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177/2018 • 04 AUGUST, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE

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Brexit: Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron meet for ʼinformalʼ talks May is seeking European support for her plan on future UK relations with the EU

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May are interrupting their summer holidays for talks on Brexit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron took a break from their summer holidays on Friday to discuss Mayʼs proposal on how Britain can maintain economic ties with the European Union after it leaves the bloc at the end of March next year. The planned meeting, which France insists is no substitute for official negotiations with the EU, comes as pressure grows on May to come up with a plan that isaccepted both by negotiators in Brusselsandboth sides of her divided Conservative partyahead of an EU summit in mid-October. The two leaders met for talks at the 17th-century fort of Bregancon on the French Riviera, which has long been used by French presidents as a summer retreat. Read more:Is the Brexit hard-liner European Research Group running the UK? The sticking points May is seeking European support for her plan laying out her vision of future British-EU relations.The plan has so far convinced neither Brussels negotiators nor euroskeptics at home.London has warned that all sides will suffer if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal in place. A French presidency official said the meeting was "not a negotiation; it is not a substitute for the negotiations led by Michel Barnier." Macron fully backed Barnierʼs reserved response to Mayʼs plan, he said. "There is absolutely no intention to speak in place of Michel Barnier," he added. Barnier, the EUʼs chief Brexit negotiator, on July 26 rejected several elements in the trade pro-

posal put forward by May, including Britainʼs offer to collect customs duties for the EU to avoid a "hard border" between the UK and EU member Ireland. Barnier himself said last week that there was not a "sliver of difference" between him and the remaining 27 EU leaders regarding the blocʼs stance on Brexit. Fridayʼs meeting is being viewed in some quarters as part of a UK attempt to circumvent Barnier by appealing directly to individual EU governments. Last-ditch offensive: May has recently held discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and with the Austrian and Czech leaders as she tries to sell her plan for continued close economic ties with the EU without many of the obligations imposed by membership in the bloc. The diplomatic offensive comes after her foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt, on Tuesday warned of the dangers of Britain crashing out of the EU with no deal, saying that "for every job lost in the UK, there will be jobs lost in Europe as well if Brexit goes wrong." Whatʼs in the British proposal? The deal proposed by May would see Britain pulling out of most parts of the EUʼs single market and customs union for goods and services. It would also remove Britain from the EUʼs legal jurisdiction. The proposal, however, foresees replacing Britainʼs membership in the single market and customs union with a deal on tariff-free trade in goods and agricultural products. The UK would also commit to guaranteeing that British goods are made to EU standards.

China vows $60 billion counter-tariffs in response to latest US threat

Iraqʼs Yazidis mourn the loss of their homeland

Majority of Germans consider racism a ʼbig problem,ʼ poll finds

Is Spain facing a new wave of xenophobia over migrants?

The Chinese government saysit will respond to the latest US tariff threat with fresh tariffs of its owntotaling $60 billion (€51.78 billion), the countryʼs finance ministry announced on Friday. Earlier this week, the Trump administration proposed tariff rates of 25 percent, rather than the previously touted 10 percent, on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods — the latest round in the ongoing trade conflict between the countries.

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 which used to be the largest city in the Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq that 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.

German society is stillstruggling with racism. Thatʼs one of the major conclusions from the Infratest-Dimap "Germany Trend" poll for August, which was released on Thursday evening. When asked their opinion on the issue, 64 percent of people said that racism was either a "very big problem" (17 percent) or a "big problem" (47 percent). Some 35 percent of respondents said that racism was either a minor problem or not a problem at all.

Not even two months after taking office, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is facing his first significant political crisis. Last week, dramatic images of hundreds of African migrants jumping over the Ceuta border fence rocked public opinion. According to the Spanish Association of Civil Guards (AEGC), 22 police officers were injured in the assault, which ended with 602 people successfully reaching the Spanish exclave in Northern Africa.

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OAS condemns Nicaraguaʼs government over wave of violence

The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution on Wednesday calling for early elections in Nicaragua and urging for an end to the wave of political violence that has gripped the Central American nation for three months. The regional bloc expressed its "energetic condemnation and serious concern over all the acts of violence, repression, human rights violations and abuse, including those committed by police, para-police groups." Of the 34 members of the OAS Permanent Council, 21 voted in favor of the resolution, while three rejected it, seven countries abstained and three were absent from the meeting in Washington, DC. Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines were the three countries who voted "no" on the resolution. The OAS document urged the government of President Daniel Ortega to "support an electoral calendar" that had been proposed by the Nicaraguan opposition alliance in the most recent peace talks. The opposition has asked to have to move the 2021 elections to March 31, 2019, a request that the government has repeatedly rejected.

