23 Jun 2025

Germany: New chancellor's controversial Israel remarks

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 23 June 2025
Police walk near a school where several people died in a shooting, on June 10, 2025 in Graz, southeastern Austria. Ten people died after a suspected shooter opened fire in a southeastern Austrian school, press agency APA quoted Graz city mayor Elke Kahr as saying. Several students and at least one adult are among those killed, Kahr confirmed to APA. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)

Gun control measures are being tightened in Austria following a deadly school shooting. Photo: AFP / Alex Halada

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