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Protests, Polarized Grief and Climate Warnings Mark a Strained Weekend in Germany

Large streetside mobilization together with a stark climate assessment signal rising public anxiety.

Overview

  • Berlin’s Gaza solidarity march drew over 100,000 people by organizers’ count and at least 60,000 according to police, reflecting widening dissatisfaction with the federal government’s Israel policy.
  • A developing case involving 16-year-old Liana K., allegedly pushed in front of a train by an Iraqi refugee, has taken on political weight after AfD mourners attended her funeral, and the investigation remains open.
  • The Potsdam Institute’s Planetary Health Check reports seven of nine planetary boundaries already exceeded and warns warming could reach up to three degrees Celsius by 2050.
  • Moldova’s national police chief Viorel Cernăuțeanu says his Signal account faced more than fifty hacking attempts in recent weeks, highlighting persistent cyber pressure linked to hybrid tactics.
  • Authorities reported routine safety updates, including the reopening of the A1 toward Dortmund after a serious-injury crash, a coin-box theft at an Eibenstock observation tower, and confirmation of journalist Georg Stefan Troller’s death at 103.