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She was tortured with axes during Kenya's struggle for independence from British colonial rule. As Britain celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of its monarch, this old fighter wants to send her a message: "Let Elizabeth bring what belongs to me."
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"I really am sorry, from the bottom of my heart. But if the price we pay is 590 deaths a day then this in unacceptable." German Chancellor Angela Merkel begs Germans to follow coronavirus restrictions in an unusually emotional appeal ahead of Christmas.
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"We would be in trouble without the United States." Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says Russia's war in Ukraine shows that the European Union isn't strong enough.
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Police dogs in Ecuador received their last salutes before going into retirement. Good job! 🐶
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"My beautiful girls, I am really proud of you." After "80 years," an Iranian woman removed her hijab in solidarity with the youth of Iran protesting for their rights in the streets.
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For Iraqi women like this model and Instagrammer, daring to be visible in a conservative country can be a death sentence.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy delivered an emotional address to the European Parliament, saying he was speaking amid a break in missile strikes. He urged the bloc to accept Ukraine as a member and "prove that you are with us."
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Nigeria is experiencing the worst flooding in decades, with over 300 dead and more than half a million people affected. But the crisis could still get worse.
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A DW reporter and his camera operator have been shot at with projectiles by Minneapolis police and threatened with arrest while covering the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.
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𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸 (𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻) clus·​ter·​fuck | \ ˈklə-stər-ˌfək \ 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 : a complex and utterly disordered and mismanaged situation : a muddled mess. #Debates2020
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In her farewell address, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "resistance must be loud" when scientific facts are denied and conspiracy theories are spread.
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BREAKING: Argentina became the first major country in Latin America to legalize abortion when the Senate voted by 38 in favor to 29 against with one abstention to approve a bill allowing the procedure through the 14th week of pregnancy.
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JUST IN: The drug test taken by Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin after footage was posted of her partying has found no illicit substances, the government said. In other words, she was just having fun.
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A Bavarian radio station found its name trending worldwide with the hashtag #Bayern3Racist, after a presenter upset fans of K-Pop boy band BTS by comparing the band to the coronavirus.
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"Not sustainable and not good": German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized New Delhi's clampdown in Kashmir during her visit to India.
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RAW: Air raid sirens rang out in Kyiv the morning after a strike on a TV tower reportedly killed five people. Kyiv remains on high alert as a massive Russian military convoy moves toward the city.
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Uncle Wong is 82 years old, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to protect protesters in Hong Kong. "I don’t fear death. Not when the children are out here fighting for democracy."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to resume gas supplies to Europe through the intact part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Germany has already declined the offer.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Russians who are protesting against war: "To the citizens of the Russian Federation that are coming out to protest, we see you. And this means that you have heard us," he said.
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''Now we have to go back to the beginning. We have to trace every single case.'' Angela Merkel explains why contact tracing is critical to control the #coronavirus epidemic in Germany.
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"I feel objectified. I feel like a piece of land that Indians were waiting to buy." Kashmiri women say they're being harassed and sexually abused in Indian-administered Kashmir. Here are their stories.
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Mexican President Manuel Lopez Labrador has angered the Jewish community by comparing a prominent member to Hitler. It's not the first time the leftist leader has tried to smear opponents with such comparisons.
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Watch: A Swedish politician cut off her hair during a speech in the European Parliament to show solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran that were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.⁣⁣
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Thousands of Muslims in Indonesia gathered to celebrate Eid al-Fitr after two years of COVID restrictions were eased.
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Spain has one the highest vaccination rates in the world without government mandates or incentives. Here is what's behind the Spanish success story and what others could learn from it👇
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UPDATE: The finance minister of the German state of Hesse, Thomas Schäfer, apparently committed suicide in despair about the scale of the state response required to tackle the #coronavirus crisis, initial investigations suggest.
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"I regret very much that President Trump since November has not conceded his defeat, and not yesterday either." German Chancellor Angela Merkel says outgoing US President Donald Trump created an atmosphere that made the attack on the US Capitol possible.
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A survivor of Auschwitz and the death camp's infamous doctor Josef Mengele, has passed away in Poland during a trip to the Holocaust site at the age of 85. The Romanian-born Kor has devoted her life to Holocaust awareness.
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UPDATE: Taliban fighters hunting one of our journalists have shot dead a member of his family in #Afghanistan and seriously injured another. The militants were conducting a house-to-house search to try and find him, but he is now safe in Germany.
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Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric has given a majority of cabinet posts to women and several to former student protest leaders.
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum has implored visitors to respect the memories of the 1.1 million people who were killed at the concentration camp — and not to balance on the train tracks.
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"Germany is really embarrassing itself right now." has joined climate activists in Germany who are resisting the demolition of the Luetzerath village for a coal mine expansion.
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Meet Alaa Salah - the woman in the iconic photo that has become the symbol of Sudan's anti-government protests.
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"Where do I go? Tell me please. Where will I run?" People across Ukraine were out on the streets, queuing at ATMs, looking for shelter or seeking ways to leave the country.
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Having a bad day? Here's a 101-year-old lady that thought Chancellor Angela Merkel is the wife of France's President Emmanuel Macron. You're welcome.
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She was tortured with axes during Kenya's struggle for independence from British colonial rule. As the Platinum Jubilee of the British monarch draws near, this old fighter wants to send her a message: "Let Elizabeth bring what belongs to me."
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Being forced to leave her own country for speaking out against the military – this is the story of , the women's rights activist and a fugitive on Pakistan's most wanted list:
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In Borodyanka, a small town 60km northwest of Kyiv, Russian forces have unleashed devastating firepower to try to break resistance.
