#Berlin

🇩🇪 Germany conducted a massive purge of the Russian Embassy: more than 80 diplomats have been expelled since 2022. In January 2026, following an espionage scandal involving agent Ilona V., a military attaché was expelled. German Foreign Ministry: 'We do not tolerate espionage disguised as diplomacy'. 🕵️‍♂️

Germany has officially legalized the use of artificial intelligence in the migration service. 🇩🇪🤖 Algorithms will check asylum applications and look for contradictions in open sources, but the final decision will remain with humans. This is a step towards accelerating bureaucracy in the context of the migration crisis.

A vehicle drove into a crowd of CSD Pride participants in central Berlin. One person died, 15 were injured. Mayor Wegner called it an attack on freedom; police are searching for the driver who fled the scene. 🚓🇩🇪

Severe thunderstorms in Germany led to an S-Bahn train accident in Berlin and hundreds of calls to rescue services. 🌩️🚂 The train collided with a fallen tree during the storm, but no one was injured. Neighboring states recorded mass flooding and destruction.

Germany has recorded a record level of drug-related mortality: in 2025, more than 2,000 people died, and every fourth of them was under 30 years old. 📉🇩🇪 Dealers are actively using QR codes and mailboxes for sales, while mortality from prescription drugs has doubled in 4 years. 🚑💊