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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
Tolu: I feel good. Because, above all, I missed my home, my family, my friends and a feeling of security. You
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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
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.
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.
EU migration debate – let the showdown begin There is some truth to that, but the eastern state isnʼt the only place violence against refugees has shocked Germans. Chemnitz, Freital, Heidenau: For many people in Germany, these places are inextricably linked not only for being in the eastern state of Saxony but also by the far-right extremists who have, sometimes violently, voiced their hatred there. The death of a 35-year-old German man in the early hours of Sunday — allegedly at the hands of two asylumseekers — sparked two days of protests in Chemnitz, with more planned for Thursday, that shocked many and led to another round of soul-searching over the reach of xenophobia in Saxony and the rest of Germany. Read more: Violence in Chemnitz: A timeline of events Jürgen Kasek, a Leipzig lawyer and activist, told DW he was not surprised by the events in Chemnitz. "Weʼve been seeing it for years. We saw it in 2015 in Heidenau. We saw it in Freital. We also saw it in Bautzen, though it was not of this magnitude," said Kasek, who was until recently co-chair of Saxonyʼs Green party. "Here we had the death of a
person. That is the starting point for people who think they have found an outlet. The issue is not to commemorate a dead person, but that pent-up anger and frustration need to get out." Far-right protesters in bothFreitalandHeidenau demonstrated against asylum-seekers being housed in local shelters and clashed with police in 2015. Eight people were convicted of crimes committed during the Freital protests and 31 police officers were injured in Heidenau. Bautzen has been the scene of numerous conflicts between farright extremists and refugees and gained nationwide attention after police tried to break up violence between two groups in September 2016. Marked by history However, if the issue is about finding an outlet for frustration, the question is whatʼs causing the anger. Eastern Germany lags behind the west economically, but researchers say that is not necessarily the reason farright extremism has caught on in the region.
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 much-criticized 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.
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On the front line of the opioid epidemic in the US Cheryl, a 71-year-old woman from Phoenix, has adopted her threeyear-old great-grandniece Jessie, who was an addict before she was even born, suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms at birth. While Jessie sits in her car seat, Cheryl takes out the baby stroller to be able to push Jessie around through the shopping mall. Cheryl doesn’t take Jessie to the mall often because itʼs tiring to go on these trips. She prefers staying at home, or they go to the nearby playground. They often visit Jessie’s biological sister who lives two doors down. Raising a threeyear-old as a 71-year-old is a lot to ask for. The number of grandparents taking care of their grandchildren in the US because their parents are addicted to drugs, specifically opioids, is increasing. According to recent studies, around 12 percent of children in Arizona live with relatives, almost 9 percent of those live with their grandparents.
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 Bosnia-Herzegovina 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. But far more visa applicants are still waiting for their work permits to be processed, and the delay is lengthy. There has been an enormous increase in working visa applications from the Western Balkans," the German Foreign Ministry confirmed to DW, adding that the number of applications continues to rise. 2
Cameroonʼs Paul Biya on shaky ground Demonstrators called for national unity
The spiraling crisis in Cameroonʼs Anglophone regions has tarnished President Paul Biyaʼs reputation in the West as an arbiter of stability in tenuous central Africa and could threaten his long hold on power. The group of Cameroonians meeting under the blazing sun in Germany represents both sides of the divide in the conflict between armed Anglophone separatists and the country’s Francophonedominated government. The women are preparing the fish and meat for the men to barbecue, while a football tournament kicks off nearby. The French- and English-speaking guests at the annual get-together in the city of Bonn of Cameroonians living across Germany chit-chat with ease. "We get along with each
Court jails youngest member of British female terror cell A British court sentencedSafaa BoularFriday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for planning terror attacks in London with her mother and sister. The trio is Britainʼs first case of an all-female terror cell. Prosecutors told Londonʼs Central Criminal Court that the 18year-old began plotting an attack in Britain after authorities thwarted her attempts to travel to Syria tomarry a fighterfrom the so-called "Islamic State" (IS). Boular had been planning a gun and grenade assault in online messages with the militant but was ar-
other well. Itʼs a friendly community - itʼs a family community. There is no problem at all," Tambi Tabong, a physician who heads the Cameroonian Community in Bonn, tells DW. In the predominantly English-speaking north- and southwest Cameroon - home to around five million people - the picture is very different. Protests by the Anglophones who complained of being marginalized by the Francophone-led government spilled over into violence in 2016 that has escalated since. rested in April 2017, along with her sister and mother, after her plan was discovered. Undercover officials had put the family under surveillance, tracking their movements and listening in on telephone conversations in which they discussed the plot using coded language.
