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Second Skripal poisoning suspect identified by Bellingcat The second Russian suspected of theattempted murder of former double agent Sergei Skripalwas a military doctor for Russiaʼs military intelligence agency GRU,investigative group Bellingcat said Tuesday. "Bellingcat can now report that it has conclusively identified the second suspect, who traveled to Salisbury under the alias Alexander Petrov," Bellingcat said. The group said the real name of the man identified by UK prosecutors as Alexander Petrov was in fact Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin. Mishkin was awarded Russiaʼs highest state award by President Vladimir Putin, likely for activities "either in Crimea or in relation to [former Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovich," Bellingcat said citing witness testimony from the suspectʼs hometown.
London Broncos have long-term ambition to win Super League title Promoted London Broncos must have the ambition to win Super League in the future, says head coach Danny Ward. The Broncos will be back in the top flight in 2019 afterbeating Toronto Wolfpack 4-2 in the Million Pound Gameon Sunday. "We need to make it work, have a five-year plan of where we want to be," Ward told BBC Radio London. "Next year is going to be tough but we want a long-term vision to make London the best club in the country." He added: "We donʼt just want to compete in Super League, but win it. We are not there just to survive." Ward, who took charge following the departure of Andrew Henderson at the end of last season, described their victory over the Wolfpack in Canada as "one of the proudest moments" of his career. "What a performance, what a day and what an achievement - I am still on a massive high," he said on their return to England. "To lead the club into the Million Pound Game and win promotion is one of my biggest ever achievements."
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Germany seeks to ban Turkish ʼGray Wolvesʼ far-right symbols German politicians from both sides of the aisle want to ban the salute of the Grey Wolves far-right
The Turkish ultra-nationalist organization is known for its violent behavior and for promoting fascism.
UBS tax fraud trail kicks off in France Swiss banking giant UBS and its executives are in the dock facing charges of aggravated tax fraud, money laundering and illegally soliciting clients in France. If convicted, the bank could end up paying a hefty fine. Swiss bank UBS Group AG, its French unit and six top executives went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of helping wealthy clients stash cash overseas and avoid taxes in France. The bankʼs staff allegedly approached French clients — from wealthy businessmen to sports stars — at receptions, golf and tennis tournaments or concerts to convince them to hide their money in Switzerland. If found guilty, the Zurich-based lender
could face a hefty fine, amounting to as much as €5 billion ($5.76 billion). The trial comes after years of investigations and the bankʼs aborted settlement negotiations with French authorities. During the French investigation, UBS turned down a settlement offer of €1.1 billion made by the authorities. The amount corresponded to what the Swiss bank had already paid as a court bond, according to judicial sources. UBS, which is Switzerlandʼs largest banking institution, intends to stand its ground in court. "After more than six years of legal proceedings, we will finally have the opportunity to respond to the often unfounded allegations," it said on Friday.
Inger-Maria Mahlke wins 2018 German Book Prize Inger-Maria Mahlke has won the German Book Prizefor 2018 for her novel Archipel, (Archipelago). The novel tells the story of three families on the Canary Island of Tenerife from different social classes in Franco-era Spain. Mahlkeʼs mother is from the Canary Islands. "This is where colonial history and the history of European dictatorships in the 20th century coalesce," the jury said of Archipel. In her book, Mahlke travels backward in time from the present to 1919. "I had to take everything I know about storytelling,
about building suspense, conveying information and forget it or turn it upside down," Mahlke said ahead of the prize ceremony. First female recipient in 5 years Archipel was chosen from a shortlist of six books, including Maria Cecilia Barbettaʼs Nachtleuchten (Night Lights), Maxim Billerʼs Sechs Koffer (Six Suitcases), Nino Haratischwiliʼs Die Katze und der General (The Cat and the Gen‐ eral), Susanne Röckelʼs Der Vogel‐ gott (The Bird God) and Stephan Thomeʼs Gott der Barbaren (God of the Barbarians).
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia lets Turkey search consulate Saudi Arabia has agreed to letTurkish officials search its consulatein Istanbul, Turkeyʼs Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the mysteriousdisappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi a week ago. Turkish officials believe Khashoggi, a fierce critic of Riyadhʼs policies and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, waslikely murdered inside the mission where he had gone to obtain an official document for his upcoming marriage to his Turkish partner. Saudi Arabia, which has denied the accusations, is under immense international pressure, including from the US and the EU, to support a "thorough and open" probe into the journalistʼs disappearance. The Turkish ministry didnʼt say when the premises would be searched, prompting some experts to question the usefulness of the process.
Court orders partial ban for diesel cars in Berlin A court in Berlin has sided with environmentalists and ordered a ban on diesel vehicles for several areas in the cityʼs center. It has also ordered the city government to carry out a survey to determine which areas the ban could be expanded to. This could affect 200,000 vehicles, including commutersʼ cars and delivery vans. The court gave the Berlin Senate until 2020 to implement the ban, but city officials have already said that such a timeline was impossible. The suit was brought by the nonprofit Environmental Action Germany (DUH), who had previously sued the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) overthe Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal.
