Here you will find the most important news of the day, the most popular stories of SPIEGEL + and tips for your end of workday.
The theme of the day: Democrat Joe Biden wants to become US President
Suit jacket off, sleeves rolled up: "Hello, I'm Joe Biden." So the US Democrat began his appearance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
For the first time, Biden explained to a wider audience why he was applying for the US Presidency, saying, "To give the nation a soul again." To rebuild the nation's backbone. To unite the nation.
"Modesty, down-to-earthness, serenity - these are Joe Biden's trademarks," writes my colleague Roland Nelles. And analyzes: Biden, who is now trying for the third time to become president, staged himself as a reconciler and a stuntman for the working and middle class. For analysis.
SAUL LOEB / AFP
His first major election campaign took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden is one of 20 Democrats currently campaigning for their party's presidential nomination.
The fact that Donald Trump calls Biden the "Sleepy Joe" and ridicules Twitter is "a sure sign that he takes a competitor seriously." How Biden Trump wants to beat.
However, there is still a long way to go before the presidential election in autumn 2020. Biden, 76 years old, would celebrate his 80th birthday at the White House should he be elected. The correspondents of SPIEGEL and SPIEGEL ONLINE are at odds. Christoph Scheuermann says: "He is the candidate of the 20th century" and "the wrong one for this country". Roland Nelles finds: "Just the right thing." See the argument from Pittsburgh in the video.
In total, nearly two dozen Democrats have applied for the presidential election - some of them: hardly anyone knew until recently. Who the women and men are that could make Trump dangerous, read here.
The number of the day: 61 million
So much money, 61 million euros, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) has recently applied to Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) - and with retroactive effect for the current financial year. The reason: the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of German Unity. One wonders: Has the ministry missed the anniversary? In any case, the explanatory statement states that the need is "unforeseen".
News: What you need to know today
- "With a clear no": German Chancellor Angela Merkel and CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer have ended speculation that Merkel wants to announce shortly after the European elections a planned withdrawal from office. The details.
- Opposition leader Guaidó calls military in Venezuela to mutiny against Maduro. In a video speech , the President of Parliament is surrounded by men in uniform. According to the Ministry of Defense, the soldiers do not join.
- IS has published new ideological plans in a video. So far, it can only be assumed that the man in the clip shows the head of the "Islamic State", Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. What the video has to mean.
- Ex-spouses are not entitled to the common dog. According to case law, domestic animals are household items, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart ruled. It rejected the complaint of a woman who had requested the dog's release from her former husband.
DPA
Almost a household object: Labrador
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
No human being is so nice: This week the column by Stefan Kuzmany begins with this sentence: "I can not stand Robert Habeck." He considers Habeck's description a super-sympathy for a media conspiracy.
Germany's fat children: almost every fifth child is overweight. Harald Schmidt will tell you what you need to know. Here is the video.
THE MIRROR
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
Why the first gay couple had to leave the country: Pavel Stozko and Yevgeny Wojzechovsky wanted to marry - in Russia an impossible wish. So the two students tricked the system. The plan went awry.
Insa Cathérine Hagemann
Pavel Stozko and Yevgeny Wojzechovsky
"Listening to music improves and lengthens life": whoever is ill can experience relief through music. From the healing effect of songs and rhythms on the body.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
Where you could win: at one of the board games my colleague Diana Doert tested. Moment: Board games ?! Now do not do that. Put the phone away. Roll the dice again.
Clare Shilland
Aldous Harding
How you could switch off: "On the one hand this is one of the best pop albums of the year, on the other hand it is so much more," writes my colleague Andreas Borcholte about Aldous Harding's album "Designer". And you have to think twice: The year is not even halfway around. Here you can listen in and maybe even melt away. And you know: music prolongs life!
I wish you a good evening and a nice May Day.
warmly
Maria Stöhr from the Daily Team
The most important thing of the day, the best for the evening: SPIEGEL Daily - order the update as a newsletter here.
- Your update for the evening
The most important news of the day, the best stories - as a compact briefing. Get it daily via push message.
Turn on here.