Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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The youth, a Syrian who lives in Germany, was accused of helping to interpret bomb-building instructions and of translating an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State for the main suspect.

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Heidi Reichinnek, a leader of the far-left Die Linke, was denied a seat on the parliamentary committee that oversees German intelligence agencies.

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