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German\u00a0Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the Bundeswehr's new naval port would be built in Emden.\n\n\"Emden offers ideal conditions, such as quick access to the Atlantic Ocean and the far north,\" Pistorius said.\n\nRead all about why Pistorius said Germany needs another port for its navy and why Emden should host it:\u00a0A new naval port in Emden aims to enhance Germany's defense capabilities\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5O0YRSkip next section Steinmeier reassures France over Germany's EU commitmentOctober 8, 2026Steinmeier reassures France over Germany's EU commitmentGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has reaffirmed Germany's commitment to Europe during a state visit to France amid concerns over the far-right AfD's electoral gainsImage: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture allianceGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has pledged that Germany will remain firmly committed to Europe, seeking to reassure France following recent gains by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in state elections.\n\nSpeaking during a state visit to Paris on Thursday, Steinmeier said Germany could succeed only as a European country firmly embedded in the European Union.\n\n\"Germans will remain good Europeans,\" Steinmeier said at the Elysee Palace, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nAfter bilateral talks, Steinmeier emphasized that Germany \"can only be successful as a European Germany, that is, tightly embedded in the European Union.\n\n\"That is true, and it will remain so for us,\" the German president said in Paris. \u00a0\n\nHis remarks followed recent electoral successes by the euroskeptic AfD, including in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, which have prompted concern in France.\n\nSteinmeier described the current period as \"damn difficult,\" pointing to the war in Ukraine, geopolitical challenges and domestic political tensions in both countries.\n\n\"We are experiencing a polarization of society, with the strengthening of the radical fringes,\" he said.\n\nHe warned that this was making it increasingly difficult to form governments and govern effectively, particularly as political debate shifted toward social media.\n\nMacron also spoke of a \u201ctime of upheaval.\"\u00a0\n\n\"We are witnessing how social media is accelerating societal changes and fueling doubts over democracy,\"\u00a0he said. \"If Germany and France do not move forward together, Europe will not make any progress at all.\"\n\nSteinmeier was welcomed with military honors by Macron at the Arc de Triomphe, where he laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and rekindled its memorial flame.\n\nAt the Elysee Palace, the two presidents attended the signing of an agreement to bring the Franco-German Citizens' Fund under the umbrella of the Franco-German Youth Office. The fund supports cross-border civil society projects and has an annual budget of \u20ac5 million ($5.8 million).\n\nOn Friday, both presidents will travel to Bordeaux. There, the focus will be on defense and military cooperation.\u00a0\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NziTSkip next section German spy agency BND approved suspect's side jobOctober 8, 2026German spy agency BND approved suspect's side jobGermany's foreign intelligence agency reportedly approved outside work by an employee for a former spy chief who is now suspected of illegally obtaining classified information.\n\nAccording to German news magazine Der Spiegel, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) officially authorized Manfred D. to work for former BND head August Hanning, who became a private-sector consultant after leaving government service in 2009.\n\nProsecutors allege that Manfred D. supplied Hanning with nearly 2,000 internal BND documents, many of them classified, which the former intelligence chief allegedly used for commercial gain.\n\nInvestigators believe the arrangement began around 2010, when Hanning and his former chief of staff allegedly agreed that intelligence would be supplied in return for payment.\n\nManfred D. allegedly passed the documents to Hanning between 2010 and 2022.\n\nHanning, 80, headed the BND from 1998 to 2005. He is suspected of offenses including intelligence-agent activity, espionage involving state secrets and attempted treason.\n\nManfred D., 64, served as chief of staff to several BND presidents from March 2012 until March 2026, a position that gave him access to sensitive intelligence.\n\nHe is accused of aiding attempted treason and espionage involving state secrets.\n\nBoth men have been held in pretrial detention since this week.\n\nAccording to Der Spiegel, the BND had known about Manfred D.'s work for Hanning for some time and had issued an official authorization for the secondary employment.