The driver has been arrested but the circumstances of the incident in Trier are still not clear.

Several other people are injured in the city of Trier and the driver has been arrested, police say.

A car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said.

A 51-year-old local person has been arrested and one vehicle seized, Trier police said.

AT LEAST two people have died and many others have been injured after a car ploughed through pedestrians in Trier, Germany.

Odyssey of the Seas, the next ship from Royal Caribbean, has passed another milestone in its journey to market, floating out of the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany.

The European Court of Human Rights on Monday ordered 33 European governments to answer to a climate lawsuit lodged by six Portuguese youth campaigners, AP reported. The applicants, aged between eight and 21, argued that government inaction to halt global warming jeopardised their futures and wellbeing. The countries, including Germany, France or the UK, have until the end of February to respond - unless a settlement is reached before then.