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Italy moves to impound Aquarius migrant ship for ʼillicit waste managementʼ Italian prosecutors requested the seizure of the Aquarius on Tuesday for alleged anomalies in its disposal of on-board waste. The shipʼs operatorsslammed the moveas a "disproportionate and unfounded measure purely aimed at further criminalizing lifesaving medical-humanitarian action at sea." The Aquarius — run by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors without Borders (MSF) — is currently docked at the French port of Marseille due to having itsregistration flag revoked twice in two months, so the Italian confiscation order was not executed. Prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Catania said they documented the illegal disposal of 24,000 kilograms of waste by the Aquarius and another MSF ship, the Vos Prudence, between January 2017 and May 2018.

Prosecutors said the waste included clothing worn by migrants with contagious diseases such as scabies, as well as blood-stained bandages and other medical waste.

District judge blocks US from enforcing Trump asylum ban US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order on Monday, granting the request made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). "Individuals are entitled to asylum if they cross between ports of entry," said Baher Azmy, a CCR lawyer. "It couldnʼt be clearer." The order prevents the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. A caravan of central American migrantshave made their way through Mexico to the border, seeking entry to the United States.

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EU budget talks fail The European Commission must submit a new proposal for the 2019 budget

The European Commission must submit a new proposal for the 2019 budget after negotiators failed to reach an agreement. With Europe facing many challenges — above all Brexit — pressure to find a compromise is rising.

Berlinʼs economic power creates ʼnew fear of Germanyʼ across EU Europe today fears Germanyʼs economic strength rather than its military might, historian Andeas Rödder tells DW. At the same time, Germany is meant to lead the EU: a dilemma for all sides.

"I’m not so much afraid of German power; its German inactivity I’m starting to fear," said Radoslaw Sikorski, then Poland’s foreign minister, while speaking in Berlin in 2011. You would never have heard a sentence like that before 1990, says German historian Andreas Rödder — certainly not coming from Poland. The national-conservative PiS party is now in power in Poland, and the words coming out of Warsaw are very dif-

ferent these days. But the ambivalent relationship between Germany and its eastern European neighbor, expressed

by Sikorski back then, still exists.

"There’s a new expectation that Germany will take the lead in Europe," says Rödder. "At the same time, Germany is confronted by the dilemma that this will revive old fears that Germany wants to assert its supremacy in Europe." There is no simple solution. Rödder believes Germany must take on the task, in the EU institutions and also, above all, at nation-state level. And in this he thinks it is more productive if it openly assumes a leading role rather than engaging in back-room politics.

German actor among International Emmy Awards winners Actress Anna Schudt won the International Emmy Award on Monday for her portrayal of real-life comedian Gaby Köster in the TV movie Ein Schnupfen hätte auch gereicht (The Snif‐ fles Would Have Been Just Fine), based on an autobiography by the same title written by Köster. Köster is a popular German TV comedian who had to interrupt her career in 2008 after suffer-

ing a stroke, but didnʼt let its physically debilitating effects deter her.

While Anna Schudt is a renowned stage actress, however, Germans know her best as commissioner Martina Bönisch in the cult crime series Tatort. She is part of the Dortmund team of detectives, alongside Jörg Hartmann in the role of commissioner Peter Faber.

German coalition agrees to relax immigration rules for non-EU citizens Germanyʼs coalition parties have agreed on a new draft law to ease immigration for workers from non-EU countries, local media reported on Tuesday.

The ministries of the interior, labor, and economic affairs have all agreed to the new regulations, a compromise that came in October, ending long-standing disagreements within the governing coalition. According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily, one of the most significant overhauls will scrap a law that required employers to prove that neither a German nor an EU citizen could be found to fill a position before they offered it to another immigrant. The new law will also relax restrictions that gave preference to so-called "bottleneck occupations" that had more vacancies than applicants, such as nursing and elderly care positions. Standards will also be introduced to allow those who complete vocational training in Germany time to find a job.

Spain threatens to vote No on Brexit deal over Gibraltar The government of Spain said on Tuesday that it would vote to reject the EUʼs draft Brexit agreement. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would only alter his vote if certain amendments were made regarding the future ofthe Gibraltar peninsula. "As of today, if there are no changes with respect to Gibraltar, Spain will vote no to the agreement on Brexit," said Sanchez during a conference in Madrid. The tiny British overseas territory is adjacent to the Spanish mainland, and has long been a point of contention between the UK and Spain.

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German-Turkish dual citizen Adil Demirci on trial in Turkey The trial ofAdil Demirci, who holds both German and Turkish citizenship, got underway in Istanbul on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old is accused of being a member of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLCP) and of spreading propaganda.

