Bild: Berlin doctor kills 8 patients | Berliner Arzt tötet 8 Patienten
FAZ: Constitutional Court approves Habeck’s approach to electricity price brake | Verfassungsgericht billigt Habecks Vorgehen bei Strompreisbremse
Funke: Berlin fails in the fight against illegal holiday apartments | Berlin versagt beim Kampf gegen illegale Ferienwohnungen
Handelsblatt: The hidden Kl strongholds | Die verborgenen Kl-Hochburgen
RND: Trump as a peacemaker? Five factors could help | Trump als Friedensstifter? Fünf Faktoren könnten helfen
SZ: FDP planned „open battle“ | FDP plante „offene Feldschlacht“
Tagesspiegel: In four phases to the ‘battle’ – Documents on plans for „Ampel“ breakup weigh on FDP leadership | In vier Phasen zur „Feldschlacht“ – Dokumente über Pläne für Ampel-Bruch belasten FDP-Spitze
taz: ”I was in a weekly crib. Dropped off Monday and picked up Friday” | „Ich war in einer Wochenkrippe. Montag abgegeben und Freitag wieder abgeholt“
Welt: Anti-Semitism in Berlin at dramatic high | Antisemitismus in Berlin auf dramatischem Höchststand
FDP has apparently planned its exit from the coalition carefully: The party has published an internal eight-page paper discussing various exit scenarios and strategies. The images of the announcement of the exit should express a position of strength, determination and conviction, it says. The „ideal time“ for an exit from the traffic light is given as between November 4 and 10; the word „D-Day“ is used. The party leadership had denied using the term after several media outlets reported it. spiegel.de, n-tv.de, sueddeutsche.de, faz.net
- The FDP describes the document as a „working paper“ that was first created by the federal managing director on October 24. It was published in its latest version dated November 5. On X he stated that this „technical paper“ was not the subject of political deliberations by elected representatives and members of the government, but served purely as an internal preparation.
- FDP Secretary-General Bijan Djir-Sarai said that the paper was created at the staff level and was not known to the party leadership. Djir-Sarai had repeatedly denied that the FDP had planned to break the coalition and had internally dubbed it „D-Day“. n-tv.de
- FDP presidium member Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann criticized the choice of words; now self-criticism and reappraisal are called for, she told the Tagesspiegel.
- SPD Secretary General Matthias Miersch told the RND that the use of „D-Day“ and „open battle“ were cynical. The FDP leadership had always denied using these terms and called for an apology from party leader Christian Lindner. rnd.de
- SPD leader Lars Klingbeil said that the FDP had organized a „field battle“ against a government of which it was a member. It was good that everything was slowly coming out and that citizens could get an idea of the situation. tagesschau.de
- Green parliamentary leader Britta Haßelmann said that one could only shake one’s head at „this martial talk of open battle and D-Day“.
- Green Party politician Ricarda Lang wrote on X: „Those who see politics only as a battlefield and have only the destruction for their own benefit as their only remaining goal should not bear political responsibility.“
Both sides see violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon: Despite the agreement, Israel’s army has attacked targets in Lebanon. According to the Israeli side, a terrorist activity was identified in a Hezbollah facility for storing medium-range missiles, and a military aircraft was used to take action against it. The site was found to contain medium-range missiles, which Hezbollah used to violate the ceasefire. Earlier, Israeli forces had declared that they had killed several members of Hezbollah and arrested other suspicious persons in southern Lebanon. Their presence in the region was also in violation of the agreement. The army will remain in southern Lebanon to enforce the ceasefire. The agreement brokered by the United States and France stipulates that Israeli troops will gradually withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days. Hezbollah is also to withdraw from the border area. tagesschau.de, faz.net
- In Lebanon, the election of a new president is to resume; January 9 has been set as the date. Michel Aoun resigned from the presidency on October 31, 2022; the post has been vacant since then.
