Tagesschau
Tagesschau is the flagship news service of Germany's public broadcaster ARD, providing television bulletins and an online news platform. As a publicly funded service, it is one of the country's most trusted and widely watched news sources. It aims for broad, balanced coverage of national and international affairs, politics, economics, and society.
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