The key PMI index contracted for a 20th consecutive month in February, the latest data shows Manufacturing activity across the 20 countries that use the euro has continued to decline, largely due to a slowdown in the area’s leading economy Germany, according to a study by S&P Global.

The White House found the report “concerning,” while Amnesty International has called the incident a potential war crime Israel used controversial US-provided white phosphorus munitions to attack Dheira, a small village in southern Lebanon, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing its own analysis of shell fragments recovered from the scene.

Gazprom supplied all of the agreed-upon volumes to Austria under a long-term contract, the outlet says Austria has become a net energy exporter for the first time in twenty years as stable supplies of Russian natural gas allowed it to sell more electricity than it imported, Bloomberg reported this week.