Two men died and a man was taken ill within hours of each other, prompting an inquiry by firefighters.

The ruling is welcomed by the Chinese company, which warned against "politicising security".

The chief executive of struggling German consumer electronics chain Ceconomy is set to be removed after only a few months in the job due to an internal power struggle, sources close to the company said on Wednesday.

Skoda Auto's global deliveries dropped 2.7% to 913,700 cars in the first nine months compared with the same period last year, the subsidiary of Germany's Volkswagen said on Wednesday.

Thursday's EU summit could see French and German leaders butt heads on enlargement after France blocked new Western Balkans talks.

A draft of new security requirements for German telecommunication networks says the country will not put an outright ban on Chinese firm Huawei from supplying next-generation 5G internet. The draft still needs to go through parliament for approval and comes amid heated US concerns that the firm is a backdoor entry for Chinese government snooping.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's path to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor seemed clear when she replaced her as leader of the governing Christian Democrats (CDU) last December.

Western Sydney Wanderers have signed two-time Germany international Nicolai Muller from Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Muller joins the A-League team as an injury replacement for Polish playmaker Radoslaw Majewski, who suffered a potential season-ending knee injury in September. The 32-year-old winger Muller signs for the 2014 AFC Champions League winners having amassed over 300 club ...]