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Updated 11 Oct, 14:44 Berlin time · 59 stories

B.Z. Berlin • Crime

Neighborhood dispute in Berlin: Taser used after keychain attack

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Politics

Hoppermann: CDU strategy meeting is no 'magic bullet'

Tagesspiegel • Politics

After Berlin election: Exploratory talks continue – initiative applies pressure

The Left, Greens, and SPD in Berlin have met to continue their coalition sounding-out talks. A reception committee of a special kind presented its demands beforehand.

Tagesspiegel • Crime

Children clash in Berlin-Marzahn: 12-year-old and 7-year-old attack boy – he's hospitalized

A dispute between children escalates on a parking lot in Berlin-Marzahn on Saturday. Police are investigating on suspicion of assault.

Berliner Morgenpost • Crime

Knife attacks in Hohenschönhausen and Wedding – Two seriously injured

Stabbings occurred in Berlin overnight Saturday to Sunday. One person was seriously injured in Wedding. Latest updates in our live blog.

Tagesspiegel • Crime

More than 30 uninvited guests: Youth disrupt birthday party in Potsdam again

More than 30 uninvited guests show up at a birthday party in the northern Potsdam area. Something similar happened at the end of September.

Tagesspiegel • Politics

Woidke under pressure: AfD in Brandenburg reaches 40 percent for first time

According to a new poll, the far-right and BSW could govern Brandenburg. This could accelerate the early withdrawal of State Premier Dietmar Woidke (SPD).

Berliner Morgenpost • Sports

Best photos from the 10k run

On Sunday, the annual running event 'The Great 10k Berlin' took place around Charlottenburg Palace. The best images from the event.

Tagesspiegel • Crime

A24 checkpoint: Police success – highway patrol arrests wanted man

Motorway police stop several wanted individuals on the A24 overnight into Sunday. One man is arrested.

Tagesspiegel • Crime

Multiple minors involved: Unknown assailant stabs man with knife in Berlin-Lichtenberg

A dispute breaks out between two groups in Berlin-Lichtenberg, with several teenagers present. Suddenly an unknown assailant arrives with a knife and stabs a man.

B.Z. Berlin • Sports

Union Berlin: How Lustrinelli shut down the league's shooting gallery

rbb24 • Sports

Live coverage and ticker: Will Hertha's winning streak continue against Fürth?

Second-division side Hertha BSC aims to underline its current dominance in the 2. Bundesliga with a seventh consecutive league win. The opposition offers some encouragement: SpVgg Greuther Fürth has managed only one win in Berlin so far.

Tagesspiegel • Politics

After Berlin election: Berlin's SPD economic senator opposes coalition with Left party

Economics Senator Franziska Giffey sees no basis for a coalition with the Left in Berlin. The SPD politician is demanding clear positions in the fight against antisemitism.

rbb24 • Crime

Van crashes into tree – driver critically injured

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Business

Deutsche Bank CEO Sewing calls for faster pace on reforms

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Sports

Record time: Kipchoge wins Melbourne Marathon

B.Z. Berlin • Crime

Berlin: Two knife attacks in one night—two critically injured

Tagesspiegel • Politics

Government formation in Berlin: Bartsch campaigns for Left party governmental responsibility in Berlin

Left politician Dietmar Bartsch defends the agreement between the Left, Greens, and SPD in Berlin on tackling antisemitism. Here's what he makes of criticism from within his own party.

rbb24 • City

Autumn weather in Berlin and Brandenburg: Less stormy and too dry

Autumn remains cool, and after rather windy and rainy days will become somewhat milder again. Single-digit temperatures and scattered frost are expected at night. Despite showers, humidity levels are reaching...

B.Z. Berlin • Crime

Lutz K. acquitted: Knife attack on dementia-stricken mother

rbb24 • Culture

40th edition of Prix Europa broadcasting festival begins

Tagesspiegel • Crime

Life-threatening injuries: 18-year-old beats man unconscious in Berlin after brushing past him

Two men brush against each other in passing on the Lange Brücke in Berlin-Köpenick. An argument ensues. One of the two ends up in life-threatening condition.

Berliner Morgenpost • Politics

Giffey sends clear message on coalition with Left: 'Not defensible'

Franziska Giffey speaks clearly on a possible coalition with Die Linke—and rules it out. Updates on government formation in our live blog.

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Other

109 migrants killed in shipwreck off Djibouti

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Politics

Union faction vice chair rejects Miersch's pension proposal

Tagesspiegel • Crime

Stabbed in the buttocks: Snack bar employee in Wedding injured with knife

A dispute at a snack stand in Wedding escalates overnight. A 28-year-old ends up in hospital with a stab wound.

