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German former nurse confesses to killing 100 patients Already serving a life sentence for two murders, former nurse Niels Högel went on trial again on Tuesday on charges that he killed another 100 patients. When asked by the presiding judge whether the charges against him were accurate, Högel replied: "Yes." The massive trial opened in the northern German city of Oldenburg with a minute of silence in memory of the victims. Court proceedings had to be held in a nearby festival hall instead of in Oldenburgʼs regional court to accommodate the 126 plaintiffs in the case and the high level of public interest. "The plaintiffs want to look the defendant in the eye," lawyer Gaby Lübben said on Tuesday. Presiding Judge Sebastian Bührmann said that the goal of the trial was to reveal the full scope of the murders that were allowed to go unchecked for years. "We will do our utmost to learn the truth," he said. "It is like a house with dark rooms — we want to bring light into the darkness."

Denmark foils ʼIranian intelligence agencyʼ attack Danish domestic intelligence chief Finn Borch Andersen on Tuesday said that an Iranian intelligence service had prepared an attack against an Iranian Arab opposition figure living in Denmark. "We are dealing with an Iranian intelligence agency planning an attack on Danish soil," Andersen said. "Obviously, we canʼt and wonʼt accept that." Police arrested a Norwegian citizen of Iranian heritage in relation to the planned attack, saying the suspect had helped Iranian intelligence "to act in Denmark." Andersen said the suspect had taken photographs of the residences of members of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA).

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Longtime Merkel critic Friedrich Merz launches political comeback Given that they share a party, he and Merkel are poles apart

The conservative politician left politics in 2009 after a protracted battle with the German chancellor. Now he will vie to replace her at the top of the CDU.

Why canʼt Germans stop saving money? In the first part of her quest to understand Europeʼs biggest economy, Kate Ferguson explores the German obsession with saving money and asks whether frugality should be considered a virtue or a vice. Maybe youʼve been smoking thirty a day since you were a teenager. Or have bitten your nails since you were a child. Youʼve tried patches and foul-tasting nail varnish, but no matter what you do, your vices cling to you like a shameful odor. Bad habits, we all

know, are hard to break. But try quitting a goodone and youʼll find the challenge far greater still. Trust me, Iʼve tried. When I moved to Germany from Ireland six years ago, I quickly realized it wasnʼt customary to thank the bus driver profusely for delivering me to my destination. And yet I persist, leaning in for a perky "dankeschön" before I disembark, seemingly oblivious to the confusion and even contempt my gratitude provokes. The more you get used to being virtuous, you see, the harder it is to stop.

How the UK slowly turned against single-use plastics The first thing you notice about Tynemouthʼs beaches is how clean they are. The minute your dog delivers an unexpected "parcel" that ruins the view, at least two fellow walkers will approach you, proffering bags to clean it up. The village, which sits, as the name suggests, on the mouth of the Tyne river in northeast England, is serious about the pristine condition of its beaches and bays. Residents and visi-

tors take part in regular group and individual — or two-minute — beach clean-ups. Tynemouthʼs dedication to a litter-free coastline hasnʼt gone unnoticed. At the start of 2018, it became the first community in the area and the second nationwide to be awarded "plastic free" status as part of a campaign by the green charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Thereʼs also good reason for Tynemouthʼs dedication.

South Korean leaderʼs support slips amid ʼNorth Korea fixationʼ Public support for South Korean President Moon Jae-in has slipped into the 50 percent range, continuing a gradual but apparently consistent decline from the high 70s he was receiving only a few months ago, as the public and the media raise questions about his economic policies. It is even being suggested in some quarters that he has a "fixation" with rebuilding ties with North Korea and that domestic issues are suffering as a result. In a Gallup poll released on October 25, 58 percent of South Koreans gave Moon a positive grade on his achievements to date. That is a figure that many other national leaders would consider a fairly resounding endorsement of their administration, although it was down a full 4 percentage points from one week earlier, and significantly lower than as recently as June, when he was basking in a support rate in the high 70s.

German unemployment rate dips below 5 percent Germanyʼs nominal unemployment rate dropped 0.1 point to 4.9 percent in October, as 53,000 people fewer were registered as unemployed compared with the previous months. With the total number of jobless people in this country standing at 2.204 million, the figure was 185,000 people lower than in the same month a year ago. In a further positive sign, the Germanyʼs Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said on Tuesday that seasonally adjusted employment — as measured by the International Labor Organization — climbed by 557,000 on the year to a record of 45 million in September.

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