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Lesbos: Five years after Moria, can music bring healing? To mark International Migrants Day on December 18, DW visited the site of the former Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, which was destroyed in a fire in 2020 and has been chosen as the location for a new music school. Trump's son-in-law backs out of Serbia construction project Popular protests and a corruption investigation have prompted Jared Kushner's company to withdraw from a prestige construction project in the heart of Belgrade. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is furious. German lawmakers approve billions in military expenditure The Bundestag budget committee has approved the expenditure of tens of billions to purchase military equipment for the Bundeswehr. It comes as much of Europe boosts defense capabilities amid fears of Russian aggression. Merz touts EU-Mercosur deal while France, Italy protest The EU-Latin America trade deal has been in the making for a quarter of a century. Though Germany's chancellor called for its completion, France and Italy said it would be "premature" to sign. Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy to attend EU summit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the summit in Brussels in person on Thursday. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has warned the EU not to use frozen Russian state assets for Ukraine. UK issues ultimatum to Abramovich for Chelsea sale funds The British government is threatening Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich with legal action unless he donates billions from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to victims of the war in Ukraine. Spain to open public buildings as climate shelters in summer Heat waves in Spain have become, longer, more intense and deadlier in recent years. A network of climate shelters aims to help save lives. Russia's frozen assets — everything you need to know Most EU members agree that they want to use Russia's frozen assets to help Ukraine. Here's an overview of the key questions about the issue. EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: All together now? Should all the countries of the Western Balkans join the EU at the same time, as Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has suggested? And how do the countries in question feel about it? Poland arrests teen, alleging Christmas market attack plot Polish security services have detained a 19-year-old man, accusing him of seeking to establish contact with the "Islamic State" terrorist group and of plotting an attack on a Christmas market. They did not specify where.