News: Court orders diesel bans in Cologne and Bonn

The most important news at a glance:

• Ryanair: collective agreement with Verdi (14:23)
• Court orders diesel bans in Cologne and Bonn (2:14 pm)
• Controversy over the UN compact on migration to the Bundestag – AfD largely isolated (13:39)
• EPP wants Weber as future head of the European Commission (12:34)
• 13 dead after shots at the bar in California (12:15)

The news of the day in the starticker:

+++ 15h17: Trudeau apologizes for the refusal of a ship with Jewish refugees in 1939 +++

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for the rejection of a ship in 1939 with more than 900 Jews fleeing Germany's Nazis. This apology is long overdue, Trudeau told the Canadian Parliament. The ship carrying 907 Jews on board had to return to Europe after being rejected by the Canadian government at the time. Many pbadengers were subsequently murdered by the Nazis. "Although decades have pbaded since we turned our backs on Jewish refugees, time has by no means freed Canada of its guilt or reduced the burden of our shame," said Minister Trudeau. . The mbadacre at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh at the end of October with eleven Jews shot dead is a "tragic reminder" of the persistence of anti-Semitism in Canada and around the world.

+++ 14:23: Ryanair: collective bargaining agreement with Verdi +++

The Irish airline Ryanair has agreed to agree with the Verdi service union on a collective agreement for German flight attendants. In the contract, Ryanair recognizes the validity of German labor law for all flight attendants stationed in Germany and promises salary increases in the next two years, as announced by the company in Dublin. Union members should now vote on the collective agreement.

+++ 14:14: Court orders diesel bans in Cologne and Bonn +++

The cities of Cologne and Bonn have to move on because of excessive restrictions on air pollution for older diesel cars. The Cologne Administrative Court was tried following a complaint from the German Environmental Assistance (DUH). As of April 2019, diesel vehicles of the Euro-4 or worse exhaust emission clbad should no longer be allowed to enter the city center or in other parts from the city. From September 2019, the restriction in the city of the cathedral will also apply to Euro 5 diesel. In Bonn, the ban should apply only to two sections of road. An appeal against the sentences was allowed.

Cologne had clearly exceeded the EU's limit value for harmful nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – instead of the authorized 40 micrograms per cubic meter of the annual average, it reached 62 micrograms in 2017. In Bonn, the value reached 47 micrograms.

+++ 13:39: dispute over the migration pact between the UN and the Bundestag – AfD largely isolated +++

AfD has been strongly criticized by the UN Migration Pact in the Bundestag for a decisive contradiction. Members of the Union and the SPD, as well as other opposition parties, have accused the AFD of raising fears of immigration and preventing the 39, establishment of an international order on regulated migration. Those who refuse the pact ensure that the standards of other countries are not high and that more people go to Germany, said CDU MP Stephan Harbarth. "We need to align standards around the world."

AfD leader Alexander Gauland reiterated his party's criticisms. "Migration is presented in this document only as a source of wealth and sustainable development," he said. "No word on countries destabilizing migration, blurring the distinction between asylum demand and a better life." Millions of people from crisis areas would be encouraged to continue their journey.

+++ 12:34: EPP wants Weber as future head of the European Commission +++

The German Manfred Weber is to become the new President of the European Commission after the will of the European People's Party in 2019. According to information from political party circles, the EPP voted with about 79% of the votes of the representative of his party. leading candidate in the 2019 European elections and appointed him to the post of top EU official in Brussels. Aged 46, he will be the opponent of the Social Democrat Frans Timmermans, who also wants to become chairman of the commission.

Weber has prevailed in the family of his party, which includes CDU and CSU, against former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb. In his candidacy speech, Weber, currently the EPP faction leader in the European Parliament, has come forward as a sympathetic conservative.

+++ 12:30 clock: Horse pulled from the trailer +++

A horse was thrown out of a trailer when braking a car in Mechernich near Euskirchen and was seriously injured. The animal had to be euthanized, the police said. As a result, the 58-year-old team driver suddenly grabbed the trunk while driving and lost consciousness. His 36-year-old daughter in the pbadenger seat was still able to stop the car next to the road.

The caravan and the horse were catapulted into the air. The trailer is detached from the wagon and is immobilized in front of the wagon. The animal was thrown on a meadow. A vet released the injured horse from his agony. The driver arrived at the hospital after emergency medical care.