Chile: Catholic bishops apologize for failing sex abuse victims After five days of meetings by Chileʼs Episcopal Conference, Catholic bishops asked for forgiveness on Friday for having "failed" victims of sexual abuse. "We failed in our duty as pastors by not listening to, believing, caring for or accompanying the victims
In Syria, death notices for the missing bring unwelcome closure Since May, Syrian authorities have quietly updated civil registries to show thatthousands of people detained or disappeared since the beginning of the seven-year-old conflicthave died, often claiming they had succumbed to a "heart attack." In many cases, the relatives of the deceased found out that their missing family members actually died years before, in the wake of the 2011 uprising. In one such instance, the family of Syrian activist Yahya Shurbaji found out through an update to a municipal registry that he had died years after he was detained. Shurbaji, dubbed the "man with the roses," wasarrested in September 2011. He had played a key role in organizing peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Damascus suburb of Darayya from the onset of the uprising. Shurbajiʼs family said his record, updated earlier this year, showed he died years ago, on January 15, 2013,according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. His family isnʼt the only one to find out the fate of a loved one under such circumstances. Local sources have put the latest batch of detainees declared dead at some 5,000, Amnesty Internationalʼs Syria researcher Diana Semaan told DW. "Some families have received notices before, but it was never in big numbers or in one batch as we have seen now" she said.
of grave sins and injustices committed by priests and clergy," the church said in a statement. "For this we apologize first and foremost to the victims." Chilean prosecutors said last week they are investigating 158 members of the church, including priests, clerics and laypeople. The cases of sexual abuse involve 266 victims, including 178 children, and date as far back as the 1960s. Church opening files On Wednesday, prosecutors said they had asked the government to submit a formal request to the Vatican for information about nine clergymen and laypeople who have been accused of sexual abuse of children. Authorities have raided several church offices since June as part of investigations into accusations that the Catholic Church covered up or failed to properly investigate abuse.
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Germany and EU tell UK: No Brexit cherry-picking EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier came to Berlin to meet Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. They made perfectly clear that there is not a hairʼs breadth between their positions on Britain leaving the European Union. Berlin and Brussels showed a united front on Wednesday delivering a single message to London: There will be no cherry-picking when it comes to the single market. European Unionʼs chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier came to the German capital for talks with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, after which they appeared before a handful of cameras and reporters to offer similar statements. "In the end, it will come down to the fact that we will resist the so-called cherrypicking," said Maas, following famil-
Germany: Mistakenly deported Afghan asylum-seeker 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.
iar declarations of sorrow that Britain had chosen to part ways, and that Germany, like all the other 27 remaining EU member states, wanted a close relationship with the UK in future. However, both men remained optimistic that an agreement could be reached – that there would be no "disorganized Brexit." Barnier said a deal had been reached on a majority of the issues, while Maas professed that the "last big hurdle" was the question of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Macron under fire for saying French ʼresistant to changeʼ
Opposition politicians in France took aim at President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for describing his countrymen as "Gauls who resist change." The French president made the controversial quip duringa diplomatic visit to Denmark on Wednesday. Commenting on the Danish system, which combines social protection and economic flexibility, he said that this structure was partially
rooted in the Danesʼ history as a "Lutheran people who have liver through the transformation of the last decades." Read more:French workers strike as Emmanuel Macronʼs cuts loom He then compared Danish and French mentality, referring to his compatriots as "Gauls who resist change." The ancient Gaulish tribes are believed to be ancestors of the modern-day French.
