Light weather bumper apple harvest – DW – 08/18/2025

In 2009, a 33-year-old man, who went on an armed rampage at his former school, was on Monday after fleeing a forensic psychiatric clinic in the city of Erlyngen in the southeastern state of Bavaria.

The person who injured nine students and a teacher in 2009, when he burst into school in a nearby Ansback, equipped with a hacket, two knives and three Molotov cocktails, found guilty in 47 cases of murder in April 2010 and a psychiatry facility detected supervision.

On Saturday, during an unprotected walk, the patient did not return to the clinic as an expedition.

A spokesperson of the convenience stated that the search is unprotected practice “part of therapy and was regularly happening in this specific case at the beginning of the year, always with what events or issues.”

He said that the man did not make any threat to the public, while a police search was reduced by a major emergency deployment.

Apple crop in Germany is expected to be above average in 2025, according to Data presented by the Statistical Office of Germany on Monday Citing the estimate of crop as July.

The season of German apple crop is between August and November.

Conditions were quite favorable in 2025, due to the mild weather during the flowering period and there is no frost or hail in the most growing area.

Data suggests that the German gardens are likely to harvest more than 1 million tonnes of apples for the first time since 2022. The total estimated crop is currently 1.009,000 tonnes.

This will be 3.9% higher than the average for the last ten years (970.500 tons) and about 16% higher than the 2024 crop.

Fruit growers are expected to yield higher than average for the last ten years.

More than 60% of apples of Germany are grown in two states: Southern Baden-Vurtemberg in 11,600 hectares (27,000 acres), and North Lower Saxony on 8,400 hectares.

After Germany’s first African-born scholar, the name of the Berlin Bulleward for Anton-Villahem-Emo-Stres was highlighted, highlighting a long struggle to eradicate the symbols of a cruel colonial past.

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The German Foreign Ministry said on Monday that 211 Afghans who were approved for rehabilitation in Germany were sent back from Pakistan to Taliban -ruled Afghanistan, where they were living a temporary life.

According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, about 450 Afghans with German entry permits have been expanded in Pakistan in preparation for exile.

For the spokesman person, the German Foreign Ministry is in touch with Pakistani officials to enable 211 people to return to Pakistan.

With the help of a service provider, housing has been arranged for the deported in Afghanistan.

2,000 Afghans, who promise to enter Germany after the Taliban acquisition in August 2021, are still waiting for Germany to leave neighboring Pakistan.

Thesis, including human rights guards, lawyers, teachers or journalists, who are afraid of harassment under the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan.

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The German Football Federation (DFB) on Sunday launched an inquiry after incidents of racist misconduct in two German cups matches.

A DFB spokesman on Monday told Germany’s DPA news agency, “The Supervisory Committee is investigating the incident and is starting an investigation against the concerned clubs.”

During a match between Lower-League Entracht Staddorf and Second-Tier Carislotorn at the Carl Libechat Stadium at Potsdam located outside Berlin, a visiting player, who warm up warming on the sideline, appeared untouched. The insult person was quickly identified.

Another match between the second-tier Shalke and the Fourth Division Leapzing Lok was suspended after a confrontation with Shalke’s Christopher Antavi-AdJE fans.

Antavi-ADJE reported the incident to the assistant referee.

“Not everyone said this. I think it shouted an isolated. I hope the person thinks about those words twice.” Leapzing said that racist misconduct can be confirmed by someone else.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that “there is no place for racism” in football, and he hoped that DFB clarified what happened and those responsible people should be punished. ###

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On Monday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful met with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Ivea in Tokyo.

During a press conference, Wadeful praised democracy and followed as a shared value for RUL of law, some IITAID “was important in crises and times of conflict.”

Wadeful sang China’s “rapid aggressive” behavior in the Taiwan Strait and East and South China’s seas, as the primary threat to order in the Asia Pacific.

“China repeatedly threatens, more or less openly, unilaterally converts the status quo to its side,” Wadeful said.

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Facing a great gap in the federal budget of 2027, German Finance Minister Lars Minister Lars Closingbills are not getting out of the tax inkrat.

The Social Democrat leader and Vice Chancellor on Monday told the public broadcaster ZDF that a comprehensive package is required to fill the difference of € 30 billion.

“I am not ruling any option,” Klingbill said that when asked about possible tax growth.

Germany’s Center-Leam Social Democrats (SPD) Conservative Christian Democratic Union and Bavarian Sister Party of CDU are part of a governing coalition with Christian Social Union, which is known against increasing taxes. Klingbeel said that SPD has always ensured that super-high-wet and high-income people should contribute more.

“I am not leaving this fundamental punishment by joining an alliance. And that is why we will discuss all issues in the coalition: Where can we cut the subsidy? Where can we improve these social security systems? Where can we save in the ministry?” Klingbeel said.

The Finance Minister said that the “heavy effort” is to find savings in the budget, and he expects all ministries to submit savings proposals.

“This can only be obtained as a team’s effort,” Heer said.

In the medium -term financial plan to end in 2029, the new loans employed are in € 851 billion. Between 2027 and 2029, there will be a financing difference of about 172 billion.

In 2024, social welfare agencies in Germany spent a total amount of € 20.2 billion ($ 23.6 billion) on profit for a year-on-year incident by the Federal Statistical Office (Destitis) on Monday, according to data release.

According to a destroy Press releaseAll areas of social welfare benefits covered by data increased significantly, including all the benefits for those who are undone to work and earn their own live.

According to the federal and social matters of labor and social affairs, more than 56% of social welfare expenses were responsible for the basic income support for the elderly and low -earning people.

These benefits, which are funded by the states completely federal reimbursement, is an amount of € 11.4 billion in 2024. It represents 13.3% sunlight compared to the previous year.

The data was not included, “Bürgergeld” or was made aware of the civil’s income plan, which is supported for job seekers who have been covered under another welfare category.

The Germany faces large -scale holes in the federal budget as an increase in welfare expenses. It comes with constant economic contractions.

The governing coalition of Conservative CDU/CSU and SPD has started improving the social security system to combat rising costs. Concrete proposals are currently prepared.

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Today, we are reporting on German welfare expenses, as well as the Finance Minister’s comments that it is open to increase taxes on high -earnings.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister has criticized China’s support for Russia on a visit to Japan.