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A U.S. Air Force F-16 crashed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany at around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with the pilot ejecting and receiving medical treatment. The crash occurred after an exercise involving four aircraft. -SWR

At the US airbase Spangdahlem in the Eifel, a major operation is underway: A plane has crashed. At least one person is said to have been injured

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives won just 4.9% of the vote in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party's worst result in any state election in Germany's postwar history

Merz's CDU received just 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the far-right AfD won 38.2%. In Berlin, The anti-capitalist Left topped the poll with 25.7%

In Berlin, Die Linke is clearly ahead of the CDU. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the AfD can more than double its result, the CDU is plummeting – Merz calls it a "disaster"

Iran summons German ambassador over remarks by Chancellor Friedrich Merz days after he urged Tehran to halt its 'military nuclear program'

Major police operation following drone crash at Lake Steinhude. Crash 1km away from Wunstorf Air Base, confirmed by the Bundeswehr to @BILD. According to NDR, the LKA is deployed, with the background being "the defense against possible dangers." Crash site is an uninhabited open area

Germany is preparing a far-reaching package of economic-security measures to shield strategic industries from China, which may include new tariffs on hybrid electric vehicles

Germany will begin assigning soldiers to its NATO brigade in Lithuania after failing to attract enough volunteers.Up to 1,000 troops could be ordered to serve there, with the first assignments expected this autumn. Germany plans to station 4,800 soldiers permanently in Lithuania by the end of 2027

Germany's Chancellor Merz: Most likely, we are seeing the most decisive moments — perhaps weeks or months — ahead of us in defending the freedom and peace of our continent. If Russia succeeds, this will have unpredictable and unprecedented consequences for all of us, including Germany. And that's the reason why I'm standing here very firm, very clear, and not willing to go back one centimeter

Russian Foreign Ministry: German cultural centers named after Goethe in the Russian Federation must cease their operations

Witkoff: At President Trump's direction, United States negotiators visited both Moscow and Kyiv in order to facilitate additional dialogue to end the Russia-Ukraine War. Ahead of the trip, the Russians and Ukrainians agreed to a three-day no-shoot policy to enable these discussions to occur. Special Envoy Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and officials from the National Security Council, State Department, and Treasury Department met with both President Putin of Russia and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in order to discuss each side's proposals with the other. In Kyiv, the delegations were also joined by national security advisors from the United Kingdom, Germany, and France to collaborate on the path forward. Substantive progress was made, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks

Russian Foreign Ministry: German consulate in St. Petersburg closed

Germany's Chancellor Merz: How will a possible AfD-led state government deal with minorities in Saxony-Anhalt And if boundaries are crossed there, I can tell you that, from the federal government's point of view, we will do everything to correct it

Germany's Chancellor Merz on Russia and AfD: I want to say this very explicitly: 2,500 kilometers east of here, there is particularly great joy about this election result. And that is hardly surprising when you look at everyone who tried to promote this election result and help bring it about. So, in that respect, we know who we are dealing with here

Investigators discovered nine more improvised explosive devices close to high-voltage lines near the Graustein substation, raising the total number of such recovered devices in Saxony, Eastern Germany, to 21. These devices were reportedly targeted at disrupting the regional power grid. - WELT

Germany's far-right AfD wins a historic 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt but falls three seats short of a governing majority

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel has said that if her party wins government, Germany will leave the European Union. "We will leave the European Union. We don't need the EU. We will send back illegal immigrants and increase border security

A suspected sabotage attempt was reported at a substation in Dormagen-Gohr, Germany, where police found improvised devices with timers and wires aimed at high-voltage lines. The devices was not activated. - WDR/BILD

Germany's power grid has suffered a second, major physical attack Saboteurs in North Rhine-Westphalia knocked 4,200 MW of RWE baseload capacity offline, sending intraday power prices surging to €4,500/MWh

Zelensky: We discussed the Russian attack on the Leipzig airfield with Friedrich Merz. This is another Russian escalation, and it is important that Germany reacted. Friedrich informed about the measures taken. For his part, he assured him that Ukraine is ready to help with expertise, experience or in other areas where Germany needs it. The teams are now finalizing the text of the Drone Deal, and this, among other things, will definitely add opportunities for the defense of both Germany and Ukraine. We discussed the content of the agreement and when we will be able to sign it

The French President: We stand with Germany in the hybrid war waged by Russia

NATO Secretary General: We have seen an increase in "malicious activities" targeting our territory

Electric arcing after suspected sabotage at German substation Rommerskirchen 380/220 kV 50 Hz

A police operation is underway in Augsburg. Two teenagers have been injured, and windows have been damaged. Traffic and public transport have also been affected.

"Russia is responsible for the attack" on Leipzig airport, a key Ukraine supply hub, -German Interior Minister Dobrindt and Foreign Minister Wadephul say publicly for first time. Germany will: - close Russian consulate in Bonn by 18. September - end lease on "Russian House" in Berlin - increase immigration controls on Russians

AFP reports that at least one detonation at the substation in Turnow-Preilack in Brandenburg

Power plant operator LEAG confirmed an attack on the Turnowith Preilack substation, which feeds electricity from the Jänschwalde plant into the 50Hertz transmission grid. The company reported a technical failure of Unit B at the plant

Power plant in eastern Germany hit by several "homemade rockets" packed with explosives, according to Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung

Germany's Chancellor Merz on banning the AfD: The hurdles for banning a political party in Germany are very, very high. The federal government has already failed with such an attempt once before. I feel very uncomfortable with the idea of going into a federal election while proceedings to ban the AfD are still ongoing