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Court bans license plate "HH 1933" +++ Accused speeder sentenced to juvenile detention +++ Kollegah rejects allegations of anti-Semitism +++ Snow chaos in southern France +++ Die Today's news in the stern ticker.The most important reports at a glance:
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+++ 5.08 p.m .: ARD moderator duo breaks the world record in continuous talk +++
Two ARD moderators have probably broken the world record previously held by Syrian state television in a continuous talk show: On Friday afternoon Ariane Alter and Sebastian Meinberg more than the previous record duration of 70 hours and five minutes on air. Now the creators of the Guinness Book of Records still have to check whether everything went right on the talk show that started on Tuesday and whether the world record is official. Alter and Meinberg had their show under the title "The 72 hour talk show world record - you'll never make it!" started late Tuesday afternoon, and the uninterrupted broadcast should end on Friday at 5:30 p.m. after three full days. The two previous record holders on Syrian state television had not lasted quite as long.
+++ 5:06 p.m.: Teachers in Vietnam have to be imprisoned for eleven years for Facebook posts +++
Activists have again been convicted in communist Vietnam. A 43-year-old music teacher from Nghe An province has been jailed for 11 years for allegedly posting anti-state comments on Facebook, the Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper reported. In addition, the trial of human rights lawyer Tran Vu Hai, accused of tax evasion, ended in a conviction. The verdicts came amid a campaign against activists in the communist one-party state.
+++ 5:03 p.m.: Puppy discovered with a kind of tail on its forehead +++
The Puppy Narwhal has that certain extra: The 10-week-old baby dog from the US state of Missouri is growing a species Tails out of the forehead, as the non-profit association "Mac's Mission" from Jackson writes on its Facebook page. Photographs show the caramel brown pup with the unusually long and thin protuberance. The dog, probably a dachshund mix, was found and was probably abandoned. It is not known from what circumstances the animal came. The puppy cannot wag its tail, the club continues.
+++ 4.50 p.m.: Minister from Hong Kong injured in London +++
British police are investigating an alleged attack by demonstrators on Hong Kong's Minister of Justice in London. Teresa Cheng Yeuk Wah was surrounded and attacked by dozens of opponents of China and supporters of independence, the Chinese embassy in London said. She was thrown to the ground and suffered a hand injury. Scotland Yard has confirmed that a woman has been taken to hospital with injuries to her arm, but was reluctant to comment on what had happened. The investigation into the background continued, it said. There were no arrests. In Twitter videos that are supposed to show the incident, it was not clear whether the minister stumbled or was pushed.
+++ 4.46 p.m .: Ukraine summit with Merkel, Putin and Zelenskyy on December 9th in Paris +++
The long-awaited Ukraine summit is to take place on December 9th in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron invited Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the meeting in the so-called Normandy format, as the Elysée Palace announced.
+++ 4.24 p.m .: Schoolgirl from Gelsenkirchen faked syringe attack +++
After the alleged attack with a syringe on a 13-year-old in Gelsenkirchen, the police now assume that the teenager faked the incident. "During the investigation, the expert found that the 13-year-old self-inflicted the injuries," the police said. The student said she was threatened with a knife and injected with an unknown substance. The alleged attacker reportedly said "Number Six," which led police to suspect there could be other victims.
+++ 4.12 p.m .: Southwest parliamentary group leader: “The CDU is insolvent in terms of content” +++
A week before the federal party conference in Leipzig, the Baden-Württemberg CDU parliamentary group leader Wolfgang Reinhart CDU and their content orientation sharply criticized. "The CDU no longer has antennas or an agenda for the big issues of our time. The drawers are empty," emphasizes Reinhart in a letter available to the DPA news agency. The CDU is hardly able to "fill its own formulas and headlines with recognizable politics". The party has neither designs for society nor for itself: "The CDU is insolvent in terms of content."
