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Numbers down at anti-covid restriction demos in Germany and France

Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against the German government’s anti-covid restriction measures.

Germany

'We mourn with you': Germany marks devastating floods that killed 180

“There are hardly words that can begin to describe what the events on the night of July 14-15 felt like for me," Renate Steffes, a resident of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, said.

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Germany: Ramstein airbase becomes a tent city

Since last week, grey military planes have been bringing back hundreds of people every flight who have fled the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan.

Germany

Leopard attacks model during photoshoot in Germany

The 36-year-old photo model has not been named, but authorities are investigating the leopard's owner and the conditions in which such animals are kept.

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Germany

Nord Stream 2 pipeline must follow EU rules, says German court

The operator of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline has failed in its bid to be exempted from certain EU rules.

Europe Decoded

'Misleading' ballot box claims appear online ahead of German election

Multiple videos have been shared on social media ahead of next month's elections in Germany, claiming to show the ballot boxes can be broken into. The German state electoral commission says the clips are "misleading".

Germany

German parliament to hold discussion on migration and relief plans

As the countdown begins for next month's general election, German lawmakers will discuss issues such as the migrant crisis and natural disasters that are dominating the election campaign

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US Germany base transformed in evacuee hub

Child evacuees from Afghanistan were on Tuesday entertained by U.S. soldiers at an air base in Germany where they are currently being hosted.

Germany

Germany's Merkel vows party will fight as polls worsen

Merkel's Union bloc has been sagging in polls for weeks.

Germany

Germany: SPD ahead of Merkel's CDU in polls for first time in 15 years

The change comes just a month before the country's federal election.

Germany

Seven people treated after a suspected poisoning in Germany

“We are shocked by the apparent crime that took place at our university,” the university's president, Tanja Bruehl, said in a statement.

Climate

Climate crisis made Europe's deadly floods 'up to 9 times more likely'

Scientists have found that floods as extreme as these are also very likely to happen again.

Ukraine

Merkel urges high-level meeting on eastern Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

Angela Merkel said she supported further peace talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine during her "farewell visit" to Kyiv.

Germany

Merkel's CDU kicks off election campaign amid falling poll numbers

Angela Merkel has led Germany for the past 16 years and now is campaigning for the person she hopes will become her successor.

Russia

Navalny demands West crackdown on corruption on poisoning anniversary

From his prison cell, where he is spending the first anniversary of his poisoning, Navalny wrote that corruption is "almost invariably one of the main causes of the global challenges that face the west".

Germany

Merkel tells Putin: Germany will 'stay on the case' over Navalny

The German Chancellor met the Russian President in Moscow on the first anniversary of the Kremlin critic's poisoning.

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Environmentalists protest against German government’s climate policies

Global environment movement Extinction Rebellion blocked roads in Berlin leading to the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture building as demonstrators carried banners and placards that read: "Prioritize climate," "Protect our Earth, "One planet, one chance"

Germany

‘Priests bless guinea pigs’: Vatican’s same-sex unions stance slammed

"This bothers and annoys me," said Germany's health minister Jens Spahn. "But it does not lead to me turning away from my belief or the church."

Germany

Criticism as German plane leaves Kabul with just seven people on board

Just seven people were on board the A-400M aircraft -- which could take up to 150 people -- as it left Kabul on Monday night.

Germany

One dead, one missing after flood sweeps away bridge in Germany

Rescuers are still searching for a missing person after a sudden flood swept away a bridge into a river in Bavaria's Valley of Hell, killing one woman.