and 'freedom' as Germany is today marking 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell.

Merkel, who was forced to sit down during national anthems after a series of health scares over the summer, fell over as she took to the podium at a business event in Berlin on Wednesday evening.

President Donald Trump sat down with Turkish President Recep Erdogan at NATO meetings Wednesday shortly before cancelling his own scheduled press conference.

President Trump defended his lawyer Rudy Giuliani between NATO meetings for his contacts with the White House as revealed in phone records, saying: 'What difference does that make?'

Yale Medical School Professor Dr Bandy Lee, George Washington University Professor Dr John Zinner, and former CIA profiler Dr Jerrold Post sent off their letter on Thursday.

Footage showed her turning around after laying wreaths at a former execution wall at Auschwitz when she appeared to stumble and almost fall backwards.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been crowned Forbes' most powerful woman for the ninth year running, closely followed by ECB head Christine Lagarde and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Ursula von der Leyen was under investigation for doling out millions of euros on consultants for defence contracts. The German defence ministry has been accused of sabotaging investigation attempts.

Angela Merkel has warned the UK's decision to leave the European Union must act as a 'wake up call' for the bloc.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was presented with a mirror as she met with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (pictured) announced she would not seek the top job when Merkel stands down at next year's German election.

Horst Seehofer rebuffed the chancellor's outstretched hand at a summit in Berlin this morning - refusing to make an exception to a self-imposed handshake ban.

Angela Merkel urged Germans to heed the stringent confinement measures imposed this week as the number of infections soared over 11,000 today, including 28 deaths.

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel will quarantine herself at home after being treated by a doctor who has since tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Angela Merkel went into quarantine just hours after she rolled out tough measures across Germany to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Movie lovers in their hundreds turned up at a drive-in cinema in Essen, west Germany, to enjoy a film from their car - while all other movie theatres in the country are closed.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has ordered people not leave their homes unless they have an exceptional reason. A distance of at least five feet must be kept from others at all times.

The league's chief Christian Seifert did suggest last week that the current plan is for games to return to all 36 grounds in the top two divisions by the start of May.

Germany has begun reopening schools and non-essential shops while Spain has announced children will be allowed out of the house as lockdowns ease, as their leaders urged caution.

Clubs in the German top flight have returned to training in the hope that the rest of the season can be finished off - providing Chancellor Angela Merkel gives the green light for action to resume.

A restart of the Bundesliga could be pushed back a week to May 16 as clubs nervously wait for Chancellor Angela Merkel's verdict. 

Germany 's number of coronavirus cases has dropped following five days of rising infections after the government eased the country's lockdown measures earlier this week.

The regional government in North Rhine-Westphalia, said there had been a spike in coronavirus cases after 150 of 1,200 employees  tested positive at a slaughterhouse in Coesfeld.