+++ 4:09 p.m.: At least 18 dead in lightning strikes in Pakistan +++
At least 18 people died and several others were injured in lightning strikes in Pakistan. The 18 deaths occurred overnight in 18 different locations in the Thar desert region of southern Sindh province, local police chief Abdulah Ahmed told AFP news agency. Aside from the heavy thunderstorms, the region was also hit by heavy rains. In several villages, dozens of houses were destroyed by the storm. In the city of Karachi, dozens of tents and blankets were distributed to people who had become homeless.
+++ 4.03 p.m .: Federal government sees Africa as a model for digitization +++
Rwanda was shaken in 1994 by a cruel genocide by the Hutu majority on the Tutsi minority - 25 years later the sees Federal government sees the East African country as a role model for digitization. Just like the entire African continent, as the deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer made clear. "Africa has already mastered the digital transformation, and that from the worst possible starting position." "The entire continent is obviously showing great innovative strength," said Demmer. Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Ghana have stood out in particular. Economically, Rwanda is regarded as a model country in Africa with high growth rates.
+++ 3.59 p.m .: Head bang - suspended sentence for Danish ice hockey player +++
A Danish ice hockey professional has been sentenced to a 20- days suspended sentence. The competent court in Hjørring in northern Denmark found the Frederikshavn White Hawks striker guilty of hitting his opponent in the head with his fist when he was already on the ice. During a match in September, the 23-year-old first checked an Odense Bulldogs opponent to the ground, after which one of his teammates pushed him aside with a cross check. He finally went for this player. He was also banned for 17 competitive games for his action.
+++ 3.46 p.m .: Pope gets special translation help +++
Pope Francis gets special linguistic support during his upcoming visit to Thailand. His cousin will translate the speeches of the Argentine pontiff from Spanish into Thai, as Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni announced in Rome. Decades ago, Ana Rosa Sivori came to Thailand from Argentina as a missionary and is a nun in the north of the country. She is the Pope's second cousin - her grandfathers were brothers. Francis will begin his trip to Thailand next Tuesday, where he will remain until November 23, before continuing to Japan.
+++ 3.17 p.m .: Turkish authorities send 40,000 migrants from Istanbul to provinces +++
Since July, the Turkish authorities have sent more than 40,000 undocumented migrants from the metropolis of Istanbul to the Turkish provinces in which they were originally registered. According to the Istanbul governor's office, between mid-July and the end of October the police arrested almost 43,000 migrants who did not have a valid residence permit for the economic metropolis on the Bosphorus. Accordingly, they were sent back to the provinces where they were originally registered. More than 3.6 million Syrians with "temporary protection status" live in Turkey, as well as hundreds of thousands of Afghans, Iraqis and migrants from other countries.
+++ 3.13 p.m .: Fridays for Future activists discuss with environment ministers +++
On Friday, shortly before the end of their autumn conference, the environment ministers of the federal states discussed with four representatives of the environmental movement Fridays for Future . "After the federal government's climate package proved to be a failure, we now expect the federal states to take the lead in climate protection," said Nele Brebeck, spokeswoman for the movement at the half-hour meeting. According to the police, around 350 demonstrators came to the Fridays for Future demonstration, significantly fewer than expected.
+++ 2.55 p.m .: Family deported from Turkey: father in prison +++
The father of the Islamist family deported to Germany on Thursday has been arrested. "The father was handed over to the judiciary on the basis of an existing arrest warrant," said the spokesman for the Berlin Senate Department for the Interior, Martin Pallgen. The man is currently still in a Berlin prison and will be brought to Lower Saxony "promptly". It was not disclosed why an arrest warrant was issued against him. According to Pallgen, the family is no longer in Berlin. The B. family of seven from Hildesheim was deported from Turkey on Thursday. She is attributed to the Salafist milieu.