Iraqʼs Yazidis mourn the loss of their homeland Itʼs as if someone had taken a huge sledgehammer and beaten the hell out of it. Ruins and yet more ruins. Pulverized concrete and smashed bricks as far as the eye can see. There is hardly anything left of Sinjar, once the largest city in the Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq, which bears the same name. With the backing of massive US airstrikes,Kurdish fighters managed to free Sinjar city from "Islamic State" (IS) tyranny in November 2015. It had been in IS hands for just over a year. But it was above all the US air raids that almost wiped out the unofficial capital of the Yazidi homeland. The fact that the liberation was followed by more Turkish airstrikes has only reinforced deep-rooted fear within the Yazidi community. There is a palpable sense of a lost homeland.
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Peru’s vast lithium discovery: A risky economic boon? An estimated 2.5 million tons of lithium carbonate have been discovered deep in Peruʼs southern region of Puno, near the border with Bolivia and Lake Titicaca. Canadian mining company Plateau Energy Metals Inc. made the announcement last month, saying it marked the first discovery of hard-rock lithium deposits in South America and could become one of the largest mines in the world. The finding was located in a prehistoric lake in northern Puno, where a large deposit of uranium was also discovered. It would be groundbreaking for Peru, but it would also pose a host of challenges, from the geopolitical and economic to the social and environmental. High demand for lithium The news has raised expectations, given that a growing demand for batteries has tripled the price of lithium carbonate in the past three years, with a current value of $12,500 (€10,750) per ton. Executives from Plateau Energy Metals have estimated that Peruʼs exports of the highly lucrative mineral could yield $500 million per year, beginning in 2021. "There are a lot of expectations, but also distrust within the local and regional populations over the impacts that the project could have. Peru is facing a complicated political moment as it searches for government stability, but it is also at an economically challenging time," Narda Henriquez, sociologist at the Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), told DW.
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. 4
Merkel pushes for investment to curb migration in Africa tour 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.
Australian retailer Colesʼ green optics blackened in plastic bag farce With social media awash in condemnation, Australiaʼs second largest grocery chain Coles on Thursday said its plastic shopping bags would be free to shoppers until August 29. Coles has been handing out reusable plastic bags to most of its customers since July 1, when it introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags. It had told customers they would be charged 15 Australian cents (€.09, $.11) for the reusable bags as of July 8 and then shifted that deadline to August 1 before the latest flip flop. "I appreciate this transition phase is taking longer than anticipated, but it is absolutely the right thing to do by our customers," Coles Managing Director John Durkan said in a statement to staff, adding that change in habit had proven to be "big and difficult" for customers.
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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 President Macky Sall. "We must not be accomplices of the people smugglers. We must fight illegality but also create le-
gality 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.
Chinaʼs stock market falls to third place
More people unemployed in Germany, but also more vacancies
Chinaʼs stock market has been overtaken as the worldʼs second biggest by Japan, having been hit this year by the threat of anevergrowing trade war with Americaand slowing economic growth. Data from Bloomberg News in intra-day trading on Friday showed the value of equities in mainland China had slipped behind those of their tiny neighbor for the first time since China took its coveted second place spot in 2014. Recently there has been a string of data indicating that Chinese economic growth in general is slowing, while Beijing has embarked on a drive to cut a worryingly large debt mountain as well as reduce pollution. Fridayʼs figures showed Chinese stocks were worth $6.09 trillion (€5.26 trillion), compared with $6.17 trillion in Japan. The US market by comparison is worth $31 trillion and as of Thursday$1 trillion of that belonged to Applealone.
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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.
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Coral reefs in Thailandʼs Maya Bay begin to recover After the reopening on October 1st, each visit will be limited to one hour
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, remains 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.
Leo Budapest Bar - the best panoramic view of the city! 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 dis-
covered 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.
