SPIEGEL columnist Mikhail Zygar is a target of Russian law enforcement authorities. The background is said to be alleged derogatory statements about the army on social networks. If convicted, Zygar, who currently lives outside Russia, could face up to 10 years in prison. He is the former editor-in-chief of the independent broadcaster Dozhd and was added to Russia's list of "foreign agents" in 2022. Most recently, Russia banned the XZ Foundation founded by Zygar and he was described as a traitor.
Renewables supply more than half of the electricity consumed for the first time. In June, electricity generation from sunlight reached a new all-time record of 9.8 billion kilowatt hours. In October 2023, only 60.4 gigawatts of onshore wind power capacity were reached, of which 2.9 gigawatts were added this year. Economics Minister Habeck sees "clear successes" in the expansion of renewable energies. There's still a lot of work to be done, but we're making really good progress, he says.
Nuclear energy production sinks to lowest level in four decades. For the past year, a global market share of 9.2 percent was recorded – the largest decline since the Fukushima disaster. Wind and solar plants alone generated 28 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants last year. But contrary to the declining developments, nuclear power could make a comeback. 22 countries recently announced their intention to triple their nuclear power plant capacities by the year. In Germany, the last three active reactors were shut down on April 15, 2023.
Investigators have been searching objects in the Archdiocese of Cologne since the morning. The background is said to be perjury investigations against Cardinal Woelki. In addition to Cologne, according to the information, an object was also searched in Kassel and Lohfelden in Hesse.Woelki is under criminal investigation on suspicion of perjury and false affidavit. It is about the question of when he had known about allegations of abuse against the former Sternsinger boss Winfried Pilz.
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