+++ 2.24 p.m .: Picture by baroque painter Gentileschi achieves almost five million euros +++
It is not the first time that the baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) came up with surprises on the art market cares. With around 4.8 million euros for the oil painting "Lucretia", the artist has now achieved a record in Paris. The original estimate of the picture was between 600,000 and 800,000 euros. As the Paris auction house Artcurial confirmed, there was a long "auction battle". The painting went to a European collector. The work depicts a shirtless young woman holding a knife to her chest. In December 2017, around 2.3 million euros were redeemed for Gentileschi's work "Saint Catherine of Alexandria" at an auction in Paris. One of the reasons for the auction record is probably the small number of works available.
+++ 2.07 p.m .: Scholz can again expect a surplus in the billions for 2019 +++
Despite reduced growth figures, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) can, according to a report by "Spiegel" for the current year again expect a billion surplus. According to preliminary calculations, this should be almost ten billion euros, according to the new issue of the magazine, citing internal templates from the finance department. The reason is higher tax revenue than expected and lower interest expenses. In the past few years, the federal government's budget was better than previously planned.
+++ 1:51 p.m .: Three bodies discovered after a letter to the police +++
The police discovered three dead people in a house in Wülfrath near Wuppertal. Among them was a 60-year-old man who had sent a letter to the police before committing suicide, investigators said. In the letter, the man said he shot his 57-year-old wife, his 87-year-old mother and the family dog. He too will take his own life. The police actually found three people in the house, all of whom had died violently. The dead dog was also discovered. The crimes are said to have been committed with a firearm that was found. The motive is unclear.
+++ 1:42 p.m.: 50 election workers in Sri Lanka hospitalized with food poisoning +++
A day before the presidential election in Sri Lanka, several dozen election workers were taken to the hospital with food poisoning. The 50 men and women had previously eaten a meal in the capital Colombo's largest counting center, a hospital spokeswoman said. The police initiated investigations. The 50 poll workers involved were all seconded to the Royal College to count votes. Hundreds of thousands of votes will be counted in the renowned private school on Saturday. The electoral authority announced that substitute staff would be used for the count if the 50 sick men and women were not doing better by then. A total of 150,000 poll workers are deployed at around 12,600 polling booths across the country. During the election campaign there have been numerous violent incidents.
+++ 1.38 p.m .: Heavy foehn storm near Garmisch causes trees to snap and obstructs traffic +++
A heavy foehn storm kept the fire brigade in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen busy and disrupted traffic. "There have been around 70 fire brigade operations," said a spokesman for the district office. A large number of trees were uprooted. The towns of Garmisch and Mittenwald are particularly affected. The railway blocked several train routes after the storm. According to the police, a small toll road in Vorderriss near the Austrian border should remain closed until Saturday, but there is little traffic at this time of year.
+++ 1.31 p.m .: More billions for Deutsche Bahn +++
The budget committee of the Bundestag has cleared the way for additional billions for Deutsche Bahn. During his final deliberations, he agreed to a new performance and financing agreement between the federal government and the state-owned group to maintain the rail network. The agreement has a term of ten years. The draft envisages federal budget funds in the form of an "infrastructure contribution" totaling 51.4 billion euros - significantly more than before. After the Federal Court of Auditors criticized the agreement, more controls were also decided - to see whether the railways were meeting targets. Failure to do so could result in funds being blocked.
+++ 1:14 p.m .: Some doctors are considering a complaint against compulsory measles vaccination +++
After the Bundestag decision for compulsory vaccination against measles in daycare centers and schools, some doctors are considering legal action. The association "Doctors for Individual Vaccination Decisions" wants to submit and support constitutional complaints against the law from among its ranks, said the chairman, Michael Friedl, of the "Rheinische Post". Such a drastic restriction of the basic right to physical integrity and self-determination cannot be justified by the measles cases in Germany.
+++ 12.50 p.m .: France starts international appeal for witnesses in the Epstein case +++
The French police have launched another appeal for witnesses in the case of the American businessman Jeffrey Epstein - this time internationally. The police are looking for witnesses and victims of sexual harassment or sexual abuse in the appeal published in French and English. "Due to the complexity of the case and its international implications, we once again ask victims and witnesses to come forward," it said. Epstein took his own life in a New York prison on August 10. He had been accused by the prosecutor of the US metropolis of having abused dozens of underage girls. The 66-year-old businessman set up an illegal sex trafficking ring in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, the indictment said.
