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We went to Cologne to check out what the big deal is about German Christmas markets. Apparently it's not only the food and drinks that's the attraction.
Refugee children in the German city of Muelheim receive Christmas presents donated by locals. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Israel during a visit to Germany, saying that attacks on children and hospitals had no place in the Jewish holy book. "Shooting hospitals, killing children... These things are not in the Torah, you cannot do that," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
Portuguese, German and British investigators begin their second day of searching on the banks of a reservoir in southern Portugal, in a new effort to uncover information on the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann. Three years old at the time, McCann went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz and, despite a huge international manhunt, no trace of her has been found and no one has been charged over the disappearance. IMAGES
German Chancellor Oalf Scholz inaugurates the Christmas tree for the year 2022 at the Chancellery in Berlin in the presence of a children's choir. To save energy, the tree will be lit for much less time than in 2021, according to a government spokesman. IMAGES