\n\nThe agency declined to answer questions about when the authorization was granted or what activities it covered, the magazine said.\n\nHanning's lawyer has denied wrongdoing, saying his client was being prosecuted unjustly.\n\nHe acknowledged that Hanning had possessed confidential documents but denied he had passed on information detrimental to Germany or had done so for payment.DW's Michaela K\u00fcfner looks at Germany's espionage scandalTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NzTOSkip next section Merz, Burnham inaugurate new German-British friendship treatyOctober 8, 2026Merz, Burnham inaugurate new German-British friendship treatyBurnham was welcomed with military honors in Berlin on ThursdayImage: Carsten Koall/dpa/picture allianceChancellor Friedrich Merz received relatively new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham with military honors in Berlin.\u00a0\n\nDuring Burnham's visit, the new Treaty on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation between the UK and Germany \u2014 signed last year by previous Prime Minister Keir Starmer \u2014 officially comes into force.\u00a0\n\nAslo known as the Kensington Treaty, the 27-page document lays out a 17-point action plan for closer cooperation in the post-Brexit era, with the UK no longer a part of the EU.\u00a0\n\nMerz called it a historic day and said the deal opened up new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, particularly for students and young people.Burnham wants to 'bring the UK closer to Europe'To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\n\"That's what we're doing this for,\" Merz said. \"So that the young generation also notices when it comes to bilateral relations between Germany as part of the EU and the UK, how well we Europeans work together and how much we belong together, too.\"\n\nBurnham said that the Kensington Treaty would improve security in Europe, help both economies grow and improve people's living standards.\u00a0\n\n\"In challenging times, and these are challenging times, we need the strongest possible cooperation with our closest partners and Germany really is one of our closest partners,\" the former mayor of Manchester said.\u00a0\n\nBurnham also said that he was open to Germany joining the GCAP program, a partnership between Britain, Italy and Japan to build a next-generation multirole combat aircraft.\u00a0\n\n\"I've indicated to the chancellor ... our openness to Germany joining GCAP,\" he said at a press conference. \"That is something that we seek to progress in the coming period, working with our other partners, Italy and Japan.\"\u00a0\n\nA rival Franco-German plan to build a next-generation military jet, FCAS, collapsed in June.\u00a0\n\nThe GCAP project has been set up to allow for different levels of involvement. It expanded in July when Canada signed up as an observer, and Saudi Arabia had also been touted as a potential interested party.\n\nGermany already works with the UK and Italy on the joint Eurofighter Typhoon project.\n\nItaly and Japan would need to join Burnham in indicating a willingness for Germany participating in this project.Merz and Burnham had one-on-one talks in the chancellery during the visitImage: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NyskSkip next section Left-leaning parties in Berlin to begin talks on forming new governmentOctober 8, 2026Left-leaning parties in Berlin to begin talks on forming new governmentGermany's Left Party, Greens and Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to begin exploratory talks on forming a coalition government in Berlin, two and a half weeks after the city's state election.\n\nThe breakthrough follows an agreement on combating antisemitism and organized crime, issues that had threatened to derail negotiations before they began.\n\nThe parties said they would protect Jewish life in Berlin and reaffirmed that Israel's right to exist was \"non-negotiable.\"\n\nThey also agreed to strengthen the police and domestic intelligence services in their efforts to protect Jewish communities.\n\nParty and parliamentary group members who violate the agreed principles could face expulsion, with the relevant parliamentary group responsible for deciding and publicly explaining any disciplinary measures.\n\nThe three parties also pledged to maintain a clear distance from individuals and groups associated with organized crime.\n\nThe Greens and SPD had made agreements on antisemitism, racism and organized crime conditions to open talks with the Left Party.\n\nThose demands followed controversy over positions on Israel and the Palestinians held by some members of Berlin's Left Party.\n\nConcerns intensified after an election-night gathering organized by the Left's Neuk\u00f6lln branch was attended by a figure associated with a partly criminal clan and a controversial pro-Palestinian activist.