Germany news: Rallies against new far-right AfD youth group

Police say protesters have used buses to block streets in central Giessen as 50,000 are expected to voice opposition to the founding of a new far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) youth wing. DW has the latest.

• Members of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) are gathering for a two-day convention to found a new youth wing
• AfD's prior youth group, "Young Alternative," was disbanded after intelligence services labeled it an extremist organization
• Police expect tens of thousands of protesters in the city of Giessen and have already clashed with anti-fascists on the scene
• Elsewhere, two men were seriously injured in a shooting in Cologne and traces of a bomb were found after an explosion at an apartment block in neighboring Düsseldorf

Here's a roundup of the news in Germany on Saturday, November 29: