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What happened?
• Geheim-Operation „Blue Light“: Elite soldiers of the Bundeswehr are now also deployed outside the airport in Afghanistan. German soldiers worked their way to the family on foot. The KSK soldiers saved a Munich family from Kabul.
• Rail strike in Berlin and Brandenburg: The S-Bahn and regional traffic have been on strike since the night. The train offers a replacement schedule, there is a 20-minute cycle on several lines – the ring train does not run at all. What is driving and what is not? An overview.
• Giffey’s doctor’s mother rejects joint responsibility: Doctor mother Tanja Börzel spoke for the first time. Compared to the “OSI-Zeitung” she now rejected a share of responsibility for Giffey’s mistakes. Because she has plagiarism in her dissertation.
• 3G rule for visiting the restaurant: Since Monday everyone has to be vaccinated, recovered or tested in order to be able to participate in public life without restrictions. Read here what that means for everyday life.
• Traffic turnaround in Berlin: Raed Saleh has been chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in Berlin for ten years. In the interview he talks about the traffic turnaround, administrative reform and coalition negotiations – and the cargo bike. Looking at commuters from the Märkisches Viertel, he asks the rhetorical question: “Do we want to tell these people to ride cargo bikes?”
What was discussed?
• The change of strategy in the Union: CDU leader and Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet warns of a left-wing danger. But the heroism doesn’t suit him. Armin Laschet is just ceasing to be Armin Laschet – thinks my colleague Robert Birnbaum.
• The Afghanistan memo: The lesson from the failure of the democratization experiment is clear – Europe and America must examine more soberly what they can and cannot do. As it is, however, there is still a tendency towards omnipotence fantasies when it fails, comments my colleague Christoph von Marschall.
• The train drivers’ strike: In the wage dispute at the railway, the conflicting parties demonstrate their inability. My colleague Alfons Frese says: The train is becoming a laughing stock.
• The rescue of the Berlin bookstore “Kisch und Co”: The Kreuzberg bookstore was saved by the intervention of “Deutsche Wohnen”. That is good, but it does not solve the problem. One should not wait for entrepreneurial grace, but act politically, comments my colleague Julius Betschka.
What can subscribers read inside?
• “The children are left to their own devices during the day!” Narrow, tuberculosis, neglect: they are still shaking today, the reports from the local health insurance fund. Pictures of the housing shortage 100 years ago relentlessly show how Berliners lived until the 1920s.
• When banks threaten to terminate: Millions of customers are currently receiving mail. You should agree to the current conditions. Is there really a risk of dismissal if you don’t do that? What you need to know about the fee dispute.
• This man wants to stop the Taliban: Afghanistan’s Pandjir Valley is the only province not yet conquered by radical Islamists. This is where the son of the popular hero Massud gathers his fighters. Read here why the “lions” in the Pandschir Valley could even be successful.
• Kevin Kühnert argues with the boss of Haus & Grund: SPD Vice Kevin Kühnert wants a rent freeze for five years. Kai H. Warnecke, President of the Haus & Grund owners’ association, is passionate about this. During the dispute, the SPD man says: “You don’t have to shrug and accept the repression.”
What can we do?
Read a book: Garry Disher is the grand master of Australian crime novels. In “Barrier Highway” he tells of a police officer who is transferred to the provinces for punishment.
Visit dance festivals: The two fascinating performances “Frontera” and “Archipel” help the Berlin “Tanz im August” festival to an exhilarating finale.
Go to an exhibition: The “Paper Positions” in the Deutsche Telekom capital representation is the first Berlin trade fair to start in the autumn. With a total of 49 exhibitors from 16 countries and 118 artists, the fifth edition of Paper Positions is clearly subscribed to the present.
What should I know for tomorrow?
Advised on the takeover of power by the militant Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan the heads of state and government of the G7 countries at a special summit on how to proceed. Great Britain, which currently holds the chairmanship of the group of leading industrialized countries, has invited to a video conference at 3:30 p.m.
At the digital transformation conference of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) there will be one on Tuesday evening from 5.30 p.m. Online discussion with DGB boss Reiner Hoffmann and the top candidates for the federal election, Armin Laschet (CDU), Olaf Scholz (SPD), Annalena Baerbock (Greens), Christian Linder (FDP) and Janine Wissler (left).
Number of the day!
50 is deleted as the relevant incidence from the Infection Protection Act. “The 50s incidence in the law has had its day,” said Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) on Monday in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin”. He called for the hospitalization rate to be used as a guide when regulating corona measures. You can read about all further developments in our Corona news blog.
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