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Mesale Tolu: I want to attend my trial in Turkey At the end of April 2017, you were arrested on charges of terrorism and detained until December 2017. Last Sunday, after the travel banon you was lifted, you returned to Germany. How do you feel? Mesale

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Chemnitz, Saxony and Germany grapple with far right Protests in Chemnitz underline a stereotype of Saxony as the stomping ground of far-right extremists

Tolu: I feel good. Because, above all, I missed my home, my family, my friends and a feeling of security. You were initially imprisoned with your young son. Then he was released. How was that for you? Do you want to talk about that time? Yes, because I need to process

that time, and to process it, you have to talk about. It was a very difficult time because my son was very young.

He was 2 1/2 years old at the time.

How can you expect such a small child to understand something adults do not understand? My son has been through a lot. Now that he is back, I realize he remembers that period.

German politician kicked out of state parliament for bringing baby The state parliament of Thuringia faced backlash on Thursday after one of its lawmakers was asked to leave the plenary hall because she brought her child. Madeleine Henfling, a state parliamentarian with the environmentalist Greens, attempted to participate in a vote on Wednesday while carrying her sixweek-old son in a baby sling.

Thuringiaʼs state parliament president, Christian Carius, told Henfling that babies were not allowed in the plenary hall, according to the procedural rules. He added that for the childʼs well-being, parliamentarians should find suitable child care options. Currently, there are no child care options offered at Thuringiaʼs state parliament building in the city of Erfurt. The session was suspended for 30 minutes while the parliamentary advisory committee discussed the issue. In the end, Henfling was told she wouldnʼt be permitted inside the plenary chamber as long as her baby was with her.

There is some truth to that, but the eastern state isnʼt the only place violence against refugees has shocked Germans.

Women increasingly drawn to right-wing populist parties, study shows Aggressive far-right protesterstook to the streets of Chemnitzthis week demanding authorities take a tougher stance on migrants in Germany. Most of those in attendance were male, but a few women could occasionally be spotted in the crowd. Indeed, most people tend to picture the prototypical supporter of Germanyʼs far-right PEGIDA movement andright-wing populist Alternative for Germany(AfD) party as angry white men.

But thatʼs not entirely accurate,according to a new study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), which is affiliated with Germanyʼs center-left Social Democratic Party.

The report, which examines rightwing populist voters in Germany, France, Greece, Poland, Sweden and Hungary, found that women are increasingly drawn to right-wing populist parties.

Merkel pushes for investment to curb migration in Africa tour

EU migration debate – let the showdown begin

Chancellor Merkel has arrived in Senegal ahead of visits to Ghana and Nigeria. With nearly a dozen CEOs in tow, the German chancellor hopes that economic development will curb migration from the region.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel landed in Senegal late on Wednesday as she starts off a three-country west African tour. The chancellor is set topress for further investmentin a region that produces many of the migrants trying to make their way towards Europe. Indeed, migration was the main focus of Merkelʼs first day, during which she met Senegalese

Franceʼs Emmanuel Macron stands at the helm of thegroup that "supports immigration,"according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He and Italyʼs interior minister, Matteo Salvini, on the other hand, are the ones whowanted to "end illegal immigration." This is just nonsense. France also wants to stop illegal migration, and Macron, through his muchcriticized stance on immigrants at home, has shown himself to be anything but a supporter of immigration.

But — at least for now — the fronts are clear in what could be the final battle over the topic that has come to dominate the era. At least we can all hope it comes to an end.

President Macky Sall. "We must not be accomplices of the people smugglers. We must fight illegality but also create legality and conditions for work here on the ground," Merkel said via her spokesman Steffen Seibert. Sall agreed with Merkel, saying that attempting the often deadly Mediterranean crossing was "not in the dignity of Africa," and remind his citizens that they were likely to be rejected for asylum in Europe, as there was no war or religious persecution to flee at home. After the meeting, Germany announced that it would help bring electricity to 300 villages in Senegal.

The father of underground comics: Robert Crumb at 75 "Iʼm not here to be polite," declares Robert Crumb in a famous cartoon depiction of himself. Extensive LSD use contributed to the unique style he developed. The artist found release from his tormented, sexually obsessed psyche by creating notoriously politically incorrect and misogynistic cartoons.

Despite criticism, Crumb, born on August 30, 1943, re-

mains one of the most influential figures of US counterculture. "My comics appealed to the hard-drinking, hard-fucking end of the hippie spectrum as opposed to the spiritual, Eastern-religious, lighter-than-air type hippie," said the cartoonist who also created the artwork for Janis Joplinʼs Big Brother & The Holding Company Cheap Thrills album.

