There was some rare good news from Deutsche Bank on Thursday.

One person has been killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Britain cannot be given any special treatment after its vote to leave the European Union.

Friday saw torrid trading for Deutsche Bank’s shares; they fell close to nine percent early on Friday and ended the day up 6.4 percent.

The German government has denied it has been working on a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank in case it cannot raise the money needed to pay a massive fine from the US Justice Department.

Five suspected members of an ISIL terror cell have been arrested after coordinated police raids in Spain, Belgium and Germany.

Grilled by German lawmakers, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has been defending its ultra low interest rates and other stimulus measures, which he said were a necessity.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing Germany’s businesses to hire more refugees.

Top US seeds firm Monsanto says it has agreed to a takeover bid by the German drugs and crop chemicals maker Bayer.

The German government said three young Syrian men arrested in the north of Germany were members of so-called Islamic State (ISIL).