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WWII resistance fighter who thwarted Nazi nuclear plan dies A Norwegian man who led a daring raid to sabotage Nazi Germanyʼs nuclear weapon ambitions has died at the age of 99. The story of the World War II operation has been retold in books, TV series and a Hollywood film. Joachim Ronneberg, hailed as a war hero for carrying out a major attack against the Nazis in his native Norway, died Sunday at the age of 99. As a young soldier in 1943, he was chosen to head Operation Gunnerside, which destroyed part of the Norsk Hydro plant and put a stop to Germanyʼs nuclear weapons program. "Ronneberg is probably the last of the best known resistance fighters to pass away," Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg told the NTB news agency. "He is one of our great heroes." Born in 1919 in the town of Aalesund, Ronneberg fled Norway after German forces invaded in 1940, and ended up training with the Norwegian resistance in Britain. He returned to his occupied homeland in February 1943 to lead a six-man team in a major assault on the Norsk Hydro facility in the countryʼs south.
Ethiopia signs peace deal with rebel group in oil-rich region After being previously dubbed a "terrorist group," the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) signed a peace deal with Ethiopiaʼs government, officials announced on Monday. The agreement brings an end to a 34-year insurgency in eastern Ethiopiaʼs Somali Region State, also known as Ogaden. The ONLF has been fighting for the rights of ethnic Somalis living in the eastern state since 1984, including proposing secession. "The Ethiopian government and ONLF delegations held productive discussions and reached a historic deal that allows the ONLF to undertake a peaceful political struggle in Ethiopia," Ethiopiaʼs foreign ministry said.
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Britainʼs May says divorce deal with EU almost done The bad news? The Irish border belongs in the unsolved 5 percent
British Prime Minister Theresa May has told parliamentarians that 95 percent of a Brexit deal has been agreed with the EU.
Is Google selling out for access to Chinaʼs massive tech market? As Google looks at developing a search engine censored by Beijing, Chinaʼs online authoritarianism combined with its development as a global hub for artificial intelligence innovation presents an ethical dilemma. Googleʼs CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday publicly stated for the first time that his company was working on an internal project developing a censored search engine for China.Speaking at Wired magazineʼs 25th anniversary conference, Pichai said that considering the size and scale of the Chinese market, Google felt obliged to "think hard" and "take
a long-term view" about the companyʼs presence in China. "The reason we did the internal project was that itʼs a wonderful, innovative market and we wanted to learn what it would look like if Google were in China," said Pichai, adding that tests showed Google in China would be able to serve 99 percent of search queries. Rumors of a Sino-centric censored Google search engine emerged in August after Google documents leaked by the investigative website The Inter‐ cept indicated that the Silicon Valley tech giant was working on developing a search engine app for China codenamed Project Dragonfly.
ʼWe are the magiciansʼ: Roma and Sinti artists create a bold vision from Berlin Roma and Sinti people have often been cast as an exotic and primitive people who lead romantic, wild and unrestrained lives. Roma narratives — think Carmen, Franz Liszt and the paintings of Otto "Zigeuner" Mueller — have sometimes been well intentioned, but are often hostile. And Romani people have rarely been masters of their own voice. In response, Galerie Kai Dikhas was established in Berlin in 2011 as a venue for Roma
and Sinti art, and stories, a place to open dialogue and change perceptions of Europeʼs largest minority that numbers some 12 million people. "The idea of this gallery is that it is a platform for the artists of the minority in a way that the minority itself makes the image of the minority, where people talk about their own issues, their own perspectives on life," says Moritz Pankok, artistic director and founder of Kai Dikhas.
What is the INF nuclear treaty? The "Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the elimination of their Intermediate-range and shorterrange missiles," also known as "the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty," or "INF Treaty" sought to destroy both countriesʼ ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles), their launchers and associated support structures and support equipment. It led to the destruction of almost 2,700 missiles and their launchers by the June 1, 1991 deadline stipulated in the treaty. The INF treaty was the first US-Soviet agreement aimed at reducing the superpowersʼ nuclear arsenal and allow on-site inspections to verify the destruction of the missiles. It remained in force after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
John Bolton starts talks with Russia over nuclear treaty US National Security Adviser John Bolton has arrived in Moscow for what promises to be two days of high-tension talks with senior Kremlin officials. The visit comes after President Donald Trump announced his intention towithdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. What did Trump say? The United States will withdraw from the Cold War-era ʼIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treatyʼ (INF) with Russia.Trump accused Russia of "violating the terms of the treaty" without giving any further details.The US would go ahead and develop nuclear weapons unless Russia and China signed up to a fresh agreement.
