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THE THEME OF THE DAY
Deutsche Bahn and its crisis management
Did you drive four times by train in 2018? Then you were at least once too late, according to the statistics. 25.1 percent of the ICEs, Intercitys and Eurocitys did not reach their destination on time last year. Trains that were only six minutes late or did not arrive are even exempt. That causes trouble - for the customers, but also for the company. Rail boss Richard Lutz is worried about his job and had today to report to Transport Minister Scheuer. Again.
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Richard Lutz
Because the state-owned company is still in a serious crisis. Delays, technical disruptions, staff shortages or overcrowded trains - the problems of the railway are extensive. Not to mention the bad image that has been caused by years of misconduct. In order to get the problems under control, infrastructure board member Ronald Pofalla was appointed as crisis manager. My colleague Michael Kröger explains what goes wrong with the company.
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Central Station in Hannover
After a first meeting on Tuesday, the government was still dissatisfied. Scheuer made clear demands: By summer, customers should feel an improvement. Now Lutz has presented a package of measures to make this possible. Above all, problems on heavily traveled routes should be remedied faster and prevented in advance. However, many of the measures introduced were already known. At a next meeting with the Deutsche Bahn leadership on January 30, Scheuer wants to discuss the financing and the structures of the group.
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NEWS
What you need to know today
- Harvey Weinstein loses star lawyer: The well-known lawyer Benjamin Brafman leaves the law team of the former film producer.
- May is fighting for a Brexit deal: what is the British head of government planning for talks in the next few days? And what options does she have?
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Theresa May
- Looking for a two-year delayed: The little boy is missing since Sunday, the search is only with difficulty. With that, hope disappears.
- Germans fly more than ever: fewer flights inland, but more to Tunisia and Egypt. In the summer of 2018, more people started from German airports than ever before.
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A plane takes off at Düsseldorf Airport
- AfD politicians distance themselves from Höcke wing: The constitutional protection has declared the party nationwide to the test case and the right-wing national wing on suspicion. At the moderate part of the party, this seems to be met with approval.
- Unknown people put hundreds of millions of credentials online: In an online service, you can check if your email addresses and passwords are affected. More on this.
OPINION
Most talked about comments, interviews, essays
Germany's green nuisance: Nobody embodies the politician as an emotional trader more convincing than Robert Habek, writes Jan Fleischhauer in his new column. He wonders why everyone likes the Green Chief.
German perfection vs. Syrian sociability: In his current column, Samer Tannous writes about how Germans, with their penchant for perfection, sometimes forget socializing.
Flushing out the dishwasher made easy: The housework is now easy to do by Harald Schmidt. This is due to his two guests. Here he introduces her.
THE MIRROR
Harald Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt follows
Motive Helmut Schmidt follows
STORIES
The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
This is what it really looked like in old Venice: with data and documents from a thousand years of Venetian everyday life, a research team reconstructs life in the metropolis. The goal: a visual journey through Venice - in an unprecedented close to life.
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Venice (montage)
"Emotions do not follow an algorithm": Michael Mary is a couple consultant and author - and he doubts the success of dating platforms.
This helps against stress pain: Ulrich Egle specializes in patients with chronic and stress-related pain syndromes. He can help many patients if he understands the cause of their suffering. How does he do it?
THE NUMBER OF THE DAY
465
So many goals fell in the 153 first-round matches of the Bundesliga. But how well did you pay attention? Before the start of the second round on Friday with the game of Bayern at the TSG Hoffenheim (20.30 clock, live ticker SPIEGEL ONLINE; TV: ARD) you can test our memory in the first round of our quiz.
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Paco Alcácer
MY EVENING
The recommendations for your closing time
What you can see: "How the fuck did not do this happen?" The intro of Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9" ends today in German cinemas. The director deals with how Donald Trump became US president. The work is "the two-hour diagnosis of a political-social crisis," writes my colleague Andreas Borcholte. Overall, the film is "as depressing as entertaining" - even if Moore's suggestive analysis here and there is questionable.
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Fahrenheit 11/9
What you can hear: On Saturday, the CSU holds its state party convention. Then Markus Söder follows as party leader on Horst Seehofer. In our podcast Voices, my colleagues Sandra Sperber and Yasemin Yüksel deal with the new man at the top as well as with the course of the Christsozialen.
Voice # 82 - Söder inherited Seehofer: Does the CSU now even more trouble?
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