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Angela Merkel to meet with state leaders over safely conducting services during pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany is to set out guidelines for religious services during the coronavirus pandemic with a list of strict restrictions expected to include a ban on singing.Religious services have been legally banned from taking place since the start of Germany’s lockdown in mid-March and some...

Ronald Lauder’s Auschwitz memorial address will demand action against a rising tide of hatredThe president of the World Jewish Congress has accused leaders of contributing to the “drip, drip method” of spreading antisemitism, comparing it to the defamation campaigns that culminated in the Holocaust.Ahead of the 75th anniversary on Mondayof the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ronald Lauder said that governments...