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Merkel: No change in refugee policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says great progress has been made in addressing the refugee situation in Germany. She also warned Germans "not to forget the lessons of history." Go to article

Symbolbild Ryanair Flugzeug hebt ab (Getty Images/AFP/P. Huguen)

Job training where the grass is greener

Cartoon hit Masha and the Bear

Moscow to send more warplanes to Syria

Syrian civilians and rescuers gather at site of government forces air strikes in the rebel held neighbourhood of Al-Shaar in Aleppo (Getty Images/AFP/K. Al-Masri)

Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to bolster its air campaign, according to reports. Earlier, Moscow dismissed allegations that attributed more than 3,800 civilian deaths in Syria to Russian attacks.

Pope's Mass snubbed in Orthodox Georgia

Georgien Tbilisi - Papst Franziskus im Stadion in Mikheil Meshki (Reuters/D. Mdzinarishvili)

Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in a sparsely attended Tbilisi stadium in predominately Orthodox Georgia. The Pope was deserted by the leadership of the Georgian Orthodox Church, in a surprising snub to the Vatican.

Spain's Socialist Party chief faces challenge

Spanien Wahlen Pedro Sanchez PSOE (Reuters/A. Comas)

Spain's Socialists Party (PSOE) have gathered to decide the fate of their embattled party leader. The party has been wracked by dissent and more than half of the party executive have quit in a bid to oust their leader.

Brexit high on agenda at Tory party conference

Großbritannien Theresa May (Getty Images/C. Court)

Theresa May is keen to flesh out her social policy agenda at the Tory party conference - but the Europe question is far from settled. Samira Shackle reports from London.

Pakistan calls on UN to help defuse tensions

Indien Kashmir Eskalation Gefechte (Reuters/D.Ismail )

Pakistan has called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to intervene to help defuse tensions with India over Kashmir. The UN has urged restraint after New Delhi carried out strikes inside the Pakistani-controlled region.

Students weigh in on Kashmir violence

Clinton attacks Trump over Twitter tirade

USA Presidentschaftsdebatte - Donald Trump und Hilary Clinton (Getty Images/AFP/T. A. Clary)

Hillary Clinton has lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's Twitter tirade against a former beauty pageant winner. Ahead in the polls, she called Trump's comments "unhinged, even for him."

Trump subtweet helps make Hitler biography a US hit

Hurricane emerges to threaten Jamaica

Orkan Matthew (picture-alliance/dpa/NASA/NOAA GOES Project)

The storm has exploded in power over a 36-hour period, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane, but subsequently downgraded to Category 4. The powerful storm is expected to slam into Jamaica on Monday.

Duterte Hitler remarks 'deeply troubling'

Ash Carter and Delfin N. Lorenzana (Picture-Alliance/AP Photo/E. Tanner)

Pentagon chief Ash Carter has condemned comments made by Philippines President Duterte, in which he likened his war on drugs to Hitler’s efforts to exterminate the Jews. Carter said the comparison was "deeply troubling."

Police release videos of San Diego shooting

Authorities have released two videos showing police shooting an unarmed black man in a suburb of San Diego, California. The footage was made public following days of protests.

Protesters demand federal investigation into shooting

'El Chapo' sons blamed for military convoy attack

Mexico Sinaloa Culiacan - Verbranntes Militärfahrzeug (Reuters/J. Bustamante)

Police in Mexico say the sons of jailed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman were likely behind a grenade attack that killed five soldiers in the country's north. They believe the ambush aimed to free a captured suspect.

'Orban has already achieved his goal'

Budapest Ungarn Referendum Plakate (imago/EST&OST)

On Sunday, Hungarians will vote on an EU-wide distribution of refugees. One thing is clear: the isolationist stance in the country is spreading. That is also what the government wants.

Italian police clear out Rome migrant camp

Activists have criticized Rome's city council for not providing alternative housing for migrants displaced after police cleared a camp in the Italian capital. Italy is on the front line for irregular migration to the EU.

Mediterranean: Sea of tragedies | Focus on Europe

Calais wall raises fortress Europe fears

Frankreich Kontroverse um Grenzanlage in Calais (DW/E. Bryant)

A planned wall near the French port of Calais aims to deter migrants from ambushing trucks bound for Britain, but many see the construction as a darker symbol of Europe's rising barriers against asylum seekers.

Bulgarian lawmakers ban full-face Islamic veil

Frankreich Burkaverbot in Paris Gericht 2011 (Imago)

Bulgaria's parliament has voted to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public after similar measures were adopted in some western European countries. Human rights groups have called the move racist and xenophobic.

Scottish boxer dies after Glasgow bout

Schottland Glasgow - Mike Towell im Boxkampf gegen Danny Little (Getty Images/M. Runnacles)

Scottish prizefighter Mike Towell has died from injuries sustained in the ring, his manager says. The 25-year-old boxer was carried out by stretcher after going five rounds with Welsh fighter Dale Evans in Glasgow.

Elderly Cameroonians fight discrimination

An old woman waits in a small shop in Cameroon

Care for the old remains lacking in many African countries. To mark the International Day of the Older Person on October 1, some of Cameroon's oldest citizens have shared the secrets of a longer life.

