The United States' ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, said he was cutting all contact with Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the country's lower house of parliament, known as the Sejm. Rose accused Czarzasty of making "outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against [US President Donald Trump]."
Berlin Brandenburg Airport said Friday it is suspending flight operations in the morning due to poor weather conditions. "Due to weather conditions, no take-offs or landings are currently possible," the airport said in a statement on its website. The airport already saw numerous cancelations on Thursday due to freezing rain.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland is under police investigation on "suspicion of aggravated corruption" over his alleged links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, police said on Thursday.
Following a nationwide power outage over the weekend and a Russian drone and missile strike on Kyiv on Tuesday night, 1,170 apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital are currently without heat. At the same time, outside temperatures have dropped to below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit).
Parts of southern Spain and Portugal were facing severe disruption on Thursday due to torrential rainfall, floods and landslides brought by Storm Leonardo. Leonardo is the seventh storm to hit the Iberian Peninsula this year. Last week, five people died, hundreds were injured and tens of thousands were left without electricity in Portugal.
It is 3:40 p.m. on October 6, 2025. A judge at the Court of Appeal in the Albanian capital, Tirana, is reading out a verdict. Seconds later, three shots ring out in the courtroom, hitting the judge at the bench and sending people fleeing in panic. Astrit Kalaja, 62, later succumbs to his injuries.
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that it had summoned the German Ambassador's representative to inform them that it had declared a staff member at the German Embassy persona non grata.
Cologne Carnival's Rose Monday Parade, scheduled for February 16, promises to be as scandalous as usual. The procession consists of 120 floats, including "persiflage floats" — satirical, mocking floats that are the centerpiece of the event. As usual, some of the world's major politicians will be symbolically roasted.
Tim Kurockin, a 21-year-old Jewish student from Bavaria, says he moved to Berlin shortly before October 7, 2023 — the day of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. Since then, he tells DW, some of his Jewish friends have been "physically assaulted simply because it was clear they were Jewish."
Sentiment across major German businesses held steady at 87.6 points, according to the January edition of the monthly Ifo index. Some analysts had predicted a slight rebound in the Munich-based foundation's survey of around 9,000 business leaders but the overall figure was ultimately unchanged.
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Blood saves lives — after accidents, during operations and in the treatment of serious illnesses such as cancer. According to the German Red Cross (DRK), up to 15,000 donations are needed every day in Germany. In order to be able to help whenever and wherever emergencies arise, supplies should cover at least four days.