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Peruʼs former President Garcia dies after shooting himself as police arrived Alan Garcia, the former president of Peru, died at Limaʼs Jose Casimiro Ulloa Hospital on Wednesday after he shot himself in the head at his Lima home as police arrived to arrest him in connection with an ongoing bribery investigation. Garcia, who served as president between 1985 and 1990 and then again from 2006 to 2011, was wanted in connection to the sprawling Lavo Jota (Car Wash) corruption investigation and his ties to the Brazilian construction giantOdebrecht.

President Martin Vizcarra said, "We are shocked by the death of former President Alan Garcia."

German cathedral expert ʼspellboundʼ

by Notre Dame fire On the evening of April 15, a fire broke out in the upper levels of Notre Dame Cathedral, eventually causing the spire to collapse and consuming much of the roof. The blaze took 15 hours to extinguish, and the full extent of the damage re‐ mained unknown two days later as an investigation into its cause got un‐ derway. French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild the iconic Parisian landmark, and dona‐ tions and offers of help have poured in. The Cologne Cathedral was se‐ verely damaged in bombing during WWII. The reconstruction ended in 1956, though today constant maintenance and renovation still take place. Archi‐ tect and art historian Barbara Schock-Werner was the master builder of the Cologne Cathedral from 1999 to 2012 and therefore re‐ sponsible for all of the buildingʼs structural conservation work.

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Pope tells Greta Thunberg to carry on her fight Pope Francis gave his blessing for Thunbergʼs fight for the climate

The teenage climate activist and the leader of the worldʼs Catholics agree that the world needs to fight climate change.

Mobility services for the elderly: Looking beyond the private car Owning a car still means a lot to Germans, especially older people in rural areas. But what if the elderly are no longer able to drive? A village near Berlin is pondering alternatives, as Hardy Graupner reports.

The village ofPetershagen-Eggersdorf in the largely rural Eastern German state of Brandenburghas experienced a massive population boom for many years now. It now has more than 15,000 inhabitants, up from just 8,000 in the early 1990s. A logical side effect of the increased influx has been more traffic, with a higher number of privately owned cars per family, according to the mayor of the twin village, Marco Rut-

ter. Thatʼs causing a bit of a problem, especially for the growing number of elderly people living here. "Despite some younger folks moving here, the number of senior citizens has been rising disproportionately," Rutter tells DW,noting that the trend will become even more pronounced in the years ahead.

"Up to 4,000 inhabitants are now between 55 and 65 years old, meaning that over the next decade weʼll have a lot more people past the age of 65, plus a lot of people who statistically live a lot longer." More traffic, more problems Rutter points out that increased traffic flows in the village have created a sense of insecurity among the elderly driving their own cars.

Brazilian artist Helio Fervenza on censorship and responsibility Visual artist Helio Fervenza teaches at the art institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Art in Porto Alegre. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale art shows, in Sao Paulo and Amsterdam. Like so many artists in Brazil, Fervenza is worried about political developments in his native country. He told DW about the significance of art, widening censorship and artʼs responsibility in society. He and his political cronies are not interested in art. But even before that there was little support from the ministry. For

me, art equals access to knowledge about the world, because through the eyes of art you see the world from new perspectives. You become more aware and you see things differently. This kind of art has not been recognized in society, it was a process that took time.

Not every type of art gets an immediate reaction, but in the long run, it triggers a new way of thinking in society. So whatʼs happening in Brazil at the moment — the governmentʼs inconsiderate way of dealing with art — is very bad.

New US policy on seized property in Cuba threatens EU ties The Trump administration will ramp up pressure against Cuba by allowing US nationals to file lawsuits against foreign companies doing business on the island. The major policy shift sets the stage for fresheconomic disputes between the US and Europe.It also marks a new escalation in Washingtonʼs policy to hammer Havana over its support for Venezuelaʼs socialist acting President Nicolas Maduro. National Security Adviser John Bolton announced the policy change during a speech Wednesday in Miami, which is home to exiles and immigrants from Cuba. Speaking to veterans of the CIAʼs failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, Bolton also used the speech as an opportunity to announce new sanctions on Venezuela and Nicaragua, two leftist allies of Communist Cuba.

Tourist bus crashes in Madeira, many dead Madeiraʼs Mayor Filipe Sousa told Portuguese broadcaster RTP3 that at least 28 people died in the bus crash.

He said that the driver and a guide on the bus were injured but survived.

Portugalʼs Lusa agency reported that several other passengers were taken to a local hospital. Germanyʼs foreign office said on Wednesday it is possible that German tourists were among the victims. An office spokeswoman said the German embassy in Lisbon was in contact with local authorities. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on board, or whether all of them were German.

