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United States Embassy in Turkey targeted by gunfire Gunshots were reportedly fired at the United States embassy in Ankara on Monday morning, according to reports on Turkish media. The shots were fired from a moving vehicle around 5 a.m. (0200 UTC/GMT). At least one of the bullets hit a security booth. Police teams were searching for the suspects, who fled in a white car. Tensions between the US and Turkey have emerged over a range of issues, includingAnkaraʼs detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, which has triggered a tit-for-tat trade dispute andpushed Turkeyʼs lira currency to a record low. US embassy spokesman, David Gainer, thanked police for their "rapid response" and said there were no reports of injuries.

Korean families meet briefly after 65year separation

Amid tears and cries, 89 South and North Korean family members greeted each other on Monday for the first time since they were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. They gathered in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang (Diamond Mountain) on Monday afternoon having earlier crossed into the North to meet their loved ones. ʼI didnʼt even know if he was alive or notʼ Lee Keum-seom, a tiny, frail 92-year-old, met her son for the first time since she and her infant daughter were separated from him and her husband as they fled. Her son showed her pictures of his family in the North — including her late husband. "This is a photo of father," he said. Lee replied: "I never imagined this day would come. I didnʼt even know if he was alive or not."

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Philippine President Duterte confronts the limits of his power Who could take Duterteʼs place if he decides to step down?

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that he is "exasperated" and thinking about quitting the presidency.

During a speech in Manila last Tuesday, Philippine President Rodrigo Dutertelamented that he has failed to stop illegal drugsand fight state corruption. The 73-year-old president went as far to say he was ready to "step down and retire" if "the military and the police find the right successor." Duterte added that they were the only organizations that "can control the situation is everything breaks loose." Under the single six-year term stipulated in the Constitution of the Philippines, Duterteʼs term ends in June 2022.

However,the firebrand leader known for his outlandish remarks has made similar threats to resign in the past. "He was not serious. His statement was a result of frustration over the slow pace of the reforms he wants for the country.

We in the defense consider the statement a joke," Delfin Lorenzana, Secretary of National Defense, told DW. "The president knows the law and the constitution. He also knows that the military and the police will obey and defend the constitution," Lorenzana said, adding that nowhere in the constitution is there a clause allowing for a junta to replace a sitting president. Who

would take over? If and when he steps down, Duterte has said former senator and son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., would be his choice of replacement. However, in the event of a resignation, the rightful successor to the presidency as stipulated by the Philippine constitution is current Vice President Leni Robredo Marcos Jr. narrowly lost his bid for the vice presidency in the 2016 presidential race to Leni Robredo by 220,000 votes. Marcos Jr., popularly known as "Bongbong," filed an electoral protest demanding a recount, which is currently being heard by the Philippine Supreme Court. Robredo is seen as a political rival to Duterte, but the president disparages her as "not being up to the job." Duterte said he would be ready to step down if Marcos wins his electoral case in the Supreme Court. In the Philippines, the president and vice president are elected separately are not required to belong to the same political party. Robredo, who represents the opposition Liberal Party, has openly opposed Duterteʼs policies, most notably the presidentʼs brutal crackdown on illegal narcotics.

Greece hopes for better times as it exits EU bailout program Itʼs been a peculiar summer, says Polyxeni Koutsantoni, the owner of a beach bar in Marathon, on Greeceʼs east coast. "In June we had heavy rains, at the end of July our coastal region was plagued by devastating wildfires, and nonetheless I have the impression that there are more holidaymakers around and that theyʼre even spending a bit more money," she tells DW. The change is not a dramatic one, of course, and the carefree holiday atmosphere of before the debt crisis still hasnʼt returned. "But you do notice that people have been feeling a bit more relaxed of late," she says. The energetic Koutsantoni and her husband have run the beach bar for 25 years. Most of their customers are Greek, but lately a lot of Russian and French tourists have been coming to Marathon as well. When things get hectic, her three daughters have to help out. Thereʼs no question of employing extra staff. "Youʼve got to keep costs down, especially in times of crisis," she warns, and laughs: "Reduce costs and be patient — thatʼs my motto."

WHO: Measles infections surge in Europe in 2018 Measles outbreaks have killed at least 37 people in the European region so far this year, the European branch of the World Health Organization warned Monday. The health agency said more than 41,000 children and adults were infected with the highly contagious disease between January and June — well above the number of total cases in any other year over the past decade.

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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.

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Drastic new measures for stricken Venezuelan economy The country’s populist government introduces measures on Monday aimed at halting the collapse

The Venezuelan economy is in freefall, crippled by a currency crisis that has seen inflation soar to farcical levels.