- The Iran-allied Houthi militia in Yemen is threatening Israel with further attacks despite the ceasefire with the equally pro-Iranian Hezbollah. The militia is continuing the fight in all areas, said leader Abdel-Malik al-Huthi.
- Israeli bombings were reported in the Gaza Strip; according to hospital information, at least 16 people were killed in air raids in the center of Gaza. Israel’s military said the army was continuing to attack terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel continues to allow business relations between Israeli and Palestinian banks; the extension of the exemption until the end of November 2025 was confirmed by the security cabinet, according to several Israeli media.
- Amnesty International accuses Israel of genocide, reports ARD, citing a report by the organization. In it, the human rights organization concludes that Israel is committing genocide in accordance with the UN Genocide Convention. tagesschau.de
More than 180 dead in northwestern Syria in jihadists‘ offensive against the army: Among the dead are soldiers and supporters of the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. This is considered an offshoot of the al-Qaeda terrorist network. The jihadists are apparently advancing towards the city of Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. tagesschau.de
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sees the intensified Russian bombardment as an attempt to undermine international peace efforts: Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin is not seeking an end to the war, said Zelenskyy; rather, he wants to prevent others from ending the war. New threats of a further deployment of the modified hypersonic missile Oreschnik would also be aimed at undermining possible efforts by the next US President, Donald Trump. zdf.de, web.de
- Russia launched massive air strikes against energy facilities in Ukraine again on Thursday. This caused power outages for over a million people. At a security meeting in Kazakhstan, Putin described the major attack on Ukrainian infrastructure as a response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian territories with US missiles. tagesschau.de
- Air raid sirens also sounded in large parts of Ukraine on Thursday evening. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, wrote on Telegram that anti-aircraft defences were in operation over the capital. In Kharkiv, two men were killed and three injured in a field near the village of Bilyi Kolodyazh; a tractor was attacked by a first-person view drone.
- According to Ukraine’s military intelligence, a mobile radar system estimated to be worth five million US dollars has been destroyed in occupied Crimea. The „Podlet“ radar detects targets at low and extremely low altitudes.
- Ukraine urges partners to provide military support quickly. Faster deliveries of important equipment are more urgent than conscripting more soldiers. „We are in a situation where we need more equipment to supply all those who have already been mobilized,“ says the Ministry of Defense.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Chancellor Olaf Scholz want to talk to each other on Friday. „We must respond together to Russia’s attempt to make the situation more unbearable and prolong this war,“ Zelensky said. He had recently criticized the chancellor for speaking on the phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
- EU Parliament urges Taurus in „new phase of war“. In Strasbourg, MEPs passed a non-binding resolution with 390 votes in favor, 135 against and 52 abstentions. Parliament calls on member states to increase their military support for Ukraine.
- EU countries are working on a new package of Russia sanctions. The plan is to take tougher action against the so-called Russian shadow fleet for the transport of oil and oil products. In addition, companies based in China that are involved in the production of drones for the Russian war against Ukraine are to be targeted. n-tv.de
- The Netherlands is delivering three Patriot systems to Ukraine. Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans points out that the Ukrainians are facing a difficult winter as Russia’s destructive air strikes continue.
- Norway wants to support Russia-attacked Ukraine with more money than previously targeted in the coming year. The amount should be the equivalent of almost three billion euros in 2025. About two-thirds of the money should go to military support, with one-third earmarked for humanitarian and civil aid.