"The last seven months have been very difficult for us as a family. We can hardly wait for my brother to finally be heard by the judge," Adilʼs brother, Tamer Demirci said. Demirci was employed in Cologne as a social worker and as a reporter for the Etkin Haber Ajansi (ETHA) news agency. Demirciʼs lawyer, Keles Ozturk, maintains that there is insufficient evidence to support the prosecutionʼs allegation that Demirci is a member of a terrorist organization. "The indictment states that Adil Demirci participated in funerals of alleged members of MLCP But there were more than 2,000 people at these funerals. Does that mean that all those present are criminals?

News of Demirciʼs arrest was first reported byMesale Tolu, who also works for the ETHA news agency.

She too faced charges in Turkey.

ʼJustin Roseʼs rise to number one sold short by ponderous threeball formatʼ It was a swift return to the top for Justin Rose - world number one again, two months after he had earned the honour for a single week. But there was nothing quick about the gutsy way the Englishman seized his opportunity to become the worldʼs best player for the second time. Rose needed to win the Turkish Open and got the job done at the first extra hole.

It was a scrappy end;

EU ministers back ʼfairʼ Brexit deal with UK EU leaders in Brussels have praised the Brexit deal but want to see the UK hold true to the accord until a special summit on Sunday. After that, there will be no renegotiations.

DWʼs Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.

In a tremendous moment of unity in Brussels, the 27 national European Union ministers backedthe draft of the terms of Britainʼs exitfrom the bloc. At least that what the EUʼs chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, and Austriaʼs EU minister, Gernot Blümel said after a brief meeting Monday. Austria currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.From the EUʼs standpoint, the only question still open is a possible extension of the transition

phase. The current transitional period, during which the blocʼs future cooperation with the United Kingdom must be finally negotiated, ends in December 2020. At the insistence from Westminster, a once-off extension is now on the cards. By the end of the week, both the EU and the UK want there to be a concrete date for the exit. British Prime Minister Theresa May has proposed a deadline as late as the general election scheduled for 2022.

Obscure facts about Boris Becker Tennis legend, jet setter, father with a turbulent lifestyle: Even though most of Boris Beckerʼs life has been covered in detail by tabloids, here are a few little-known facts about him.

In 1985, a 17-year-old player from Baden-Württemberg won at Wimbledonʼs prestigious tennis tournament, defeating the favorite at the time, Kevin Curren. Boris Beckerʼs triumph came as a complete surprise, and turned him into an international star overnight. Becker became the youngest Wimbledon champion, a record he still retains to this day. The

German president at the time, Richard von Weizsäcker, was one of the first to congratulate him. The winning tennis racket used by "Bobbeles," as Becker was nicknamed, was later give to Pope John Paul II. In Germany, Boris Becker triggered a sudden hysteria for tennis. Instead of football, people in the 1980s would watch the French Open; millions of people became members of tennis clubs. Meanwhile, Boris Becker kept climbing to the top rankings of world players. By the time his professional tennis-playing career ended in 1999, Becker had won 49 singles titles and 15 in doubles, including an Olympic gold medal.

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Car rental company under fire after ad jokes about hitting cyclists The 2017 Palme dʼOr-winning Swedish satirical film The Squarehas a memorable sequence about the lengths advertising agencies will go to in order to grab attention for a product, however vacuous the campaign — or indeed the product — is.

Needing to whip up interest in a patently ridiculous modern art exhibition called "The Square," the advertising men come up with a YouTube video portraying an impoverished child being killed in an explosion after entering the exhibition, supposedly a haven of peace. The clip draws widespread condemnation but also goes viral, stirring mass interest in something which hardly warrants it.

As one of the worldʼs biggest car rental companies, you might think Sixt has no major need for such advertising gimmicks. Yet in recent years, the Munich-based company has tried to cultivate something of an image around its use of banter and humor in its advertising campaigns.

Airbnb cuts listings in Israeli West Bank settlements Home-rental platform Airbnb announced Monday it would no longer offer its service in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, drawing an angry response from Israel. Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, but most countries consider the Jewish settlements there to be illegal. The company said in a statement the decision would affect about 200 properties "in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians." "Our hope is that someday sooner rather than later, a framework is put in place where the entire global community is aligned so there will be a resolution to this historic conflict and a clear path forward for everybody to follow," it added. Palestinian and human rights groups had long called on Airbnb to remove the settlement listings from its site. Waleed Assraf, head of a Palestinian anti-settlement group welcomed the development, saying if more companies followed it would "contribute to achieving peace."