🇱🇹 A DHL cargo plane has crashed near the airport in Lithuania's capital, killing one person, authorities said as they searched for clues to what caused the tragedy. ➡️ https://t.co/tqekCIj15G

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years ⬇️

BREAKING: PM of war-ravaged Lebanon urges countries to keep sending aid, via @AFP.

#UPDATE Germany on Monday moved to tighten border controls and curb irregular migrant inflows after a series of suspected Islamist attacks sparked public anger and piled pressure on the government ⬇️

#BREAKING Germany to extend temporary controls to all borders to curb irregular migration: govt source

President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in person at a meeting of Ukraine's international backers in Germany on Friday, appealing for additional weapons as Kyiv faces advancing Russian forces in the east and devastating strikes by Moscow. https://t.co/YYfmhTmzxZ

#BREAKING German police shot dead gunman near Munich's Israel consulate: state minister

#BREAKING Ex-VW boss tells trial 'dieselgate' charges are 'implausible'

German national team coach Julian Nagelsmann has signed a contract extension to remain in post until at least the 2026 World Cup, the German Football Association (DFB) said Friday. #AFPSports

#BREAKING Germany's Scholz says asked China's Xi to exert his influence on Russia to end 'senseless' Ukraine war

German football's decision to drop Adidas as its kit supplier sparked dismay in Berlin on Friday, with the economy minister blasting the switch to US sportswear giant Nike as a lack of "patriotism". #AFPSports https://t.co/Cz5vAFkLTG

The German Football League (DFL) said Wednesday it was abandoning a billion-euro investment deal after widespread protests by Bundesliga fans, a U-turn hailed by supporters' groups as a "success" ⬇️ https://t.co/F00SCGJCXq

#UPDATE Bayern Munich said on Wednesday they would part ways with coach Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season, as the reigning German champions struggled to stay in the Bundesliga title race ➡️ https://t.co/VrGpwpeNwC #AFPSports

German libraries up defences against far-right attack. Defaced and destroyed, books torn up and political messages scrawled across their pages: the evidence of an alleged far-right vandalism spree at a city library in Berlin covers an entire table https://t.co/R7XJcTYdsO

An AFP investigation into the strike in southern Lebanon that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others, including two from AFP, points to a tank round used only by the Israeli army in this border region Read our full report ➡️ https://t.co/PyXgfdlvzV

Climate activists stop traffic in Berlin to highlight German government's inactivity

#UPDATE Germany is set to narrowly escape a recession this year, the government said Wednesday, as Europe's biggest economy weathers the fallout from the Ukraine war better than expected.

Germany is ready to authorise Poland to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine to help it fight the Russian invasion if Warsaw makes such a request, Foreign Minister Baerbock says. Poland had earlier said it is ready to send 14 Leopard tanks to Kyiv https://t.co/CW17X5Ntag

The last two climate activists occupying a German village to stop it making way for a coal mine extension left their underground hideout, marking the end of the police operation to evict them. @AFP's @SebastienAsh wraps up #Luetzerath's stand-off

VIDEO: Police clash with anti-coal demonstrators in the village of Luetzerath, in western Germany, which is due to be destroyed to make space for an open-cast coal mine extension.