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The new German Foreign Minister visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. He expressed his devastation. And warns that the ‘immeasurable injustice’ must never be forgotten.

The Bundestag commemorates the end of the Second World War with an hour of remembrance. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag President Julia Klöckner call for lessons to be learnt from history - and to stand up resolutely for democracy and freedom.

‘These two countries are very close to my heart’. With these words, the new Federal Chancellor set off on his first trip to France and Poland. Only the first part of the trip was very harmonious.

Friedrich Merz presents his new cabinet: with Lars Klingbeil as Vice-Chancellor, Johann Wadephul as Foreign Minister and Bärbel Bas in the Ministry of Social Affairs, the CDU Chancellor is relying on a mixture of experienced politicians and fresh faces.

The leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD have signed a coalition agreement entitled ‘Responsibility for Germany.’

For many people, 1 May is a special holiday. Trade unions call on people to stand up for more rights for workers.

Rabea Rogge is the first German woman in space. During her four-day space flight, the scientist was particularly fascinated by weightlessness.

In the decisive phase of the negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD to form a new federal government, hardly anything got out. But now there is a result.

A severe earthquake has hit Myanmar hard. Thousands of people have been killed and countless are without shelter. The Red Cross also wants to help with an aid transport from Berlin-Schönefeld.