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Added on the 08/10/2017 17:30:10 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hundreds of migrants gather at Budapest's main rail terminus hoping to board trains to Austria and Germany. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Thousands of African migrants continue risk their lives crossing Niger before making an equally deadly journey across the Mediterranean. Sean Carberry reports.
An act of "sabotage" targeting communication infrastructure brought rail traffic in northern Germany to a standstill on Saturday morning (8 October), according to rail operator Deutsche Bahn. The halt in service affected the departure of passengers at Berlin's main railway station as, for almost three hours, all high-speed and regional connections in the north of the country, as well as freight traffic, were interrupted. IMAGES
A stranded cargo ship causes river traffic to be halted on the Rhine in western Germany after suffering a technical fault, authorities say. The incident comes at a time when water transport is already suffering as the result of drought, which has caused the water in the river to drop to a level considered inaccessible for shipping. The vessel is stuck at St Goar and Oberwesel, between the cities of Mainz and Koblenz, river police say, adding that they expect to clear the stricken ship within a day. IMAGES
Former German officer Franco Albrecht arrives in court ahead of his sentencing to five and a half years in prison for plotting a far-right attack on senior politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee. IMAGES of former German officer before the verdict
Hamburg, Oct 7 (EFE / EPA) .- The German soccer team trained Thursday at the Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg before their qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup against Romania. (Camera: FOCKE STRANGMANN)SHOT LIST: GERMAN SOCCER TEAM TRAINING AT THE VOLKSPARKSTADION IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.