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Wegner commemorates victims of East German uprising of 1953
More than 50 people died during the uprising on June 17, 1953. Berlin’s mayor pays tribute to those who took to the streets at that time. more
About 300 cubic metres of bulky waste are burning, as the fire brigade announced on Twitter. The fire brigade is there with 45 people - including a fire-fighting boat and a wheel loader. The operation on the premises of a waste management company on Sophienwerderweg in Spandau will last several hours, they said. Huge clouds of smoke were forming.