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Invisible and dangerous: The Salafist scene in North Rhine-Westphalia There are more Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia than in any other German state. The scene has all but vanished from the public eye in its stronghold. But it is still very active, as DW is told by numerous sources. "Speak after me," the red-bearded German convert and Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel says as he publicly summons the young woman. Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd in the pedestrian zone of the western city of Offenbach, she does exactly that, and repeats the words of the Islamic profession of faith. That was in 2010. The conversion was filmed and uploaded to YouTube — just one example of the many videos shared online from the heydays ofSalafist missionary work in Germany. Until 2016, the scene had a self-confident and sometimes aggressive public appearance. Bearded men in baggy pants and flowing white robes such as Pierre Vogel regularly distributed free German-language editions of the Koran in market squares and pedestrian zones.
Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegation: Juventus forward says ʼlawyers confidentʼ
EU spells out Italy budget plan concerns The EUʼs budget chief has called for a row over Italyʼs draft budget to be resolved calmly. Romeʼs plans to flout eurozone budget discipline rules pushed Moodyʼs to downgrade the countryʼs credit rating. Italyʼs Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday the government would not be backtracking on its plans. "I think I can speak for the whole government, I deny any rethinking of the 2.4 percent [goal]," Di Maio, who heads the Five Star Movement, told journalists in Rome. He also said there is no desire on [Italyʼs] part to leave the eurozone or the European Union. His co-Deputy Premier, Matteo Salvini of the League party, echoed his cabinet colleague after a Saturday
meeting: "There is, and there wonʼt be any intention to leave the European Union or the single currency system." However, both Salvini and Di Maio said they wanted to change how the EU works. European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Friday that the European Commission was waiting to see how Rome reacted to a letter he delivered listing concerns about Italyʼsplanned 2019 deficitraising budgetbefore any decision was taken on whether to take action.
Catherine Deneuve turns 75 The French actress has worked with greats likes Luis Bunuel and Roman Polanski, often playing bourgeois women who teeter on the edge. Celebrated as one of Europeʼs best actresses, she is not without controversy. Itʼs a shame that the movie The Short Night never materialized. Alfred Hitchcock was meant to direct it and Catherine Deneuve was meant to play the leading female role, but the project was canceled in 1979 due to the directorʼs deteriorating health. Deneuve would have joined the many legendary "blondes" that Hitchcock cast in his
cinematic masterpieces. Others include Kim Novak, Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren. It would have been exciting to see how the British-American director would have brought Deneuve and her talent to the big screen. Deneuve, who is today revered as one of Europeʼs greatest film actors, was originally not blonde at all, but brunette. Director Roger Vadim insisted in 1963 that the then 20-yearold actress dye her hair blond for the role of the virtious Justine in Vice and Virtue. He said blonde hair would help her look more innocent. Vice and Virtue would become the Paris-born actressesʼ first notable role.
Cristiano Ronaldo says his "lawyers are confident" and "the truth is always coming" as he answered questions at a Juventus news conference about a woman who has accused him of rape. Kathryn Mayorga, 34, has alleged that the former Real Madrid player raped her at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. Ronaldo, 33, denies the allegations.
World Press Photo exhibition open in Budapest A heartwarming hug, exploited sex workers and all of the chaos and calamity caused by an increasing terrorist attacks and conflict. The annual World Press Photo travelling exhibition once again portrays milestones from the past year through the best works of photojournalism. The exhibition is on view until October 23rd at the Hungarian National Museum. If you just visit one show in Budapest this autumn, it should be this one.
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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.
Disaster-prone nations threatened by huge insurance gap New research from Lloydʼs and CEBR has shown that vast assets are underinsured, posing a huge threat to livelihoods particularly in poorer nations. Those most at risk are also those with the lowest insurance levels. Disaster-prone developing nations are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike, because they suffer from a dangerous lack of insurance, industry experts said Monday. Globally, assets worth about $163 billion (€141 billion) are not insured against catastrophes, posing a significant threat to livelihoods and prosperity,Londonbased insurance market Lloydʼs said in a fresh report. The value of underinsured assets had shrunk by only 3 percent since 2012, it noted. Many nations with the lowest levels of insurance were also among those most exposed to risks, including from climate change impacts, and were least able to fund recovery efforts, the study stressed. "If insurance is not available,catastrophes can have a much greater impact on economies and lives, Lloydʼs Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said in a statement. Emerging and low-income nations accounted for almost the entire global insurance gap, the report noted.