Deep Purpleʼs singer releases new album Ahead of the release of Deep Purpleʼs Ian Gillanʼs album with his boyhood band The Javelins, DW discussed with him how the whole rockʼnʼroll myth was built. The singer also offers good advice for aspiring musicians. Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan is releasing on Friday Ian Gillan and the Javelins, an album of covers with his boyhood band. DW had a chat with him during the Montreux Jazz Festival last summer. Ian Gillan: The world was a different place then. There were lots of things going on. To put it historically, when I started doing music, I was 15 years old. I was a boy soprano in the church
choir, but then, when I was 15, I broke it all and started moving into rock and roll. It was only 15 years after the end of the Second World War. Everybody wanted peace. Everybody wanted friendship. In 1969 I joined Deep Purple. And during the 60s in England, there was an energy, a postwar energy. It was a new generation that had freedom. The parents wanted to give us freedom because after the dark days it was... The country was flattened, bombed, flat. There was rationing for food when I was a kid. There was nothing. We had to rise again from absolutely nothing.
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Events Horizon: what’s happening in Budapest – August 2018
Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In August, the Sziget Festival, WAMP Design Fair and fantastic fireworks are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of events for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival
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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. The Costa Rican started instead of Thibaut Courtois, with the summer signing from Chelsea an unused substitute.
Champions League: Dortmund face emotional Monaco return, Bayern get Ajax
Second seeds Dortmund were paired with Atletico Madrid, Club Brugge and the principality side, who they were playing in a knockout tie in April 2017 when theirbus was attackedas it left the team hotel. The bomb attack, whichinjured defender Marc Barta, happened as the bus left the hotel for the first leg of the knockout tie between the two sides. The match was postponed until the following day and Dortmund went on to lose the tie. Their coach at the time Thomas Tuchel, now in charge of Paris Saint-Germain, and several players have sincespoken of the traumatic after effects of that day. 6
Is eSports about to be recognized as a sport in Germany? Politicians in Germany are mulling recognizing eSports as a sport. Their decision would have wide-ranging repercussions in the gaming industry in the country and further legitimize the digital sport phenomenon. eSportsʼ continued growth has pushed competitive gaming ever-more into the public eye. This has sparked a debate about gaming’s role within German society, and whether eSports should be officially classified as a sport. And it is looking increasingly like it will. Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs grand coalition of her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to recognize eSports as a sport as part of the coalition agreement they reached earlier this year. However, the legislation necessary to do so has not yet been passed. "eSports were long considered a niche topic, generally only discussed by experts. It has now reached a tipping point where it has become a meaningful topic to all of society and cannot be ignored," Konstantin von Notz, deputy chair of the opposition Green Party in the lower house Bundestag said.
Brighton have now beaten Manchester United in three successive home league games Glenn Murray flicked in the opener before Shane Duffy stroked home two minutes later
Manchester United did not show the right attitude in their surprise Premier League defeat at Brighton, says captain Paul Pogba. The Seagulls, who beat Jose Mourinhoʼs side at the Amex Stadium in May to retain their top-flight status, stunned their visitors by scoring three goals in the first half. Glenn Murray flicked in the opener before Shane Duffy stroked home two minutes later. Romelu Lukaku halved the deficit 11 minutes before the break, rising unmarked to nod in Luke Shawʼs ball, but Pascal Gross converted a penalty after a foul by
Eric Bailly. Pogba also scored from the spot - deep in second-half stoppage time - but it was not enough to deny Brighton a famous win. "The attitude that we had was not like we wanted to beat them. They had more anger than us and that showed on the pitch," Pogba told Sky Sports. "I put myself first. My attitude wasnʼt right enough. Weʼll keep trying and keep pushing and obviously itʼs a lesson for us."
Is Qatar failing to deliver on its World Cup promises? Qatar has come under immense criticism over the deaths of hundreds of foreign workers at FIFA 2022 World Cup venues. Itʼs pledged reforms, but whats happening on the ground? Anchal Vohra reports from Qatar. On a mid-summer afternoon workers are carving out a diamond in the desert, at least thatʼs what the Education City Stadium is designed to be. It is expected to host 40,000 football fans and be ready by 2019. On July 28, DW saw over a dozen workers at
work here between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., hours designated as a rest period by the state of Qatar between June 15 and August 31, the hottest time of the year. While experts argue there should not be any work during the day in the harsh summers — when temperatures can rise to 50 Celsius — Qatar itself has banned work during these three-and-a-half hours accepting they are unfit to work. And yet, DW witnessed a clear breach of law even during the tiny window of reprieve for the workers.