DDP/Kristen Allen

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human rights

High court orders retrial in asylum-seeker death

The case of an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone who burned to death in a Dessau jail cell must be retried, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled on Thursday – the five-year anniversary of his death.

Islam

New programme teaches Turkish imams to lead prayer in German

A new programme is helping 17 Turkish imams learn German in a bid for improved integration, a North Rhine-Westphalian cultural organisation said on Thursday.

Weather

Hottest day of summer expected on Thursday

Get out your swimming trunks, Thursday will likely be Germany's warmest day of the summer as hot and humid air blows north from Africa, according to the German Weather Service.

Culture

Young Germans driving spike in English-language book sales

More Germans than ever before are reaching for English-language books - too impatient to wait for the release of German translations and driven by a desire for authenticity.

Health

CDU attacks new proposal to ban children from tanning beds

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on Friday attacked a new proposal to ban young Germans from using tanning beds for health reasons.