+++ 12.14 p.m .: Care spray ignites and dismantles car - driver seriously injured +++
A 49-year-old was seriously injured in a deflagration in his car in Waldshut-Tiengen. The cause was the leaked gas from a care spray can with 400 milliliters, as a police spokesman said on Friday. It caught fire when the man lit a cigarette while driving off. He had just bought the spray and used it in a hardware store parking lot on Thursday. According to the information, he then put the can in the trunk - the nozzle was not properly closed and the gas was distributed in the car.
+++ 12.03 p.m .: According to the verdict, the number plate "HH 1933" is also immoral in North Rhine-Westphalia +++
The combination "HH 1933" in a car number plate is also due to unavoidable associations with National Socialism immoral in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and therefore not permitted. According to the information provided, the Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Münster made the final decision in a legal dispute between a car owner and the district of Viersen over a desired number plate requested by them. Whether the plaintiff wanted to express personal sympathy for the Nazi regime or not is irrelevant because of the obvious references to every viewer, the highest administrative judges in North Rhine-Westphalia ruled in their incontestable decision, with which they passed a judgment by the administrative court in Düsseldorf confirmed. The car owner had lodged a complaint.
+++ 11.42 a.m .: 650,000 participants in the nationwide reading day +++
More than 650,000 readers and listeners took part in the 16th nationwide reading day on Friday. They received prominent support from Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD), football professionals Almuth Schult and Mats Hummels, presenters Anne Will and Nazan Eckes, musician Bosse and actors Rebecca Immanuel, Sky du Mont, Wanja Mues and Johann von Bülow. The Reading Day is a joint initiative of the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit", the Reading Foundation in Mainz and the Deutsche Bahn Foundation.
+++ 11.18 a.m .: Police: After the syringe attack, no indications of other victims +++
The police have so far had no indications of other victims of the unknown, who on Thursday morning was a 13-year-old girl threatened with a knife in Gelsenkirchen and injected her with an unknown substance. The man had called the girl "Number Six," leading police to suspect there might be other victims. There were no reports of similar cases in neighboring cities either, said police spokesman Christopher Grauwinkel at a press conference.
+++ 11.11 a.m .: Two women killed in Denmark - 39-year-old arrested +++
The bodies of two women were found in Denmark. One of the two dead was discovered in the village of Ruds Vedby, another in the village of Kundby around 25 kilometers north of it, the police said. It is suspected that there is a connection between the two acts. A suspect - a 39-year-old man - was arrested. The police initially declined to comment further on the incident. Both places are on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), on which the Danish capital Copenhagen is further east.
+++ 11.05 a.m .: car collides with bison: animal dies, driver in clinic +++
A bison weighing several hundred kilograms collided with a car near Winterberg in Sauerland. The 48-year-old driver suffered a shock in the violent collision in the morning, as reported by a police spokesman in the Hochsauerland district. The animal died in the accident, and the wisent carrier association was also on site. Bisons were long thought to be extinct. They had been resettled in the Rothaargebirge some time ago. Foresters complain about serious damage to their trees.
+++ 10.56 a.m .: Bundestag passes climate protection law +++
The Bundestag has passed the climate protection law presented by the government. The majority of the coalition voted in favor of the proposal, which contains emissions targets for different economic sectors, while the opposition groups voted against it. Further laws to implement the government's climate protection package were then voted on.
+++ 10.50 a.m .: Bahn CFO Doll leaves the group +++
After just one and a half years in office, Deutsche Bahn CFO Alexander Doll is about to leave. According to dpa information, the manager signed the termination agreement. The supervisory board still had to approve the step in a special meeting on Monday, it said. According to reports, the severance payment would amount to a seven-digit amount. It was initially unclear on Friday who would take over the post. The railway referred to the supervisory board meeting and initially did not comment on the information.
