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German IS member on trial for war crimes in Munich A German woman suspected of traveling to Iraq to join "Islamic State" (IS) appeared in a Munich court on Tuesday to face a string of charges, including committing a war crime.

The defendant, identified as 27-yearold Jennifer W., is accused of allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi captive to die of thirst by leaving her chained up outside in the 45-degree heat. The accused faces life in prison if found guilty of joining a terror group, weapons offenses, war crimes and murder. The trial was adjourned soon after it began under tight security at the Munich Higher Regional Court, and is expected to resume on April 29.

The kidnapped German journalist who gave birth in Syria In the fall of 2015, journalist Janina Findeisen traveled to Syria in an effort to get in touch with her former classmate Laura. Ten years earlier, Laura had traveled to Pakistan to join jihadi fighters. Findeisen wanted Laura to help her shoot exclusive footage of jihadis who were fighting inSyriaʼs civil war. Together with Lauraʼs mother, Findeisen, who was seven months pregnant at the time, boarded a plane to the Turkish city of Antakya, where both were met by people smugglers to help them cross into neighboring Syria. On the Turkish-Syrian border, the situation was chaotic, with border police beating refugees and bombs exploding nearby. Lauraʼs mother changed her mind and decided to return to Germany. Findeisen, however, opted to ignore the travel warnings and continued her journey. Findeisen says Laura assured her by email that she would be safe, though she admits that "in hindsight, putting all my trust in that assurance was naive."

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Madonna to perform at Eurovision in Tel Aviv for million-dollar fee The US pop superstar is reportedly getting paid $1.5 million for the gig

Madonna will put on a guest performance at the final of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Israel.

Cannabis capitalists scrutinize future of UKʼs fledgling industry Cannabis has been legalized for medical use in Britain. But prices are high and many desperate patients still canʼt get their hands on it. The industry still has a long way to go — as do lawmakers.

Itʼs a Wednesday evening in the City of London, and a strange crowd is gathering in the offices of DLA Piper, a global corporate law firm. Listen closely and you can hear the creak of expensive shoe leather as delegates reach for the tiny canapes and excellent wine. There are stockbrokers, hedge-fund managers and pensionfund investors, but also Essex farmers and quick-witted East End boys and

girls here — all with an eye on the future of the nascent British medicinal cannabis industry. Thereʼs a definite whiff of change on the air, which is matched by the fragrant tang of recently smoked marijuana on the breath of a number of the more casually dressed delegates. On First Wednesdays though, everyone is welcome. The monthly networking event in London is run by cannabis consultancy Hanway Associates and unites some of the least likely bedfellows ever to meet in the City. What do these disparate groups have to teach each other, and whose vision and values will prevail?

Beethoven House closes ahead of composerʼs anniversary year Strolling down the Bonngasse, the street where the Beethoven House is located, one could easily overlook the humble facade were it not for the tourist groups that cluster outside. For many, treading the squeaky wooden floors that were once walked upon by Ludwig van Beethoven himself is an emotional moment, particularly when they gaze into the cordoned-off "birth room,"

empty save for a bust of Beethoven on a pedestal. From February 28, the room where the infant Beethoven is said to have entered the world — probably with a loud cry — and the house his family lived in wonʼt ever be the same.

The Beethoven House is closing for several months, the permanent exhibition being given a thorough workover and the facilities expanded.

Red Cross readies response as Libya peace talks postponed Some 47 people have been killed since Sunday in Libyan General Haftarʼs push to take Tripoli. After talks planned for the weekend were postponed, DW spoke to the Red Cross to find out the situation on the ground. The battle for the Libyan city of Tripoli saw casualties rise to 47 deaths and 181 wounded on Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization. As the strongman generalKhalifa Haftar attempted to take Tripolifrom an internationally recognized government, the long-planned, UN-backed conference aimed at finding a way out of the eight-year conflict was postponed. "We cannot ask people to take part in the conference during gunfire and airstrikes," UN envoy Ghassan Salame told news agency AFP.

India: Rebels kill lawmaker in roadside bomb attack ahead of national election A state legislator for Indiaʼs ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and four others were killed in a roadside bomb attack carried out by Maoist militants in India on Tuesday, two days before the country is due to start voting in a national election.

Police said BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi, his driver and three of his state bodyguards were killed in a "massive" explosion in a remote part of Chhattisgarh state, some 340 kilometers (211 miles) from the stateʼs capital, Raipur. Chhattisgarh is a restive central state where Maoist rebels have been pursuing an armed insurgency for decades.