- Damaged communication cable in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Lithuania is working again. handelsblatt.com
- A Russian court has sentenced a lawyer to seven years in prison for making critical comments about the country’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The lawyer, Dmitry Talantov, was charged with inciting hatred and spreading „false information“ about the Russian army. spiegel.de
The German Foreign Office has summoned the Russian ambassador because of the expulsion of two ARD employees from Russia: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the expulsion was unacceptable and that the reasons given by Russia were „simply false and a lie“. Moscow argues that the German government had previously failed to renew two residence permits for Russian TV employees; however, this decision was made at the state level in Berlin. Berlin’s immigration office accuses the Russians of spreading propaganda and disinformation in Germany. zdf.de
Bundeswehr relocates Patriot missiles to Poland again: The Ministry of Defense has offered NATO to send units of the air defense system to Poland again at the beginning of the year. Boris Pistorius announced that this would make it possible to protect a logistical hub for the delivery of material to Ukraine. The supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs to defend itself against Russian attacks would be secured. According to the information, the Patriot units can be deployed for up to six months. zdf.de, tagesschau.de
Former Foreign Minister Heiko Maas defends decisions before Afghanistan inquiry committee: He said he had made his decisions at the time to the best of his knowledge and belief, Maas said. There had been no US analysis of the situation with the NATO partners involved regarding an orderly and coordinated withdrawal. In retrospect, however, many predictions had proved false. Maas referred to an assessment by the German Federal Intelligence Service that the Afghan government would not collapse before September 11, 2021. In fact, however, the Taliban had already taken the capital Kabul in mid-August with practically no resistance. Former Development Minister Gerd Müller said that at least one positive thing that could be taken from the situation was that there were no deaths among the local Afghan staff who had worked with Germany. n-tv.de, tagesschau.de
Federal government wants to distribute surplus coronavirus masks for free: At train stations, airports or job centers, customers and employees should be able to help themselves for free, the FAZ reported, citing a concept from the Ministry of Health. The federal government still has around 1.3 billion respirators from the pandemic era in storage. Of these, 470 million could be considered for further use. Around two-thirds are not suitable for further use because the expiry date has expired or legal proceedings are in progress regarding the batches in question. spiegel.de
More Politics:
- Digital Minister Volker Wissing: copper-glass migration „urgent topic“. heise.de
- Environment Minister Steffi Lemke calls for flood protection to be kept out of party disputes. n-tv.de
- Criticism of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach over coronavirus risk assessment. sueddeutsche.de
- According to the „community barometer“, the sense of security of Jews in Germany has declined since the Hamas attack on Israel. deutschlandfunk.de
Exploratory mine in Gorleben to be filled in from Friday: The salt dome was considered a possible final storage site for nuclear waste for decades, but was ruled out in 2020. According to the Federal Company for Final Storage, around 400,000 cubic meters of salt will now have to be pumped back into the mine’s drilled and blasted cavities over the next few years. The salt is currently stored in a nearby stockpile. It has to be milled because the weather has made it as hard as stone. ndr.de, goslarsche.de
One in three municipalities sees itself in crisis mode due to the intake of refugees: Despite the recent decline in the number of asylum seekers, municipalities continue to face major challenges. A study commissioned by the media service Integration states that around a third of the 600 municipalities surveyed see themselves in „crisis mode“. Five percent stated that they were in „emergency mode“. Almost half rate the situation as „challenging, but manageable“. It is not just a matter of finding places to sleep in general, but also of the strained housing market, the lack of integration and language courses, and health care. evangelische-zeitung.de
More Regional:
- Berlin: State Court of Auditors criticizes lax handling of tax money. n-tv.de
- Lower Saxony: Committee of inquiry into salary increase for employee of Prime Minister Stefan Weil ends without personnel consequences. n-tv.de
- Baden-Württemberg: Minister President Winfried Kretschmann wants to abolish the second foreign language as a school subject. spiegel.de
- Bavaria: children have to take a language test before starting school. kurier.de
- Brandenburg: Ex-Minister Günter Baaske quits SPD. maz-online.de
- Saxony: Right-wing extremist judge and AfD politician Jens Maier keeps his pension. freiepresse.de
- Hamburg: MSC shipping company’s acquisition of HHLA completed. handelsblatt.com
- Rhineland-Palatinate: Youth arrested for alleged Islamist-motivated attack plans. n-tv.de
- Sachsen-Anhalt: Zeitz has ten new stumbling blocks after theft. mdr.de
- Hamburg: SPD and the Greens want to support the construction of a harbor museum. ndr.de
- Rhineland-Palatinate: CDU faction wants to push ahead with reducing bureaucracy. n-tv.de
