Germany

Leader of group which sparked fury for wearing SS uniforms at 1940s festival is pictured performing Nazi salute near Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria

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Leader of group which sparked fury for wearing SS uniforms at 1940s festival is pictured performing Nazi salute near Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat in Bavaria

The leader of a group which was kicked out of a WW2 festival at the weekend after dressing up as the SS has been photographed performing a Nazi salute near Hitler’s Summer retreat, the ‘Eagle’s Nest’ in Bavaria, MailOnline can reveal. Diving instructor and father-of-four Jim Keeling, 53, has also shared anti-Semitic tropes on his … Read more

Hanover will remove nearly all street-side parking and introduce 12mph speed limit in a bid to banish cars and turn the city into ‘a place to party and stroll about’

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Hanover will remove nearly all street-side parking and introduce 12mph speed limit in a bid to banish cars and turn the city into ‘a place to party and stroll about’

Hanover has presented a radical plan to create an ‘almost car-free’ centre, with on-street parking and traffic lights banished from the northern German city. Green mayor Belit Onay, elected on a ‘car-free’ ticket in 2019, presented his new vision for the city of 500,000 yesterday. It envisages gradually eliminating some 4,000 on-street parking spaces and … Read more

From Big Ben in Peter Pan to the fairytale castle in Frozen: Disney reveals 30 real-world locations that have inspired its most-loved films over the past 100 years

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From Big Ben in Peter Pan to the fairytale castle in Frozen: Disney reveals 30 real-world locations that have inspired its most-loved films over the past 100 years

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, The Walt Disney Company has opened its vaults to reveal a list of 30 locations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa that have inspired, and featured in, its films and theme parks over the past century. These locations and productions are presented in a series of paired photographs, so fans … Read more

Moment driver loses his patience and starts dragging eco clowns out the road after they hold up traffic in Berlin

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Moment driver loses his patience and starts dragging eco clowns out the road after they hold up traffic in Berlin

This is the moment a biker loses his patience and starts dragging eco clowns out of the road after they hold up traffic in Berlin. Climate activists from the German group called Letzte Generation – translated as Last Generation – staged a slow march blockage in Berlin this week, causing traffic in Germany‘s capital to … Read more

Prince Harry ‘turned down King Charles’ offer to spend anniversary of Queen’s death at Balmoral with his father’

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Prince Harry ‘turned down King Charles’ offer to spend anniversary of Queen’s death at Balmoral with his father’

Prince Harry was offered the chance to stay in Balmoral with King Charles on the anniversary of the Queen’s death but said his busy itinerary made it impossible. The Duke of Sussex, 39, was given the option to reunite with his father for the evening of September 7 in a gesture from the King. Harry … Read more

Where is Ukraine getting its aid from? As Zelensky faces battle to win further funding from countries, a look at which nations are handing over the most cash and weaponry to Ukraine

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Where is Ukraine getting its aid from? As Zelensky faces battle to win further funding from countries, a look at which nations are handing over the most cash and weaponry to Ukraine

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv‘s allies have committed billions upon billions in military and humanitarian aid to help Ukrainian Armed Forces fight off Russian occupiers. But as the war drags into its 19th month, President Volodymyr Zelensky is seemingly facing an uphill battle convincing both his neighbours and Western allies to … Read more

The beer of the future? MailOnline tastes one of the world’s first beers designed by AI

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The beer of the future? MailOnline tastes one of the world’s first beers designed by AI

It seems the usefulness of ChatGPT knows no bounds as even brewers are using the tool to make new beer.  German brand Beck’s is one of a number of companies to have turned to the clever AI chatbot to make a futuristic beverage, called Beck’s Autonomous.  ChatGPT not only came up with the lager’s recipe but … Read more

Germany has ‘hit the limit’ of the number of migrants it can take, its president warns – seven years after he called for ‘open borders’ and a million people entered the country

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Germany has ‘hit the limit’ of the number of migrants it can take, its president warns – seven years after he called for ‘open borders’ and a million people entered the country

Germany has ‘hit the limit’ of the number of migrants the country can take, the country’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned.  Steinmeier said that the fact that a third of all migrants who reached the EU in the first six months of this year went through Germany first means the nation, ‘like Italy, is at the … Read more

Harry and Meghan’s new campaign to win Hollywood over? Sussexes are all smiles as they are given star billing at Kevin Costner’s fundraiser… also attended by their close celebrity allies Oprah and Ellen Degeneres

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Harry and Meghan’s new campaign to win Hollywood over? Sussexes are all smiles as they are given star billing at Kevin Costner’s fundraiser… also attended by their close celebrity allies Oprah and Ellen Degeneres

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were all smiles as they made a surprise appearance at Kevin Costner‘s ‘One805 Live!’ charity event for first responders on Friday, held at his $26 million polo field in Santa Barbara.  The couple were joined by their good friends Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres as they took another step into Hollywood royalty.  The fundraising event … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s plan to scrap A-Levels and force students to study maths and English until they are 18: PM’s vision for a ‘British baccalaureate’ could see radical post-16 education shake-up

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Rishi Sunak’s plan to scrap A-Levels and force students to study maths and English until they are 18: PM’s vision for a ‘British baccalaureate’ could see radical post-16 education shake-up

Rishi Sunak’s plan to scrap A-Levels and force students to study maths and English until they are 18: PM’s vision for a ‘British baccalaureate’ could see radical post-16 education shake-up No 10 plans to compel schoolchildren to study English and maths until age of 18 Rishi Sunak said move would put England on a par … Read more