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Germany: Mistakenly deported Afghan asylumseeker to return soon An Afghan asylum-seeker, who was mistakenly deported by German authorities, could return to the country in the coming days, German news outlet Spiegel Online has reported. All the necessary documents have been prepared to ensure a smooth return of the asylum-seeker, Spiegel reported, citing government sources. Nasibullah S., who had been living in a migrant shelter in Neubrandenburg in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, was deported along with 68 other Afghans back to Kabul last month, although the legal proceedings surrounding his asylum case were still ongoing. The 20-year-old, whose initial asylum request was rejected in April 2017, had been waiting on a decision on his appeal before an administrative court in the German town of Greifswald.According to Spiegel, Nasibullah S. has been kept in a safe place near Kabul for the past few days by the German Foreign Office.

Bale scores as Real wins opening match Gareth Bale scored as Real Madrid started La Liga life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with a comfortable win over Getafe. Dani Carvajal headed in Realʼs opening league goal under Julen Lopetegui after Baleʼs cross was punched to him by goalkeeper David Soria. Bale hit the bar with a diving header before turning home Marco Asensioʼs cross to wrap up the win. Asensio hit the post in the second half as Real cruised without adding a third. Getafeʼs only shot on target came in injury time, when Angelʼs volley was easily held

by Keylor Navas.

More people unemployed in Germany, but also more vacancies The number of jobless people in Germany has increased slightly over the past four weeks. Labor market experts insist thereʼs no cause for alarm, saying the pickup is largely attributable to seasonal factors.

The number of jobless people in Germany rose to roughly 2.4 million in August, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) reported Thursday. The figure marksan increase of 26,000 people month on month, with the unemployment rate standing at 5.2 percent, up just 0.1 percent from July. Things look a lot rosier in a year-on-year comparison, seeing a decline of 194,000 people out of work across the nation.

"The monthly increase can be put

down to seasonal factors," BA President Detlef Scheele said in a statement. Students behind the result He noted that the jobless count typically increased in August as students graduated and registered as job seekers, while many companies held off hiring new staff until after the summer holidays. Scheele also pointed out that underemployment affected 3.2 million people in August, 18,000 fewer than in the previous month.

Coral reefs in Thailandʼs Maya Bay begin to recover The famous Maya Bay in Thailand has been closed for three months to give its coral reefs a chance to recover.

Since June, more than 500 new coral colonies have been planted in Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea. "The young corals are growing at an unbelievably fast pace.

We will soon see the return of this paradise," said Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a prominent marine ecologist overseeing the effort. Maya Bay — popularized by "The Beach," a

Hollywood movie released in 2000 — was closed for the first time in June after it was discovered that most corals in the area had been damaged by boat anchors. The front of Maya Bay, where damaged corals are rehabilitating and new corals are being planted, has been closed to boats permanently, according to the National Park Department. Tourists can access the bay from the back entrance when it reopens on October 1. The fourmonth temporary closure will continue each year to prevent further damage to the environment.

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Turkish lira hits record low as US sanctions bite The Turkish lira fell to a rate of 5.1 against the dollar in early Friday trading, breaking the symbolic resistance threshold of 5 for the first time. The currency has lost 4 percent against the dollar over the last week and is down about 36 percent this year, according to FactSet. The lira plummeted in late July after the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) left interest rates unchanged as inflation continued to rise, with one analyst likening buying the currency to "catching a falling knife." The sense of doom was compounded on August 1 when the US imposed selective sanctions on Turkey over the detainment of an American pastor. "Crucially, the geopolitical risks are now much higher following the decision by the US to impose sanctions on two Turkish ministers. Frankly, we do not know what level of real policy rate would compensate for this increase in risk premium," Inan Demir, an analyst at Nomura, told DW.

Balkan bottleneck: Germany overwhelmed by ʼenormous increaseʼ in work visas The ability of people from the Western Balkans to gain entrance to Germany and work is currently under threat by the length of time taken to process visa applications. Citizens of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia — all Balkan statesin the midst of joining the European Union— have been able to enter Germany on working visas since November 2015. The agreement is part of the bureaucratic migration channel known as the Western Balkan settlement. The only prerequisite is that applicants must already have a binding job offer. In the first nine months of 2017, German embassies in the Balkans issued 19,294 visas.

Most of these were in BosniaHerzegovina and Kosovo, with 4,702 and 4,758 respectively, followed by Macedonia (3,675) and Serbia (3,613). In the same period, the embassy in the Albanian capital of Tirana issued 2,796 working permits.