Anti-Semitic online harassment in Germany on the rise, study finds Yorai Feinberg has gotten used to hearing from "Ludwig Fischer." Every few days the Berlin restaurant owner receives emails from a man who writes under the pseudonym of one of Hitlerʼs most notorious SA henchmen. He calls Feinberg a "filthy rat," says the Holocaust is just a "scam" and rants that all Jews will land in the gas chamber. Feinberg has collected some 60 pages of hate mail from Ludwig Fischer alone. "I donʼt take it so personally anymore. I donʼt take it too seriously," says Feinberg. Threshold getting lower The Israeli says that when he came to Berlin six years ago, he felt at home right away: "I was immediately welcomed in Berlin." Feinberg lived in Vienna before moving to Berlin, where he says the mood toward Jews and Israelis was less relaxed than in Germany. But he adds: "Things have gotten a bit worse meanwhile." The last few months have seenseveral high-profile attacks on Jews in Germany. 2

South Korea launches probe into BMW car recall after engine fires If found negligent, the German automaker could face a multimillion euro payout

South Korea is launching a probe into BMW over an alleged delay in recalling 103,000 cars following a spate of engine fires. outh Koreaʼs Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee said in a statement on Friday that a government probe would "investigate the fires of BMW vehicles thoroughly and transparently." The probe will examine whether the company had "reacted appropriately" to 28 incidents of BMW cars catching fire in the Asian country this year, the minister said. "If any problems are found, we will take stern measures," Kim added. If the probe finds that the recall was delayed, BMW could be forced to pay

a fine of up to 70 billion won ($62 million, €51 million) under South Korean law. Read more: BMW loses $158 million Swiss fine appeal The automaker was called on by the government to issue a recall last week to fix a faulty component aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines. The recall applies to 42 models, all with diesel engines built between March 2011 and November 2016, a spokeswoman for BMW Korea told the German press agency DPA on Friday. 77,000 people were arrested, and 110,000 civil servants, including police, military officers, academics, prosecutors and judges were fired from their jobs. The government had asked the parliament to prolong the state of emergency seven times, each time adding another three months for its security forces to use sweeping emergency powers. Earlier this month, the government fired 18,632 people, mostly police and military, for suspected links to terror organizations and "groups that "act against national security."

Neo-Nazi terrorist helper Ralf Wohlleben walks free in Germany A German court on Wednesday

Sweden wildfires spread as far north as Arctic Sweden has requested emergency help from the EU on Wednesday to fight a dozens of forest wildfires, in the midst of an extreme heatwave that is plaguing the Nordic region. Authorities said that 44 fires were raging across the country and in the counties of Gavleborg, Jamtland and Dalarna, residents were asked to evacuate. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) fire Chief Britta Ramberg told Swedish TT news agency that the fire in Jamtland was "the largest and spreading the fastest". The blaze engulfed 2,500 hectares (6,000 acres) and was spreading by 10 square meters (100 square feet) per minute, authorities said. Read more: Will extreme weather become even deadlier? The fires also affected Lapland, Swedenʼs northernmost region, which lies within the Arctic Circle. The town of Jokkmokk, a popular winter tourist destination, was threatened by fires in the vicinity. Rescue officer Thomas Andersson told AFP news agency that in Jokkmokk, a wildfire of this magnitude had not been seen for in 12 years.

deemed that Ralf Wohlleben, the man who supplieda neo-Nazi terrorist cellwith the gun that was used to murder nine people, had served enough of his 10-year prison sentence before his conviction last week. The 43-yearold, who was freed on bail, was found guilty of being an accessory to murder and supporting the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neoNazi group that committed a decadelong killing and bombing spree that resulted in one of the most complex, and most important, trials in reunified German history. The Munich court decided that Wohlleben, who has spent six years and eight months in detention since his arrest in November 2011, no longer had enough temptation to flee while his appeal is pending, because he only has a maximum of three years and four months left to serve. The federal state prosecutor agreed with the ruling, the court said in its statement.

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Turkey ends state of emergency, but eyes tough terror bill The Turkish government allowed for the state of emergency to expire early on Tuesday, two years after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced a measure in response to a failed military coup that claimed over 200 lives. Following the attempt on 15th of July 2016, the government launched an unprecedented crackdown on its participants and their allies, with the imposition of emergency rule declared five days later. The purge was quickly expanded to includesupporters of the exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for organizing the coup. Turkish authorities also went after Kurdish sympathizers, journalists, and leftist activists. Over 77,000 people were arrested, and 110,000 civil servants, including police, military officers, academics, prosecutors and judges were fired from their jobs. The government had asked the parliament to prolong the state of emergency seven times, each time adding another three months for its security forces to use sweeping emergency powers. Earlier this month, the government fired 18,632 people, mostly police and military, for suspected links to terror organizations and "groups that "act against national security."

