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Syrian man injures four passengers with hammer on ICE train in southern Germany, police say

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said in a statement that “our thoughts and sympathy are with the injured and all those who now have to come to terms with what they have experienced."

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Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on a German train before he was detained

German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in southern Germany before he was detained by police

The Independent UK

Police arrest man accused of pressuring US teen to kill himself online

The man is suspected of committing 120 crimes against eight victims, ages 11 to 15

The Independent UK

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German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland

A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his homeland for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between 2011 and 2012

The Independent UK

World-famous German "nail artist" Günther Uecker dies at 95

German artist Günther Uecker, one of the country’s most important post-war artists who was world-famous for his large-format nail reliefs, has died

The Independent UK

Violent turbulence hits Ryanair flight in Germany, forcing an emergency landing and injuring 9

Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight from Berlin to Milan to make an emergency landing in Memmingen after violent turbulence injured nine people.

Euronews

Nine injured as storm causes violent turbulence on Ryanair flight over Europe

Authorities did not permit the plane to continue flying

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3 patients are killed in a fire that broke out at a hospital in the German city of Hamburg

German authorities say three patients were killed and many people were injured, two of them critically, in a fire that broke out during the night at a hospital in the city of Hamburg

The Independent UK

Suspect in fatal knife attack at German festival admits killings as trial starts

The suspect in a knife attack at a festival in the German city of Solingen has gone on trial in Duesseldorf on murder and terrorism charges

The Independent UK

12 people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say

Authorities in Germany say an assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the city of Hamburg, injuring 12 people — six of them critically

The Independent UK

Meta's AI tool's better, but we're still watching it, says Irish watchdog

The Irish data protection authority has been engaging with Meta since March 2024, when the Big Tech company first said it would bring MetaAI to Europe.

Euronews

Eva, one half of performance art duo ‘from the future’ Eva & Adele, has died

Post on the pair’s Instagram page says ‘Eva returned to the future today’, having died at their home in Berlin after surgery on her spine

The Guardian - UK

German police arrest a suspect in the attack that injured 5 people outside a bar

German police have arrested a suspect in the attack that injured five people outside a bar in the western German city of Bielefeld

The Independent UK

Plane flew for 10 minutes with no one at the controls after co-pilot fainted

Two hundred passengers were on board at the time, report says

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German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at age 103

Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi persecution in her final years, has died in Berlin

The Independent UK

Several injured after car drives into crowd of pedestrians in Stuttgart

Authorities in Germany say a vehicle slammed into a group of pedestrians in the southwestern city of Stuttgart, injuring several people, some of them seriously

The Independent UK

Friedrich Merz's party approves German coalition agreement, bringing him closer to the chancellery

German election winner Friedrich Merz’s party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government with a center-left rival

The Independent UK

Police in central Germany hunt for a suspect on the run after 2 people were shot dead

German police in a spa town north of Frankfurt on Sunday were widening a manhunt for a suspect still on the loose after two people were fatally shot a day earlier

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The Independent UK

German man fined for hugging Chancellor Olaf Scholz at airport

The incident in 2023 triggered a security review

The Independent UK

German authorities raid group that allegedly aims to overthrow Eritrean government

Police have been executing raids in six German states that are directed against a group that allegedly “is part of an international network whose aim is to overthrow the government in Eritrea.”

The Independent UK

Families mark 10-year anniversary of Germanwings plane crash that killed 150

Everyone on board died when the co-pilot deliberately crashed into the French Alps

The Independent UK

Major German airport strike causes travel chaos – here’s the airports that are affected

The one-day strike has caused the cancellation of most flights

The Independent UK

5 convicted of plotting to overthrow the German government and kidnap the health minister

A German court has convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former health minister

The Independent UK

A German court sentences 2 Afghans to prison for plotting to attack the Swedish parliament

A German court has sentenced two Afghan men to several years in prison for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament and killing lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Quran

The Independent UK

Travellers warned as workers at major European airports go on strike

Airlines had already cancelled about 80 per cent of their flights in and out of Germany's second largest airport

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