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German floods: Merkel visits disaster zone, pledging to step up climate action
Angela Merkel has promised quick financial aid for the parts of western Germany devastated by flooding and has vowed to step up efforts to tackle climate change.
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German floods: As climate warms ‘these events will become more likely’, Dr Linda Speight, Hydrometeorologist
Well earlier I spoke to flood forecasting expert Dr Linda Speight and began by asking why the floods in Germany were so devastating.
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Desperate search for survivors of Europe floods continue with over 160 dead
The true scale of the devastation caused by floods in parts of Western Europe has been laid bare as water levels drop.
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Angela Merkel says UK-Germany travel restrictions could be eased ‘in the foreseeable future’
Boris Johnson hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers on her last official visit to the UK before she leaves power in September. After lunch with Mr Johnson she also had tea with the Queen.
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Merkel could be prepared to pay EU countries to quarantine British tourists, German MP says
We spoke to the German MP Alexander von Lambsdorff, who spent many years in the European parliament where he led the European Liberals and Democrats group.
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‘German government need to do a lot more to protect climate’, says professor
Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s politicians must act more quickly to reduce emissions.
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Auf she goes: how Merkel made Germany great again
Our Europe Editor, Matt Frei, explains how Merkel became the powerful presence she is today, someone uniquely qualified for the role: a unifier, a pragmatist, the most talented politician of her generation.
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Germany plays catch-up with Covid vaccines, as it approves use of AstraZeneca jab in over 65s
Germany has become the latest country to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine in people over 65
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BLM campaigners challenge why Germany does not collect ethnicity data
Campaigners say discrimination isn’t being documented and that’s allowing racism to flourish.
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‘Both sides to blame’ if EU and UK fail to agree trade deal – senior German MP Norbert Roettgen
Germany takes over the EU’s presidency from today, assuming the role at a key moment for the bloc.
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Senior Syrian military official on trial in Germany charged with human rights abuses
A historic trial is taking place in Germany where, for the first time, charges have been brought against a senior Syrian military official who is accused of human rights abuses and the torture of detainees during the Syrian conflict.
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Far-right terrorist kills nine in Germany shooting
A far-right terrorist has killed nine people in Germany before returning home to kill his mother and himself.
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German villages bulldozed to make space for coal mine
Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has promised to phase out coal by 2038 in order to meet climate change commitments. Yet it is expanding one of its biggest open cast mines, which is 48 square kilometres in size. The expansion will demolish five villages in the process, but the coal company responsible says it is not…
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Franziska Brantner, German Greens: ‘I would miss the UK terribly if you decide to leave’
Don’t leave us this way: that’s the message from a group of high-profile Germans, including politicians, business leaders and footballers who’ve signed a joint letter urging Britain not to quit the EU, declaring “our door will always be open”. And it turns out there are some rather surprising things they’d miss when we’re no longer…
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President Macron warns world against nationalism on day of Remembrance
Standing before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin the French President warned old demons are resurfacing and condemned nationalism.