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Curfew ordered after deadly clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria The president of Nigeria appealed for calm late on Sunday following violent clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers in the central state of Plateau that left an estimated 86 people dead. Describing the deaths as "deeply unfortunate killings," President Muhammadu Buhari said that "no efforts will be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice" and prevent further violence. While the government has yet to confirm the death toll, various members of the Plateau Police said that 86 people had been killed and 6 injured and that 50 houses were destroyed in the clashes.
Donald Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants with ʼno judges or court casesʼ In a series of tweets fired off on Sunday, US President Donald Trump described people entering the country from Mexico as "invaders" trying to "break into the country," and suggested sending them back to their country of origin without legal proceedings. "When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came," he wrote. American civil rights advocates immediately responded that such a procedure would violate the US Constitution. "What President Trump has suggested here is both illegal and unconstitutional," a tweet from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) read. "Any official who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws should disavow it unequivocally."
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Turks in Germany praise ʼour leaderʼ after twothirds vote for Erdogan Support for Erdogan was proportionally higher among the Turkish community
Support for Erdogan was proportionally higher among the Turkish community in Germany than it was in Turkey. That, alongside celebrations in German cities after Erdogan won the election, have drawn criticism.
Trade war fears mount as Donald Trump threatens EU with higher automobile tariffs The threat of steeper US tariffs on EU-assembled vehicles could lead to a global trade war. German automakers, which produce more vehicles in the US than they export there, are in the Trump administrationʼs crosshairs. US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a 20 percent tariff on US imports of vehicles assembled in the European Union, in a move that would hit German automakers hard. Trump threatened to escalate a trade war after the EU on Friday imposed retaliatory tariffs worth €2.8 billion ($3.26 billion) in response US tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent
aluminum imports. Read more: EUʼs retaliatory tariffs on US on
products come into effect "Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. and its great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their cars coming into the US," Trump tweeted. "Build them here!" Last month, the Trump administration launched an investigation into whether the import of vehicles and automotive parts pose a national security threat. The investigation is expected to be finished in late July or August.
Germanyʼs largest Jewish film festival celebrates ʼNo Fake Jewsʼ With screenings of 42 features, documentaries, series and shorts, the 24th annual festival, held from June 26 through July 5, is Germanyʼs largest forum for Israeli and Jewish films. Marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the festival features works depicting the country and its contradictions in a way that goes beyond news headlines and stereotypes, according to the festivalʼs organizers. The festival
opens on Tuesday with the documentary Itzhak, a portrait of the famous Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman. One of the highlights of the program is the screening of Foxtrot (top picture), winner of the Silver Lion prize at the 2017 Venice Film Festival. Director Samuel Maoz focuses on the topic of grief, among others, by telling the story of a couple who are informed that their son, an Israeli soldier, was killed in action.
Police force in Mexico town of Ocampo arrested over dead politician uthorities in the Mexican state of Michoacan have arrested 28 police officers who make up the entire police force of the central town of Ocampo, to be questioned in connection wtih the killing of a politician, media reported on Sunday. State officials said the police officers were taken in by the internal affairs department and questioned "in the event anyone has taken part in acts that violate the townʼs codes." However, they did not provide details on any suspected link between the police and last weekʼs murder of mayoral candidate Fernando Angeles Juarez. Ocampo, with a population of some 24,000 people, is a rural township located 95 miles (150 kilometers) west of Mexico City.
China frees up more money as trade war takes shape Chinaʼs central bank announced it would cut the reserve requirement ratio for most lenders by 50 basis pointsto free up money for small companies as a trade war with the US looms. The move to reduce the amount of cash that banks must hold in reserve will free up a combined 700 billion yuan ($108 billion, €92.8 billion) in funding at commercial banks and the largest state-owned lenders, the Peopleʼs Bank of China (PBoC) said in a statement. The policy is set to come into effect on July 5 —a day before new US tariffs are due to be imposed on Chinese imports worth $34 billion. The planned reserve reduction will be the third by the central bank this year and has been widely anticipated by investors amid concerns over market liquidity.
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Simon Rattle bids farewell to Berlin Philharmonic as chief conductor Simon Rattle conducted on Sunday his final concert as the director of the Berlin Philharmonic after 16 years that have revamped the image of the prestigious orchestra. Sundayʼs openair event, titled "Goodbye, Sir Simon," marked Rattleʼs very last appearance as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, after his farewell concert at the orchestraʼs concert hall on June 20. The playbill at BerlinʼsWaldbühne featured works by George Gershwin, Gabriel Faure and Aram Khachaturian, and Rattleʼs wife, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena, also performed as a soloist. Many musicians wore wigs in tribute to the conductorʼs trademark curly white hair. "See you very soon," the conductor promised, as "Sir Simon" will not disappear completely from Berlin. Rattle plans to remain a resident of the German capital and to lead orchestral and opera performances there.
