Germany: New chancellor's controversial Israel remarks
Gun control measures are being tightened in Austria following a deadly school shooting.
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Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow looks at the reaction to comments by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after he praised Israel for attacking Iran's nuclear enrichment sites.
It earned the German ambassador a summoning to Iran's Foreign Ministry.
And Austria plans tighter gun control measures following the school shooting in Graz which left 11 dead, including the 21-year-old gunman.
Thomas Sparrow is RNZ's correspondent in Germany
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