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 <updated>2026-07-18T15:49:46Z</updated>
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  <title><![CDATA[Germany: CDU's Jens Spahn resigns amid surrogacy controversy]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-18T15:10:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-18T15:10:00Z</published>
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  <summary><![CDATA[Surrogacy is not permitted in Germany and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) opposes its legalization. Spahn and his husband had their child through a surrogate mother in the US.]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:78016025</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Germany news: Minister warns of high terror threat]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-18T06:46:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-18T06:46:00Z</published>
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  <summary><![CDATA[Germany's interior minister has warned of a heightened security threat, saying an attack could be imminent. Meanwhile, a train security guard was critically injured after falling from a moving train. DW has the latest.]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:77998510</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Germany news: Merz, Macron plan closer nuclear cooperation]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-17T14:55:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-17T14:55:00Z</published>
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  <summary><![CDATA[Germany is expected to soon take part in a nuclear drill with France, Germany's Merz said after meeting France's Macron. It comes as Franco-German ties face an unclear future as French elections loom. DW has more.]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:68199876</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Reproductive medicine laws in Germany 'shockingly unjust']]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-18T13:28:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-18T13:28:00Z</published>
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  <summary><![CDATA[Infertility affects one in six women in Germany. However, access to reproductive medicine is not available to all. Surrogacy as well as egg donation are banned.]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:78009366</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Why did Jens Spahn's surrogacy spark debate in Germany?]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-18T12:15:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-18T12:15:00Z</published>
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  <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.dw.com/en/why-did-jens-spahn-s-surrogacy-spark-debate-in-germany/a-78009366?maca=en-rss-en-ger-1023-xml-atom"/>
  <summary><![CDATA[Jens Spahn, a key ally of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is stepping down amid a controversy surrounding his decision to have a child via a surrogate mother. He had opposed legalizing surrogacy in Germany.]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:78011524</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Germany cracks down on money laundering, tax fraud]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-18T11:38:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-18T11:38:00Z</published>
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  <summary><![CDATA[The German government plans to crack down on tax fraud, money laundering and illegally acquired assets with more audits and stiffer penalties.]]></summary>
  <category term="Germany"/>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:78010353</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Germany's 5,000 heat deaths: What the numbers reveal]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-17T19:11:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-17T19:11:00Z</published>
  <rights>2026 DW</rights>
  <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-5-000-heat-deaths-what-the-numbers-reveal/a-78010353?maca=en-rss-en-ger-1023-xml-atom"/>
  <summary><![CDATA[More than 5,100 people in Germany died from heat-related causes this year until the end of June, the Robert Koch Institute reports. But how can researchers prove that someone died because of soaring temperatures?]]></summary>
  <category term="World"/>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:77824448</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Free electricity in Australia, and the week's other eco wins]]></title>
  <updated>2026-07-03T14:41:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-07-03T14:41:00Z</published>
  <rights>2026 DW</rights>
  <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.dw.com/en/free-electricity-in-australia-and-the-week-s-other-eco-wins/a-77824448?maca=en-rss-en-ger-1023-xml-atom"/>
  <summary><![CDATA[Germans save an ancient woodland from coal mining, Australia gives away surplus solar power, and how one city became the world's best place for cyclists?]]></summary>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:77725021</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Art biennial Manifesta revives Germany's postwar churches]]></title>
  <updated>2026-06-29T07:21:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-06-29T07:21:00Z</published>
  <rights>2026 DW</rights>
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  <summary><![CDATA[Following the destruction of World War II, around 1,000 new churches were built in Germany's Ruhr region. Today, many stand empty, but the contemporary art show Manifesta is giving them a new lease on life.]]></summary>
  <category term="Culture"/>
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  <id>tag:dw.com,2026:77722470</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Will Germany impose an age limit for social media?]]></title>
  <updated>2026-06-28T17:33:00Z</updated>
  <published>2026-06-28T17:33:00Z</published>
  <rights>2026 DW</rights>
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  <summary><![CDATA[A quarter of German youth spend too much time on social media, with 350,000 considered to have an addiction problem. Education Minister Karin Prien is advocating for a legal minimum age of 13.]]></summary>
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