The NBA says it is discussing its "vision" for a proposed European basketball league with Berlin, Real Madrid and other Spanish clubs.

But before the game, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he was “disappointed” that Memphis’ former All-Star Ja Morant was out for the Berlin portion of the series.

Authorities say the power supply is being restored to thousands of households in Berlin that had been without electricity in freezing temperatures for four days following a suspected far-left attack on high-voltage lines.

A fire that left over 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses in southwest Berlin without electricity was a politically motivated attack by left-wing extremists, city officials have said.

Berlin's mayor said on Monday the German capital's core infrastructure needed better protection two days after an arson attack on a power station left tens of thousands of people without power.

Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat’s romantic comedy “No Good Men” has been set as Berlin Film Festival opener. The German-backed film set inside a Kabul newsroom during the democratic era, before the Taliban returned to power in 2021, will open the festival on Feb. 12 at the Berlinale Palast as a Berlinale Special Gala.

Berlin's annual Green Week, a major food and agricultural trade fair, opened to visitors on Friday for its 90th edition. Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer said the event is a "recipe for success" as a showcase for the country's important agricultural sector.

Germany is open to deepening relations with the new Syrian government, a German government spokesperson said, adding that Berlin is closely monitoring the situation in the country. "The German government is,