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Muslim fashion for women exhibition stirs controversy in Germany Muslim head coverings have always been a controversial topic, as they embody so many issues, whether womenʼs rights worldwide or Western prejudice and discrimination against Muslims. Now that the first exhibition dedicated to fashion consciousness of women in Islam is opening at Frankfurtʼs Museum Angwandte Kunst, the debate surrounding headscarves has been rekindled in Germany. Titled "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" and first shown at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition, however, does not aim to answer the numerous political and social questions related to hijabs or burkinis. "The focus of the exhibition is really fashionable modest dress and what weʼre trying to show in the exhibition is that there is a lot of choice for the mass of Muslim women," said Jill DʼAlessandro, curator of the "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" exhibition in San Francisco.

West Ham v Liverpool: Manuel Pellegrini wants to help Man City with win West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini wants to get his sideʼs season back on course by beating Liverpool on Monday - and do his old side Manchester City a favour at the same time. Premier League leaders Liverpool are two points clear in the title race but have a game in hand over rivals City, whobeat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday. Pellegrini won the league in 2014 during a three-year spell at City. "If we win, I will be very happy for our club first," said the Chilean.

Germany lowers 2019 growth forecast to 0.5 percent The German government is forecasting significantly weaker economic growth this year. The economics minister says the new figures are a "wake up call."

The German government on Wednesday announced it expected significantly lower economic growth for 2019 than previously announced. This year, it expects the gross domestic product to grow just 0.5%, down from the 1% previously forecast. The forecast is more pessimistic that industry predictions, with leading economists lowering their growth forecast to 0.8%. Economics Minister Peter Altmaier, a member of the conservative Christian Democrat party, said the new statistics were a "wake-up call" for the country, saying politicians

needed to think about how to they could stimulate growth. Altmaier called for reforms on taxes, levies and bureaucracy. He also proposed a moratorium on measures that would burden the economy. He said the main reason for the weaker forecast is a cooling of the global economy as well as increased trade conflicts and Brexit affecting Germanyʼs exports.

Altmaier said German companies were more reluctant to invest in machinery and equipment than last year.

However, he said he expects growth of 1.5% in 2020.

Building walls to keep climate refugees out The countries most responsible for climate change are fortifying their borders to keep them out.

Climate change is reshaping our world.

Coastlines are creeping inland, deserts are growing,ranges of plant and animal species are shifting. And people are on the move too. Estimates for how many people will relocate because of climate change vary between 25 million to 1 billion by mid century, according to the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN warns that by 2045, 135 million people may be displaced by desertification alone. Last

year, theIMO suggestedthat governments respond with policies such as "ensuring migration pathways via free movement protocols" and "expediting or waiving visas." But in his book ʼStorming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security,ʼTodd Millerargues that some countries are instead putting up barricades to keep them out. "You see this emphasis on border enforcement, on creating these hardened lines of division," Miller told DW, "and so often, they are going up against countries that have a lot of issues to do with ecological events and climate change."

ʼPeace is Powerʼ: Yoko Onoʼs works on show in Leipzig She is arguably the most hated woman in music history. Yet Yoko Ono is not only John Lennonʼs widow, she also stands alone as an artist.

Yoko Ono has over 2,000 square meters (around 21,500 square feet) and three floors of exhibition space in the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts at her disposal.

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Germanyʼs FlixBus in talks to buy intercity competitor Eurolines FlixBus, which offers low-cost intercity bus travel across Europe, is negotiating to buy its smaller competitor Eurolines. French transport group Transdev, which owns Eurolines, and the Munich-based Flixbus confirmed on Monday that exclusive talks were underway, without disclosing the financial details. Eurolines, whose network spans 25 countries, operates French domestic routes under the Isilines brand, which would be part of the possible deal. "With this merger, FlixBus would have an even more comprehensive and more diverse offer to attract even more passengers.

We want to be the first choice for travelers across Europe," Flixbus managing director Jochen Engert said.

Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test 19-year-old Methia Nalukwago, a student at Makerere University in the capital Kampala, is excited by the proposal to have all students undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS testing. Some students, she says, have been living in denial. "Our friends, we study with them but you look at someone and you are like, ʼare you sure you are not sick or something like that?ʼ Of course you never come out to tell them but you feel it deep down inside you, this person must be sick because of the symptoms that show," Nalukwago told DW. "Compulsory testing for HIV will help us know our HIV status and where we stand." Studies conducted by the Ugandan AIDS Commission show lack of sufficient information among the youth is contributing to an increase of HIV. Jane Were, the head teacher of Forest Hill College in Mukono district located 21 kilometers (13 miles) east of Kampala, said they are grappling with HIV in schools. She said the situation has been made worse by parents who mislead their children on what they are actually suffering from. "We have situations where parents lie to students about these [anti-retroviral] drugs.

There are parents who tell children they have other ailments other than HIV," Were said.