Germany
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World elections
Germany’s far-right on track for first regional win since Nazi era
With a year to go until Germany’s national election, the results look punishing for Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition.
- by Sarah Marsh and Thomas Escritt
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An anti-migration, leftist renegade is shaking up German politics
Sahra Wagenknecht is considered, even by her opponents, to be a superb communicator and masterful at touching raw nerves in the population.
- by Steven Erlanger
Germany to step up deportations after stabbing
Visiting the site of last weekend’s stabbing, which has emboldened his far-right opposition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it ‘terrorism against us all’.
- by Rachel More
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Crime
German police arrest suspect over fatal stabbing rampage
The arrest came 24 hours after the attack that killed three people in the western German town of Solingen. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the incident.
- by Matthias Inverardi, Petra Wischgoll and Tom Sims
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Crime
Islamic State claims responsibility for mass stabbing at German festival
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people.
‘No deeper message’: German warship blasts Darth Vader theme in heart of London
A bystander captured the spectacle Monday on video, which quickly went viral on social media. The song selection made waves across Europe.
- by Stefanie Dazio
Insider intel: Traveller’s writers share their 22 top discoveries
Our roaming reporters check their notepads, sharing secret addresses and perennial favourites from their past year of travel.
- by Traveller team
Asylum seekers in Germany secretly holidaying in their home country
“I’m furious. The lack of consistency here is ruining a lot of things,” said the German commissioner for migration. “Germany must remain cosmopolitan, but not stupid.”
- by James Rothwell
A Nazi villa so tainted Berlin can’t give it away
The former estate of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.
- by Sarah Maslin Nir
Seven unmissable experiences along Berlin’s dark landmark
Though the Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago, its spectre still looms large over the city.
- by Ben Groundwater
A reporter, a Russian killer and everyone else freed in the prisoner swap
Twenty-four prisoners were freed in a multi-country exchange on Friday, the largest exchange between Russia and the West in years.
- by Ivan Nechepurenko, Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina
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