Georgian government halts EU accession talks: Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the process would be suspended until the end of 2028. He described the demands being made by Brussels as blackmail. The EU has already suspended the accession process because new laws in the country violate the rule of law. Kobakhidze was also confirmed in office on Thursday. Only MPs from the ruling Georgian Dream party took part in the vote, as the opposition is boycotting plenary sessions. Supporters of the pro-European opposition protested again in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi. faz.net, zeit.de; handelsblatt.com (Protests)
Ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek linked to espionage for Russia: Two Bulgarians have substantiated the espionage allegations against the former Wirecard board member in a confession to investigators in Great Britain. Marsalek is said to have led a pro-Russian espionage network under a false name. The defendants in the London trial are said to have belonged to the spy network. According to the British public prosecutor, they spied on US military installations where Ukrainian soldiers were trained between 2020 and 2023, among other things. In Germany, they are said to have observed an air force base and an unspecified embassy, among other things. tagesschau.de, t-online.de, spiegel.de
Spain to grant four days of vacation for severe weather warnings: The new regulation for so-called „climate exemptions“ was approved by the cabinet, explained Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz. Employees could stay at home and receive wages from the state. The background to this is the extreme rainfall and flooding in the east and south of Spain at the end of October, which killed 229 people. Several companies were criticized for demanding that their employees stay at work despite warnings from the weather authorities. spiegel.de
Supreme Court in Romania orders recount of all votes after first round of presidential election: A ruling on an application to annul the election has been postponed until Friday, Romanian media reported. Two losing candidates had challenged the election on the grounds that the far-right and pro-Russia first-round winner Georgescu had not disclosed his campaign funding. He had told the Romanian electoral commission that he had not received any funding for his campaign. Georgescu is suspected of having received support from Russia. n-tv.de
- Romania accuses TikTok of favoring far-right candidate. spiegel.de
ECB President Christine Lagarde warns against trade war with USA: A trade war would be negative for everyone – not just for the target countries of the tariffs, she told the Financial Times. At the same time, she made it clear that she rejects possible retaliatory measures. Instead, she said, the EU could offer to buy certain goods from the US as a signal that it is willing to negotiate. faz.net
EU Parliament against smoking bans outdoors: The opponents of the resolution point out that only the member states can decide on this. The EU Commission recommends banning smoking in outdoor swimming pools and amusement parks, for example, but also at bus stops and in the vicinity of schools and hospitals. The goal is to create a tobacco-free generation by 2040 in the fight against cancer. tagesschau.de
More News:
- EU: Europe fights against Starlink boss’s increase in power. golem.de
- EU: EU Court of Auditors criticizes gaps in fight against tax optimization. derstandard.de
- EU: Ministerial meeting in Brussels: Sweden calls for strengthening of EU battery industry. zeit.de
- EU: Trouble with waste water: EU directive endangers German drug supply. stuttgarter-zeitung.de
- EU: 30 years of saying no to the EU: Norway and eternal EU skepticism. zdf.de
- EU: Bertelsmann survey: US no longer the most important ally for almost half of EU citizens. euronews.com
- Cyprus: President Nikos Christodoulidis wants to apply for NATO membership. derstandard.at
- Lithuania: Investigation into the cause of the plane crash; report on problems and misunderstandings in radio communications. shz.de
- Hungary: Orban challenger Peter Magyar is in a poll with 47 percent ahead of Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party with 36 percent. n-tv.de
- Lithuania: Training for civilians in handling drones. tagesschau.de
- Greece: Four dead after refugee boat capsizes in the Aegean. n-tv.de
- Switzerland: Government rejects ban on Hezbollah. web.de
- Denmark: After failure of the mobile network, no emergency calls possible, trains at a standstill. spiegel.de
- France: Paris tightens rules for platforms like Airbnb due to housing shortage. deutschlandfunk.de
- Italy: Dispute between deputy prime ministers Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani is making life difficult for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. rnd.de
- Luxembourg: increased cultural cooperation with Saarland. wort.lu
- Uganda: Cybercriminals steal 16 million euros from the central bank. heise.de
- Chad: Defense agreement with France terminated. zeit.de
- Australia: Senate approves age limit of 16 for social media; law can come into force. n-tv.de
- USA: Business fraud verdict: Donald Trump seeks to annul $464 million fine. n-tv.de
Ifo Institute sees no deindustrialization as in the 1990s: Economist Joachim Ragnitz told MDR that although the situation is dramatic in some areas, especially in energy-intensive industries, the number of jobs being cut is still comparatively low when measured against the total number of industrial workers. We are still far from a real deindustrialization, as it existed in East Germany 30 years ago.
