GERMANY-CRIME-MANNHEIM
A German police officer has been placed into an induced coma after being critically injured when a knife-wielding attacker targeted an anti-Islamic gathering in the city of Mannheim. MOVING
GERMANY-WEATHER
Large parts of southern Germany have been affected by heavy rains and flooding, with some inhabitants being rescued by helicopter from their rooftops. TO COME
LEBANON-CONFLICT-ISRAEL
One person died in a series of Israeli air strikes in Lebanon overnight, state media in the Middle Eastern country reported on Saturday. MOVED
UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA
Russia has once again hit neighbouring Ukraine with a heavy overnight barrage of missile and drone strikes, primarily targeting energy infrastructure, according to Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko. MOVING
GERMANY-DEFENCE
The chairwoman of the Defence Committee in the German parliament, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, has called for the recruitment of 900,000 German reservists in light of Russia's belligerent stance under President Vladimir Putin. MOVED
ICELAND-ELECTIONS
Iceland is electing a new president, with the widely popular incumbent Gudni Jóhannesson not standing again after two terms in office. MOVING
Voters must now decide between SOUTH AFRICA-ELECTIONS
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its absolute majority for the first time in three decades, the country's electoral commission announces following this week's parliamentary polls. MOVED
MYANMAR-POLITICS-PEOPLE
Tin Oo, a close ally of Myanmar's ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died on Saturday aged 97 in a hospital in the country's southern city of Yangon. MOVED