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Robert Habeck presented his book 'Arctic Meltdown: The Re-measurement of the World' at the Lit.Cologne spezial literature festival and commented on German history and its impact on current vulnerability to foreign influence.
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Germany will be increasingly exposed to foreign disinformation campaigns.
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The debate about the regulation of social media algorithms will become increasingly important in Germany.
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In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, more than 490 crimes related to the state elections were registered by September 23, 2026, compared to 277 in 2021. The majority relate to damage or theft of election posters, with AfD posters being the most common target. In Saxony-Anhalt, too, the number rose from 531 to 747 election-related crimes.
The number of crimes related to the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt has increased from 531 to 747 cases compared to 2021, with damage to election posters making up the largest proportion. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, too, the number of election-related crimes rose from 277 to over 490 cases, with the increase being primarily explained by more reports and less damage.

US President Donald Trump posted Republican Senator Tom Cotton's phone number on Truth Social after he blocked the Sunshine Protection Act that would end the bi-annual time change. Trump urged Arkansans to call Cotton, while Cotton opposed permanent daylight saving time and cited previous failures.

Boris Rhein, Hessian CDU leader and Prime Minister, demands that the AfD should take over the chairmanship of committees in the Bundestag, as is usual in Hesse and other states. He emphasizes that one distances oneself from the AfD in terms of content, but does not exclude it and should instead fight it politically, not legally.

After the last US troops withdrew from Iraq after 23 years, militias loyal to Iran are refusing to disarm as agreed, sending the country into a tailspin.
Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche (CDU) is urging Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) to quickly submit the pension reform bill and emphasizes the need to implement the coalition agreements and the results of the Pension Commission. At the same time, she warns against weakening the pension commission's recommendations.