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The explosive device apparently detonated on a traffic artery in the center of Moscow: Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the NBC protection troops in Russia's army, is dead. He was on international sanctions lists.
After the Bundestag elections, the SPD is planning changes to the rent brake, short-term rentals and indexed rents. How many new apartments are to be built is left open in the draft of the election program.
It was the first press conference since his election victory: Donald Trump is preparing for his presidency, inviting Xi Jinping to take office and accusing Joe Biden of serious mistakes. The overview.
Top tax rate only from just under 100,000 euros, complete abolition of the solidarity surcharge: This is how the FDP wants to relieve "the middle of society". This emerges from a draft of the party's election program.
Wilma Schneider is 22 years old. She studies and cleans on the side. Actually, she is satisfied with her life. But when she thinks about the future, fear and worry set in. She does not feel seen by German politics. By FOCUS-online editor Paula Schneider
A scene from the Bundestag is causing a stir: Chancellor Olaf Scholz simply turned his back on his party colleague Saskia Esken, walked away and left her standing. A lack of respect? Now he has commented on it.
In Moscow, a high-ranking general has died in an explosion. The investigators speak of a crime. The military had made serious accusations against Ukraine and the USA.
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts in May. His lawyers are taking action against this โ and insisting on alleged immunity. But they made the bet without judge Juan Merchan.
Devid Striesow slips into the role of Johann Sebastian Bach. The embodiment of the famous composer in "BACH - A Christmas Miracle" was associated with a special physical change for the 51-year-old, as he reveals in the interview.
The steel industry is in crisis. The head of the steel company GMH reports on an emotional conversation over breakfast with trainees who are already worried about their future.
Where can you find the best prices for Christmas items and food this year? FOCUS Online has compared the current offers from Aldi, Lidl, Penny and Netto Marken-Discount and says where the most enjoyable bargains can be found now
The dignity of the Bundestag is violable. Europe is seeking contact with the new powerful in Syria. And in Gaza, the destruction does not want to end. This is the situation on Tuesday morning.
Silja Kreisel is a kindergarten teacher in Munich. The 27-year-old loves her job and manages to get by with her salary despite increased prices. At the same time, she warns of the collapse in childcare. The consequences of the staff shortage are not only "frustrating" for her.
Former Finance Minister Christian Lindner has spoken about how he and his wife Franca Lehfeldt want to approach their everyday life with their future offspring. This causes irritation โ again. By FOCUS-online author Christine Kurz
And then it's election campaign in one fell swoop on "Hart aber fair": Saskia Esken calculates how families bleed financially. An FDP man wraps himself in the debt brake bedding. And Gregor Gysi issues a gloomy warning.
Between Friedrich Merz and Olaf Scholz, the tone is becoming increasingly rough. Now it is clear when the two chancellor candidates will compete against each other on television - and who will moderate the debates.
A new Insa poll has little effect on the results of the parties. However, the FDP would currently enter the Bundestag with 5 percent, which would prevent a coalition of the Union and the Greens. All developments in the news ticker.
Even during his second term in office, Donald Trump is unlikely to receive the new Air Force One. Because the conversion of the Boeing 747-8 is being delayed further and further.
The chancellor candidates wanted to meet each other with respect in the election campaign. There was little to see of this on ZDF: First, the chancellor accuses the CDU leader of spreading "nonsense." Then Merz reacts.
The Bundestag becomes an election campaign arena: Before the vote of confidence, the chancellor candidates attack each other fiercely. Scholz and Merz deny each other the ability to lead the country. Habeck warns against an illusion.