Best ice-cream spots in Budapest A good ice cream is worth going the distance for. We prefer natural, traditionally made, quality types and we have created a selection of the best Budapest has to offer. Enjoy rose-petal shaped inventions at Gelarto Rosa, superfood variations at popular Fragola, lactose- and sugar-free options, or taste extravagant dill-cucumber yoghurt, salty caramel or matcha. Fans of classic flavours will also find the perfect summer companions, such as vanilla, chocolate, pistachio and lemon. Erdős és fiai Damniczki Budapest Cioccolatte Gelarto Rosa Artigiana Gelati Fragola Nándori I love Gelato Dolce Intervallo Hisztéria Cremeria MAMO Gelato Gelateria Pomo Dʼoro Sütizz Málna the pastry shop

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Brace yourself for more record heat Current high temperatures in the northern hemisphere are set to continue

Six key moments from NASAʼs 60-year history For the 60th anniversary of the creation of NASA, DW brings you a selection of moments that left their mark on the famed space agency. The Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite in 1957, beating US to the punch and prompting fears of Soviet dominance in space. In Janu-

ary of the next year, the US army responded by sending up the Explorer 1 satellite (pictured above). And on July 29, 1958, the US Congress approved the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, or NASA. The agency opened its doors on October 1.

Current high temperatures in the northern hemisphere are set to continue. Climate change means weʼre likely to experience very hot summers more often — even though weʼre already struggling with health consequences now. Europe is in the throes of aheat wave, and itʼs not letting up — on the contrary. More hot air is coming over from Africa, and is even bringing desert dust with it. Southwestern European countries are being hit especially hard. Authorities inPortugalissued a nationwide health warning, including for dust from the Sahara. Warnings were also issued for 40 of Spainʼs 50 provinces. The southeastern Portuguese town of Beja is expected to see a peak of 47 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sat-

urday. If people on the Iberian peninsula feel like they canʼt think clearly in that sort of heat anymore, thatʼs not just subjective. Hot weather can make your thinking 13 percent slower, showed a study conducted by the Harvard Chan School of Public Health this past July. But thatʼs not the only problem with extreme heat. High temperatures increase the level of pollutants in the air, as they speed up the rate of chemical reactions. This increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

Meet the New York Stock Exchangeʼs only female trader

Viagra in pregnancy study stopped after 11 babies die

On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, men in expensive suits are staring hard at computer screens. Men call out the numbers. Men run frantically from one stock trading booth to the next, headsets in ear. Even the cleaner here is a man. Almost inconspicuous amid the commotion, Lauren Simmons sits at the trading stand of the investment house Rosenblatt Securities. At just under 1.60 meters tall, dressed in a short skirt and high heels, sheʼs the only female trader on the floor. "I think my story is so unique, because Iʼm not only the youngest on the floor, but also a woman and a minority," says the 23-year-old. Lauren moved from a small town in the state of Georgia to the Big Apple. "I came to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) through a colleague," she says. Despite her studies focusing on genetics, she has always been fascinated by numbers. "Numbers are a universal language that everyone is connected to." 4

Google owner Alphabet posts strong growth, beats expectations stronger than expected ad sales.

Dutch researchers thought the erectile dysfunction drug could help underdeveloped fetuses, but it appears to have led to fatal consequences. Dutch doctors and researchers announced Monday that a study involving Viagra and pregnant women had been halted with immediate effect after 11 infants died due to lung conditions possibly linked to the drug.

Alphabet Inc has brushed off a €4.3 billion fine from the EU, reporting a 26 percent jump in secondquarter revenue. Its shares climbed more than 5 percent on news of

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported a net profit of $3.2 billion (€2.7 billion) for the three months to June 30, down nearly 9 percent on the previous year, after itbooked a $5.1 billion charge to cover a fine levied last week by European regulators. However, the tech giantʼs shares jumped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after it saw a 26 percent jump in revenues in the same period to $32.7 billion, thanks to stronger ad sales. Alphabet said net income would have been much higher — $8.3 billion — if not for the EU and other fines. Googleʼs advertising business, which accounts for the bulk of revenue, grew 24 per cent to approximately $28 billion.

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EU risks being left behind after GMO ruling The EUʼs top court has ruled that gene-edited crops fall under the same tough laws as GMOs

While good news for opponents of such products, itʼs a setback for genetic research on the continent, says DWʼs Fabian Schmidt. Had gene-editing technologiessuch as CRISPR-Cas9been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic technology, it would have represented a big opportunity for scientists. It would have meant a chance for plant cultivation to finally catch up with research in the United States, which is currently leading in the field of "green" genetic engineering, and

close the giant technological gap between the two continents. But thatʼs unlikely to happen now in the wake ofthe ruling by the European Court of Justice. Instead, itʼs an affirmation of the decisions made years ago by large industrial research companies such as BASF to move their crop research divisions overseas. Those companies that have yet to do so will sooner or later follow suit.

