Students and pro soccer players paint ceramic butterflies together to commemorate victims from Westphalia, where team is based, as part of The Butterfly Project education program

Handler told suspect Babak J. to commit arson attack on temple, who then tried to set fire to adjoining school, also tried to recruit acquaintance

Severe weather system tears out trees and damages buildings across central, western regions; 38 people taken to hospital in Paderborn, some of them 'gravely' injured

Christian Democrats take over 37% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia; drubbing comes amid criticism of chancellor's stance on war in Ukraine and tackling of pandemic fallout

Office inaugurated by North Rhine-Westphalia's minister-president Armin Laschet, leading contender to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of country's ruling party