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This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny instagram via AP)

Kremlin chafes at Navalny team taking suspected evidence

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Students sit at a distance as a precaution against COVID-19, as they undergo an aptitude test to access the University of Medicine, in Rome Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Virus clusters at French universities give Europe a lesson

By Sylvie Corbet and Taryn Siegel - Associated Press

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny instagram via AP)

Navalny team alleges Novichok found in hotel water bottle

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Germany to improve safety of Jewish sites after Halle attack

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is flanked by Italian President Sergio Mattarella after visiting the Duomo gothic cathedral, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Steinmeier is scheduled to meet doctors, medical staff and former patients to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and Germany's support to Italy during his two-day visit. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian virus survivor tells German leader: Germany saved me

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FILE -- In this Saturday, July 20, 2019 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center right, and German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, center left, bow in front of soldiers during an oath-taking ceremony of the German army at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany. Germany's defense minister is apologizing for decades of discrimination against gay servicepeople in the military until a change of policy in 2000. A study commissioned by the defense ministry and being presented Thursday documented “systematic discrimination” from 1955 until the end of the 20th century. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany apologizes for past military anti-gay discrimination

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the United Nations. The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)

Javad Zarif mocks Iran sanction ‘snap back’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny instagram via AP)

German government calls Navalny recovery ‘encouraging’

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Herbert Reul, Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, takes part in a press conference on the uncovered right-wing extremist chat groups in North Rhine-Westphalia with the participation of police officers from North Rhine-Westphalia in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. A total of 29 German police officers were suspended on Wednesday for participating in extremist chat groups that shared images such as swastikas and a depiction of refugees in a gas chamber, officials said, in the latest neo-Nazi scandal to engulf the country's military and law enforcement. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP)

29 German police suspended over far-right chat groups

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German Health Minister Jens Spahn, left, and Science and Education Minister Anja Karliczek, right, arrive for a news conference about a german program to support the develop a COVID-19 vaccine in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Germany boosts own vaccine makers in race for COVID-19 jab

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FILE-In this Sept. 13, 2020 taken photo a car drives past the place name sign in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Officials in southern Germany are considering imposing hefty fines against a 26-year-old American woman linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including at a hotel that caters to U.S. military personnel. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP)

3 more COVID cases linked to American’s bar crawl in Bavaria

By FRANK JORDANS and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, posing for a photo with medical workers in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he's breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020: &quot;Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.&quot; (Navalny Instagram via AP)

Navalny posts photo of himself online, says he can breathe

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In this June 25, 2018 file photo, a group of protesters chant slogans at the main gate of the Old Grand Bazaar, in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, Iran broadcast the televised confession of a wrestler facing the death penalty after a tweet from President Donald Trump criticizing the case, a segment that resembled hundreds of other suspected coerced confessions aired over the last decade in the Islamic Republic. (Iranian Labor News Agency via AP, File) **FILE**

Iran summons German envoy over tweet on executed wrestler

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2020 taken photo Armin Laschet, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, makes a statement after the polling stations are closed in Duesseldorf, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party easily defended its position as the strongest force in Germany's most populous region in municipal elections, a result that may boost the state governor's position as he vies to succeed the country's longtime leader. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Merkel’s party, Greens win in local vote in key German state

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FILE-In this Sept. 13, 2020 taken photo a car drives past the place name sign in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Officials in southern Germany are considering imposing hefty fines against a 26-year-old American woman linked to a cluster of coronavirus cases in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including at a hotel that caters to U.S. military personnel. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP)

American could face fine over local virus spike in Germany

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In this Dec. 26, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of a security officer standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian opposition leader Navalny able to leave his bed

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taken out of an induced coma and is responsive. German experts say Navalny, who fell ill Aug. 20 on a domestic flight in Russia, was poisoned with a substance belonging to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Germany approves Russian request to assist in Navalny probe

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

&quot;Trial warning nationwide. There is no danger&quot; is written at the first nationwide warning day on an information board in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. For the first time in 30 years, Germany was planning a nationwide test of sirens on Thursday morning _ only the alarm didn't go off in some places and push alerts never arrived or popped up late on many users' smart phones. (Jens Kalaene/dpa via AP)

Germany: Nationwide warning test fails in some places

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, speaks at a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Commonwealth of Independent States and Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says West trying to victimize Moscow over Navalny

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taking out of an induced coma and is responsive. Berlin's Charite hospital said Monday that Navalny's condition has further improved, allowing doctors to end the medically induced coma and gradually ease him off mechanical ventilation. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russia clashes with Germany and West over Navalny poisoning

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press