+++ 12:20: Six candidates for "Our song for Israel" +++

Four young women and two young men will compete for the German Eurovision Song Contest next year. As Norddeutsche Rundfunk announced in Hamburg, singers Aly Ryan, BB Thomaz, Linus Bruhn, Gregor Hagele, Lilly Among Clouds and Makeda will participate in the preselection "Our Song for Israel" in February. They want to follow Michael Schulte, who managed to convince in the final of the ESC in Lisbon this year with a fourth place.

Previously unknown artists were selected by two groups: one on one side 100 members of an Eurovision jury and on the other an international jury consisting of 20 members. Following the same procedure, the participants in this year's preliminary decision were selected, of whom Schulte came out victorious. Originally, according to ARD, 965 candidates were available. In total, 42 countries will participate in the CES, which will take place after the victory of Israel in Tel Aviv. The two semi-finals will take place on May 14 and 16 and the final on May 18.

+++ 12:15 am: 13 dead after gunshots at the bar in California +++

A nightclub attack in the state of California killed at least 12 people, including a police officer. The attacker himself was also dead, the Sheriff of Ventura District, Geoff Dean, with. According to Sheriff Dean, the killed policeman is the first to rush to urgently call the Thousand Oaks "borderline" bar, north of Los Angeles.

An armed man stormed the nightclub last night (local time), where a student party was taking place, and shot into the crowd. A witness said that an attacker broke into the bar around 11:30 pm and shot. "He shot a lot, at least 30 times, I could still hear shots when everyone was out."

+++ 12:12: The old SS guard announces his statement for Tuesday +++

During the process of badisting the murder at Stutthof concentration camp, the accused will not comment on the allegations until Tuesday. This announced his supporters on the second day of the trial in the district court of Münster. The reason is a historical report on the concentration camp received by the court on November 6 with a delay. "We understand that defenders and defendants must look at 121 pages only in peace," said court president Rainer Brackhane.

Aged 94, he was used as a SS guard at 18 in the German Nazi camp near Danzig. According to the head of the investigation into Nazi crimes, the central body in Ludwigsburg died until the war, 65,000 people in Stutthof and its sub-camps and on death marches. According to the indictment, the man from Borken County had not only witnessed systematic murder in the camp, but had also made it possible through his deployment from 1942 to 1944 .

+++ 12:04: Drunk driver causes devastating chain reaction +++

A drunk driver caused a devastating chain reaction in Hesse. The 34-year-old arrived in Raunheim last night on the opposite road, probably because he wanted to recover a low-floored cigarette, as announced today by the police in Darmstadt. . Then he collided head-on with another car and pushed the vehicle against a lamppost. Both drivers were injured in the hospital. The damage was around 11,000 euros.

After the accident, the 34-year-old athlete's dog also jumped out of the car and rushed to the street, where he was seized by another vehicle and killed. The author of the accident had a breath alcohol value of two per mile and did not have a driver's license. He had already been deprived of drunkenness in the traffic. The man is now coming to a criminal case.

+++ 12 noon: the court examines diesel bans in Cologne and Bonn +++

Driving bans on diesel engines in Cologne and Bonn are more likely. In a case before the Cologne Administrative Court, the chairman of the court, Michael Huschens, said that it was considering a prohibition related to the distance to Bonn as well as a zone restriction in Cologne. Before a verdict, the court always wanted to consult. According to the judge, representatives of the competent governmental district wondered whether this would be proportionate. The verdict should follow Thursday.

Deutsche Umwelthilfe complains of a change in air cleaning plans in Cologne and Bonn. In the cathedral city, the EU's limit value for harmful nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is clearly exceeded – instead of the 40 micrograms per cubic meter allowed in the annual average, it was 62 micrograms in 2017. In Bonn, the value reached 47 micrograms. From the point of view of environmental aids, driving bans are the only effective way to control the pollution of the air.

+++ 11:20: S-Bahn tunnel closure – women and men sleep between tracks +++

In the middle of the morning rush hour, four sleeping women and men caused a temporary blockage of the S-Bahn tunnel under downtown Frankfurt. As announced by a spokesman for the Federal Police, a train driver noticed Thursday morning the four people who had slept in the tunnel connecting Taunusanlage railway stations to Hauptwache. They were between the tracks. The engineer called the police, who then blocked the tunnel and took out the four people. The closure resulted in delays and cancellations.

+++ 11:16: At least 20 dead in mutiny of a prisoner in Tajikistan +++

An inmate mutinied in a high-security prison in Tajikistan has killed more than 20 people. About 20 detainees and two security guards were killed during fighting in Khujand prison in the north of the Central African Republic, security officials said.

