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Were you a Saddle Club kid? Good news: the horse girl is having a resurgence

We catch up with mixed-species Berlin DJ HorsegiirL and the Saddle Club's Keenan Macwilliam to chat the birth, death, and subsequent rebirth of horse girldom.
A collage of the DJ HorsegiirL, right, wearing a horse mask, with Carole, Stevie and Lisa from the Saddle Club, left, and Spirit

Hamilton says Ferrari move is a 'childhood dream' after bombshell defection announced

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has made his first comments following the announcement he will join Ferrari at the start of the 2025 season. 
Lewis Hamilton, in his race suit, no helmet, wearing sunglasses, looking upward with a smile in the paddock

Goalkeeper Joe Gauci makes blockbuster Premier League move, joining Adelaide United exodus

Adelaide United goalkeeper Joe Gauci becomes the sixth player to leave the A-League club this season, making a blockbuster move to English Premier League bolters Aston Villa.
A blonde man wearing a yellow top and shorts kneels down on grass and holds a white soccer ball

She's made film portraits of David Hockney and Claes Oldenburg. Meet British artist Tacita Dean

Leading contemporary artist Tacita Dean, the artist behind MCA's summer blockbuster exhibition, reflects on the influence of time, loss and serendipity on her work.
A grey-haired woman wearing black-rimmed glasses and a navy jumper sits in a cluttered room

IVF breakthrough gives hope for northern white rhino

Only two infertile northern white rhinos exist in the world, and the breakthrough in a different subspecies is giving conservationists hope.
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Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

Protests against anti-immigration sentiment across Europe

Dr Aurelien Mondon says ignoring history and politics would be a 'mistake' in responding to the rise of far-right movements.
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Duration: 4 minutes 48 seconds

With just two northern white rhinos left, this IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction

Scientists have carried out the first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino using a method that could pave the way to saving its critically endangered northern cousin from extinction.
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Germans protest far-right party's meetings with neo-Nazis

It's emerged that members of 'Alternative for Germany' met with extremists to discuss the mass deportation of migrants.
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Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

German government rejects protesting farmers' demands for more subsidies

Germany's finance minister has taken to the stage in front of thousands of jeering farmers protesting against tax rises to tell them there is no money for further subsidies.
Rows of tractors line a city street

Thousands of farmers in Germany protest tax rises

Germany's capital Berlin was brought to a standstill after tractors filled the streets, protesting tax rises.
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Duration: 51 seconds

Thousands of tractors converge on Berlin as German farmers protest higher taxes

Some 3,000 tractors, 2,000 trucks and an estimated 10,000 people crammed the avenue leading to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate for a mass rally capping a week of protests against the government.
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German football legend and World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78

One of just three men to win the FIFA World Cup as a player and a coach, legendary West Germany defender Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78.
Franz Beckenbauer wearing a suit

Extreme weather conditions across Europe and United Kingdom

European countries and parts of the UK have been battered by wild weather and extreme temperatures.
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Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

Extreme cold leaves thousands without power in northern Europe as floods persist in Germany and France

Extremely cold temperatures, snow and gale-force winds wreak havoc across the Nordic region, while heavy rain continues to cause more flooding in Germany, France and the Netherlands. 
A person in winter clothing walks up a road covered in snow during a snowstorm in Kristiansand, Norway

A decade since his life-changing ski accident, the health of Michael Schumacher remains a guarded secret

The story of Schumacher and his skiing accident is not fully known, with his family electing to keep the German's private life well out of public view. 
A racing driver in a red racing suit, looking to the sky, pumping his fists, in front of cheers fans

Hamas members arrested in Germany in association with alleged terror plot

Four members of Hamas and three people in Denmark have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe following a Danish-German investigation. 
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Heavy snow and wind causes chaos across Europe and US

Snowstorms and heavy winds lash parts of Europe and the US, grounding flights at Munich's airport and knocking out power across the US's Pacific Northwest. 
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Nazi Germany's influence on the new Hunger Games film

Uli grew up in post-war Germany, so the possibility of a Hunger Games like dystopia feels like "a very real thing". This is how the film's production designer tackled the prequel.
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Actress Rachel Zegler gives a sarcastic bow as Lucy Gray in the Hunger Games prequel.

Romantic hero or coercive criminal? The man who lived with the corpse of the woman he loved

In Exquisite Corpse, award-winning Australian author Marija Peričić gives voice to the women caught up in a man's macabre obsession with a dead patient.
An illustration of a man with a grey beard holding the face of a young woman, whose skin is deathly white

Nestory Irankunda's signing with Bayern Munich is a 'watershed moment' for Australian soccer

Nestory Irankunda is still a teenager but has the soccer world at his feet, his skills set to be let loose on the international stage after his signing with German giant Bayern Munich.
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Soccer player Nestory Irankunda with father Gideon at Hindmarsh Stadium.

The European Union promised 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, but struggles with production

The EU says a promise to supply 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine in the first-half of 2024 may not be met.
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A-League transfer fee shattered as teen prodigy Irankunda signs on with Bayern Munich

Adelaide United prodigy Nestory Irankunda will join German giants Bayern Munich in July next year after being sold for an undisclosed sum.
Nestory Irankunda of Adelaide United celebrates a goal.

Oxygen detection in Venus' atmosphere points to a very different past

Researchers have made the first direct detection of atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Venus. Some say it builds the case the planet was more hospitable in the past.
Venus appears as a yellowed marble, cracks run across its face

Hamburg airport closed after man drives through gate

Hamburg airport has been closed after a man drove through a barrier.
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Duration: 34 seconds

Man arrested after 'hostage situation' closes Hamburg airport

The hostage situation at Hamburg airport ends with the suspect and his four-year-old daughter exiting a car, police said, after an 18-hour ordeal that closed northern Germany's busiest airport.
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An image of the nose of an airplane, behind it is a parked car.