\n\nThe activist is alleged to have links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which the European Union designates as a terrorist organization.\n\nThe Left Party emerged as the strongest party in Berlin's September 20 election, winning 25.7% of the vote.\n\nIt hopes to form a coalition with the Greens and SPD, potentially making its parliamentary co-leader Elif Eralp Berlin's first mayor from the Left Party.German Left Party co-chair on allegations of antisemitismTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NyyqSkip next section Waxwork d\u00f6ner kebab put on the menu at Berlin Madame TussaudsOctober 8, 2026Waxwork d\u00f6ner kebab put on the menu at Berlin Madame TussaudsWe've all had a waxy kebab or two in our time, but in this case, it's by designImage: Volodymyr Sindieiev/picture allianceThe latest exhibit at Madame Tussauds in Berlin would surely taste just as dire as all the others, but the wax replica of a d\u00f6ner kebab\u00a0is at least supposed to look appetizing.\u00a0\n\nThe kebab \u2014\u00a0obviously stuffed \"with everything\" or \"mit alles/mit allem,\" depending on your level of German grammatical exactitude \u2014 is complemented by a recreation of the popular snack stop Mustafa's Gem\u00fcse Kebap\u00a0in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.\u00a0\n\nTarik Kara, who owns the restaurant, was present in the flesh for Thursday's unveiling.\u00a0\n\nThe Turkish specialty has long been a mainstay of the fast food culture in Berlin and beyond, given Germany's vast and long-established Turkish diaspora, estimated at around 3 million people.Restaurant owner Tarik Kara attended Thursday's opening in the fleshImage: Volodymyr Sindieiev/picture alliance\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5Nyc5Skip next section Iranian intelligence eying US bases in Germany \u2014 reportOctober 8, 2026Iranian intelligence eying US bases in Germany \u2014 reportThe air base in Ramstein plays a key role in supporting US forward military operationsImage: Thomas Frey/dpa/picture allianceIranian intelligence services have set their sights on US military bases in Germany, such as those in\u00a0Ramstein and Spangdahlem, according to news outlet WirtschaftsWoche.\n\nIsrael recently warned US\u00a0\u200cand German partners of a potential threat likely to focus on bases supporting US military operations and logistics with a connection to the conflict \u200bwith Iran, the report said\n\nThe German Defense \u200bMinistry \u2060and the US\u00a0forces in \u2060Germany have so far not commented on the report.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NyWFSkip next section Low-cost carrier Ryanair cuts flights in Germany, with Berlin hardest-hitOctober 8, 2026Low-cost carrier Ryanair cuts flights in Germany, with Berlin hardest-hitRyanair is Europe's biggest budget airlineImage: Alberto Lo Bianco/IPA/Zuma/picture allianceIrish airline Ryanair says it will be offering 700,000 fewer seats on flights in Germany this winter season, citing the \"astronomical\" cost of various charges, including for air traffic control and security.\n\nThis represents a reduction of 10%.\n\nRyanair said Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which it has dubbed \"Europe's least successful airport,\" would be affected the most, losing\u00a0around half of its current services from the airline.\n\nAmong the 12 routes to be axed in Berlin are those to Gran Canaria, Palermo, Marseille and Thessaloniki.\n\nThe Ryanair base at the airport is set to close on October 24.\u00a0 Seven aircraft and their crews are to be relocated to more competitive airports in other European countries, the company said.\u00a0\n\nPassengers in the German capital will now have much less choice and considerably higher fares, according to the airline's chief executive Eddie Wilson.\u00a0\n\nHamburg will see a cut of 5%, but\u00a0Memmingen and Cologne will have their capacity expanded.\n\nRyanair's winter schedule also adds regional airports in Saarbr\u00fccken and Friedrichshafen.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NyHvSkip next section Sick leave for mental illnesses on the rise \u2014 health insurerOctober 8, 2026Sick leave for mental illnesses on the rise \u2014 health insurerMental illness particularly affects those in social professions, the AOK saysImage: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/picture allianceThe number of days of sick leave in Germany on grounds of psychological problems\u00a0has risen some 42% in the last 10 years, the AOK health insurance company says.\n\nAccording to AOK, there were 284 days of sick leave per 100 members in 2015, compared with 403 per 100 members in 2025.