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Austria holds border exercises in response to Germany Austria held border patrol training exercises on Tuesday. The countryʼs leaders told German newspaper Bild that they came in response to a rift in the German government over migration. German Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs Christian Democrats (CDU) have been locked in a heated debate over plans by their Bavarian coalition partners to intercept refugees at the German border. "On Tuesday there will be a major police and army exercise in Spielfeld, during which the new Puma police border protection unit will also be inaugurated.""With this exercise on the border between Austria and Slovenia, we want to prepare ourselves for all developments and send a clear signal that there will no longer be a loss of control and free passage like in 2015."
Italy: Lifeline migrant rescue ship to dock in Malta Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday that the GermanNGO vessel Lifelinewould be allowed to dock in Malta, although he did not specify when. "I just got off the phone with (Maltese) president (Joseph) Muscat: the NGO ship Lifeline will dock in Malta. Italy will do its part and welcome some of the migrants who are on board the Lifeline," Conte said. He added that he hoped other European countries would do their part. Malta has yet to confirm, but a government spokesman said: "There are ongoing discussions among a number of EU member states to take a share of the migrants." He added that he hoped other European countries would do their part. Malta has yet to confirm, but a government spokesman said:
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UK is ʼmaking a messʼ of Brexit, Scotlandʼs Nicola Sturgeon tells She also dismissed the claims she was
Londonʼs "lack of realism" on Brexit is holding up divorce talks with the EU, Scotlandʼs First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told DW.
UK parliament approves third runway for London Heathrow airport After decades of controversy, British lawmakers voted to build a third runway at Londonʼs Heathrow Airport. The London mayor, local councils and activist groups said they will be launching legal action against the plans. The British parliament on Monday night voted in favor of controversialplans to build a third runway at Londonʼs Heathrow airport. Lawmakers voted 415 to 119 for the £14billion (€15.9 billion, $18.5 billion) expansion project, which Heathrowʼs commercial operators said could increase the number of flights per year to 740,000, up from
around 470,000 currently. The vote comesfollowing decades of controversyover pollution, noise concerns and the fact that hundreds of homes will be knocked down to accommodate the runway. Protesters staged a "lie-in" in parliament ahead of the vote that saw some Conservative Party lawmakers voting against their own government. Prime Minister Theresa May had directed Conservative Party lawmakers to vote in favor of the project. "[May] believes it sends out an important message about global Britain and making the most of the opportunities which lie ahead of us," Mayʼs spokesman told reporters.
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.
Germany divided: 5 snapshots of discontent in a wealthy country You wouldnʼt guess from Cottbusʼ restored historic city center that at the start of this year this city of 100,000 declared a moratorium on migrants because residents felt overwhelmed. If anything, it feels somewhat underpopulated and empty. But head to the outlying district of Sachsendorf, and youʼll see evidence of the fact that the proportion of foreigners increased from 2.2 to 8.5 percent in Cottbus in only two years. Women wearing headscarves and young men speaking Arabic are no rarity in this lowerclass neighborhood with its Communist-era pre-fab apartment blocks, small shopping centers and otherwise very European-looking populace.
US Supreme Court backs Trump travel ban from Muslim-majority nations The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to keep his travel ban against people from five countries, all of which have a majority Muslim population. The conservative majority on the court agreed thatthe "Muslim ban,"as it has been called, does not violate US immigration law. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the courtʼs opinion that the president had "set forth a sufficient national security justification" to stop many people from travelling to the US from Somalia, Iran, Yemen, Syria and Libya. He added, however, that the court had "no view on the soundness of the policy."
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ECJ rules UK discriminated against transgender woman seeking pension at 60 The UK discriminated against a married transgender woman by refusing her a state pension unless she annulled her marriage, theEuropean Court of Justice ruledon Tuesday. The claimant, only named as MB by the court, was born a male in 1948 and married a woman in 1974. In 1991, MB began to live as a woman and had sex reassignment surgery in 1995. MB sought a state retirement pension in 2008 at the age of 60, as allowed for women born before April 1950. For men born before December 1953, the British retirement age is 65. (New legislation is gradually introducing a gender-neutral retirement age of 66 in Britain.) However, the UK denied MB the state pension at age 60 because she had not acquired a gender reassignment certificate, which under national legislation could only be granted if a transgender person annulled their marriage.