UN warns of worst crisis in Boko Haram region

A malnourished child is weighed on a scale at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Nigeria

Up to 80,000 children will die in northeastern Nigeria without much-needed humanitarian assistance, a senior UN official said. Boko Haram's insurgency has left tens of thousands dead, and millions more displaced.

Children dying in Nigeria's refugee camps

Police release video of Dresden bombing suspect

Deutschland Dresden - Fahndungsfotos nach Anschlag auf Moschee veröffentlicht (picture-alliance/dpa/Polizeidirektion Dresden)

Police have asked the public for help in identifying a suspect of two blasts that rocked the eastern German city of Dresden this week. Security tightens on the weekend before Germany’s Unity Day celebrations.

IS attack suspect extradited to Germany

A Syrian man who told French authorities he was planning a suicide attack in Düsseldorf has been extradited to Germany. Sala A. turned himself in on February 1 in Paris, and implicated three other suspects.

France's carmakers look to the future

PSA Peugeot Citroen facility (picture-alliance/dpa)

While Europe's biggest carmaker dominates the headlines, France, host of the Paris Motor Show, is home to the continent's number two and three carmakers - who are in a race with each other and their German rival, VW.

Deutsche Bank shares recover on fine reduction report

Deutsche Bank (picture-alliance/dpa/A.Dedert)

Shares in Germany's biggest lender have risen rapidly on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange after plummeting to new lows earlier on. AFP reported the bank would have to pay less in fines over its sale of toxic mortgage bonds.

Leipzig march on with Augsburg victory

RB Leipzig - FC Augsburg (picture alliance / dpa)

Record-setting RB Leipzig continued their impressive start with a 2-1 win at home to Augsburg that lifted them to third place. They became the first Bundesliga debutants to avoid defeat in their opening six matches.

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Nepal SAARC Gipfel in Kathmandu 2014 (Getty Images/AFP/N. Shrestha)

Modi should not isolate Sharif

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan need to isolate the hawks in their countries, writes Shamil Shams.

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Moscow to send more warplanes into Syria as Aleppo fighting rages

Bulgarian lawmakers ban full-face Islamic veil to boost 'safety'

Referendum in Hungary: Orban has already achieved his goal

Pakistan calls on UN to intervene to help defuse tensions with India

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Rosetta mission: When scientists cry

It was a bittersweet moment for Matt Taylor, Rosetta project scientist at the European Space Agency, when his beloved probe crash-landed on Friday. He sat down with Jessie Wingard at mission control to relive the moment.

Forgotten victims of Babyn Yar

My pic of the week zu Babyn Jar mit Roman Goncharenko (Copyright: DW/Y. Berenjkoub)

More than 33,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis in Babyn Yar in Kyiv. DW's Roman Goncharenko says the victims were long forgotten as the memorials to Holocaust victims were not common in former Soviet Union.

Serbien Kelebija Fotoreportage Diego Cupolo an ungarischer Grenze (DW/D. Cupolo)

Referees languish on the Hungarian border

Ahead of Hungary’s referendum, refugees endure harsh conditions along its southern border, refusing to turn back despite increased difficulties in reaching Western Europe. Diego Cupolo reports from Kelebija, Serbia.

Erdogan's 'Goldfinger' on trial in US

Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab is on trial in New York, accused of violating sanctions against Iran. He has President Erdogan's support. Erdogan's family is said to have profited from Zarrab's business deals.

Ercan Karakoyun on DW's Conflict Zone

After Turkey's failed coup in July, the country's president wasted no time blaming followers of Fethullah Gulen. Ercan Karakoyun, director of the Gulen movement in Germany, is this week's guest on "Conflict Zone."

Germany interested in buying Mann's villa

USA Thomas Mann Villa in Los Angeles (imago/PEMAX)

The German government has said it wants to purchase the California home where Nobel laureate Thomas Mann once lived in exile. Germany plans to use the house as a residence for talented young writers.

Repeated oil spills threaten Peru's Amazon

Peru Lima demonstration against oil spills (picture-alliance/AP Photo/R. Abd)

Seven oil spills have taken place in the Peruvian Amazon in 2016 alone. This is directly harming biodiversity and the livelihoods of indigenous people. Why does it keep happening, and what are the long-term consequences?

Ägypten - Sanitäter Bergen Körper nach Schiffsunglück nahe Rosetta (Getty Images/AFP/M. El Shahed)

The flight out of Egypt

Egypt is becoming a key transit country for refugees wanting to travel across the Mediterranean. Even more Egyptians seem to be leaving their country. Now the EU is planning a refugee agreement with Cairo.

The Afghans - A different perspective

German photographer Jens Umbach travelled to the north of Afghanistan to pay tribute to the people affected by the German military mission.

Tschechische Republik - Welt-tiefste-Höhle (picture-alliance/AP Photo/K. Starnawski )

Explorers find world's deepest underwater cave

A team of explorers has announced the discovery of the world's deepest underwater cave in the Czech Republic where they recorded a depth of 404 meters. Even with the help of a robot, the bottom has yet to be reached.