The four cars belong to a super-exclusive series.

China is going after licences to boost its access to German technology as investment regulation makes company acquisitions in the sector increasingly difficult, reports say.

The body of Maria Fernanda Sanchez, for whom Interpol had issued a search notice, was found floating in a canal by a person walking along a bridge in the Adlershof neighbourhood of the German capital.

The suspect was a leader of a so-called shabiha militia that assisted the government of President Bashar al-Assad in its deadly crackdown in the wake of a popular uprising in 2011, the prosecutors say.

The munitions typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area, threatening civilians.

China cites the 'importance' placed on ties with Germany and outlines its 'hopes to deepen and expand its relations' with the EU heavyweight.

BioNTech, which holds the marketing authorisation in Germany for the shot it developed with Pfizer, says it concluded after careful consideration that the case was without merit.

Berlin fears that secrets concerning interventions and tactics used by the transatlantic military alliance could be revealed to the Chinese.

The pieces stolen from the break-in at the Gruenes Gewoelbe museum in Dresden contained more than 4,300 diamonds with an estimated value of more than €113 million.

Zelensky's visit rounds off over a year of choppy relations with Germany, which is now one of Ukraine's biggest armaments suppliers, but only after much pressure from Kyiv.

Sudan's sudden slide into conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called Rapid Support Forces has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers.

While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their emissions, Germany brought an early end to its nuclear age.