British Prime Minister Theresa May’s arrival in Berlin for (yet another) round of Brexit talks on Tuesday got off to an awkward start when she emerged from her car and found Chancellor Angela Merkel had not shown up to greet her.

A truck has ploughed into a Christmas market in western Berlin killing nine and injuring several people, according to police.

Germany's centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that she will run for a fourth term in office.

Berlin is mooting the idea of sending migrants back to Greece for the first time in five years. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says that Germany has done its bit to help refugees, but needed help from the rest of the bloc to take in migrants.

Teachers at a school in Germany have stormed out of a graduation ceremony after a Muslim student refused to shake hands with the female principal.