Axe attacker targets police station in Hagen
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A man armed with an axe attacked a police station in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, causing alarm and significant disruption. In a quieter corner of the country, a new poll in Saarland shows the SPD making gains while the AfD slides toward a record low. The CDU currently remains in second place.
The industrial outlook is less settled. BMW reported a 15 percent drop in profit and warned that the situation is likely to deteriorate further.
German editors spent the morning parsing the results of the US midterm elections, where a shift in control of Congress has been described by the press as a sensation. For the administration in Washington, it is a defeat that marks the start of a political endgame.