Berlin mayor faces calls to resign after playing tennis during city blackout

<p>Kai Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming to public about his actions when outage began</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/08/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-greenland-denmark-france-macron-germany-merz-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Berlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, is facing calls to resign after it emerged he opted to play tennis hours after a crippling blackout triggered by an arson attack hit a large swathe of the city, and then misled the public about it.</p><p>Districts in the south-west of the German capital were gradually returning to normal after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/how-is-it-possible-berliners-demand-answers-after-sabotage-causes-blackout">the longest power cut since the second world war</a> as Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming about his actions when the outage began.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/berlin-mayor-kai-wegner-calls-to-resign-playing-tennis-blackout-outage">Continue reading...</a>