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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

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

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 · May 9, 2025

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 · May 2, 2025

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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 · Apr 28, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2025

German man fined for hugging Chancellor Olaf Scholz at airport

The incident in 2023 triggered a security review

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

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 · Mar 26, 2025

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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 · Mar 24, 2025

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 · Mar 10, 2025

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 · Mar 6, 2025

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 · Feb 27, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Most flights cancelled at major European airport amid two-day strike

The two-day strike at Germany’s second largest airport has led to mass cancellations

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Anger over ‘tasteless’ parade float linking Jesus to church sex abuse

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticised a carnival float made for a street parade in Cologne

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

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The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2025

Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

One killed and 12 injured in German train crash

The ICE train had 291 people on board at the time of the collision on Tuesday

Reason · Feb 7, 2025

Today's Migrants Are Just like Your Immigrant Great-Grandparents

Nearly 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. However, today's migrants may be shut out and deported, a humanitarian tragedy that would profoundly damage the U.S. economy.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025

Protesters rally against German party leader who pushed migration proposal backed by far-right

Tens of thousands have protested across Germany against the center-right leader and front-runner in a Feb. 25 election for sending to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules with support of a far-right party

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Hitler wanted to kill me – don’t let Putin, says Ukrainian Holocaust survivor

Roman Schwarzman, 88, tells German MPs that Russia is perpetrating ‘another war of extermination’; more Ukrainian strikes damage Russian oil targets. What we know on day 1,072

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

German opposition leader plans migration proposals to parliament in risky pre-election move

Germany’s opposition leader says his party will bring motions to toughen migration policy to parliament next week in one of its last sessions before the country’s election

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

Friday briefing: Fernandes gives Man Utd win and Son brace sees Tottenham home

Manchester United left it late to snatch victory over Rangers in Europe, while a host of Premier League managers will face the media on Friday

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025

Manchester City reach verbal agreement over Omar Marmoush signing

The Egypt forward has scored 20 times in 26 appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt this season.

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

German far-right party posts fake ‘deportation tickets’ to immigrants

About 30,000 of the bording pass shaped fliers were distributed

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2025

A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead

Police say two people have died in a bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany and another four were seriously injured

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2025

Far-right party's convention draws protests as Germany heads into an election

A convention of a far-right party is being met by protests in Germany as it and other major parties launch their campaigns for the country’s election next month

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