Tagesspiegel • Sports

Football Bundesliga: Finally first Lustrinelli victory: 'Union football from A to Z'

Back to cheers after a nightmare start: How Burcu's goal gives Union fresh confidence—and what particularly pleased coach Lustrinelli.

Tagesspiegel • Politics

'I don't consider it defensible': Berlin's economic senator Giffey opposes coalition with the Left

After criticism from Die Linke over an antisemitism agreement, the former Governing Mayor sees no basis for a coalition with the party. An SPD group is pushing for opposition instead.

B.Z. Berlin • Politics

Kurt Fischer: 'No safe agreement' in Red-Green-Red coalition talks

rbb24 • Sports

At 16 years old: Berlin boxer Arminius Rolle wins title

B.Z. Berlin • Crime

Fürstenwalde: Van driver critically injured in accident

B.Z. Berlin • City

Berlin and Brandenburg weather: Showers, thunderstorms and frost

rbb24 • Culture

Buddha and Barber Cape: Why footballers are filming themselves on Youtube

Increasingly, professional footballers like Robert Andrich and Erling Haaland are filming their everyday lives and sharing them on social media. But why are football stars so willing to give private insights—and who's actually watching?

Berliner Morgenpost • Crime

Serious accident in Brandenburg: Driver thrown from van – life-threatening condition

The man drove his van into a guardrail on the country road before crashing into a tree.

Berliner Morgenpost • Culture

Cult shop on Berlin's outskirts: 'Like landing on another planet'

Near Müggelsee in Friedrichshagen, Mario Brusinsky has run a grocery store for 36 years. Here's why visitors are amazed.

B.Z. Berlin • Culture

Herbert Knaup: 'The grandpa role is huge fun for me'

Berliner Morgenpost • City

Traffic chaos could hit Köpenick starting Monday

The district office is repairing the heavily damaged Salvador-Allende-Straße. Meanwhile, the BVG is renewing the tracks on Lange Brücke.

B.Z. Berlin • Sports

Energie Cottbus: Squanders Early Lead – Loses 1-3 in Darmstadt

Berliner Morgenpost • Business

New partner for Union Berlin: This ice cream coming soon to Alte Försterei

Music manager Uli Kuppel and his wife Nadja have launched 'Super Softy,' a new Berlin ice cream brand. Here's how they plan to take off.

Berliner Morgenpost • City

Her son has ADHD and Asperger's: Mother from Pankow fighting for years to get help

Bastian has ADHD and Asperger's. His story shows how long parents of children who need help must battle Berlin's bureaucracy.

Berliner Morgenpost • City

Berlin weather: Autumn Sunday with clouds and rain

Showers will increase over the course of the day, and this afternoon and evening, there could be isolated brief thunderstorms.

rbb24 • Crime

Cleaning product accident: Fire department deployment in Neuruppin after sulfuric acid reaction in car

rbb24 • City

Street closures in Berlin for Great10k run on Sunday

rbb24 • Politics

Strausberg decides on mayor position Sunday

Residents of Strausberg face the fourth election of the year on Sunday: following the annulled March election, Sunday sees the runoff of the repeat vote. The same applies in Schönwalde-Glien and Schwielowsee.

B.Z. Berlin • Sports

75:95 in Trier: Third Straight Loss! Alba in Crisis

B.Z. Berlin • Crime

Biesenthal: 523 candles for four teenagers killed in accident

B.Z. Berlin • Sports

Football: Goalkeeper Placed in Medically Induced Coma Following Collision

Berliner Morgenpost • Business

Corona test center contracts: Berlin faces millions in damages

More than six and a half years after the first coronavirus case in Germany, the reckoning continues—and is keeping courts busy. Large sums of money are at stake.

Berliner Morgenpost • City

Berliner living with disability from birth: 'The staring is uncomfortable'

Nadja Arm Strong has only one fully developed arm. Her disability makes her a talking point: through her fashion, on social media, on television.

rbb24 • Crime

Neukölln fire department in action: respond, wait, turn back

Berlin firefighters work twelve-hour shifts. They rarely fight fires. We spent a day with them.

rbb24 • City

Runoff in Schönwalde-Glien between Hartley and Kraatz

rbb24 • City

New mayor of Schwielowsee elected on Sunday

Berliner Morgenpost • Crime

Kasupke frustrated over expensive damages lawsuits

It took four years before it was discovered that the awarding of contracts for corona test centers was not handled correctly. That's not acceptable.

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Politics

CDU leadership discusses fallout from election debacle

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Sports

Why Union's Burcu celebrated first with boss Horst Heldt

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Politics

Outrage over Trump-Putin diesel deal

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Sports

Record goal and Neuer blunder: Bayern fails to win in Augsburg

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Politics

Talks with Left Party stir controversy in Berlin

Westdeutsche Zeitung • Sports

Union Berlin breaks through with 1:0 victory over Elversberg