World
4 Feb
Around a dozen donor countries are freezing funding to UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, after Israel alleged that 12 UN staffers took part in the October 7 Hamas attacks. The UN has fired the employees in question and promised a full investigation.
4 Feb
As farmers across Europe continue their protests against rising costs and cheap food imports, we look at one trade deal that's causing particular concern.
4 Feb
The German government plans to introduce a new law to make it easier for people to legally change gender. Using disinformation, the far-right actors are leveraging the issue as a way to push their own political agendas.
4 Feb
Pakistan launched airstrikes against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran in retaliation for a similar attack days earlier by Iran.
4 Feb
Germany phased out nuclear energy nearly a year ago. But even with the multi-billion euro problem of how to store radioactive waste, some policians are calling for new nuclear plants to be built.
4 Feb
Germany's railway workers have launched a nearly weeklong strike amid a labor dispute with Deutsche Bahn. DW explains what is behind the dispute and what it means for passengers.
4 Feb
Hamas has been holding two mentally ill Israeli hostages in Gaza for nearly a decade, with Israeli society paying very little attention to their plight. The October 7 terrorist attacks changed that.
4 Feb
Germany has seen an increase in the number of Imams who grew up in Germany and completed their religious training here. Muslim associations across the country are seeing a generational change and a general reorientation.
4 Feb
North Korea's state news agency has drawn attention to a potential visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This follows Pyongyang's foreign minister spending the week in Moscow, and Kim's trip to Russia last year.
4 Feb
Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping are becoming a big problem for Egypt. Many vessels now avoid Red Sea routes and Egypt's Suez Canal, putting Cairo in a dilemma.
4 Feb
It is the beginning, not the end for South Africa's complaint before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The court finding that Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza and allow humanitarian aid in but stopping shy of calling for a ceasefire.
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The Israeli army has released drone footage it claims shows armed terrorists operating at an UNRWA compound in Rafah… proof, it says, of the UN agency’s complicity with Hamas. UNRWA says it shows no such thing. We take a closer look on Truth or Fake.
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Nine years after "Mad Max: Fury Road", the Australian director, screenwriter and producer George Miller’s famous saga’s is back on the Croisette. Eve Jackson tells us more about the highly anticipated "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", premiering Wednesday in the presence of the director and the cast, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke.
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Police in the border towns of the Kharkiv region are helping civilians evacuate before the front line reaches their front doors. Bombs continue to rain down on the region as Russian forces step up their attacks on Ukraine's north.
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The 2024 Cannes Film Festival comes at a moment when the French movie business faces a belated reckoning over sexual abuse. Eve Jackson reports from the Croisette on opening day.
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A French association on Tuesday launched a "10 days without screens" challenge. From May 14th until May 23rd, hundreds of cities, day care centres, preschools and high schools across France will offer screen-free activities to children with the help of families, associations, and local authorities.
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Videos purportedly showing the King of Denmark waving the Palestinian flag and Muslims violently demonstrating in Sweden are being shared online. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we debunk these fake claims that are circulating on social media after thousands protested in the streets of Malmo against Israel's participation in the 2024 Eurovision song contest.