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Britain and Germany will launch a joint partnership to counter sabotage and cyberattacks as Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in Berlin on Thursday, shortly after both leaders warned of the hybrid threat from Russia. France 24's Nick Holdsworth has the latest from Berlin.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is visiting Berlin to launch a joint security partnership with Germany. President Steinmeier is on a state visit to France. DW has more.
European football leaders gather in Berlin with the aim of shaping strategy to oust Gianni Infantino as FIFA president.
Syria's embassy in Berlin has returned the passport of a citizen that the former Assad government seized 43 years ago.
Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained Tuesday on suspicion of treason and espionage after prosecutors accused him of paying for secret intelligence documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, in a case that could strain Berlin’s ties with allied spy agencies.
A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is accused of espionage, treason and working for foreign intelligence services, federal prosecutors said. FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin.
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The Berlin Left Party, Greens and SPD are to meet to clarify controversial issues ahead of possible coalition talks. The second fuel tax cut this year has come into force as gas and diesel prices spiral. DW has more.
Interior Minister Dobrindt could be in legal trouble after he seemed to accuse the Left's Elif Eralp of antisemitism. Domestic intelligence has warned on research cooperation with China. DW has more.
More than 40,000 students have taken to the streets of Berlin, in protest of Germany's proposed military service plans.
Munich has been voted as the city that will bid for the Olympics in 2036, 2040 or 2044. Berlin had been in the running but withdrew on Thursday.
Berlin's decision to withdraw its Olympic bid means that only Munich and the western Rhine/Ruhr region are left in the running as potential Olympic hosts. DW has more.
Airspace over the German capital was closed for about 45 minutes after a drone was spotted on the runway. Flights have resumed but are experiencing delays.
The socialist Left Party won the Berlin election partly on the promise to implement the city's 2021 expropriation referendum as a way to solve the city's rent crisis. But can it really happen?
Munich, Berlin, or the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region? Germany aims to host the Olympic Games again. Three candidates are in the running, with one city considered the slight favorite.
Volkswagen's chief says the carmaker will accelerate its streamlining measures as workers protest. The Israeli ambassador says the Left Party win in Berlin polls poses a risk to the city's Jewish community. DW has more.
There's the inroads of the far right, but also the broader desire for change. Introducing Berlin's answer to Zohran Mamdani: Elif Eralp, who led the far-left Die Linke party's historic win in Sunday's municipal elections in Berlin. We ask if the 45-year-old daughter of Turkish political exiles can push through her promises of rent freezes and nationalisation of private real estate companies. Just like in New York last year, affordable housing was a hot-button issue. It didn't hurt that her party ran a social media-savvy campaign.
The Left party, led by Turkish-origin Elif Eralp, won Berlin, offering a contrast to the far right's wins in the east.
In the regional elections of 20 September in the German region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, false testimonies probably generated by IA made it appear that there were ballots without mention of the extreme right party Alternative für Deutschland. In Berlin, where an election was also being held, another false sequence made it appear that AfD ballots were being destroyed.
Victory in Berlin signals that Germany continues to be liberal, that, despite the far right's rise, experts say.