Crohnʼs disease - chronic pain and no cure Crohnʼs disease can spread from the mouth to the anus. Chronic inflammatory bowel disease can affect the entire digestive tract. The inflammations can go through all layers of the intestinal wall and are often located in the transition between the small intestine and the large intestine. The illness doesnʼt always affect the entire intestine – there can be healthy sections, too. Doctors can only alleviate the incurable diseaseʼs symptoms. But intense research is being done on Crohnʼs disease, says

Raja Atreya. The senior physician has been the Heisenberg Professor of Immunology for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2016. "We are in the process of finding out how such an intestinal inflammation develops in order to better and better identify the molecules involved," Atreya told DW. "More is happening in this area than ever before. We expect more and hopefully better drugs to come onto the market."

Vegetable gardens against climate change When the rain comes too late or not at all, it can be a matter of life and death for Maliʼs farmers. Vegetable gardens with smart irrigation can save them. roject goal: Improving resilience against the effects of climate change in Mali Project partners: Ministry of the Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development - Mali, Agency for Environment and Sustainable Development (AEDD) - Mali, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Project funding: The project was supported with €7.9 million (US$9.17 million) by the German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) Project duration: July 2014 to December 2019 Farmers in Mali are being hit hard by climate change. This year, as in recent years, the rainy season started too late and brought little precipitation. Farmers are particularly affected. Ordinary corn, for example, needs four months before it bears fruit. So when the rainy season is cut short, the harvest is lost. Corn varieties that ripen faster exist but yield less crop. In such a situation, a vegetable garden can become a life insurance policy. In the village Sebekoro 1, the NGO Pacindha has helped the women of the village set up a vegetable garden with drip irrigation as a measure to adapt to climate change.

Help the planet with a strawfree August in Budapest

It’s the last straw for bars and cafés in Budapest. A planetfriendly campaign is launching this weekend, requesting guests to skip the plastic straws when ordering drinks. The event kicks off at 3pm on Sunday, August 5th with a straw-free toast on Liberty Bridge, closed to traffic for one of its weekend summer picnics. Then through August 21st and beyond, many city hangouts have committed to not offering plastic disposables, a commodity that’s sucking the life out of nature. See where to hang out to support the cause.

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Berlin, Glasgow set to host first European Championships

The first edition of the new multisport event is to be split between Glasgow and the German capital, with Berlin to host the athletics. The event brings together a combination of various continental sports competitions. The idea is to make it just like amini Olympics. An array of sporting competitions are joining forces this summer as part of a multi-sport television package in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union. The European Championships open with track cycling, artistic gymnastics and rowing in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday. The athletics events in Berlin are to begin next Monday. An opening party was held in Glasgowʼs George Square on Wednesday evening. The idea for the Championships is simple: instead of athletics, aquatics, cycling, gymnastics, golf, rowing and triathlon competitions taking place across the continent - and on different time schedules - they are to be pooled together and broadcast to a global audience under a single banner: The European Championships.

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.

F1 legend Niki Lauda undergoes lung transplant surgery Legendary Formula One driver Niki Lauda has undergone lung transplant surgery in his hometown, Vienn

The Austrian has had various health issues since his infamous crash at the Nürburgring in 1976. Three-time Formula One driversʼ champion Niki Lauda underwent lung transplant surgery at Viennaʼs general hospital, the clinic said in a statement on Thursday. According to media reports, Lauda, 69, had been in the hospital for the past week after cutting his vacation the Spanish island of Ibiza short to return to the Austrian capital. He was moved from the intensive care unit to a regular wing in the hospital before suffering a setback on Thursday. "We ask for your under-

standing that the family will not make any public statements and request the privacy of the Lauda family," the statement said. The hospital did not provide information on Laudaʼs condition. Laudaʼs lung has been impaired since he crashed at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, where he was trapped in his flaming Ferrari car for 55 seconds. He suffered severe burns from the wreck and went into a coma shortly after getting out of the car.

Matthias Sammer calls for major changes at the DFB

Alexander beats Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers

Matthias Sammer has never been one to mince his words, and he was typically outspoken when he addressed the federation of German football coachesʼ (BDFL) congress in Dresden on Wednesday. Sammer began by echoing acall made by Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz-Rummeniggeon more than one occasion.

Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3. Despite Thursdayʼs defeat, Mischa said it was a match he would always remember. "After the coin toss I had tears in my eyes because

it felt so special," he said. More sports Alexander beats Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open in Washington. Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3.