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Germany News Roundup: Lufthansa Flight Cancellations, Frankfurt Terminal 3 Opening, Bundeswehr Strategy

On April 22, 2026, DW released a roundup of key German news stories, including Lufthansa scrapping 20,000 flights through October due to doubled kerosene prices linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, and the official opening of Frankfurt Airport’s new Terminal 3 (built to handle 19 million annual passengers, with plans to expand to 25 million). Additional highlights include Defense Minister Boris Pistorius unveiling a strategy to develop Germany’s Bundeswehr into Europe’s strongest conventional army (citing Russia as a major threat), upcoming DFB Pokal semi-finals featuring Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, ongoing private efforts to rescue a stranded humpback whale off Germany’s northeast coast, and a wild boar put down after getting trapped in a fence in Bad Harzburg.