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Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.

Months of wrangling over a new law have Germans asking a fundamental question: Are we a country of immigrants?

Reichsbürger, the movement behind a plan to overthrow Germany’s government, gained momentum from conspiracy theories that grew during the pandemic, turning it into a potent new threat.

The police said they believed that the suspect, whom they identified as a 40-year-old German citizen, had shot his mother before moving on to the center of the city.

Ten people were arrested and later released. The action in Berlin came after one of three wanted members of the militant group was arrested last week.

A 32-year-old Iranian citizen had procured cyanide and ricin in an effort “to commit an Islamist-motivated attack,” the authorities said.

The shootout with an 18-year-old Austrian came on the anniversary of the attack on the Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead, and was being investigated as a possible terrorist attack.

The police say they have arrested a man they believe killed three people and wounded eight others at a festival in the town of Solingen, in western Germany.

The police say they have arrested a man they believe killed three people and wounded eight others at a festival in the town of Solingen, in western Germany.

The walkout, over pay and hours, is the most significant in years at the national train operator, which warned of a “massive reduction” in service.