Coronavirus: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier calls for global alliance

Germany's former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is elected president, replacing Joachim Gauck as the largely ceremonial head of state.

The Gambia has given Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier a warm welcome. The West African country has just emerged from more than two decades of dictatorship.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appealed for Germans to show civic courage in the face of anti-Semitism. The call comes amid growing attacks on Jewish people in Germany.

The leaders of Poland, Germany and the US joined around 30 international guests in Warsaw to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II. The German president asked for Poland's forgiveness.

"Wunderbar Together," a multimillion-dollar publicity campaign by Germany in the US, has come to a close with a stark warning by Frank-Walter Steinemier: Freedom and democracy depends on trans-Atlantic partnership.

German President Steinmeier has warned against forgetting the lessons learned from "unbridled nationalism." Germany stands by its responsibility for the war, Steinmeier said at the 75th anniversary of the pivotal battle.

In an opinion for a British newspaper, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and four other world leaders have pled for global cooperation. Rapid testing and vaccines for vulnerable populations are key, they said.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will hold talks later this month with Israel's new government under incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Steinmeier hopes to "strengthen the friendship" between Israel and Germany.

Ahead of his first meeting with new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the German president has urged a political solution to the Palestinian conflict.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has described scenes of desperate civilians at Kabul airport as "shameful" for the West. He said Germany shared responsibility for what had transpired.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has underlined November 9 as one being of key importance in German history. Three crucial events took place on the date, including the 1938 Nazi-instigated pogrom against the Jews.