Germany’s firewall was meant to hold the far right at bay. It may have done the reverse

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis

Israel opens criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian medics

Sacking turns former Zelenskyy loyalist into potent political opponent

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Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to relocate to mainland in immigration U-turn

At least 100 people may have died after gold mine collapsed in Central African Republic

Neon lights and lanterns glow in new Hikari area at Tivoli, Denmark

Ukrainian diver arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline bombings

Seven dead after tourist helicopter crashes in northern Kenya

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UAE halts all trade and financial dealings with Iran

Chinese carmaker Chery to set up UK research centre

Harvard agrees to pay $53 million after former morgue manager sold donated body parts

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

Iran executed at least 900 people since January, rights group says