The news of the weekend in star-Ticker.
8:22 p.m.: Iran’s spiritual leader Khamenei pardons more than 3,400 prisoners
In Iran, the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned more than 3,400 prisoners or reduced their sentences. Khamenei had “approved pardons and reductions in sentences for 3,458 people,” it said in a statement on its website. The measure, taken at the suggestion of the head of justice, coincides with the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed and the important Imam Sadegh. Iran celebrates the birthday of both personalities on Sunday. Iran’s spiritual leader routinely grants pardons on major religious holidays. At the end of July, Khamenei pardoned or softened more than 2,800 inmates.
7.38 p.m.: Policewoman injured during control before football game on Schalke
A policewoman was injured during an inspection before the second division game between FC Schalke 04 and SG Dynamo Dresden in Gelsenkirchen. A police spokesman said an unknown person escaped control by escaping the control and hit the police officer. The policewoman was slightly injured. She had been taken to a hospital for examination. The police in Gelsenkirchen could not say whether the stranger was a Dresden football fan, as the media had reported. That is the subject of the investigation.
7:38 p.m.: Hiker falls 40 meters and dies
A 69-year-old man fell down a 40-meter-long slope near Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district and died. The hiker, a Dutch citizen, was walking with his wife when, for reasons as yet unknown, he fell down the slope, the fire brigade reported. The wife suffered a shock and needed psychological care. The police have taken over the investigation into the course of the accident.
6:01 p.m.: Russia threatens the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova with turning off the gas tap
The Russian energy company Gazprom is threatening the ex-Soviet Republic of Moldova with turning off the gas because of unpaid bills. According to Gazprom, debts of the equivalent of 372 million euros have accumulated. The government in the completely impoverished neighboring country of EU member Romania has declared a state of emergency because of a gas deficit. According to the Gazprom spokesman, Moldova will no longer receive gas from Russia from December 1 if the contract, which expired in September, is not extended by then.
4.36 p.m.: E-bike battery sets car, garage and house on fire
A burning e-bike battery has triggered an expensive chain reaction in Niederstetten in the Main-Tauber district. According to police, the battery caught fire in a garage, which spread to a car that was also parked there. The flames finally set a part of a directly attached family home on fire. The damage should amount to at least 500,000 euros because the house has been declared uninhabitable because of the extinguishing work. It has not yet been clarified why the battery burned.
2:25 p.m.: Three women and a baby die in a fire in an apartment building
Three women and a premature baby were killed in a fire in the Lower Bavarian district of Dingolfing-Landau. According to initial findings, another 19 people were injured, said a police spokesman. Four of the injured had to be taken to nearby clinics. Any help came too late for the 78, 55 and 20 year old women and the baby. How the fire in the apartment building in the center of Reisbach came about was still completely unclear.
1:43 p.m.: Missing kangaroo is just back
A kangaroo in the Karlsruhe district that has been missing since Wednesday has reappeared on his home farm in Waghäusel. As the police announced, its owners found it safe and sound in its enclosure in the morning. The 1.30 meter tall marsupial has lived on the farm for over ten years and, according to the owner, has not attempted to escape. Where it has been in the past few days and how it got back into the enclosure is unclear, according to the police.
1:41 p.m.: Car driver brings scooter down and flees because of “hairdresser appointments”
A car driver in Regensburg overlooked a scooter driver while parking and almost ran over it. As the police announced, the 31-year-old drove away quickly after the incident because she said she had to go to the hairdresser. A scooter driver fell without touching the car and was injured. The woman could be identified quickly by the number plate. She is now expecting reports of escaping the accident and failure to provide assistance.
1.31 p.m.: Russia reports a new high in corona deaths and new infections
Russia has once again recorded a high in the number of daily corona deaths. According to the government, 1,075 people died as a result of the virus disease within 24 hours. The country also registered a new high among new corona infections: 37,678 infections were reported on Saturday.
1:28 p.m.: Fire in the patient room of the Giessen University Hospital
A fire broke out in the surgical ward of the Giessen University Hospital on Saturday night. 15 people were given intensive care as a precautionary measure on suspicion of smoke gas poisoning, including patients, staff and a firefighter. A spokesman for the university clinic announced that they are doing well under the circumstances. The damage was estimated at around one million euros. As a result of the fire, the clinic was temporarily canceled from emergency care, but has been fully ready for emergencies since the early morning.
11.22 a.m.: British government rules out another corona lockdown
Despite the rapidly increasing corona numbers, the British government has ruled out a new lockdown to contain the pandemic. “Thanks to the vaccines, we are in a very different situation than a year ago,” said British Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak in an interview with the Times (Saturday). There are a number of possible measures against the spread of the virus in winter, “but these options do not include lockdowns or other significant economic restrictions.”
8.38 a.m.: Corona incidence in three digits for the first time since May
The seven-day incidence in Germany has reached 100 for the first time since mid-May. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning as exactly 100.0. For comparison: the previous day the value was 95.1, a week ago it was 70.8. The health authorities in Germany reported 15,145 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:31 a.m. A week ago the value was 10,949 infections.
8.49 a.m.: 1.5 million corona vaccinations probably not reported
The Association of German Company and Company Doctors assumes that around 1.5 million corona vaccinations have not been reported in Germany for the time being. Most vaccinations were received through the health insurance system – how many were not reported, but it is unclear, said the association’s vice-president Anette Wahl-Wachendorf, the editorial network Germany (RND, Saturday editions). As the RND reported, citing an estimate by the company doctors’ association, the number could amount to 1.5 million.
8.37 a.m.: Another suspect arrested in the murder of Haiti’s President Moïse
Another suspect has been arrested in Jamaica in the case of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated a few months ago. The man is a former Colombian military officer, said the Colombian authorities. The judiciary in Haiti accuses him of being one of around 20 foreign soldiers who were allegedly involved in the murder of Moïse in his home in Port-au-Prince.
7.48 a.m.: Three women and a baby die in a fire in an apartment building
Three women and a premature baby were killed in a fire in the Lower Bavarian district of Dingolfing-Landau. According to initial findings, another 23 people were injured, said a local police spokesman. Three of the injured had to be taken to nearby clinics. Any help came too late for the 78, 55 and 20 year old women and the baby.
How the fire in the apartment building in the center of Reisbach came about was still completely unclear on Saturday morning. The fire spread throughout the house during the night. A large number of fire brigade, rescue workers and the police were on site. A police helicopter was also used. The Landshut criminal police took over the investigation on site. According to the officials, 27 residents are registered in the house.
5.09 a.m.: Fatal shot while shooting with Alec Baldwin: Police search the film set
The fatal shot from the prop weapon of the actor Alec Baldwin at a camerawoman on the set of a western film continues to be a mystery. The police told the German Press Agency on Friday evening (local time) about the exact circumstances of the incident in the US state of New Mexico and the fatal projectile. The investigators searched the location.
The “New York Times” quoted from a police report that an assistant director on the set of the western “Rust” indicated a so-called prop weapon Baldwin handed over that it did not contain live ammunition. But when the actor fired the gun on Thursday, the tragedy broke out: the 42-year-old camerawoman Halyna Hutchins suffered fatal injuries, director Joel Souza (48) was also hit and taken to hospital with a shoulder injury. But he could later be released, as US media reported.