What is important today
Climate conference is extended by one day. The states have not yet agreed on a final declaration at their meeting in Glasgow. Among other things, they are grappling with the question of phasing out coal-fired power generation and for more aid payments to poor countries. The British conference management announced that an agreement should be reached by Saturday afternoon. Go to Article
Scholz with the hunger strikers. The likely future Chancellor keeps a promise and meets with two young climate activists. But they don’t really get any closer to each other. Henning Jeschke and Lea Bonasera call on the SPD politician to act immediately: “It’s about the survival of people!” He, on the other hand, appeases that there is currently a major climate conference taking place at which negotiations are taking place. Go to Article
Court frees Britney Spears. After almost 14 years, the tutelage of Britney Spears and her finances has come to an end. The artist speaks of the best day of her life, her fans celebrate in court. Numerous questions are of course still unanswered. Her lawyer now wants to investigate whether Spears’ father managed her assets responsibly and always acted in the interests of his daughter. Go to Article
Trump adviser Bannon has to go to court. The former chief strategist of the former US president is charged with disregard for Congress – he refused to testify before the committee investigating the storm on the Capitol. He supposedly wants to face himself on Monday. He faces a year in prison and a maximum fine of $ 100,000. Go to Article
Why Helge Braun wants to be CDU boss. The previous head of the Chancellery explains his motivation in a letter to all members. In the party, there has recently been too little discussion, one must “define more clearly what the ideas and concepts of the CDU in Germany are”. Braun calls himself a team player and writes that as an “emergency doctor and doctor in the field of anesthesia, emergency and intensive medicine” he learned to deal professionally with crisis situations. Go to Article
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News about the Corona crisis
Incidence rises again to a maximum value. The Robert Koch Institute reports a seven-day incidence of 277.4. For the sixth time in a row it has reached a new high. Four districts in Germany have already passed the 1000 mark. The Netherlands are returning to a partial lockdown. To the current corona reports
Bavaria wants to introduce the 2-G rule across the board. It should apply throughout Bavaria from November 16. For clubs and discos, 2G with FFP2 masks should be mandatory or, on a voluntary basis, 2G Plus, i.e. access only for genesis and vaccinated people who have also been tested. At the same time, the Free State is calling on the federal government to create a legal basis for mandatory 2G Plus in discos. Go to Article
The Corona winter is going to be tough. More and more intensive care units are overloaded with Covid patients. Other emergencies have to wait, and operations are being postponed in a row. And the new containment measures come too late. To the article (SZ Plus)
Israel is opening up to vacationers again. Israel was closed to foreign tourists for almost 20 months. Many locals hope for the return of the vacationers. The first guests have already arrived. To the article (SZ Plus)