Man on trial in Germany over calls for assassination of Merkel, Scholz

A man with far-right links accused of calling for attacks on senior German politicians, including Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, went on trial in Dusseldorf. The defendant, a German-Polish national, is believed to have made anonymous calls on the dark web for attacks on named politicians, public officials, and public figures in Germany. He faces charges of terrorist financing, incitement to commit terrorist attacks, and other criminal offences, and is accused of creating a platform called "Assassination Politics" on the dark web.