08:56⇢Oktoberfest's Gates, Now Closed
⌨German media is overwhelmingly focused on the unfolding situation in Munich, where the Oktoberfest has been closed due to a bomb threat, explosions, shootings, and the discovery of explosives and a deceased person (Bild, FAZ, Junge Freiheit, RP Online, Spiegel, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Sueddeutsche, Tagesspiegel, Welt, WAZ, merkur.de, FR). The US government shutdown remains a secondary, albeit persistent, topic (Neues Deutschland).