- Associated Press
A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent
One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party said Tuesday at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.” Björn Höcke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle last week, months before a regional election in the state of Thuringia in which he plans to run for the governor's job. Höcke is accused of ending a speech in nearby Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!” Prosecutors contend he was aware of the origin of the phrase as a slogan of the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers, but Höcke has argued that it is an “everyday saying.”
- PA Media: Science
Rival Covid-19 jab developers face off in High Court patent trial
Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech are in a dispute over the rights to life-saving vaccine technology patents.
- Yahoo News UK
Huw Edwards, the BBC’s trusted voice, quits over medical advice
Newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC nine months after being accused of making payments for sexually explicit images