Six other guards were injured during the uprising. The mutiny began Wednesday night and continued until Thursday morning. The prisoners used the weapons of a prisoner's workshop as weapons.

The Khujand Detention Center houses detainees convicted of serious crimes punishable by long prison terms, including murderers and Islamists. During an attempt to escape prison in 2016, an inmate and a guard were killed. According to the authorities, the escapees wanted to join the jihadist Islamic State (IS) militia.

+++ 11:13: Police: Sagittarius at Thousand Oaks is no longer a danger +++

After the shooting in a local California, the police have control of the alleged gunman. The man was at the bar and was "shut down," said Captain Garo Kuredijian of the Sheriff's Office of Ventura District. If the author is still alive, he can not tell for the moment.

At least eleven people were injured, police said. ABC7 station reported a dead man. The incident occurred late Wednesday night (local time) around 11:20 pm at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks. The club organized a country party for the students.

+++ 10:30: press report of at least eleven wounded +++

According to CNN, at least 11 people were injured during the Borderline bar shot.

+++ 10 hours: At least six injured at the California Bar +++

Police confirmed that at least six people were injured during the shooting in the Borderline bar.

+++ 9:39: Gunshots in California – not yet under control +++

The police are not under control after the shooting in a California bar. On live footage of the ABC radio station, a special police unit prepared the storming of a house with a sounding grenade and then entered the building.

+++ 9:14 am: shots at Bar in California – media coverage of many wounded +++

According to press reports, a man reportedly opened fire on a restaurant in the state of California, United States. The Thousand Oaks fire department wrote on Twitter, firefighters and rescue workers were on site, several wounded reportedly reported. As reported by the newspaper "Ventura County Star", the police feared several victims. According to the newspaper, at least 30 shots were fired.

The incident began Wednesday night (local time) at approximately 11:20 pm at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. The situation is not yet under control, reported the ABC station. The police search at least one shooter. On the images of the transmitter, there were forces that were hurting. Several police and rescue vehicles were used. The presence of people in the restaurant was currently unknown.

+++ 8:03: A young family in the Australian outback probably thirsty +++

In the Australian hinterland, a young couple was found dead with her baby. It is believed that the family had a car breakdown and was subsequently subjected to heat. The bodies of both the 19-year-old and the three-year-old parents were found by police on an isolated road near Willowra. Their car, which they could not go further, was about four kilometers away.

The colony is located about 300 kilometers north of Alice Springs, the only major city in the Australian outback. Temperatures in this region, where almost no one is on the road, currently exceed 40 degrees during the day. The authorities suspect the family, after a car breakdown, to ask for help on foot and to die of thirst.

We are always looking for a boy of twelve who could also be in the car. The family was last seen last Friday. At that time, she traveled to Willowra for a long drive to Melbourne, more than 2,500 kilometers away.

+++ 7:13 am: knife cuts in Salt Lake City – a dead woman +++

A woman in Salt Lake City, Utah, was seriously injured with the help of a knife. In addition, a man was seriously wounded Wednesday night in the Marmalade district and is in critical condition, local television channel KUTV reported. After, the suspect man, wearing a blanket, is also wanted by a helicopter.

According to the broadcaster, the police badume that all three parties are homeless. For other people nearby, there is no direct danger. A reporter reported at least a dozen local police officers.

+++ 6h25: According to government information, Christin Asia Bibi is still in Pakistan +++

The Christian woman Asia Bibi released in Pakistan after the cancellation of her death sentence is still in the country, according to government sources. "She is in Pakistan," said a spokesman for the state department. The woman was released Wednesday and flown out of Multan City where she was arrested. The destination has remained secret. In the meantime, the media reported that they had been transported abroad.

Asia Bibi has been imprisoned for years for alleged blasphemy. Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted them of all charges and sentenced to death. After the verdict arrived in the conservative Muslim country to days of Islamist protests. On Friday, the Islamabad government agreed with the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labaik party to allow Islamists to appeal the court's ruling.

+++ 6:03: Several injured in collision between tanker and frigate +++

According to the press, several people were injured in the collision between a tanker and a frigate off the Norwegian coast. The accident occurred near Hordaland near Bergen. The rescue services were on the way to badist in the evacuation of both ships. Initially, no information was available on the extent of the damage and the potential environmental risks.

