Berlin coalition talks strain federal alliance as French riots spark curfews, biodiversity summit convenes

The SPD’s Berlin executive committee is set to approve negotiations for a coalition with the Greens and The Left, a development the Union denounces as a potential drag on the already strained federal coalition, with party officials issuing strong warnings against a “red-green-red” government in the capital. In France, the weekend’s violent outbreaks left more than 1,000 police officers wounded, over 2,000 people detained, and numerous shops and buildings damaged; Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted a loss of control and tendered his resignation, which President Emmanuel Macron declined, emphasizing continuity in security leadership, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu imposed local night-time curfews. Concurrently, the UN Biodiversity Conference launched in Yerevan, Armenia, gathering roughly 15,000 delegates from nearly 200 nations to assess progress toward the 2030 biodiversity targets, noting that 20-30 % of species remain at risk but citing rare recovery cases like the European beaver, fish otter, wolves and certain waterbirds, while warning that such successes are exceptions rather than the rule.