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Tilda Swinton's tip for surviving a George Clooney joke

The 66th edition of the Berlin film festival has opened with the Cohen brother’s latest opus, “Hail Caesar” getting them rolling in the aisles

Germany

Are Europeans spending more on protecting themselves?

Sales of personal self-defence equipment like tasers are said to have increased in some European countries since the end of 2015.

Germany

Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz

He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when

Germany

Final toll given of deaths and injuries in German train crash

Officials refuse to speculate about what caused led to the head-on collision in Bavaria

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Germany

Human error may be to blame for Bavaria rail collision

Human error is at the centre of an investigation into a train crash that killed 10 people in southern Germany. At least 80 others were injured when

World News

'Critical times' for EU say the bloc's founding members

Economy

French and German finance chiefs discuss economic weakness and eurozone recovery

Even as stock market indexes slid further, French and German finance chiefs meeting in Paris warned against over-reacting to signs of economic weakness.

Europe News

Varoufakis' new pan-Europe party aims to strengthen democracy

“We want to strengthen democracy and prevent the EU’s disintegration.” The message from former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, as he

Business Series

TUI shifts destination focus over security concerns in Turkey and North Africa

Tour operator TUI is to develop new destinations as bookings drop to countries like Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia after terrorist attacks.

World News

Two commuter trains collide head-on in Germany

Reports from the scene in Bavaria suggest at least eight dead

Turkey

Aleppo: Germany and Turkey call on NATO for help with refugees

Ankara caught between humanitarian need and political will

World News

Aleppo: Germany and Turkey come up with a 10-point action plan

Ankara caught between humanitarian need and political will

World News

Merkel and Hollande hold informal talks over key EU issues

Putting up a united front ahead of this month’s EU summit! French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met for bi-lateral

Germany

Pegida fails to ignite as Europe-wide anti-Muslim protests fizzle

German anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant outfit Pegida tried to hold a European-wide day of protest on Saturday, with mixed results. In the city of its

Sport

Vonn the bomb goes on and on

Overall World Cup leader and ski queen Lindsey Vonn stormed to a massive victory in the downhill on the Kandahar piste at Garmisch Partenkirchen in southeren Germany.

Germany

One of world's biggest container ships stranded on German river

Crews are attempting to pump hundreds of cubic metres of heavy fuel oil from one of the world’s biggest container ships. The CSCL Indian Ocean is

World

Bright ideas: Exploring the importance of light on learning

Can adjustable lighting in classrooms affect educational achievement? And what about schools that have no electricity at all? We explore the impact

Business Series

Volkswagen emissions scandal delays 2015 financial results and shareholders' meeting

Volkswagen delays annual shareholders' meeting and publication of its 2015 financial results because of the emissions test-rigging scandal.

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Tighter security at Women's Carnival in Germany

Tens of thousands of people have been out celebrating women’s carnival in Germany. This footage, from Cologne, comes just over a month since

Germany

German police arrest two in coordinated terror raids

A series of coordinated raids across Germany has resulted in the arrests of at least two people suspected of planning a terror attack in Berlin