+++ 10.37 a.m .: Selfie at the waterfall: Tourist falls to his death in Thailand +++
On the Thai holiday island of Ko Samui, a French tourist is trying to take a selfie with his cell phone, fell down a waterfall. The 33-year-old man could only be recovered dead, the police said. It is believed that the Frenchman slipped on the wet stones. A Spanish vacationer died at the same waterfall in July. The accident happened on Thursday. According to the police, a friend who had accompanied the Frenchman saw the scene with his own eyes. According to the police, access to the waterfall was blocked off with ropes. In addition, several signs warn against entering.
+++ 10.33 a.m .: Girl from Lower Saxony receives 500,000 euros in compensation for birth damage +++
The Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, awarded an eight-year-old girl compensation for pain and suffering due to severe brain damage at birth awarded of 500,000 euros. In addition, according to the court, the judges ordered the hospital and the treating doctor to compensate the severely disabled child for the rest of his life for all financial losses that he suffered or will suffer as a result of the malpractice. When the girl from the Gütersloh district was born, there were complications with her heartbeat. According to the court, however, this was not recognized for a period of more than ten minutes.
+++ 10.30 a.m .: Young speeder in Stuttgart sentenced to five years youth penalty +++
After a speeding accident with two fatalities in downtown Stuttgart, a young man has been sentenced to five years youth penalty . The regional court found the 21-year-old guilty of prohibited car racing resulting in death. "We could not determine that you are a murderer," said the judge. The young man was originally charged with murder. The 21-year-old German lost control of a rented sports car at high speed in March. The vehicle crashed into a stationary small car, in the debris of which two young people from North Rhine-Westphalia died.
+++ 10.27 a.m .: Musical "Paramour": Artist falls from a height of three meters +++
At a performance of the musical "Paramour" by Cirque du Soleil on Thursday evening in Hamburg, an artist fell fell three meters high. The 30-year-old acrobat fell on the edge of a trampoline and was seriously injured, the fire department said. He was then taken to the hospital with suspected spinal trauma. "Paramour" celebrated its European premiere at the Neue Flora Theater in April. It is Stage Entertainment's first collaboration with Canada's Cirque du Soleil. The 36-person ensemble consists of 20 acrobats, ten dancers and six actors. Pasquale Aleardi, Anton Zetterholm and Vajèn van den Bosch from the Netherlands play the leading roles.
+++ 10.22 a.m .: double role in repository search: government adviser leaves commission +++
After criticism of possible conflicts of interest, a federal government adviser for questions relating to nuclear waste, Michael Sailer, left the disposal commission . State Secretary for the Environment Jochen Flasbarth told the German Press Agency. Seiler was chairman of the commission that advises the Ministry of the Environment on questions relating to nuclear waste, nuclear transport and the dismantling of nuclear power plants. In the summer, however, the Federal Agency for Disposal (BGE), which is looking for a site for a repository for high-level radioactive waste on behalf of the federal government, hired Sailer as a consultant.
+++ 10.20 a.m .: Russia takes control of the former US airfield in northern Syria +++
According to the Russian military police, they have control of an airfield in northern Syria that was last used by the US military accepted. "Our unit has started guarding the airfield and the military base," a military official said, according to TASS agency. US troops only left the area near the town of Kobane on Wednesday. "Mine clearers are currently checking the facility for explosive devices," he said. The airfield has air-conditioned living quarters and even a gym.
+++ 9.43 a.m .: Bundestag passes new regulations against money laundering +++
The Bundestag has passed new regulations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The law, which was passed with the votes of the Union and SPD, implements changes to the EU Money Laundering Directive in Germany. Among other things, the new regulations provide for public access to the transparency register created in 2017 and additional powers for the federal anti-money laundering unit.
