Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• German court jails would-be UK hospital bomber
  A 33-year-old Italian national has been sentenced to three years in prison on extortion charges for threatening to bomb British hospitals unless he was paid more than €11 million.
• German court commits Hamburg synagogue attacker to psychiatric hospital
  The man who tried to kill a Jewish student in front of a Hamburg synagogue is "mentally ill" and will be treated in a psychiatric facility, a German court has ruled.
• COVID mask scandal: Pressure rises on German lawmaker
  The corruption scandal around conservative lawmaker Georg Nüsslein is "infuriating", center-left MP Dirk Wiese has told DW. Nüsslein was reportedly bribed by a face mask producer.
• Coronavirus: Home tests will give Germany 'more freedom'
  Health Minister Jens Spahn has said antigen tests will allow people to "win back" part of their lives. He warned, however, that the pandemic is not over, imploring people to remain vigilant.
• How a Syrian torture victim found justice in Germany
  Luna Watfa was imprisoned by Syria's secret service. Now in Germany, she has closely followed the trial of regime torturers in a Koblenz court.
• German court convicts 'IS recruiter' Abu Walaa
  Walaa faces more than 10 years in prison. He is believed to have been the de facto leader of "Islamic State" in Germany and has been convicted of recruiting for the terror group.
• Embattled German bishops pick woman theologian as top Catholic administrator
  Lay theologian Beate Gilles is the first woman to be elected as the general secretary of the German Catholic bishops' conference. The move comes as bishops face calls to fully own up to scandals.