Overnight papers still dealt with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang's resignation over an alleged affair with a suspected Chinese agent, profiling interim successor Colette Kress and Trump's role, alongside Mercedes' German investment freeze.
By morning attention shifted almost entirely to a worldwide Microsoft failure affecting Outlook, Teams and Copilot, reported as incident MO1550821, leaving companies, clinics and authorities without mail for more than twelve hours.
Midday domestic coverage turned to Berlin and Dublin: the budget committee cleared a 561-billion-euro 2027 budget without a general electricity-tax cut, while Chancellor Merz appeared isolated at the EU summit over Ukraine financing and who should negotiate with Russia.
In the evening editors pivoted to Washington after the FAA imposed a nationwide takeoff ban for security reasons, details still sparse, as live pages tracked Germany's convincing win in Serbia under Jürgen Klopp.