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Civil rights in Turkey Turkeyʼs Ankara bans gayrelated events All LGBTI gender events have been banned in Ankara, just days after authorities barred a German gay film festival. The governorʼs office in the Turkish capital cited the need to "provide peace and security." Turkeyʼs capital clamped down further on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) life on Sunday in a move likely to deepen concern among rights advocates. All LGBTI events, including cinema, theater, discussion panels and interviews, were forbidden until further notice, Ankaraʼs gubernatorial office said, to avert "public hatred and hostility" likely to emerge "within certain segments" of society. Once hugely popular gay pride parades have already beenbanned for several yearsin the Turkish capital and the countryʼs largest city of Istanbul.
Reports of sex abuse in German army on the rise German Defense Minister von der Leyen has interpreted a rise in reports of sex abuse in the Bundeswehr as positive. She says it stems from the "atmosphere of openness" the army has tried to foster under her leadership. The number of alleged sex offenses reported in the German army rose sharply this year, according to German Defense Ministry figures cited in the Bild am Sonntag tabloid newspaper on Sunday. Through mid-November there were 11 reported rapes this year in the Bundeswehr, the paper said, compared with five rapes reported in all of 2016. Overall, through the end of September 2017 there were 187 reports of inappropriate sexual behavior, which ranged from nonconsensual touching to rape. There were 128 such reports in 2016. The 2017 figures, however, also included some cases from the past years that remained unresolved.
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Will Kimʼs gamble pay off? North Koreaʼs ʼballistic submarine:
North Koreaʼs "new vessels" may be relatively advanced, but they pale in comparison with the US naval assets that they face. So why is Pyongyang lavishing millions on these submarines? North Korea is pushing ahead with the construction of its first domestically developed ballistic missile submarine, even though the vessel is expected to be vastly technologically inferior to its rivals in the region and should be relatively easy to track and - should a imminent threat be perceived - neutralize, analysts believe. Despite that huge drawback, the millions that are being invested in the project make perfect geo-political sense to the regime of Kim Jong Un, they add. Progress on the North Korean project has been detected by images from commercial satellites that have been analyzed by experts at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University and published on the38 North website. In the most recently available images of the Sinpo South Shipyard, taken earlier this month, the analysts point to sections of what appear to be the pressure hull of a submarine alongside construction halls at the yard, which has undergone extensive modernization work in the last 18 months, including the addition of a fabrication plant and a roof to a construction hall alongside a slipway. The analysts suggest the new vessel will be
the first 3,000-ton Sinpo-C class ballistic missile submarine, which is designed to sortie into the Pacific Ocean and remain undetected but able to launch its nuclear-tipped missiles when ordered to do so. Satellite images provide further evidence about the project, including what appears to be a launch canister that may be awaiting fitting into the submarine or may be used for tests. North Korea has conducted a number of test launches of missiles from either its existing missile-capable boats - which are converted Sovietera Golf-II vessels that were ostensibly purchased for scrap but have since been reconditioned and returned to service - or from a submersible barge. It is not clear where North Korea has obtained its ability to create a new class of submarine designed to launch ballistic missiles, but given that the United States has been operating submarines since the American Civil War and other nations in the region, notably Japan and South Korea, have developed state-of-the-art capabilities for their underwater fleets, it is unlikely that the North Korean vessel will pose a huge threat.
UNICEF: Millions of children fare worse than parents Around 180 million children are more likely to live in extreme poverty, be out of school or suffer a violent death than their parents, according to UNICEF. The World Childrenʼs Day report suggests things could get worse. One in 12 children worldwide live in countries where they face far bleaker prospects than 20 years ago, according to a UNICEF report released Monday to coincide with World Childrenʼs Day. According to the analysis, a drop in quality of life was clear in 37 countries, and driven by factors such as conflict, financial crises and poor governance. "While the last generation has seen vast, unprecedented gains in living standards for most of the worldʼs children, the fact that a forgotten minority of children have been excluded from this — through no fault of their own or those of their families — is a travesty," Laurence Chandy, UNICEF director of data, research and policy, said.
Morocco food stampede leaves at least 15 dead At least fifteen people have been killed in a Moroccan village after a stampede erupted as food aid was being distributed. Several women were caught beneath an iron barrier as hundreds scrambled to get hold of food. The stampede broke out in the town of Sidi Boulaalam in Moroccoʼs Essaouira province on Sunday as food aid was being handed out to locals at the local "souk," or market. Most of the victims were reportedly women, who had scrambled to receive food being handed out by a prominent benefactor from the region.
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