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Fire and cut fence hit two more German power substations
German police are investigating an overnight fire at a substation in central Berlin and a cut fence at another substation in the west.
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A van drove into Berlin's Pride march, killing a woman and injuring 16
A driver steered a white van into Berlin's Christopher Street Day march — one of Europe's largest Pride parades — killing a woman and injuring 16 people, then fled.
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Berlin's CDU Picks a New Leader — Just as the AfD Numbers Get Harder to Ignore
The short version: Stefan Evers is now the man who has to clean up after Kai Wegner's resignation, a new Insa poll shows the Union narrowing the gap to the AfD but Merz's own ratings barely moving, and a Welt analysis argues the AfD has stopped being a niche phenomenon. Together, they show why Berlin's local leadership fight is really a preview of the CDU's national problem.
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Berlin's Mayor Just Torched His Own Comeback — and Merz Feels the Heat
Kai Wegner has pulled out of running as the CDU's lead candidate for Berlin after mishandling a citywide power outage — and the fallout says as much about Merz's coalition as it does about Wegner.