England and hosts Russia are among the teams already into the last 16 England and hosts Russia are among the teams already into the last 16, but who will join them? Some big names are in jeopardy, including holders Germany, who play South Korea in their final group game, and Lionel Messiʼs Argentina, who take on Nigeria - both games are live on BBC TV and BBC Radio 5 live. Lawro is predicting the outcome of all 64 games at the 2018 Fifa World Cup here he picks the scores in the matches that will decide who else is going through, and who is going home.
Preparing Moroccoʼs agricultural businesses for the elements
"7 minutes contre le CFA" ("7 minutes against the CFA franc") — this is the
Project aim: To increase resilience to extreme weather events for smalland-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the industrial area of Ait Melloul, Morocco. Project size: The project is aimed at SMEs in the industrial area of Ait Melloul, but everyone from farm and transport workers to local governments could benefit Project partners: Munich
Climate Insurance Initiative e.V. MCII and the German development agency GIZ Project budget: ACRI+ is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) project "Promoting Integrated Climate Risk Management and Transfer," which is active in four countries and supported with overall funding worth €5 million ($5.8 million)
ʼUniqueʼ cannabis compound reverses brain aging in mice The discovery has huge potential for people suffering diseases like Alzheimerʼs—but doesnʼt mean you should light up. We treated old mice with a low dose of the active ingredient in cannabis. Learning and memory functions improved dramatically in these animals, and they performed as well as mice that were much, much younger. We implanted so-called osmotic minipumps—tiny pumps that we put under the skin of these mice—and they constantly released the drug that we wanted to administer. And then, after four weeks, we stopped the delivery, waited for a week, and then afterwards,
there were several tests on learning and memory. A very simple test, for example, is that mouse needs to learn how to find a hidden platform. And mice learn this typically within a few days—actually, theyʼre quite good. And what we observed was quite staggering. They remembered where the platform was just as well as a young animal—and also, their working memory was absolutely indistinguishable. Then we tested the animals in many different paradigms that also test memory function, and we basically couldnʼt distinguish [between] the old mice and young mice. These [old mice] were between 12 and 18 months, which is very old for a mouse.
title of a new rap song which was officially released on Wednesday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Ten musicians from seven African countries are mobilizing opposition to the common currency of a total of 14 countries in West and Central Africa. Their main criticism: the currency is a remnant of the French colonial era and is an affront to the sovereignty of African states. "Put a stop to the blah-blah. Away with the CFA. History goes on…A loud cry on our streets…" The song has certainly
caused a stir. The participating artists are well known in their countries of origin. Their young audience also lends them a lot of street credibility.
Is China building ʼpolitical reeducationʼ camps for Muslim minorities? Adrian Zenz: The most important sources are government reports that are often published by local media. These include official government documents, for example travel reports from top officials, or budgetary reports that outline expenditures for facilities. Read more: Chinaʼs Xinjiang Muslims ʼrequire DNA samplesʼ for travel documents Muslim Uighurs are increasingly be‐ ing persecuted. Do the reports specifically say: ʼWe are planning a reeducation camp here?ʼ Abso-
Purple paradise: check out this lavender field just outside Budapest Forget Provence. A sweeping perfumed purple lavender field awaits just outside of Budapest. Hues of indigo and mauve mingle in the rolling rows, where an afternoon stroll is a special experience.
The CFA franc in West Africa: Time for a change?
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lutely. The reports even go into great detail about how the camp system functions. There are camps operated at three administrative levels – village, town and government district. Inmates are treated according to a four-level system corresponding to the "severity" of their case. However, this system is evolving into a mechanism of mass-internment, and this four-level casedifferentiation scheme is no longer in play. The documents demonstrate clearly that this internment system is growing.