Merkel’s coalition shoots down opposition bid to halt Germany’s ‘killer robots’ development

Merkel’s coalition shoots down opposition bid to halt Germany’s ‘killer robots’ development: Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition have blocked legislation aimed at preventing Germany from creating fully autonomous weapons systems, after opposition lawmakers pushed for a moratorium.Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), backed by their allies, the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), defeated a motion brought by the Greens in the Bundestag on Friday which called for renewed efforts to bring about a global ban on weapons with no human input – colloqu...