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Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', AfD claim - as it's revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in 'suicide mission'

The Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', the Alternative for Germany party has claimed. Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, spoke at a mass rally outside the cathedral in Magdeburg yesterday, near where Saudi doctor Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, smashed his rented SUV into crowd at the Christmas market on Friday. Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, …

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3 days, 8 hours ago

Bayern, Leipzig coaches in shock after Magdeburg incident

The Hindu

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany and RB Leipzig counterpart Marco Rose struggled to discuss Bayern’s 5-1 Bundesliga victory on Friday after two people were killed when a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. “I’ve heard the news from Magdeburg, it makes all things appear in a different light,” Rose said. Benjamin Henrichs may have a serious …

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3 days, 10 hours ago

Saudi Arabian Doctor Crashes Car Through Christmas Market In Germany's Magdeburg, Two Dead

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Two individuals including a child were killed and at least 60 others were injured after a car rammed into a Christmas market in Germany. Terrorist attack in Germany’s Christmas Market has killed at least 11 and injured over 60 in Magdeburg.#Magdeburg#Terroristattack pic.twitter.com/omVzVhTHpo — Sumit December 21, 2024 As per The Guardian, the suspect rented the car shortly before the attack. …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

Car crashes into crowd at Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany; 1 dead, multiple injured

Live Mint

A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, broadcaster MDR and other local media said on Friday, citing a local government official. At least one person was killed and several were injured, MDR's report said, citing local police. A video published by newspaper Bild showed people trying to help what appeared …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Five dead in car ramming in crowded German Christmas market

Al Jazeera

The driver involved in the ramming has been taken into custody, with officials calling the incident an attack. Everything else is a matter for further investigation and we have to wait.” Al Jazeera correspondent Dominic Kane, who was at the scene of the attack, said the Christmas market would have been especially crowded when the car struck. It’s the tradition …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Elon Musk throws his support behind Germany's extremist far-right

Salon

Elon Musk, the billionaire whose support for Donald Trump has given him the president-elect's ear, is throwing his support behind Alternative for Germany, a far-right party that critics describe as xenophobic, extremist and perhaps even a successor to the Nazi Party. The conservative Christian Democratic Union, helmed by Friedrich Merz, currently leads in the polls, with nearly double the support …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Death-defying moment truck driver stuck at railway level crossing leaps from vehicle just as a freight train smashes into it

Daily Mail

This is the heartpounding moment a truck driver stuck on a level crossing was forced to jump to safety seconds before a freight train destroyed his vehicle. Footage taken by a horrified witness showed the construction rubble-filled truck getting stuck on the A2 junction between Marienborn and Belsdorf in the Börde district of Saxony-Anhalt at around midday on Friday. The …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Volkswagen says cost cuts are urgently needed as its earnings decline sharply

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Volkswagen to lay off tens of thousands of staff, cut salaries and close three factories in Germany amid electric car slowdown

Daily Mail

Volkswagen plans to shut at least three factories, lay off tens of thousands of its workforce and introduce further cost-cutting measures in Germany as part of a deeper-than-expected overhaul to the business, the company's works council head said on Monday. Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the General and Group Works Council of Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen AG speaks to employees during …

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2 months ago

Asylum seekers will be stripped of their benefits under new rules in Germany as the country continues to crack down on migration

Daily Mail

Asylum seekers will be stripped of their benefits as Germany cracks down on immigration after the country's parliament on Friday voted to tighten its rules for refugees. German parliament on Friday voted to tighten rules for asylum seekers as Berlin takes a tougher line on immigration after recent electoral gains for the far right The implementation of the stricter rules …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Public Fear Grips Germany as Economic Woes Escalate

China Daily

Public fears of economic hardship are rising in Germany, with the rising cost of living emerging as the biggest concern in a national survey. The survey, conducted by insurance company R+V Versicherung, revealed that financial fears have come out on top for the 14th time in the 33 years that the survey has been carried out. Other major concerns mentioned …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

German court acquits McCann suspect of unrelated sexual offense charges

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A German court on Tuesday …

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3 months ago

Far-right expecting big gains in Germany

China Daily

Right-wing Alternative for Germany Brandenburg top candidate Hans-Christoph Berndt, AfD party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, Thuringia AfD party leader Bjoern Hoecke and Saxony AfD leader Joerg Urban react after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, Sept 22, 2024. People in the German state of Brandenburg voted in a regional election on Sunday that …

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3 months ago

Oktoberfest is almost open. Beer lovers are lining up in Munich ahead of the ceremonial keg-tapping

Hindustan Times

MUNICH — Thousands of beer lovers lined up early Saturday to be among the first to clink their mugs in an Oktoberfest tent as they waited for the world's largest folk festival to begin for the 189th time. HT Image Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter will officially open Oktoberfest at noon when he inserts the tap into the first keg. This …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Heavy rains disrupt life in A.P. and Telangana, Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam, and more: The week in 5 charts

