Germany

Once lauded as a model of employee-worker relations, Germany is being rocked by a series of strikes, and politicians are now moving to curb the legal powers of trade unions.

The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, killing 150 people, reportedly practised a descent on the previous flight.

Praised by politicians and fellow authors as a true giant and an inspiration, German author Günter Grass has died.

French BEA aviation investigators say that evidence from a second Germanwings black box suggests that the crash, which killed 150 people, was deliberate.

A German newspaper reports that it has seen mobile phone footage shot by a passenger showing the final seconds of the Germanwings Airbus A320 before it crashed into the French Alps.

Recovery teams in the French Alps build a new road to access the wreckage and remains of the Germanwings crash, as 80 different strands of victims’ DNA are identified.

Rescue efforts to try to locate the second black box from the downed Germanwings plane continue, as more information is revealed about the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing the airliner.

At first it seemed a tragic accident, claiming 150 lives – but as the week drew on it emerged as something altogether more sinister. Channel 4 News looks back at how the Alpine crash unfolded.

Torn up documents, including doctor’s notes consenting time off work dated for the day of the French Alps disaster, have been found at the home of Andreas Lubitz, German prosecutors say.

He was a 28-year-old with normal interests. Yet Andreas Lubitz sat, silent and alone, in the cockpit of the Germanwings Airbus during its fatal descent. What more do we know about him?

One of the pilots of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people on board was locked out of the cockpit, according to a report.

Police start searching properties in Dusseldorf after French authorities describe how Andreas Lubitz “refused to open” the cockpit door of the Airbus A320 and accelerated its descent “intentionally”.

Reports that a pilot deliberately crashed the Germanwings Airbus 320 in the French Alps throws the spotlight not only on aircraft security but also on flight-deck manning.

A football team planning to travel on the Germanwings flight that crashed in the Alps hails a “miracle” after changing its travel plans at the last minute.

The plane crash in the Alps, as well as MH370 and MH17 last year might make you think air travel is dangerous, but the chance of dying on a flight in the developed world is one in 14million.