German election 2025: What's in the party programs?

Immigration and the economy are the topics that dominate the political debate in the run-up to the general election on February 23. DW looks at the main parties' campaign platforms.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Ex-Reform UK employees issue claims for alleged unpaid wages

Reform says claims brought by former workers — who say they were dismissed after the election — are ‘fraudulent’

Source: Financial Times

Commerzbank plans job cuts, new goals to fend off UniCredit

Commerzbank has announced cost-cutting measures to stave off any takeover bid by Italy's UniCredit that the German lender says would lead to much more drastic job cuts.

Source: Deutsche Welle

European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine

The UK PM, who is expected to attend, said it was a "once in a generation moment for our national security".

Source: BBC

German economy in crisis: What can the next government do?

Two years into an economic recession, German businesses are sounding the alarm and demanding no less than a complete overhaul of economic policy after February's election.

Source: Deutsche Welle

Israeli hostages and Palestinian inmates freed in latest ceasefire swap

Hamas releases three more Israelis, as 369 Palestinians are handed over in the sixth exchange in recent weeks.

Source: BBC

MI5 investigates use of Chinese green technology in UK

Concern has grown at Beijing’s potential hold on strategic assets

Source: Financial Times

AU summit: What's next for the conflicts in DRC and Sudan?

African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa hope to find fresh solutions to the conflicts plaguing the continent. Sudan and DRC are top on the agenda, while the AU commission is …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Doctors order 'absolute rest' for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection

Doctors prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis, the Vatican said Saturday, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted to a hospital following a weeklong bout of bronchitis.

Source: NPR

Volodymyr Zelensky calls for European army as US backing questioned

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on February 15 for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in …

Source: France 24

Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn

Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers

The “department of government efficiency”, the Donald Trump-created program known as Doge and …

Source: The Guardian

What it means when Elon Musk brings his children to work

You'll sometimes see one of his children on his shoulders as billionaire Elon Musk makes public appearances.

Source: BBC