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Germany mulls joining US-led airstrikes in Syria The German Defense Ministry is reportedly in talks with its US counterpart to hammer out details for the Bundeswehr to join possible airstrikes by US, British and French forces on Syrian targets, Germanyʼs mass-circulation Bild newspaper reported on Monday. The report suggests Germanyʼs conservative defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, has responded to a US request, which was followed by a meeting of high-ranking ministry and military officials from both countries. German tornado jets could take part in combat missions alongside their US, UK and French counterparts, according to the article. Only in case of a chemical attack The Bundeswehr would only join air strikes in case of another chemical attack. In April, President Bashar Assad was blamed by Western powers forusing chemical weapons in an attack on Douma,which killed more than 70 people.
Death of German fuels fears of farright violence in Köthen The mood in the suburban playground in Köthen on Monday morning was a mixture of sadness, tension, and hostility towards the press. A small number of locals in the town in Saxony-Anhalt came by, some with flowers to add to the pool that had collected around a tree near an empty climbing frame. This was the spot where a fight broke out on Saturday between two Afghan men and Markus B., whichresulted in the 22-year-old Germanʼs death in hospital. But, as Saxony-Anhalt Interior Minister Holger Stahlknecht and Justice Minister Anne-Marie Keding were at pains to point out in a press conference, the injuries he received in the fight had not themselves been lifethreatening: Markus B. had "very likely" died of "acute heart failure" brought about by a pre-existing condition.
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Ryanair pilots in Germany plan new 24hour strike A pilots union has called a fresh 24-hour strike to take place on Wednesday
It is the latest in a wave of Ryanair walkouts that affected hundreds of flights across Europe during the summer.
Hi honey, Iʼm not from home Every seventh jar of honey opened daily around the globe is fake honey. As global demand for the sweet stuff grows, bees are producing less as a result of pollution, thus driving up prices and attracting honey fakers. Honey has been classified by the European Commission as sixth on the list of the most endangered counterfeited food items, Andrej Kandolf Borovsak from the Slovenian Beekeeping Association said during the Economic Forum in Krynica in southern Poland. Honey is usually faked with the addition of sugar, molasses, potato syrup or sugar syrup, "all much cheaper than real honey, and the ordi-
nary consumer is not able to taste the difference," Borovsak said. Another method is to mix different types of honey and provide false informationabout the origin of the product. "Of the thousands of honey samples collected, up to 14 percent turned out to be fake," said Borovsak, referring to European Joint Research Center studies compiled in response to a report by the European Parliament on the fake food. Researchers tested a total of 2,264 honey samples from all EU member states (plus Norway and Switzerland) at all stages of the supply chain and found that around 20 percent of honey was either a blend of EU honey or unblended honey.
Video games explore frontier of design in new London exhibition Itʼs not all just fun and games when it comes to gaming. The Victoria & Albert Museum explores the transformative power of digital games in its latest exhibition, "Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt." Itʼs impossible to regard video games as part of a subculture anymore, as nearly a quarter of the worldʼs population now plays digital games on a regular basis. Considering the short history of this medium, which has only existed for less than half a century, the rapid rise of gaming is truly a remarkable development permeating every fiber of
the creative industries. "There is a rich universality to video games in contemporary culture," said Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), at the press preview of the "Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt" exhibition, which celebrates the innovative digital design of digital games. Hunt also highlighted that this young and driven field of design was "uniquely immersive and interactive" and brought together "an extraordinary fusion of art, illustration, craft, architecture, literature, cinema — you can also add fashion and music."
Libya: Armed group storms state oil company in Tripoli At least two oil staff members on Monday were killed when a ground of gunmen stormed the headquarters of Libyaʼs National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the capital Tripoli, according to the health ministry. The armed group started shooting randomly in the building and set off several explosives. A fire caused by the explosives spread throughout the building. "The building was heavily damaged due to the fire. Smoke is everywhere," said Mustafa Sanallah, who heads NOC. "The gunmen attacked the lower floors with random shooting and explosions. Itʼs a very violent attack." At least two of the gunmen were killed by Libyan security forces, according to security sources. WhileLibya has struggled under heavy fighting between rivals militias and armed factions, NOC and the Libyan Central Bank have largely escaped the violence.
Sweden faces weeks in political limbo after far right makes gains Swedenʼs center-left and center-right blocs emerged neck-and-neck after Sundayʼs election. The far-right Sweden Democrats made significant gains to hold third place. The parliamentary election was one of Swedenʼs most important because the the far-right, antiimmigration Sweden Democrats — who rose from the white supremacist and neo-Nazi fringe — were expected to gain significant strength and change the landscape of Swedish politics.
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