The Hindu

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana The recent heavy rains and flooding caused by a depression over the Bay of Bengal have had a devastating impact on Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, starting from August 30 and intensifying through September 3. The state’s Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, highlighted the human toll, with around 1,40,000 families losing everything, and …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

The ordinary Germans turning to the far-Right

The Telegraph

What does a Nazi look like in 2024? A week ago, the results of local state elections in Thuringia, in the Eastern part of the country, sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond, with a far-Right party winning a German state election for the first time since the Second World War. The extreme right wing AfD party captured nearly 33 per …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

German elections: The rise of populism in Germany has important lessons for Starmer

The Independent

Whether they like it or not, Germans and Brits are beginning to resemble each other. The Free Democrats, the smallest coalition party, garnered less than 1 per cent of the vote in Saxony last Sunday, ending up behind the Animal Protection Party. As for the opposition Christian Democrats, the CDU, it should be streets ahead, but in its acerbic post-Merkel …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

VW mulls German factory closures

China Daily

A person walks near a Volkswagen vehicle in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 3, 2024. Describing the European automotive industry as being in a "very… serious situation", Blume said the company's plan to save 10 billion euros of costs by 2026 was already several billion euros behind target. But the company said relying on not replacing retiring workers will be "insufficient to …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollow middle: On the regional election results in Germany

The Hindu

The regional elections in the eastern German States of Thuringia and Saxony — Brandenburg goes to the polls on September 22 — have captured attention because of the rise of the Alternative for Germany, the far-right party with neo-Nazi roots. The party, which opposed Germany’s continued military assistance for Ukraine and campaigned for better social protection for workers and tougher …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany's far right wins regional poll

China Daily

This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows a view of Elbe River in Dresden, Germany. Dresden, located in the eastern part of Germany, is the capital of German state Saxony Germany's far right has achieved its most significant regional electoral triumph since World War II, as the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party won a major victory in the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany's far right wins regional poll

China Daily

By JONATHAN POWELL | China Daily | Updated: 2024-09-03 09:03 This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows a view of Elbe River in Dresden, Germany. Dresden, located in the eastern part of Germany, is the capital of German state Saxony Germany's far right has achieved its most significant regional electoral triumph since World War II, as the Alternative for …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

The far-right’s ‘historic’ election win is a body blow for the reunified Germany

The Independent

The elections that took place on Sunday, in two regions of Germany, amounted to a massive vote of no confidence in the governing coalition in Berlin, and brought the far right within touching distance of power in parts of Germany for the first time since the Second World War. But both her anticipated success and the strength of AfD in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Europe’s long rightward lurch continues' as Germany's AfD projected to win

Raw Story

Germany's far-right party Alternative for Germany is projected to win in Sunday's statewide elections in a political earthquake—the first time a far-right party has won an election in Germany since the 1930s Nazi-era. Today's election results are seen as a barometer of public sentiment toward German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition ahead of Germany's next national election in a little over …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

A far-right German party's win has some fearing for the future. Others worry of a return to the past

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Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', AfD claim - as it's revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in 'suicide mission'

Bayern, Leipzig coaches in shock after Magdeburg incident

Saudi Arabian Doctor Crashes Car Through Christmas Market In Germany's Magdeburg, Two Dead

Car crashes into crowd at Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany; 1 dead, multiple injured

Five dead in car ramming in crowded German Christmas market

Elon Musk throws his support behind Germany's extremist far-right

Death-defying moment truck driver stuck at railway level crossing leaps from vehicle just as a freight train smashes into it

Volkswagen says cost cuts are urgently needed as its earnings decline sharply

Volkswagen to lay off tens of thousands of staff, cut salaries and close three factories in Germany amid electric car slowdown

Asylum seekers will be stripped of their benefits under new rules in Germany as the country continues to crack down on migration

Public Fear Grips Germany as Economic Woes Escalate

German court acquits McCann suspect of unrelated sexual offense charges

Far-right expecting big gains in Germany

Oktoberfest is almost open. Beer lovers are lining up in Munich ahead of the ceremonial keg-tapping

Heavy rains disrupt life in A.P. and Telangana, Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam, and more: The week in 5 charts

The ordinary Germans turning to the far-Right

German elections: The rise of populism in Germany has important lessons for Starmer

VW mulls German factory closures

Hollow middle: On the regional election results in Germany

Germany's far right wins regional poll

Germany's far right wins regional poll

The far-right’s ‘historic’ election win is a body blow for the reunified Germany

'Europe’s long rightward lurch continues' as Germany's AfD projected to win

A far-right German party's win has some fearing for the future. Others worry of a return to the past