\n\nAlthough absences from work are much more frequently due to respiratory illnesses, those prompted by mental illness tend to be much longer, AOK said.\n\nIt said that on average, employees took 28.5\u00a0days off on grounds of psychological problems\u00a0last year compared with 5.7 days\u00a0because\u00a0of respiratory illnesses.\n\nHowever, the AOK said there had been a slight reduction in the average number of days of sick leave\u00a0taken by employees, from 23.9 in 2023 and 2024 to 23.3 in 2025.\n\nThe highest level, 24.5 days, was reached in 2022 during the coronavirus pandemic.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5Nxm1Skip next section Berlin leftist parties agree to hold exploratory coalition talks \u2014 mediaOctober 8, 2026Berlin leftist parties agree to hold exploratory coalition talks \u2014 mediaThe Berlin chapters of the socialist Left Party, \u200cthe \u2060center-left Social \u2060Democrats (SPD) \u200band the \u200benvironmentalist Greens have \u200bagreed \u200cto hold exploratory \u200ccoalition talks , media reports said \u200bon\nThursday.\n\nThe news come 2 1/2 weeks after \u200bthe \u200belection \u200cfor\u00a0the city-state's \u200bparliament, which saw the Left Party emerge as strongest party with\u00a025.7% of the vote.\n\nThe Greens and the SPD received 14.3% and 12.1% respectively, both below the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on 18.8%.\n\nThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in third, with 16.3%.\n\nThe announcement follows preliminary talks held by the three leftist parties to clarify positions amid accusations leveled at the Left Party that it was antisemitic and had alleged links to organized criminality.\n\nAccording to reports, those talks have ended with an agreement satisfactory to all three parties.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NxGTSkip next section Suspected Russian hacker extradited from Japan to GermanyOctober 8, 2026Suspected Russian hacker extradited from Japan to GermanyEmilio ReynosoJapan extradited on Thursday one of the suspected leaders of the Russian hacking group Qilin, which has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars, to Germany, officials said.\n\nHerbert Reul, Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), said at a press conference that the unnamed suspect was arrested in Japan while on vacation.\u00a0\n\nThe Qilin group, one of the most \"aggressive\" cybercrime organizations according to auhtories, has extorted about $2.9 billion from some 4,000 companies and institutions worldwide since 2024. At least 30 companies in the German state of NRW have been affected.\u00a0\n\nHacking the hackers\u00a0\n\nGerman police infiltrated the Qilin group and monitored its members for several months. NRW Justice Minister\u00a0Benjamin Limbach\u00a0said that payments and cryptocurrency transactions were traced to individuals linked to the organization.\u00a0\n\nThe Russian group is also blamed for an attack on Britain's National Health Service (NHS) that disrupted more than 10,000 medical appointments. Last year, shares of Japanese brewer Asahi fell after Qilin carried out a cyberattack that disrupted the company's ordering and delivery systems.\u00a0\n\nAccording to authorities, Russian cyberattacks against Germany have increased since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.\u00a0\n\nHow did hackers trick Berlin's city government?To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\n\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5Nx6tSkip next section My lifelong Pokemon collection is worth around \u20ac400,000, Christoph Kramer estimatesOctober 8, 2026My lifelong Pokemon collection is worth around \u20ac400,000, Christoph Kramer estimatesKramer is working hard to establish himself as one of the more interesting recently-retired footballers in GermanyImage: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa/picture allianceRetired midfielder and 2014 World Cup winner Christoph Kramer \u2014 now a TV presenter, podcaster and novelist \u2014 discusses another of his longstanding passions in an interview with the dpa news agency published on Thursday.\u00a0\n\nHe may not have caught them all in more than a quarter of a century hunting Pokemon cards, but he's corralled a collection of creatures capable of dropping\u00a0the jaw of a typical\u00a010-year-old.\u00a0\n\n\"I've been collecting pokemon cards since 1999, I have the complete first edition in English and would not give up my collection for any price,\" the 36-year-old said. Nevertheless he said he saw the collection as a \"real investment,\" and said he'd estimate its value at roughly \u20ac400,000 (roughly $450,000).\u00a0\n\n\"I'm wholly convinced that our generation won't be hanging classical paintings on the walls aged 50 or 60 any more, but instead will prefer to frame their Pokemon cards behind glass,\" he said.