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Wim Wenders has pulled a 1975 film that featured Nastassja Kinski in her first role.

Wim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then 13-year-old Nastassja Kinski

The star says she wasn’t properly protected in what was her first film role.

  • Jake Coyle

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Demonstrators in St. Paul, Minnesota, carry an upside-down US flag in protest at a killing by an ICE agent.

US politics has gone insane. Why the worst ideas of the 20th century are back to haunt us

It is no coincidence that authoritarianism is once again appealing to people. Liberal democracies are struggling and entire generations have no living memory of what the alternatives bring.

  • David French
US President Donald Trump on Saturday.

‘Disintegration’: Trump angers Europe with tariffs and troop withdrawal

Alarm bells are ringing in Europe as the US president signals further cuts to US forces and plans to impose more tariffs on the car industry.

  • David Crowe
Timmy the humpback being transported towards the North Sea in a flooded cargo ship.

Timmy the humpback whale released in the North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany

The whale was first spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.

Dr Yixi Zheng from the British Antarctic Survey removes snow from her tent on the Thwaites Glacier.

A crying glacier and a shivering ice shelf: A beautiful, tragic story

What scientists saw in Antarctica this summer could affect the weather everywhere from Cairns to Cannes.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
US President Donald Trump in Florida on Friday.

Trump has a new target in Europe – and there is a price for speaking up

When the leader of a key US ally told us exactly what he thinks about how things are going in the war with Iran, it didn’t go down well with a furious US president.

  • David Crowe
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The station resembles the illustrations you used to see depicting cities of the future.

This modern railway hub is a European architectural marvel

Germany’s Berlin Hauptbahnhof is an ultra-modern station, well-equipped with food and services within a sleek multi-level structure.

  • Tim Richards
Germany is considering buying the Ghost Bat for its military.

Ghost Bat v Valkyrie: Australia in fierce battle with US for German war drone market

The locally made combat aircraft, which operates without personnel on board, is packed with sensors and is expected to have a range of more than 3700 kilometres.

  • Matthew Knott
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius shake hands ahead of the Defence Ministers’ meeting

Germany’s blunt candour about Trump highlights how timid Australia has become

The Albanese government believes it has little scope to express even the mildest criticism of Trump’s war against Iran. Not everyone feels so constrained.

  • Matthew Knott
Felicity Selkirk and Tim Holding at  
Château de Purnon, a French chateau they have been restoring bit by bit, funded by subscriptions on social media.

‘I’m crying’: How social media helps Tim and Felicity renovate their 105-room chateau

A cottage in Melbourne or a unit in Sydney goes for the $1.2 million it cost for a 250-year-old French chateau that was crumbling like a Breton biscuit.

  • Julie Power