Strasbourg – November 03, 2026 -- ARTE launches the concert series "Braths Sessions" on arte.tv and YouTube on November 8, with seven short episodes that recast contemporary songs for string orchestra.

Seven artists get orchestral rewrites

The series features music by Souly, Wamen, Alizade, Vicky Sometani, RAPK, Kayla Shyx and BERWYN. French multi-instrumentalist, composer and conductor Braths, whose real name is Thomas Horeczko, leads the orchestra and reinterprets each artist's songs.

Berlin – October 29, 2026 -- A new civil protection center in Luckenwalde, in the Teltow-Fläming district, can supply up to 5,000 people from transportable containers, according to German Red Cross (DRK) President Hermann Gröhe.

The center works like a mobile small town

Gröhe described the facility as a small town in containers that can be transported and then set up. He said it answers one of the major challenges Germany faces now: caring for up to 5,000 people at once.

Berlin – October 28, 2026 -- A four-part documentary podcast called "Die Party ist vorbei" ("The Party Is Over") examines how safe sex-positive parties really are. All episodes arrive in ARD Sounds on Thursday, November 5, 2026.