Daily Briefing 24.07.2026, 16:53 (CEST)

Klopp fires warning after signing as Germany coach until 2030

Jürgen Klopp has signed a deal until 2030 to become Germany coach and told a news conference on Friday he was "delighted" - but warned the press he would quit if they "misbehave."

Top German court insists state must check individual Afghan visa cases

The German government will have to assess visas for Afghans on a case-by-case basis despite having scrapped a special admissions programme, after a top Constitutional Court ruling on Friday...

Merz reshuffles leadership team after ally resigns in surrogacy row

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday announced a Cabinet shuffle following the resignation of conservative parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn over a surrogacy row.

Germany puts €1.7bn into digital tech upgrade for railways

Germany's Federal Transport Ministry is making around €1.7 billion ($1.93 billion) available until the end of 2030 to equip trains with digital technology for the European Train Control Sys...

Volkswagen Q2 profit falls 33% as China sales slump

Volkswagen's second-quarter net profit fell 32.9% from a year earlier to €1.54 billion ($1.8 billion), it said on Friday, as Europe's largest carmaker continued to grapple with weak demand ...

German battery manufacturer VARTA files for insolvency

Stuttgart (dpa) - The German battery manufacturer VARTA confirmed on Friday that it has filed for preliminary insolvency under self-administration, in a bid to secure its economic future an...

Motive 'relatively unclear' after German bank knife attack

Police in Germany are still investigating the motives behind a knife attack at a bank that left one person dead in the southern city of Regensburg. 

German 100m star Ansah at nationals despite anti-doping probe

German 100-metre record holder Owen Ansah will start at the German athletics championships in Bochum on Saturday despite ongoing proceedings by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), his l...

Wadephul backs greater African role in international diplomacy

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has criticized the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa will not be invited to the G20 summit in December in Florida.

Technical fault halts German nuclear waste transport

The planned 10th shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from a former German research reactor was cancelled after the specialist transport vehicle developed a technical fault, police ...