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Vor der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt steht ein historisches Szenario im Raum: Bekommt Deutschland seinen ersten AfD-Ministerpräsidenten? Spitzenkandidat Ulrich Siegmund plant für den Fall einer absoluten Mehrheit einen politischen Umbau des Landes. Die Folge analysiert, welche Versprechen er sofort umsetzen könnte und wo die Pläne an der Verfassung scheitern. Wie realistisch dieses Szenario wirklich ist, ordnet Pauline von Pezold ein. Sie berichtet, wie es am Sonntag auf jeden Prozentpunkt ankommt und weshalb die AfD ohne absolute Mehrheit trotz eines Wahlsiegs definitiv in der Opposition landen wird. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bezieht Sepp Müller, Unionsfraktionsvize und Landesgruppenchef der CDU, klar Stellung. Er schließt eine…

Russia will shutter German cultural centres across the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport and announced the closure of both the Russian Consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in the German capital. Lavrov said that cultural centres belonging to Germany’s Goethe-Institut would be closed in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, adding that any other response would show a lack of “self-respect” on Russia’s part. Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Lavrov said that Germany “could not have failed to understand” that the…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 5:42 GMT+2 Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE on Thursday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it accused Washington of carrying out as US Vice President JD Vance said the strike was being investigated. The new clashes, which began with US raids on Sunday, have deepened the impasse in the six-month war, as Iran maintains a stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz and Washington presses its counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Kuwait’s army said on Thursday it intercepted a missile and drone attack from Tehran, with the Iranian army reporting…

In July this year, the Commission put the issue back on the political agenda. The recently adopted EU Livestock Strategy sets out a legislative proposal that includes a ban on cages and on culling male chicks. We welcome this step. However, experience in recent years has shown that announcements by the Commission do not always bring about change. As a result of this broken promise, hundreds of millions of animals continue to suffer in cages. On 16 September you will deliver your State of the Union address. We urge you to stand up for animals and confirm before the European…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 11:41 GMT+2 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday that Russia’s autocratic regime is not, on its own, enough to justify freezing the assets of a company indirectly linked to someone under EU sanctions, as any such measure must be backed by objective and solid evidence. Brussels has currently blacklisted around 3,000 entities and individuals considered to be part of the Russian industrial-military complex that is participating in the invasion of Ukraine, pending extension on 15 September. The judgment sets clear limits on how far national authorities can go when freezing…

Ukraine already has experience organizing a major tournament with Poland, Bidnyi added, pointing to the men’s Euro 2012 football championship. “It would be very logical to repeat this successful case,” he said, noting that such a bid could also “invite investors’ attention.” Any proposal would unfold in a dramatically different context from Euro 2012. Russia’s assault has left Ukraine with reconstruction and recovery needs estimated at nearly $588 billion over the next decade — almost three times the country’s projected nominal GDP for 2025 — according to an assessment by the Ukrainian government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission…

The European Commission will propose new housing rules that would give national and local authorities clearer rules for restricting short-term holiday rentals and the purchase of homes or land that are not used as someone’s main home, according to a document seen by Euronews. The prospect of a tougher crackdown comes as prices have skyrocketed faster than local incomes across most European capitals, rising 64.9% between 2015 and 2025 and rents 21.8%, according to EU data. Even people who cannot afford to buy are facing rising rents, which consume 40% of household income, and middle-class families are also increasingly facing…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 15:20 GMT+2 Britain’s Foreign Office summoned Russia’s most senior diplomat in the country on Thursday to condemn what it called an “egregious and reckless attack” involving a drone at Leipzig airport last month. “Today we summoned the Russian charge d’affaires to condemn the attack in the strongest terms,” a spokesperson said in a statement, describing the incident, which involved an explosive-laden drone, as “the latest in a clear pattern of attempts by the Russian state to undermine our collective security.” The Leipzig/Halle Airport incident, on the night of 4-5 August, saw police use a robot to…

Europe fears a devastating crisis with ripple effects could erupt as Russia’s war in Ukraine imposes a new blockade on the Black Sea, choking off a vital trade route. The sense of alarm came to the fore on Wednesday during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Ireland, marked by calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region. “In the Black Sea, Russian strikes on grain ships could cause another worldwide food security shock,” the EU’s High Representative Kaja Kallas said. Belgium’s Maxime Prévot urged a “coordinated solution” to avert what he described as a threefold disaster: a collapse in…

Phasing out two temporary Hungarian migration laws could provide a route to ending the European Union’s €1m-a-day fine against Budapest, according to people familiar with talks between the Hungarian government and the European Commission. The move would not require Prime Minister Péter Magyar to soften Hungary’s migration policy, Euronews understands – an idea he has repeatedly stressed as a non-starter even as he pushes Brussels to lift the penalty. Hungary has lost €910m since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in 2024 that Viktor Orbán’s government had persistently failed to apply EU standards in its treatment of asylum seekers.…