\u00a0\n\nKramer, who might be best known as the World Cup winner with no memory of his finest hour on the pitch because of a concussion sustained during the 2014 final against Argentina, has quickly graduated to a senior broadcasting and punditry role since quitting football.\n\nKramer was particularly busy this summer during the World Cup on ZDF televisionImage: Marvin Ibo G\u00fcng\u00f6r/GES/picture alliance\n\nHe's currently promoting his second novel, called \"Wolkenber\u00fchrpunkt,\" which one could perhaps translate as \"the point touching the clouds.\" As he told dpa, he's always had a passion for collecting more generally.\u00a0\n\n\"I got myself an original iPhone in its original packaging and laminated. Objects like collectors' cards, rare vintage gear or retro jerseys are, for me, the real art of our era,\" Kramer said. \"Of course it has a lot to do with nostalgia, because these are things from my childhood I simply love.\"\u00a0\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5NwycSkip next section Spanish and Turkish make gains among school language learnersOctober 8, 2026Spanish and Turkish make gains among school language learnersEnglish remains the most-learned language at German schoolsImage: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture allianceAlthough English remains by far the most-learned foreign language at German schools, Spanish and Turkish are becoming ever more popular, while French, Latin and Russian are losing ground, new figures show.\n\nTurkish is being learned by almost three times as many pupils as 20 years ago, with 29,230 of altogether 8.9\u00a0million school students\u00a0taking the language in 2025/2026 (0.31%).\n\nThat compares with some 13,000 pupils out of\u00a09.5 million\u00a0in 2005/2006 (0.13%), according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).\n\nThere are also twice as many Spanish learners at German schools compared with two decades ago.\n\nSome 549,000 of the current 8.9 million pupils took the language as a subject in 2025/2026 (6.1%), compared with\u00a0243,400\u00a0of the 9.5 million pupils back in 2005/2006 (2.56%), Destatis said.\n\nFewer pupils are learning French than 20 years ago, even if the language is second only to English in the statistics.\n\nSome 14% of pupils learned French in the 2025/2026 school year, compared with 17% in 2005/2006.\n\nLatin and Russian are also being learned by ever fewer pupils, with the former falling from 8.1% of schoolchildren to some 6% over the 20-year period, and the latter now learned by 0.746% compared with 1.25% in 2005/2006.\n\nEnglish remains far ahead at the top of the language-learning table, despite a small decline over the past two decades.\n\nIt was learned by 81% of pupils back in 2005/2006 compared with 78% in 2025/2026.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5Nwy4Skip next section Suspected puma on the loose eludes searchersOctober 8, 2026Suspected puma on the loose eludes searchersCould a puma be on the prowl in southern Germany?Image: Pond5 Images/IMAGOPolice have so far been unsuccessful in their search for a suspicious animal sighted near Munich airport on Tuesday that is thought to possibly be a puma.\n\nThermal imaging cameras employed in an overnight aerial search failed to detect any sign of the animal in the Notzingermoos nature reserve in the district of Erding, a police spokeswoman said.\n\nDuring the light hours of Wednesday, police also scoured the area with the help of a helicopter and drones in addition to officers on the ground but in vain.\n\nThere was one false alarm\u00a0after a security guard spotted a suspicious animal on surveillance footage, with a helicopter sent to investigate.\n\nThat animal is believed to have been a domestic cat, police said.\n\nThe searches began after a hunter spotted and filmed a suspicious animal using a night-vision device late on Tuesday evening, with an expert who viewed the footage later saying it was possibly a puma.\n\nHowever, local authorities have noted\u00a0that there has so far been no definite identification of the animal.\nhttps://p.dw.com/p/5Nwh3Skip next section Steinmeier on 'farewell' state visit to FranceOctober 8, 2026Steinmeier on 'farewell' state visit to FranceSteinmeier and his wife, Elke B\u00fcdenbender, arrived in Paris on Wednesday eveningImage: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture allianceGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to be welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday\u00a0with military honors at one of the French capital's best-known landmarks, the Arc de Triomphe, at the start of a state visit.\n\nFollowing the ceremony, the German head of state is to hold talks with Macron at the Elysee Palace, with an ensuing joint press statement.\n\nSteinmeier will then be received for a state 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