The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least 18 swimmers die during heatwave UPDATE: A US student and an eight-year-old boy are among at least 18 swimmers to have died since Friday as bathers try to cool off in a heatwave which has brought highs of 36C to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20140721/us-student-among-six-dead-swimmers-heatwave Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:05:00 +0200 us-student-among-six-dead-swimmers-heatwave Spanish tourist falls from Berlin bridge and drowns A Spanish tourist died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after falling from one of Berlin’s landmark bridges and into the Spree river. https://www.thelocal.de/20140520/spanish-tourist-drowns-falls-from-bridge-in-berlin Tue, 20 May 2014 14:20:00 +0200 spanish-tourist-drowns-falls-from-bridge-in-berlin