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Bulgaria has launched a search for missing sailors after aerial and sea drones attacked two commercial ships in its exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea on Tuesday, 6 October. According to a statement published by the Bulgarian government, one vessel sank and the other caught fire. Prime Minister Rumen Radev condemned the attacks, describing

Tobias Rausch of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, known as the AfD, has been elected president of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. According to the parliament’s official account⁠, Rausch received 48 votes in a secret ballot on Tuesday, 6 October. Twenty-nine lawmakers voted against him and five abstained. The vote took place in Magdeburg during

A search is under way for the crew of a cargo ship that sank after two commercial vessels were struck by drones in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, 6 October. Bulgarian authorities have not said how many people were aboard the sunken ship or who carried out the attack. Prime Minister Rumen Radev

German authorities have arrested August Hanning, the former head of the country’s foreign intelligence service, and a former aide as prosecutors investigate the handling of classified intelligence. The German federal prosecutor’s office⁠ said both men were arrested on Tuesday, 6 October, under warrants issued by a federal judge. Hanning led the Federal Intelligence Service, known as