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WEATHER

Germany to get 20C warmer in two days

Temperatures in Germany will be riding a rollercoaster over the coming days, as chills of -19C in some areas are set to leap well above zero at the start of the week.

Published: 26 January 2013 15:26 CET
Germany to get 20C warmer in two days
Photo: DPA

Icy temperatures of -18.7 degrees were measured in the northeastern state of Brandenburg on Friday night, the German weather service (DWD) reported on Saturday.

The mercury dropped even further elsewhere, with the village of Bertsdorf-Hörnitz, Saxony, claiming the record with an overnight temperature of -21.3C.

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But the weather will get considerably milder as the weekend progresses, the DWD reported, with temperatures leaping up as high as +6C in the state of Hesse on Sunday. “People with a weak circulation will have real problems,” warned a DWD spokeswoman.

The sudden rise will be caused by a high pressure region bringing milder wins in from the Atlantic.

The DWD warned that the resulting rain could cause ice on the roads in the meantime. Surface ice caused flight cancellations at Frankfurt Airport last Sunday and also played havoc with public transport systems around the country. The weather is also likely to remain overcast and rainy in the coming days.

But the sudden warmth is not the forerunner of an early spring, the DWD added. February could well turn cold again, a spokeswoman said.

The Local/bk

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ANTI-SEMITISIM

Police ban pro-Palestinian congress in Berlin

Police interrupted and cancelled a controversial pro-Palestinian conference in Berlin less than an hour after it started on Friday, citing concerns about anti-Semitic statements.

Published: 13 April 2024 09:15 CEST
Police ban pro-Palestinian congress in Berlin

Officers initially halted the congress because one of the speakers was subject to a ban on political activity in Germany, police wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Police did not give the name of the speaker, but participants in the congress wrote on X that it was Palestinian researcher Salman Abu Sitta.

Police then later wrote on X that they had banned the remainder of the conference, which was due to last until Sunday.

“There is a risk that a speaker who has already made anti-Semitic or violence-glorifying public statements in the past will be invited to speak again,” they said.

The conference had been heavily criticised before it began and did not disclose its location until Friday morning due to security concerns.

Berlin police on Friday said they had dispatched 930 officers, including reinforcements from other regions of Germany, to secure the event.

On the congress website, the organisers denounce “Israeli apartheid and genocide” and accuse Germany of “being complicit”.

Kai Wegner, the mayor of Berlin, said on X he found it “intolerable” that the congress was taking place in Berlin.

“Berlin does not tolerate anti-Semitism, hatred and incitement against Jews,” he wrote.

The organisers on Friday wrote in a Telegram post that Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian doctor specialising in plastic and reconstructive surgery, had been denied entry into Germany to attend the conference.

The outbreak of the war in Gaza has roiled Germany, where Berlin’s staunch backing for Israel has prompted protests that pro-Palestinian voices are being marginalised.

The conflict erupted after an unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen on October 7 in which around 1,160 people were killed, mostly civilians, according to Israeli official figures.

Israel afterwards vowed to eradicate Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. More than 33,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed as a result, according to the Gaza health ministry.

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