+++ 9.35 a.m .: Man frees himself in Bremen from a car that has crashed into the Weser +++
A 23-year-old has saved himself in Bremen from a car that has fallen into the Weser. According to the police, the employee of a logistics company specializing in vehicle handling suffered a dizzy spell while maneuvering at the wheel. He collided with three parked cars and drove over a harbor pier into the water. According to this, after the accident on Thursday, the man managed to free himself from the sinking car and swim to the shore. He suffered only minor injuries, which were treated as an outpatient at a hospital.
+++ 9.19 a.m .: Under the influence of drugs - 19-year-old attacks paramedics +++
A 19-year-old attacked two paramedics in Berlin-Reinickendorf under the influence of drugs. As the fire brigade announced, the rescue workers were called to an emergency on Thursday evening. An uninvolved young man, who was under the influence of drugs, according to police, first threw a jackknife at the ambulance and then hit the driver through the open window of the car.
+++ 9.08 a.m .: Snow chaos in France – hundreds of thousands more without electricity +++
Because of heavy snowfall, hundreds of thousands of people in south-eastern France still have no electricity. In the Drôme, Isère, Rhône and Ardèche departments, around 300,000 households were without electricity on Friday morning, as the network operator Enedis told the broadcaster BFMTV. "Access is very difficult for technicians," explained Antoine Jourdain, technical director and head of the national crisis unit at Enedis, the broadcaster. It is an exceptional situation. More than 1000 technicians would now try to repair the damage.
+++ 8.45 a.m.: child abuse - connections in Pakistan are being investigated +++
Authorities in Pakistan have questioned a man about his connections to the international child pornography scene. Before that, the man confessed to filming serious sexual abuse of at least 30 children and selling the videos online, officials said. It is known for certain that the man sold videos to customers in Europe, said police officer Rai Mazhar, who is leading the investigation. We are in contact with authorities in other countries.
+++ 8.18 a.m.: According to the Ministry of the Interior, more than 6900 Turks are required to leave the country +++
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, more than 6900 Turks in Germany are required to leave the country. As the "Welt" reported, citing the ministry, only about 300 of them were deported in the first nine months of the year. The reason: the majority of those who are obliged to leave the country have a so-called “Duldung”. However, the state informs them that deportation is currently not possible. One reason for this may be that the country of origin does not issue any replacement papers.
+++ 8.01 a.m .: Another fatality after clashes in Hong Kong +++
On the fringes of the ongoing anti-government protests in Hong Kong, there has been another fatality. As the authorities announced on Thursday evening, a 70-year-old man succumbed to his serious injury. Local media had previously reported that the man was hit in the head by a cobblestone in a standoff between anti-government protesters and local residents on Wednesday. The man had therefore tried with others to clear stones laid out by demonstrators to block the road. Other reports said he also took videos and photos.
+++7.32 a.m.: Iran rations gasoline and increases fuel prices +++
Due to the ongoing economic crisis, Iran has rationed gasoline and at the same time increased fuel prices. This was announced by the Ministry of Oil on Friday night. Iranians will soon only be able to fill up with up to 60 liters of petrol per month and at a price of the equivalent of 12 cents with a state petrol card. Everything above that would then cost 24 cents, as the ministry announced, according to the Irna news agency. Until now, the price of petrol was the equivalent of 10 cents.
+++ 7.26 a.m .: At least 27 dead after storms in Pakistan +++
At least 27 people died in severe storms in the Thar desert in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh. Several dozen people were also injured by lightning strikes or falling parts of the building, said provincial government spokesman Saeed Ghani on Friday. Several women and children are among the victims.
+++ Simply Red singer no longer wants to vote for Labor - Corbyn is a "Stalinist" +++
Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall (59) is annoyed by Brexit and wouldn't either more left-wing Labor Party votes. "As a Brit, I'm ashamed of what's happening in Britain right now," the musician told Focus magazine. Hucknall says in the interview that he would probably vote for the Liberal Democrats now. He doesn't think much of Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn: "He's a Stalinist who organizes votes by show of hands until it fits." He will not get involved with Labor again.
