After an assailant driving an S.U.V. killed five people, calls for solidarity have quickly given way to criticism by rival lawmakers, ahead of snap elections set for February.

World / The eastern German city of Magdeburg mourns as the Alternative für Deutschland party sees an opportunity after one of its supporters plowed into a fairy-tale Christmas market. Carol Schaeffer Magdeburg,

The Berlin Borough police chief said they would have acted on the warning from Germany if they'd been aware of it.