A raft of new measures comes into effect in Venezuela on Monday, in the latest attempt to deal with the countryʼs growing economic crisis. President Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday that a major currency overhaul would take place on Monday, with Caracas set to issue new banknotes after chopping five zeroes off the beleaguered bolivar, which has been subject to spiraling hyperinflation. The other measures announced

by Maduro (pictured above), a for-

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-

mer union leader who came to power five years ago following the death of Hugo Chavez, include a massive hike of the countryʼs minimum wage as well as new official exchange rate arrangements. Read more: Inflationwracked Venezuela forced to end cheap oil and gas The reform plans are the latest attempt to halt the oilrich countryʼs ongoing economic collapse, caused by years of populist policies which have ultimately destabilized the countryʼs economy. 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, car-

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.

ing for or accompanying the victims 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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Auschwitz: ʼThis is the most horrible place in the worldʼ Germanyʼs top diplomat, Heiko Maas, has urged respect for human dignity on a visit to Auschwitz. He said Germanyʼs responsibility for the attrocities committed at the Nazi death camp would never end.

It was the first time a serving German foreign minister had visited the Auschwitz memorial site since 1992.

"This is the most horrible place in the world. Here you have to decide: either you lose faith in humanity, or you find the hope or strength to stand up for the protection of human dignity," Maas said. "I saw thousands of childrenʼs shoes that were taken off them on their way to the gas chamber, tons of human hair that was taken from people before they were sent to the gas chamber," Maas said

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.

after visiting the site in the southern Polish city of Oswiecim. In his inauguration speech as foreign minister in March, Maas said Auschwitz was the reason he had entered politics.

Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest death camp run by the Nazis in the Second World War. As well as hundreds of thousands of Jews, some 80,000 non-Jewish Poles, 25,000 Sinti and Roma and 20,000 Soviet soldiers met their death there. The camp was liberated by the Soviet Red Army on January 27, 1945.

News ʼIslamic Stateʼ claims responsibility for Chechnya attacks

Two policemen were wounded on Monday in the Chechnyan town of Shali and several traffic police officers injured in the capital Grozny, Chechnyaʼs regional head, Ramzan Kadyrovwrote on his official Telegram social networking account. "The bandits have been neutralized," Kadyrov said. "The situation in Grozny and Chechnya is absolutely calm," he added. Police in the North Caucasus region said two men armed with knives had attempted to enter the Shali district police department and

"inflicted wounds on two police employees on duty." They were subsequently shot dead. Read more: Chechnya: Islamic Stateʼs fertile Russian recruiting ground News agencies cited unnamed sources saying an assailant ran over three traffic policemen in his car. Another "Islamic State" (IS) militant launched a suicide attack in the capital Grozny, injuring several policemen, Kadyrov said in the statement. The assailant had attempted a suicide bombing but failed, Kadyrov said.

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.

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Pepsi to buy Israel’s SodaStream for $3.2 billion US soft drink manufacturer PepsiCo has announced a deal to purchase the Israeli manufacturing company SodaStream for $3.2 billion (€2.8 billion). The purchase, which is expected to close by January 2019, will see PepsiCo, most famous for the Pepsi soft drink, acquire a company that specializes in the production of home fizzy drink dispensers.

"PepsiCo and SodaStream are an inspired match," said PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, adding that SodaStream makes "great-tasting

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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Chinaʼs stock market falls to third place 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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beverages while reducing the amount of waste generated." SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum called the deal an "important milestone."

Read more: UK soft drink sugar tax comes into force SodaStream markets itself as a health-conscious maker of alternatives to cola drinks and PepsiCoʼs purchase is in line with the companyʼs ongoing pivot of recent years towards drinks and snacksnot as associated with the kind of mass sugar content as the Pepsi drink previously has been.

Australian teen hacks into Appleʼs main network

Hacking by an Australian teenager into Appleʼs main network has prompted the Californian computer giant to reassure customers that their data was not compromised. The teen is due for sentencing in Melbourne next month.

An Apple spokesman in San Francisco insisted Friday that the Australian teenʼs unauthorized access had been contained and the incident had been reported to Americaʼs Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "We ... want to assure our customers that at no point during the incident was their personal data compromised," said Apple to its service users. US and Australian authorities also remained coy over details of the intrusion. Back in 2016, Apple resisted an FBI bid to force it to unlock an iPhone belonging to a mass shooter in San Bernardino until an FBIcontractor provided an expensive forensic access tool. Earlier this month, Apple surpassed $1 trillion (€879 million) in market value, built in part on its reputation as a privacy standard-bearer.

