The Latest Breaking News from Olaf Scholz

The German government has drawn up legislation to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers and plans to discuss measures to tackle migration with the opposition as it tries to defuse what has become a major political problem

Luisa Neubauer, of Fridays for Future, cites language used by the chancellor amid protest crackdown

Two German states are holding elections at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Here is reaction to the attack from around the world.

A row over planned changes to Europe's migration rules overshadowed an EU summit Friday, although supporters of the reform vowed opposition from Poland and Hungary would not derail it.

Viktor Orbán used provocative language at summit, saying EU had gone ahead without his or Poland’s support

Rescuers searched for survivors in the remains of the only cafe in the village of Hroza. Around 60 people, including children, were attending a wake at the cafe when the missile hit, officials said.

EU president says 47-nation summit sends strong message to Putin amid US jitters over defence funding

Ruling party portrays opposition leader Donald Tusk as subservient to Berlin in run-up to 15 October election