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Reports of an unidentified gunman have triggered a large-scale police operation in Stuttgart, Germany. Local news media report of a possible hostage situation.

VOLKSWAGEN has agreed to pay $US10.2 billion ($13 billion) to settle a huge US civil case over its diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a person familiar with the negotiations told AFP on Thursday.

German police shot dead a gunman after he took hostages at a cinema complex in the western town of Viernheim on Thursday, the interior minister of Hesse state said.

TTIP Hastiness would lead to an unfavorable agreement, German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said, criticizing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s approach to reaching an agreement with the US on harmonizing trade and investment regulations.

US President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for European unity in the face of rising populism and scepticism about the European Uni-on Monday, urging the continent to recognise its own achievements.