Hours after Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, approved a package of measures to curb high fuel prices, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed plan into law on Friday. The bill officially takes effect once it is published in the Federal Law Gazette.

The head of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has defended a decision to allow lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to attend the high-profile security policy forum in 2026, after the party was excluded from recent editions. The MSC is a forum for dialogue which "traditionally aims to present as broad a spectrum of opinions as possible, including opposing views," Wolfgang Ischinger told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in comments published Monday.

Online posts about the officer included comparisons to the Nazis and derogatory language, behavior that police asserted “crosses a dangerous red line" and may constitute a criminal offence. The Israel Police condemned an online defamation and shaming campaign being perpetuated on social media against a female officer stationed in the Jerusalem district on Thursday.