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Latest week · November 2
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LATEST WEEK
- Democrats win Senate and House majorities in US midterms as Republicans lose CongressRepublicans lost their majorities in Congress and the Senate in the US midterm elections, German outlets reported. Die Welt wrote that the Republicans of US President Donald Trump lost their majority in Congress and the Senate. Der Spiegel reported that, according to projections, the Democrats won a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- Merz receives Zelenskyy in Berlin and pledges more aid for UkraineChancellor Friedrich Merz received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin on Tuesday. The meeting had not been announced in advance for security reasons. Merz addressed both Russia and the German public at the visit.
- Reiche's first fuel-price cap draft sets hurdles so high it may never applyEconomy Minister Katherina Reiche has presented a first draft law for a fuel-price cap, due to take effect in 2027. The draft sets high hurdles before the cap can bite, and the rules are so lax that filling stations could still charge well above the EU average.
- German police foil suspected far-right plot on migrant shelter; two suspects heldPolice in northern Germany moved against a suspected far-right attack on a migrant shelter after journalists alerted them to indications of a possibly imminent assault. Investigators are examining a 15-year-old and a 19-year-old in connection with the plan.
- Hackers raise supermarket fridge temperatures to 50C in attacks across EuropeCyberattacks have disrupted refrigeration systems at supermarkets in several European countries, with temperatures in some cold cabinets reportedly rising to as much as 50 degrees Celsius. In some branches the temperature climbed so sharply that frozen goods had to be thrown away. The attacks follow earlier incidents in France and have now been reported in Sweden and Belgium.
SOURCES CITED IN NOVEMBER 2026
Outlets referenced by the published weekly picks for this month — not the full monitored registry.
- 20 MinWire
- Ad-hoc-news.deWire
- ADACCentristcentre
- Berliner MorgenpostCentristcentre-right
- BILDOppositionalright
- Deister- und WeserzeitungCentristcentre
- Der SpiegelCentristcentre-left
- Der TagesspiegelCentristcentre
- DeutschlandfunkCentristcentre
- Die WeltCentristright
- Die ZeitCentristcentre-left
- Exif – Recherche & AnalyseOppositionalleft
- FAZCentristcentre-right
- Finanz und WirtschaftWire
- FOCUS onlineCentristcentre-right
- Hamburger AbendblattCentristcentre-right
- HandelsblattBusinesscentre-right
- hessenschau.deCentristcentre
- Lübecker NachrichtenCentristcentre
- MDR.deCentristcentre
- Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-WürttembergPro-governmentcentre
- mobiFlipWire
- n-tvCentristcentre
- NDR.deCentristcentre
- nzz.chCentristcentre-right
- Schweiz heuteWire
- STERN.deCentristcentre-left
- SuaraGarut.IDWire
- SWRStatecentre
- SZ.deCentristcentre-left
- T-OnlineCentristcentre
- tagesschau.deCentristcentre
- tazCentristleft
- Trending TopicsWire
- WEB.DECentristcentre
- ZDFheuteCentristcentre
Next update November 9, 2026