Angela Merkel reveals advice the Pope gave her to deal with Donald Trump

Angela Merkel reveals advice the Pope gave her to deal with Donald Trump

The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.

  • byThomas Escritt andSarah Marsh

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Chinese cargo ship suspected in ‘sabotage’ of Baltic Sea cables

Chinese cargo ship suspected in ‘sabotage’ of Baltic Sea cables

Swedish public broadcaster SVT and several Finnish media outlets reported that two Danish navy ships shadowed the cargo vessel as it sailed out of the Baltic Sea on Tuesday.

  • byRob Harris
Soccer club ditches Musk’s ‘hate machine’ X ahead of German election

Soccer club ditches Musk’s ‘hate machine’ X ahead of German election

St Pauli encouraged its 250,000 followers to switch to Bluesky,the rival social network championed by former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey.

This elephant uses a hose to give herself a shower every day

This elephant uses a hose to give herself a shower every day

At Berlin Zoo,while Mary provided an elephantine example of tool use,another animal got up to such mischief it resembled a watery prank.

  • byEmily Anthes
Missing in Europe:A strong leader for a new Trump era

Missing in Europe:A strong leader for a new Trump era

The world is made of herbivores and carnivores,Emmanuel Macron told European leaders:“If we decide to remain herbivores,the carnivores will win.”

  • byJim Tankersley andAurelien Breeden
German coalition collapses,Scholz embarks on risky election gambit

German coalition collapses,Scholz embarks on risky election gambit

The turmoil comes after the re-election of Donald Trump,which could trigger a new transatlantic trade war and a rethink of Europe’s defence relationship with Washington.

  • byMichael Nienaber,Kamil Kowalcze andArne Delfs
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Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos

Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos

The chief of MI6,Britain’s foreign-intelligence agency,says Russian intelligence services “have gone a bit feral”.

  • byThe Economist
Lucky coincidence saves German plane from suspected Russian parcel bomb

Lucky coincidence saves German plane from suspected Russian parcel bomb

Ironically,if the plane had crashed,the debris might have fallen on to Germans who “sympathise with Vladimir Putin and his goals”.

  • byJames Rothwell
Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes

Pity nuclear energy is powering politics rather than our homes

The greatest regret with energy is that we didn’t start yesterday. We were too busy burning our personal energy on turning a technical discussion into a divisive debate.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Italian job:The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe
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Italian job:The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe

An “unfriendly attack” on a German bank is testing the mettle of a very fragile Europe.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest

Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest

In addition to 600 police officers and 2000 security staff,more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival to prevent stabbings.

  • byStefanie Dazio andPietro de Cristofaro