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German export policies

Lithuania floats a solar-powered future

threaten European defense

A floating photovoltaic power plant at the Kruonis hydroelectric facility in Lithuania is the first of its kind in the Baltic region. The market is growing worldwide, and smaller countries like Lithuania can benefit.

projects: French ambassador Franceʼs ambassador to Germany, Anne-Marie Descotes, warned on Monday that German arms export policies and licensing rules threatened future Franco-German defense projects. The remarks come as the two European nations are seeking to form closer defense cooperationand deepen ties between their parliaments. In anessay published by the German militaryʼs Federal Academy for Security Policy, she said Germany had a tendency to see arms exports as a domestic political issue, but that its policies still "have serious consequences for our bilateral cooperation in the defense sector and the strengthening of European sovereignty." An ʼuntenableʼ situation Germanyʼs unpredictable arms export policies and long waiting times for export licenses are a particular problem, Descotes said. This has an impact on major Franco-German projects to develop new tanks, combat jets and drones.

"This situation is untenable," she wrote. "Realistic export possibilities on the basis of clear and predictable rules are an essential prerequisite for the survival of our European defense industry."

Virgil van Dijk votes for rival Raheem Sterling as PFA player of the year

The Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) recently granted €235,000 ($270,000) to support construction of an experimental floatingsolar photovoltaic power plantat the 900-megawatt (MW) Kruonis hydroelectric plant. The first stage of the project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021. State-owned enterprise Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba (LEG) will be developing the project

with scientists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). LEG and KTU plan to install the experimental 60kilowatt (kW) plant in the upper reservoir of the Kruonis plant. The full capacity is projected to reach 200-250 MW and will triple currently installed solar power capacity in Lithuania.

LEG said in a statement the plant would generate enough electricity to supply 120,000 households.

Bad food choices killing more people than tobacco Are we eating ourselves to death?

Researcher Stefan Lorkowski sat down with DW to set a few things straight about the effect the food we put in our pie holes is having on our bodies. And itʼs not good.

One in every five people across the globe dies of causes associated with a poor diet. A new study published in the scientific journal "The Lancet" reports an overconsumption of red and processed meats, salt and sugar and not enough fruit, vegetables and

legumes are to blame for damaging our hearts and causing cancer. Our daily diet, researchers say, is a bigger killer than any other risk factor, including cigarette smoking. Eleven million deaths globally in 2017 can be attributed to cardiovascular disease, which is often caused or made worse by obesity and poor diet — in particuar an overconsumption of salt. Stefan Lorkowski, a German researcher who contributed to "The Lancet" report, sat down with DW to nut out the findings of the paper.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has voted for Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling as his PFA player of the year, and said title rivals City had several candidates for his vote. Van Dijk has been a key part of a Liverpool side boasting the divisionʼs best defensive record this season. Meanwhile, 24-year-old ex-Reds forward Sterling has scored 15 times for City. "I did what I thought and I thought he deserves it," said Van Dijk, with players unable to vote for team-mates.

Budapestʼs historic Lotz Hall café reopened as Café Párisi After two years of undesired silence a new café has opened its gates in Budapest’s neo-renaissance styled jewellery box, the former Paris Deparment Store (Párisi Nagy Áruház). Situated in the heart of the city on Andrássy avenue, Café Párisi is the perfect location for those who wish to enjoy the luxury of early 20th century Budapest.

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Mann+Hummel: Hidden champion fights fine particles It only takes the weather to be unfavorable,and megacities across the world sink into wafts of mist. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 7 million people die every year partly as a result of inhaling polluted air over longer periods.

Increasing traffic has no doubt contributed to creating "thick air." Many nations are in the middle of campaigns to reverse the trend by pushing e-mobility, arguing that electric vehicles donʼt have exhaust pipes as sources of poisonous nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. But a closer look reveals that fine particulates cannot be reduced drastically through electric cars. "Irrespective of a carʼs transmission system, it will always produce a lot of particulate matter," says Jan-Eric Raschke, who heads the fine particulates/filtration division at the German company Mann+Hummel. He explains thatroughly 90 percent of all particulate emissions in cars stem from tire wear and the braking system.

Syrian girls attacked in Berlin, racism suspected A man spouting racist insults allegedly confronted two Syrian teenagers in northeastern Berlin and punched them in the face, authorities said Saturday. He hit the girls, aged 15 and 16, "with his fist several times ... before fleeing into a shopping arcade," police alleged in a statement. Both girls were taken to hospital for treatment.

Read more: Racist or Islamist — lonewolf attackers show similar patterns Hours later, a woman reportedly attacked a 12-year-old girl in the southeastern district of Neukölln.

Officers alleged the suspect tried to tear off the girlʼs headscarf, pulled her hair and threatened her with pepper spray. The woman also allegedly attempted to stab the child with a syringe filled with what appeared to be blood, police said. Officers from the state security police are investigating the incidents, which took place late Friday. The suspected hate crimes highlight tensions over migration in Germany. Last month, a 50-year-old German man was charged with attempted murder after he deliberately drove his car into foreigners in the western cities of Bottrop and Essen. Eight people were injured in the New Yearʼs Day attack, including a 4-year-old Afghan boy and a 10-year-old Syrian girl.