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Now everything is supposed to get better. With a new boss, a realistic schedule, and a focus on passengers' expectations that trains run comfortably and reliably from A to B as scheduled. On Monday (22.9.2025) in Berlin, Patrick Schnieder, Minister of Transport in the Chancellor 's cabinet, introduced his choice for Deutsche Bahn's new CEO, Evelyn Palla, and presented his plan to improve Germany's railway.

Estonia said the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday over Russian fighter jets' violation of the country's airspace as Donald Trump expressed his displeasure at the incursion and said he would help defend European Union members if Russia intensified hostilities. Nato forces intercepted three Russian MiG-31 fighters on Friday after they entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland, triggering Nato and European complaints of a dangerous new provocation but a denial from Moscow.

The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate change has transformed winemaking. The 75-year-old owner, Manfred Lindicke, said that rising global temperatures over the decades had helped his grapes sweeten and ripen earlier. "When I started here in 1996, we used to harvest around October 1," he said. "Now we start on September 1."

Evelyn Palla is to become the first female CEO of Germany's Deutsche Bahn national rail operator, German media reported on Saturday. The Bild tabloid reported that Transport Minister Patrick Schneider would announce the appointment on Monday. According to the paper, Schneider will also present his overall plans for the company. There was no immediate comment from the ministry or from Deutsche Bahn.

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter gave the Oktoberfest in the Bavarian capital its traditional launch on Saturday, opening a barrel of beer and marking it with the time-honored phrase "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian for "It is tapped"). Reiter then handed the first mug to Bavarian Premier Markus Soder with a wish for a peaceful festival, with the day's sunny late summer weather auguring well for its success.

Depopulated towns in Germany's ex-communist east have come up with a novel scheme to bring back life: offering people several weeks of super-cheap housing to give would-be residents a taste of the place. The "trial-living" scheme aims to revitalise half-deserted communities as Germany nears the 35th anniversary of its reunification on October 3rd. One of those giving it a shot is Weslawa Goeller, 50, a kindergarten educator with a two-year-old daughter who is getting to know the small town of Guben on the Polish border.

"places absolute priority on ensuring that economic growth returns to Germany, that jobs here are secured"

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A warning was given to the signatories of the Memel statute, and a threat was made to Lithuania herself. The robbery of Memel had, be said, been legalised by the League. For years the Germans of Memel had been mishandled by the Lithuanian state, their only crime being that they were Germans. The second and domestic major point was in regard to the previously uttered dictum that The Nazi party commands the state, and not the state the party.

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With a roaring noise, the yellow excavator razes the last remains of another derelict property in the Bismarck district of Gelsenkirchen to the ground. An entire street with seven houses is being flattened to make way for new houses and a kindergarten. The dilapidated properties and piles of rubbish in the street were not only a huge nuisance for local residents, but also a big campaign issue for the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD)which linked it to labor migration from Southeast Europe.

Dock workers alerted customs officers after noticing two men boarding a ship and disembarking carrying over 20 sports bags. The dock workers did not recognise either of the suspects as port employees. They informed nearby customs officers, who immediately intervened and stopped the car that the men were about to leave in. One of the occupants of the vehicle fled, while the other was arrested.

After Russian drones were shot down over Poland this week, there are renewed calls to boost Germany's air defense. Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen are looking to reboot their Bundesliga season under a new coach. DW has more. The German army reportedly only has 18 Skyranger air defense turrets not enough, say politicians. What you need to know Politicians call for German air defense boost after Russian drones shot down over Poland

I can't just glance at my phone anymore, or quickly send a message during break. At first, many students asked what the point of it was. But with time, many have come to realize that it's not so bad, and that it actually has quite a few benefits.

In addition to more traditional military capabilities, this effort will also feature elements designed to address the particular challenges associated with the use of drones. In the early hours of Wednesday 21 Russian drones, thought to be unarmed decoys, crossed the border into Poland. Only three or four were said to have be shot down and one drone flew 160 miles into the country in an incident that forced the closure of four airports.

expanding Ukraine's capabilities to weaken Russia's war machinery in the hinterland, providing an effective defence

Tom Bischof suffered an ill-timed appendectomy, which has him out of club and country during a period where he might have had a chance to establish himself as a potential starter. Now, though, Bischof is back in action and took the pitch for parts of team training on Monday at Säbener Straße. Clearly, Bischof will be looking to get healthy as soon as possible, so he can re-throw his hat into the midfield ring:

And then it's completely normal and human that we were a bit shocked and unsettled," said Raum (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). "We have to learn from these mistakes, grow as a team, stand together more, and show more confidence. We are Germany, a great footballing nation. We have a lot of quality, and we simply have to show that even more and then develop quality through our mentality. We did that well in the second half and deserved to win.

Lawmakers from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Conservative Democrats are calling for more to be done to make returning home a more attractive prospect for Syrians who have sought refuge in Germany.