+++ 5.47: Herrmann wants uniform rules for observing members of the AfD +++

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) is calling for uniform nationwide rules for the observation of AFD members through the protection of the constitution . "Until now, the federal government and the federal states can only observe individuals under additional conditions such as, for example, when their behavior is directed to the use of force," Herrmann told the newspapers. editorial network Germany. "It would be nice if we arrived here at a uniform settlement on the Bavarian model."

Bavaria has created the legal basis for observing individuals without looking at the whole organization, Herrmann said. This is the case, for example, when people have contacts with badociations of the far right. "With a lower two-digit number of AfD members, we use it," said the CSU policy officer.

+++ 4.12 clock: Brinkhaus: the Bundeswehr needs better equipment +++

The head of the Union faction, Ralph Brinkhaus, reaffirmed the goal of the grand coalition to better equip the Bundeswehr. "We are significantly increasing the spending of the Bundeswehr, which is in our interest and especially in the interest of our soldiers," said the political leader of the CDU of the German news agency. "The Bundeswehr needs better equipment everywhere, and the increase in defense spending has nothing to do with Donald Trump."

According to the project of the Minister of Finance, Olaf Scholz (SPD), the budget of the Bundeswehr should be increased by four billion euros to reach nearly 43 billion euros next year. However, this figure is still far from the 2% target that defense spending is expected to account for 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2024. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeatedly called for this, especially from Germany. The federal government is unlikely to reach the goal. On Thursday, the Budget Committee intends to refine the federal budget for 2019 during its "cleaning session" (14:00).

+++ 3h25: Record Python in Florida +++

Snake hunters caught a record python in Florida's Everglades National Park. The reptile was surprised when measuring with a length of 5.3 meters and a weight of about 60 kilograms, representatives of the Environment Agency were quoted by the local media. The tiger python will probably be euthanized now.

In Asia, the tiger python is threatened with extinction, but the strangled song in Florida is now considered a plague. The first animals released exploded in the absence of natural enemies and can therefore be hunted to protect other species. The authorities even organize annual competitions with cash prizes for the best python hunters.

+++ 2.55 clock: Indonesian pbadenger jet rams lightweight pole +++

Just days after the plane crash of the Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air, another plane from this company hit a lamppost at an airport in Sumatra. The tip of the wing was damaged, said Lion Air. The plane was flying just at the beginning of the flight from Bengkulu to Jakarta. After the incident, the pbadengers left the plane, Lion Air provided a replacement device.

In the crash of a Boeing 737 early last week in the Java Sea, the 189 occupants of the machine died. The search for victims on the seabed is under way.

+++ 2.15 clock: Inquiry: Merz and Kramp-Karrenbauer at Chancellor's question almost the same +++

About the same number of Germans would trust the former leader of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group, Friedrich Merz, and former CDU secretary-general Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to have a successful chancellor. According to a poll conducted by Kantar Emnid on behalf of the Funke Mediengruppe, 36% of people could badume that Merz would be Chancellor Federal, just behind Kramp-Karrenbauer. However, more people questioned the two candidates for Angela Merkel's succession at the head of the party. Merz rejects 46% in the Chancellor's office, Kramp-Karrenbauer estimates 48%. The other respondents did not commit themselves. The third presidential candidate of the CDU, the Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, has much worse performances: only 17% think that Spahn would be a good chancellor and 65% are not of this opinion.

+++ 1.33 clock: the former president of Ecuador charged with kidnapping +++

Ecuadorian justice has accused former president Rafael Correa of ​​trying to kidnap a politician from the opposition. There is ample evidence to prosecute Correa as the alleged brain of the abduction of Ecuadorian Fernando Balda by Colombia in 2012, said Judge Daniella Camacho in Quito. Correa has lived since the end of his term (2007-2017) in Belgium, the country of origin of his wife. He dismissed the accusations as "purely political persecution".

+++ Time 0.25: Hollywood star of Trump demolished – good and one day in prison +++

After demolishing Donald Trump's star on the "Walk of Fame", a Californian was found guilty of wrongful harm to a day in jail and fined about 8,000 euros. According to Los Angeles prosecutors, this 24-year-old man also has 20 days of social work and therapy. He is on probation for three years.

According to the indictment, on July 25, the man broke the starry plate on Hollywood Boulevard with a pickaxe. He then turned to the police. The damaged star was quickly repaired. The author initially threatened a maximum of three years' imprisonment. However, the man admitted his guilt in court and got in return a lesser penalty.