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South Korea urges for ʼbold decisionsʼ ahead of next Trump-Kim summit South Korean President Moon Jaeincalled on both North Korea and the United States on Tuesday to make concrete steps in their stalled negotiations over Pyongyangʼs nuclear weapons program. Moon said the US and North Korea need to "make bold decisions" and that both must communicate more actively with one another. "North Korea must carry out its nuclear dismantling and the United States must take a corresponding step," Moon said, adding that he will continue to act as mediator between the two sides. Moonʼs comments come one week before he is due to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Unfor a summit in Pyongyangthat is due to run from September 18-20. It will be the third summit between the two leaders this year. Improving relations between North and South Korea is largely tied to progress in talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Moon said that his upcoming summit with Kim must include another "big step" towards denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
Senegal to become Africaʼs first Olympic host Senegalʼs President Macky Sall was in Buenos Aires to see IOC members confirm the executive boardʼs preference for his country over the other three candidates. The youth games will be held in three places: Dakar; a new city of Diamniadio, close to the capital; and the coastal resort of Saly.
Google Plus social network to shut down after major security lapse Google has announced it will be winding down its little-used Plus social network. The tech giant has also admitted that a bug in its social network may have exposed the personal data of some 500,000 users. Google will gradually shut down the consumer version of its long-shunned social network Plus, after the search giant disclosed on Monday it had discovered a security lapse that may have exposed the personal information of up to 500,000 users. Announcing the move in a blog post, theAmerican internet giant said it would "sunset" Google Plus for consumers over the next 10 months after failing to gain any major traction since launching in 2011. The
enterprise version of the social network for businesses will remain online Google also admitted that a privacy bug back in March gave more than400 third-party applications access to usersʼ names, email addresses, occupations, genders and ages without authorization. Google said it hadnʼt found any evidence that "any developer was aware of this bug, or abusing the API, and we found no evidence that any profile data was misused."
Making coral grow 50 times faster than nature If you want a coral reef, the Bahamas-based startup Coral Vita is the place to go. Theyʼll grow you one 50 times faster than Mother Nature could. So you have a beachfront mansion on a tropical island, the ocean view is gorgeous, the beach is pristine, if only there was a coral reef below those turquoise waters… Well, now you can buy one.Coral Vita is a commercial venture with a decidedly green goal: bringing damaged coral reefs back to life and, if you want it, even growing new ones from scratch. Gator Halpern, one of the founders just won theUNEP Young Champions of the Earth award for this green endeavor. DW spoke to
him about why people might buy a reef, why his work matters and why Coral Vita works so much faster than Mother Nature. Gator Halpern: Coral reefs are incredibly important ecosystems. They cover less than 1 percent of oceans but they actually support over 25 percent of all marine life. Theyʼre really a keystone ecosystem of our planet and theyʼredying at frightening rates. Weʼve already lost half of the worldʼs reefs in just the past few decades and weʼre projected to lose over 90 percent of all reefs by 2050. This isnʼt just an ecological tragedy but a serious socio-economic issue because up to a billion people around the world depend upon these coral reefs for their livelihood.
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ʼYeah, nahʼ: Kiwi startup defies German giantʼs order to stop saying ʼhelloʼ New Zealand startup My Food Bag, which delivers fresh ready-to-cook ingredients, issued a tongue-in-cheek response to a cease-and-desist notice from Berlin-based Hello Fresh. Hello Fresh had taken issue with its Kiwi competitor using the phrase "Hello Fresh." The letter, published in the New Zealand Herald and other domestic media, is replete with Kiwi colloquialisms and phrases in the countryʼs indigenous Maori language. The response, from Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand, begins with a Maori greeting, to HelloFresh executives Thomas Griesel and Dr. Christian Ries. "Kia ora" is translated as "hello." "Kia ora Herr Griesel and Herr Ries, Greetings from Aotearoa. We donʼt often get heavyweight German multina‐ tional corporations taking the time to write to us Kiwis."
Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld receives top French award French President Emmanuel Macron has presented Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Klarsfeld, working with his wife, dedicated his life to bringing Holocaust perpetrators to justice. Klarsfeld, 83, received Franceʼs highest award, while his wife, 79-yearoldBeate Klarsfeld, received the National Order of Merit. She had already been awarded the Legion of Honor in 2014. The Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia was among those who attended the ceremony at the Elysee Palace. The event was limited to family and close friends and associates. Serge Klarsfeld was born September 17, 1935, in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. He escaped the Holocaust after his family moved to France but witnessed his father being taken away to die in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1950, and 10 years later, while studying at the prestigious Sciences Po in Paris, he met Beate Kuenzel, the daughter of a former German soldier, on a metro platform. Serge and Beate decided to bring fugitive Nazis to justicetogether, a mission they pursued for more than half a century. "Neither could have succeeded without the other," their daughter Lida once said.