Marin Cilic beats Novak Djokovic to win Fever-Tree Championships at Queenʼs Marin Cilic saved a match point before beating Novak Djokovic to win his second title at Queenʼs Club. The 29-year-old Croat fought back to win the Fever-Tree Championships 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in the longest final in the tournamentʼs history. Cilic, who won the title in 2012 and was runnerup last year, saved match point at 5-4 in the second set and came back from 4-1 down in the tie-break. His serve was crucial in the final set as he won in two hours and 57 minutes.
Biofuels: Good or bad for the environment?
Brexit: BMW follows Airbus in warning of cut to UK operations
In the early part of this century, as governments grappled with how to most effectively combat global warming, policymakers put carbon emissions caused by transport in their crosshairs. Transport, after all, accounts for 22 percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Emissions in that sector are increasing faster than any other, due also to steady growth in the use of personal cars in the developing world. And so governments came up with what they thought was the perfect solution: What if the cars could burnnaturally occurring, renewable biofuelsinstead of fossil fuels? Bio-based crops donʼt emit carbon — or so they assumed. Brazil established its ethanol fuel program 40 years ago, and today is
considered to have the worldʼs first sustainable biofuels economy, with almost all cars burning some element of biofuel. In 2005, the United States established its first national renewable fuel standard under the Energy Policy Act, calling for 7.5 billion gallons of biofuels to be used annually by 2012. The law obliges fossil fuel providers to mix in biofuel, mainly biodiesel from oilseed and ethanol from corn. Thanks to Americaʼs plentiful corn production, the US is today the worldʼs largest ethanol producer.
Late Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor honored at Bollywoodʼs ʼOscarsʼ Indiaʼs most famous Bollywood darling, Sridevi Kapoor, was posthumously awarded the best actress prize at Indiaʼs movie awards. Kapoor was honored for her final role at Indiaʼs movie awards in Bangkok, winning best actress at the celebration of dance, music and film just months after her shock death. She was considered one of the most influential Bollywood actresses of all time. Her death from accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel room bathtub at age 54 in February left the nation in stunned grief. Throngs of fans lined the streets
of Mumbai to pay their respects. Read more: India bids farewell to Bollywood legend Sridevi Kapoor "I have mixed emotions today. I miss her every minute and second of my life," her widower Boney Kapoor said as he collected the gong on her behalf at the Indian Film Academyʼs (IIFA) annual awards ceremony. "I still feel she is around... I want you all to support Janhvi like you supported her mother," the Bollywood producer said in an emotional speech quoted by Indian media, referring to the eldest of her two daughters who is set to make her Bollywood debut.
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BMW, which manufactures the iconic Mini and Rolls Royce cars, on Friday called on the British government to declare its preferred position on trade and customs with the European Union once it leaves the bloc. The German carmakerʼs special representative in the UK, Ian Robertson, said the company needed clarity by the end of the summer. "If we donʼt get clarity in the next couple of months we have to start making those contingency plans ... effectively making the UK automotive industry less competitive than it is in a very competitive world right now," he told the BBC. Read more: Brexit: UK lawmakers reject greater say for final deal vote Unnecessary costsHe said the contingency plans could include having to invest money in systems or warehouses that the firm may not need long-term. BMW employs about 8,000 people in the UK. Last year, the firm said, that despite Brexit, it would produce a fully electric version of the Mini at its UK factory, near the city of Oxford. The carmaker builds another quintessentially British car, the Rolls Royce, at a facility in Goodwood, West Sussex. But BMWʼs chairman Harald Krüger has also made it clear that production could be moved to the Netherlands in the event of a hard Brexit — a scenario where Britain would leave the EU without a comprehensive trade and customs deal.
German business morale drops as ʼboom is overʼ German business confidence deteriorated in June, with a closely watched monthly index by the Munich-based ifo research institute shedding 0.5 points to end up at 101.8 points. The result was based on a poll of some 9,000 executives in Germany. "The tailwind enjoyed by the German economy is calming down," ifo President Clemens Fuest said in a statement. "The boom is over," added ifo expert Klaus Wohlrabe, arguing that the German economy "was normalizing again." Wohlrabe pointed to increasing trade tensions with the United States,and a general slow down of global trade. Home-made trouble "The number of dark clouds in the German economic sky has clearly increased," said ING Bank Chief Economist Carsten Brzeski.