Germany in mourning after Berlin truck attack: ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
By France 24
20 December 2016 |
2:04 pm
The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, and its implications for Turkish-Russian diplomacy. In our other main story, we look at reactions from the German press and abroad after a deadly truck attack at Berlin's Christmas market.
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