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An exhibition tells the story of the morning of October 7, 2023, when approximately 3,000 people attending the Nova Music Festival in the Israeli desert became the victims of the deadliest attack on a music event in history. According to the Israeli military, Hamas members killed 378 festivalgoers, hundreds were injured and more than 40 were taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.   “October 7, 06:29 AM — The Moment Music Stood Still,” also known as the Nova Exhibition, has been shown in Tel Aviv, New York, Buenos Aires and other cities. Now, it’s on display in Berlin. Rather than providing a…

The common European currency, the euro, fell against main rivals and French borrowing costs spiked as Sebastien Lecornu, who had been France’s prime minister for less than a month, resigned on Monday (October 6) — just 14 hours after naming a largely unchanged cabinet. However, shortly after quitting, Lecornu accepted a request from French President Emmanuel Macron to work on a plan for the “stability for the country” by Wednesday evening. That unexpected twist capped a day of political upheaval which saw stocks fall sharply on the Paris exchange amid concerns over the political parties’ ability to tackle the country’s economic woes. While…

With 111 appearances and 18 goals for her country, Sara Däbritz has announced her retirement from the international footballing stage at the age of 30. The midfielder won the European Championship in 2013 as well as the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics. “If someone had told me all that when I was a little five-year-old girl – I would have hardly believed it. But that was exactly my biggest dream,” she wrote in an Instagram post announcing the decision. “From the first match to the last, I wore the jersey with pride, joy and humility. It was a great…

The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for 2025 will be awarded jointly to Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Shimun Sakaguchi of Japan for “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance,” the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced on Monday. “Their discoveries have laid the foundation for a new field of research and spurred the development of new treatments, for example for cancer and autoimmune diseases,” the Assembly said in a statement. The winners will receive a prize sum of 11 million Swedish crowns (€1 million, $1.2 million), as well as a gold medal from the King of Sweden.…

It remains unclear whether the peace plan unveiled in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will mark a turning point in the war in Gaza. Filmmakers from the region will likely, however, continue to struggle to get their stories seen. For both Palestinian and Israeli directors, the barriers to international release have rarely been high. Films that win major prizes at top festivals or even take home Oscars are still struggling to find companies to put them in theaters, particularly in countries — like the US and Germany — where the debate over Gaza is especially…

Late Sunday, a judge issued an order blocking the deployment of troops to the US city of Portland, Oregon.  US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of about 200 members of the California National Guard from Los Angeles to Portland, the Pentagon announced Sunday. In a statement, the Department of Defense claimed that the troops would be sent to Oregon’s largest city “to support US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal personnel performing official duties, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.” The federal ICE building in Portland has recently been the site of nightly protests that city and state…

Japanese stocks surged over 4% on Monday and the yen fell after Sanae Takaichi was elected to lead the country’s ruling party. The Nikkei 225 Index was up 4.6%, soaring to 47,852.29, after earlier passing the 46,000 mark for the first time ever. The yen fell, reaching 149.76 yen against the dollar and hitting a record low against the euro. Who is Sanae Takaichi and why did her election affect the stocks? Fiscal dove Takaichi is on course to become Japan’s first female Prime Minister this month. An ally of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, she is expected to continue his…

Halfway through Oktoberfest, which runs this year from September 20 to October 5 in Munich, questions on crowd control are now arising following the closure of the festival grounds’ entrances for around 30 minutes on Saturday. A loudspeaker announcement in German urged visitors to leave the festival without any explanation, leading to additional confusion. Some visitors later complained on social media about how they felt trapped in the crowd. “It was close to mass panic,” one woman wrote on Instagram, saying she feared being “trampled to death and knocked over.” Another described the situation as “extremely dangerous,” with people screaming and crying.  Many Oktoberfest…

The outsized role Saudi Arabia now has in global sport was on display last week in a major row involving Lionel Messi, the world’s most distinguished footballer. Messi was suspended by his club, Qatari-owned French side Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), for making an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia as part of his ambassadorial role for the Saudi Tourism Authority. The Argentinian is now expected to leave PSG, with the Saudi league as a possible destination. Messi earns tens of millions of euros for that Saudi role, part of a huge outlay the Kingdom is currently making on professional sports. A 2021…

Thousands of people took part in a banned Pride march on Saturday in the university city of Pecs in southwest Hungary. Several thousand people attended in defiance of a police ban on LGBTQ+ rallies. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has restricted the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in recent years. His ruling ultra-conservative Fidesz party passed a law in March allowing Pride marches to be banned, claiming the move was needed to “protect children.”The protesters waved rainbow and EU flags and held signs condemning Orban and his governmentImage: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP What else do we know about the…