What you need to know

• An investigation team is searching for a possible second drone that is believed to have hit a plane midair
• German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described what happened as "a hybrid attack scenario"
• Western officials have repeatedly accused Russia and its proxies of staging attacks and other incidents across Europe

Here is a roundup of top stories from and about Germany on Thursday, August 6, 2026:

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Welcome to our coverage

Guten Tag from DW's newsroom in Bonn.

You join us in the aftermath of an explosive-laden drone being discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Police in the eastern state of Saxony say the search is underway for a second unidentified object that may have struck a cargo aircraft after it aborted its landing because of the initial drone discovery.

Germany's interior minister, who has warned that we may be seeing a new level of threat, even cut short a vacation in Italy to keep up with developments in a top-level security briefing.

Stay with us here for these stories and more of the things that Germany is talking about today.