(FILES) Trade unionists of the metalworkers' union IG Metall demonstrate in front of the German carmaker Volkswagen plant during a warning strike against cost-cutting measures in Osnabruck, Germany, on November 6, 2024. German auto giant Volkswagen said on September 7, 2026 that one of its plants would be converted to make defence equipment for the Israeli group Rafael after car production ends there next year. The struggling carmaker said it would sell the Osnabrueck plant to Tel Aviv-based Aurelius Capital as well as the German state of Lower Saxony, a major VW shareholder, with an initial air defence project planned for Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. "With today's agreement, we are taking an important step towards opening up a new industrial future for the site," Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said. "Volkswagen stands by its responsibility for Osnabrueck." (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla looks on during a press conference in Havana on September 7, 2026. The US embargo on Cuba incurred "record" losses of over $8 billion on the communist island between March last year and February this year, according to a report presented by the government on September 7. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Havana on September 7, 2026. The US embargo on Cuba incurred "record" losses of over $8 billion on the communist island between March last year and February this year, according to a report presented by the government on September 7. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Havana on September 7, 2026. The US embargo on Cuba incurred "record" losses of over $8 billion on the communist island between March last year and February this year, according to a report presented by the government on September 7. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Havana on September 7, 2026. The US embargo on Cuba incurred "record" losses of over $8 billion on the communist island between March last year and February this year, according to a report presented by the government on September 7. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images)

This photographs shows the insignia of the National Directorate of the Judicial Police (DNPJ), a specialist branch of the French National Police responsible for investigating serious and organized crime, terrorism, major financial crime, drug trafficking, cybercrime, and other complex criminal cases across France, in Nanterre on September 07, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A man takes the stairs to an underground passage outside the banking district skyline in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 7, 2026. The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates again this week as renewed fighting in the Middle East pushes up energy costs and risks further stoking inflation. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images)

A pigeon flies outside the banking district skyline in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 7, 2026. The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates again this week as renewed fighting in the Middle East pushes up energy costs and risks further stoking inflation. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images)