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ʼTo take a little sparkle wherever yo goʼ Vienna introduces Sparkling, the label

Carlo Chatrian: The festival is bigger than the person As always, the atmosphere is full of energy at the beginning. People look forward to watching the new films and meeting with guests. The opening film was the French comedy Les Beaux Ésprits paired with a Laurel and Hardy

slapstick film from 1929. Is humor this yearʼs main motto? We try to have

more than one thread or topic. But for sure – we call it lightness, because itʼs not just about humor. It is a lightness that doesnʼt counteract the will to talk about the world we are living in, with all its conflicts, contrasts and frictions.

Find freshly re-opened store in Viennaʼs 9th district!

The sparkling story "We are a young mother-daughter fashion brand that unites long-term experience and technique with a sixth sense, trend research und flair or aesthetics. Founded by Fashion Designer Birgit Fiala, who educated at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna and Domus Academy in Milan - where publishing her skills in trend and material reserarch by the worldʼs most resprected Italian fashion journalist Anna Piaggi. It is her passion to design clothes for women - the "sparkling collection" - which celebrate the uniqueness of every female, inspiring feminity and individuality. " Timeless aestehetics The content of the ready-to-wear collection refers to light reflecting surfaces which sparkle as they catch the light. Refined end embroidered fabrics give the impression of shimmery quality - artificial light getting

into transformation. The balance between soft, romantic femininity and clean chic is covered by sparkling in form of silk jersey dresses, as well as high quality knit works and fince lace designs which glide onto the skin. Simple, elegant and timeless.

Designed and handcrafted in Austria - Organic and Fair. "In our own atelier, every piece will be crafted by hand in Austria by a smaill team of friends and family.

We attach great importance that "sparkling" uses only the finest materials and that working with us is not just a job but a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. We want to lay down a marker against global fashion chains and mass production - to offer more that a clothing line, but a true lifestyle brand. Find us under the address: 38 Liechtensteinstrasse, 1090 Vienna, on Facebook and Instagram!

Donʼt instrumentalize culture, says Goethe-Institut president The German cultural instituteʼs work has become particularly difficult in China, Russia, and Turkey, according to Goethe-Institut President KlausDieter Lehmann. With 12 to 14 institutes in each of 14 designated regions across the world, the organization cooperates with local partners. In Russia, a law restricting the activity of foreign agents has made life difficult for NGOs, Lehmann told DW. They are included among the GoetheInstitutʼs local partners and have to

justify working as "foreign agents" with a German institution that "naturally represents freedom in the arts."

At the same time, China has increasingly begun to use culture as a political tool, Lehmann said, pointing out that 500 new Confucius educational institutes have been founded worldwide over the past few years. Wary of using culture to fuel a competition of political systems, Lehmann argued that "culture should not be instrumentalized."

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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Why Germans give their kids paper cones on the first day of school The first day of first-grade is a turning point in the life of every German child - and family. Elementary schools here begin with grade one, not kindergarten or pre-K, so thereʼs a clean break between daycare and the 12 or 13 years of education that follow.

And thatʼs enough reason to celebrate big time. In the gallery above, find out which rituals are associated with starting elementary school.

By far the most important is the so-called "Schultüte," literally school bag or cone." Folklore expert Christiane Cantauw told DW why the cone tradition began, what goes into them and how new refugee children are getting to participate in the tradition.

Christiane Cantauw: Thatʼs a good question, but thatʼs not what the tradition is about.

Rather itʼs about making clear that a childʼs status is changing.

This transition is associated with many changes for the child and for the family and thatʼs what people want to emphasize with the ritual.

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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.

Mo Farah aims for Great North Run record five wins

Mo Farah has announced he will be heading up to the North East in a bid to make Great North Run history. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and six-time world champion won the half-marathon in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and a fifth win would put him into the record books. Also taking part will be Olympic and world champion Vivian Cheruiyo, aiming for a second win in three years. The race from Newcastle to South Shields takes place on 9 September. Farah wins record fourth Great North RunKipchoge wins London Marathon, Farah thirdFarah wins final track race in Britain It is the second largest half-marathon in the world.

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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."

Novak Djokovic makes history with Cincinnati Masters victory over Roger Federer Former world number one Novak Djokovic became the first player to win all nine Masters 1,000 tournaments with victory over Roger Federer in Cincinnati.

The 31-year-old Serb, a five-time runner-up at the event, beat seventime champion Federer 6-4 6-4. Wimbledon champion Djokovic had lost the Cincinnati final to the Swiss on three previous occasions. "Itʼs a very

special moment," he said. "Itʼs the first time I get to stand with a winning trophy in Cincinnati." Victory for world number two Federer would have brought him his 99th career trophy, as well as levelling the long-time rivalsʼ head-to-head record at 23-23.

Djokovic will now look to take his form into the US Open, which starts on 27 August, having previously won two titles at Flushing Meadows.