Overview
- Munich's 191st Oktoberfest opened on Saturday when Mayor Dominik Krause performed the traditional Fassanstich with two strikes, triggering large crowds, early medical treatments and jubilation in the Schottenhamel tent.
- Organisers deployed reinforced safety measures for the Wiesn including about 600 police officers, hundreds of stewards, more than 50 AI‑supported cameras and a crowdspotter to monitor flows after last year's overcrowding problems.
- Jürgen Klopp has named an unprecedented 44‑player 'XXL' Germany squad split into two 22‑man groups to evaluate talent and fitness ahead of Nations League fixtures, with Marc‑André ter Stegen installed as first‑choice goalkeeper and roughly 16 potential debutants included.
- FC Bayern's 7:0 win over Union Berlin — featuring Harry Kane's 100th Bundesliga goal and a Michael Olise hat‑trick — provided a surge of sporting momentum that briefly put the club top of the table ahead of the international break.
- A late poll shows SPD leader Manuela Schwesig narrowly leading the AfD by a single point in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, turning Sunday’s regional vote into a close national test that could affect federal political dynamics.