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Do you really need to speak German to take a cooling dip? This row in Halle raises all manner of red flags

A pool manager invoked safety to bar non-German speakers during the heatwave. With the far right soaring, the move is making everyone less safe, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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German swimming lake criticised for ban on non-German speakers

Policy at Heidesee lake in Halle introduced after cases in which visitors ignored rules and lifeguards’ instructions

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TEN:Zverev continues stellar form with Halle semis win

Alexander Zverev has continued where he left off in Paris, the new French Open champion reaching the semi-finals of his home Halle Open grasscourt event.

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Zverev continues stellar form with Halle semis win

Alexander Zverev has continued where he left off in Paris, the new French Open champion reaching the semi-finals of his home Halle Open grasscourt event.

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SPO:Zverev continues stellar form with Halle semis win

Alexander Zverev has continued where he left off in Paris, the new French Open champion reaching the semi-finals of his home Halle Open grasscourt event.

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Germany Wants to Reverse Neo-Nazi Fugitive's Gender After Becoming a Woman to Enter Women's Jail

Saalekreis council petitions court to reclassify convicted neo-Nazi Sven Liebich as male in first challenge to Germany's Self-Determination Act.

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Convicted German transgender right-wing extremist to serve time in women's prison

In July 2023, Marla-Svenja Liebich, then still known as Sven, was sentenced to one and a half years' imprisonment without probation by the Halle district court. A year and a half later, Sven became Marla-Svenja by simple deed poll, made possible under a new law.

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Spectator at ATP event in Halle hit by falling advertising banner

The woman did not suffer any major injuries but was taken to a nearby hospital to be checked ‘for safety reasons’.

The Independent UK

French Open heroes Alcaraz and Sinner start their hunts for glory at Wimbledon

French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz and beaten finalist Jannik Sinner will start their respective preparations in London and Halle this week for the third Grand Slam tournament of the season on the grass courts at Wimbledon which starts on 30 June.

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Jannik Sinner ‘still thinks’ about French Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz

The Italian returns to action next week in Halle while Alcaraz headlines the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club.

The Independent UK

'Huge fortune' from the 1600s, including gold and silver coins, found in German church where Martin Luther preached

Four bags of money hidden around 1640 and worth "much more than a craftsman could earn in a year" have been found inside a statue at a Gothic church in Germany.

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Increased Security Measures At Halle Christmas Market

Halle Christmas market increases security measures and shows solidarity with Magdeburg after recent attack, prioritizing visitor safety and unity.

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Belgian Parish Challenges Catholic Tradition With Female Celebrants

Discover the evolving Catholic landscape in Halle, Belgium, as Don Bosco church embraces progressiveness while Saint Martin's Basilica holds onto tradition...

The Independent UK

Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe

Pope Francis will be visiting Belgium on a trip starting Thursday, facing a flock ravaged by countless scandals of priest sexual abuse and dwindling in the face of modernity, where women and gays insist on an equal role and rights

The Independent UK

Germany’s first MP born in Africa steps down amid racist harassment

But Karamba Diaby says racist threats ‘not main reason’ for his decision

Cycling Weekly

56% unpaved, 44% paved and plenty of pitchy climbs: the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships race course revealed

After starting in Halle, a charming town 15 kilometers southwest of Brussels, the course will wind around the forested region called Brabantse Wouden and finish in Leuven. This same region previously hosted the UCI Road World Championships and the European Gravel Championships.

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Ghassan Hage is one of Australia's most significant intellectuals. He's still on a quest for a multicultural society that hopes and cares

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, and currently visiting scholar at the prestigious Max Planck Institute…

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Nick Kyrgios’ Wimbledon hopes in doubt as knee injury forces Halle exit

The Australian, a losing finalist at SW19 last summer, is in a race against time to be fit for the third Grand Slam of the year

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Keukenhof, Halle: Flower power draws crowds to Low Countries

Rain or shine, there is no way to keep budding flowers down

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‘We suffered quietly’: Haunted by ghosts of the Holocaust, survivors return to homes they were forced to flee over 80 years earlier

Survivors of Nazi concentration camps revisit the homes they had to flee, as well as the sites of so many horrors, Annabel Grossman reports

The Independent UK

Synagogue attacker moved to new prison after taking hostages

A far-right extremist who killed two people in the German city of Halle three years ago after trying to attack a synagogue has been moved to a new prison following an apparent jailbreak attempt

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Hurkacz thrashes Medvedev for 2022 Halle Open title, sounds Wimbledon warning

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz hammered tennis world number one Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 to win the ATP 500 grasscourt tournament

Daily Mirror

Nick Kyrgios angrily smashes racket and rows with umpire in Stefanos Tsitsipas win

Frustrations spilled over for Nick Kyrgios on Wednesday as the Australian argued with officials and smashed his racket before knocking Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the Halle Open

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