Inflation rate in Germany rose to 2.2 percent in November: In October, the inflation rate had already risen to 2.0 percent. In September, at 1.6 percent, it was at its lowest level in three and a half years. zdf.de
More from Business, Tech and Science:
- Bafin zieht Sonderbeauftragten bei Deutscher Bank ab. handelsblatt.com
- Car insurer Huk-Coburg acquires majority stake in Pitstop garage chain. handelsblatt.com
- Discounter Kodi is to be restructured in protective shielding proceedings. stern.de
- Poliovirus detected in wastewater in Munich, Bonn, Cologne and Hamburg. n-tv.de
- Chinese tariffs: These companies could be spared Chinese retaliation. table.media
- Currency decline in Russia – Weak ruble: central bank adviser suggests interest rate hike. ksta.de
- Violation of EU law – EU Commission: fashion house Pierre Cardin fined millions – have unlawfully restricted competition. ksta.de
- Job cuts: The self-made crisis. zeit.de
- Wero vs. Paypal: European banks want to take on the online payment service. t3n.de
- Fossil renaissance: Profitability is again taking precedence over sustainability. faz.net
- Achat Hotels: Hotel chain files for bankruptcy. handelsblatt.com
- Popular volcano is overrun – Fuji in Japan: Fee for tourists to be significantly increased by 2025. rnd.de
- Telefonica wants to use quantum computers for mobile networks. faz.net
- More debt: investors speculate on reform of the debt brake. capital.de
- DJV: Continued reporting from Russia important. wdr.de
- ZDF reports a surplus of €29.5 million. meedia.de
- Short election campaign ahead: Miosga and Klamroth are returning from their break earlier than planned. dwdl.de
- Oven for other regional media: New marketer for DK Medien and Nordwest Mediengruppe. meedia.de
- Spines: Publisher wants to use AI to mass-produce books. golem.de
- Protest against war and bombing: Palestinian artists are planning a Gaza Biennale. tagesspiegel.de
- „Sprayer of Zurich“: Harald Naegeli wants to leave his work to animal protection. monopol-magazin.de
- Threatened with closure: Göttingen Art Museum has to file for bankruptcy. monopol-magazin.de
- Prince William shows himself with a beard and in uniform: fans are thrilled. t-online.de
- Sean „Diddy“ Combs: Another bail application rejected. musikexpress.de
- Investigation against five people: London police are looking for helpers in the Al Fayed abuse case. n-tv.de
- Breach of trust: DOSB board chairman Torsten Burmester released. faz.net
- For the first time since 2018: world rankings – DFB climbs into the top ten – in tenth place. sportschau.de
- Protests in the Champions League: Insulting fan posters – FC Bayern asks PSG boss Al-Khelaifi for an apology. spiegel.de
- „It’s hard“: Mick Schumacher turns his back on Formula 1. web.de
- Next doping case: tennis star Swiatek suspended for a month. faz.net
- Tennis: Belinda Bencic in an interview – „My goal is to win a Grand Slam“. tennismagazin.de
- 100th World Cup victory in Killington? Record-breaker Shiffrin aims for milestone. sportschau.de
- Regatta reaches South Atlantic: Update on the Vendée Globe – Hermann in good company. sportschau.de
replica of the poop emoji? – „Heap“ in the landscape: art object causes discussion. web.de