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A record number of people received a German passport in 2025, a media report says. Numbers have been rising since Germany changed citizenship requirements in 2024.

A Turkish court has allowed DW reporter Alican Uludag to leave detention as his contentious trial opens. He is accused of having “insulted” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which in Turkey can carry a jail sentence.

Latvia’s military said NATO planes responded to at least one drone flying in its airspace. It’s the latest in a string of such incidents in the Baltic, one of which eventually toppled Latvia’s government.

Two Munich residents have been arrested on suspicion of working for a Chinese intelligence service, seeking to obtain and pass on high-tech information with “military applications.”

Researchers have observed two humpback whales swimming between Australia and Brazil. It’s the longest travel distance humans have ever recorded for the species.

Headlines in Germany this Monday include higher than planned CO2 emissions, plans to ramp up civil defense measures, and Chancellor Merz meeting euroskeptic Bulgarian Premier Rumen Radev.

An escaped tiger has injured a 73-year-old man near Leipzig, with police saying they shot the animal. German media reported the tiger was owned by a controversial performer.

Divers have confirmed that a dead humpback whale spotted off Denmark is the same creature that spent weeks beached off Germany’s Baltic coast. It comes two weeks after a contentious rescue operation.