+++ 6.20 a.m .: Taylor Swift’s call for help – appearance at US music awards in danger? +++
US pop singer Taylor Swift ("You Need To Calm Down", "Shake It Off") sees her planned appearance at the "American Music Awards" in danger. On Thursday (local time) she tweeted: "I don't know what else to do" to her fans and other musicians. She planned to play a medley of her hits at the awards. Her former label boss at Big Machine Records, Scott Borchetta, and his new partner Scooter Braun are now trying to stop it. Just like for a planned Netflix documentation, the new owners of their songs deny their rights to use them.
+++ 6.06 a.m .: North Korea's state media insults Joe Biden as a rabid dog +++
North Korea's state media continues to sharply attack the American presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. In a comment published on Thursday evening, the North Korean news agency KCNA, which also serves as the mouthpiece for the leadership in Pyongyang, called Democrat Biden a "rabid dog". Biden had repeatedly criticized North Korea's ruler Kim Jong Un and, among other things, described him as a tyrant. Biden also criticized the way US President Donald Trump approached Pyongyang.
5.34 a.m .: Kollegah again rejects allegations of anti-Semitism +++
The controversial rapper Kollegah (35) has once again decisively rejected allegations of anti-Semitism against him. "I have nothing to do with anti-Semitism, I distance myself from that," he said on Thursday evening at a performance in Leipzig, according to his management. "One of my best friends is Jewish." The "accusation of misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism and you haven't seen anything" that keeps hitting him is wrong, he said on stage, as can be seen from videos sent by his management.
+++ 5.06 a.m .: Greens want to work on the program at the party conference +++
The Greens will meet in Bielefeld on Friday for a three-day party conference. The meeting of more than 800 delegates will deal with housing policy, the economy and climate protection, among other things - but also with the re-election of the dual leadership Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck. The two have been leading the party for almost two years and want to be confirmed for another two years on Saturday. Opposing candidates are not yet in sight. The entire national board and the party council are also re-elected.
+++ 4.20 a.m.: Non-stop flight from London to Sydney in 19 hours and 19 minutes +++
With a non-stop flight of 19 hours and 19 minutes, the Australian Qantas airline brought 46 passengers direct from London to Sydney. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at the airport in the Australian metropolis on Friday at noon (local time). The route totaled 17,750 kilometers. The machine was only sparsely manned for the test flight and hardly had any cargo on board. The crew consisted of only six people. The route is scheduled to be served regularly in 2022.
+++ 4.12 a.m .: Bush fires in Australia - residents should leave houses +++
In Australia, more than 350 houses have been damaged or completely destroyed by the massive bush fires. In the state of Queensland on the east coast, residents were asked to leave their homes on Friday. Signs read "Leave now". According to the authorities, more than 60 fires are raging in the state. Control is made more difficult by high temperatures and strong winds. More than 1000 firefighters are on duty.
+++ 4.10 a.m .: Still no all-clear for flooding in Venice +++
Venice has to be prepared for more water masses. Late Friday morning (11:20 a.m. CET) a high level of 145 centimeters above normal sea level is expected, as the Venice municipality tweeted late Thursday evening. The schools are to remain closed, the Doge's Palace is also closing. On Wednesday night, however, the water was significantly higher - a record value of 187 centimeters was registered. On Thursday morning, the level had dropped to 113 centimeters.
Catastrophic flood at 1.87 meters, apocalyptic destruction- "Venice was brought to its knees"
+++ 1.42 a.m.: Israel's air force attacks targets of militant Palestinians again +++
< According to the military, Israeli warplanes have again attacked targets of the extremist organization Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced this via Twitter on Friday night without giving any further details. "This comes after rockets were fired indiscriminately at Israeli citizens from Gaza today," it said.+++ 0.34 a.m .: Snow chaos in southern France - one dead and thousands without electricity +++
Heavy snowfalls have caused chaos in south-eastern France. A man was killed by a tree on Thursday evening, as reported by several French media, citing the prefecture. Traffic came to a standstill, trains were canceled and thousands of people were without electricity. The French weather service warned of snow and ice in several departments in the east of the country.