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“The situation is serious. Please take it seriously.” Chancellor Angela Merkel says in a rare TV address that beating the #coronavirus is Germany's greatest task since the end of World War Two.
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"I don't think I am exaggerating when I say that never in the past 15 years have we all experienced such a difficult year," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her annual address. She finished the speech — watched by millions — with a personal note.
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When asked who posed the greatest threat to world peace, Germans in a recent poll overwhelmingly pointed to one person. The five options were , or any of the leaders below. Whom do you think they saw as the most dangerous leader? p.dw.com/p/3VM9U
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  • China's Xi Jinping
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  • Iran's Ali Khamenei
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More than 100,000 people showed up at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate waving Ukrainian flags and anti-war banners to protest Russia's invasion.
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TW: depiction of rape Evidence is growing that Russian soldiers are using rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine. In areas retaken by Ukrainian forces, civilians are giving horrifying accounts of sexual violence and murder.
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After wearing her hijab for 80 years, this Iranian woman is removing it because "of a religion that is killing people." "Young people in the street, I am really proud of you."
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A 28-year-old German student is standing trial in Dresden accused of founding a criminal organization and committing six serious attacks on neo-Nazis, in an unusual case of violent left-wing extremism in Germany.
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Berlin authorities routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades.
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This 87-year-old Egyptian woman, who never got a chance to attend school when she was young, is finally fulfilling her dream.
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Meet the North Atlantic Fella Organization, the online army of dog avatars exposing Russian propaganda through mockery.
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JUST IN: France's far-right National Rally has failed to win a single seat in regional elections, according to exit polls.
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The High Court in Hong Kong ruled that a controversial ongoing ban on face masks was unconstitutional. The ban was aimed at pro-democracy protesters trying to hide their identity.
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They came to Germany as refugees from Syria six years ago. Now, wanting to give back to society, they have traveled from across the country to the flood-affected areas to help locals pick up the pieces.
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JUST IN: Pakistani academic Junaid Hafeez has today been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges. This is his story.
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'Do you want to see dead people? Come with me.' This German police officer is being called a hero for shaming drivers who filmed the scene of a fatal Autobahn crash.
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"But where are you REALLY from?" Chancellor Merkel takes a stand on the question many Germans ask their non-white contemporaries.
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It was one of the most brutal nights in Nigeria, since the #endSARS protests began. DW correspondent witnessed the moment when shots were fired at a peaceful protest in Lagos.
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Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy, in an interview with DW, has accused Modi's government of using the COVID-19 crisis to incite hatred towards Muslims, saying the situation is 'approaching genocide.'
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Meet Elijah Addo - the gourmet chef who’s feeding Ghana's poor while reducing food waste. His food bank is now the largest in West Africa and has distributed 3 million meals since 2015.
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"I respect pacifism," said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a May Day rally, "but it must seem cynical to the citizens of Ukraine to be told to fight back against Putin's aggression without weapons."
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The Namibian president has turned down Germany's offer of €10 million in reparations for mass killings at the start of the 20th century.
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After wearing her hijab for 80 years, this Iranian woman is removing it because "of a religion that is killing people." "Young people in the street, I am really proud of you."
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Thousands gathered in Berlin to show solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran today. More demonstrators than expected took to the streets of Germany’s capital – according to police some 80.000. ⁣
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Taiwan is preparing its citizens for war. Nationwide drills are being conducted that inform people where to seek shelter in case China attacks.
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"I don’t fear death. Not when the children are out here fighting for democracy." 82-year-old Uncle Wong is part of a community group that puts itself between police and protestors since pro-democracy demonstrations erupted six months ago. DW spoke to him earlier this year:
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Guten Tag from Germany! 🙋‍♀️🇩🇪 So here goes: Contrary to your assertion, crime here has actually fallen off dramatically! Criminal offenses totaled 5.76 million in 2017, the lowest number since 1992 = the lowest crime rate in more than 30 years. Pleasure.
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"Vegetarian nationalism" in India is causing a spike in cow-related violence, with Hindu vigilantes attacking Muslim butchers and cattle transporters:
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Donning military uniforms instead of a wedding dress and tuxedo, these Ukrainian reservists tied the knot at a Kyiv checkpoint.
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"Where do I go? Tell me please. Where will I run?" People across Ukraine were out on the streets, queuing at ATMs, looking for shelter or seeking ways to leave the country.
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Protests in support of Ukraine erupted across Russia despite the government's threat of harsh punishment. Rights monitoring group OVD-Info said more than 1,700 were arrested in 52 Russian cities.
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Russia's President Putin says Germany made a "mistake" in siding with NATO in the war in Ukraine instead of prioritizing what he claimed were Berlin's own "national interests."
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The "Napalm Girl" photo from the Vietnam War shocked the world and remains one of the most iconic pictures in history. But what happened to the little girl in the center of it? #DWStories
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BREAKING: Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organization, with its leaders facing heavy sentences in one of the most important trials in the country's political history. More to follow dw.com
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"A dialog is not enough. We need to have counter measures," former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist told DW. "Concentration camps in Xinjiang, human rights violations in Hong Kong... [this] is not going to be fixed just by talking to China."
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Hans Frank was responsible for the murder of millions in Poland. "He was also my father. My Nazi father. What a filthy swine." #DWStories
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A former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong said that he was hooded, beaten, deprived of sleep and chained to an X-shaped frame by Chinese agents.
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"My crime is simple, it's my name being Joshua Wong," the 23-year-old pro-democracy activist told DW, after he had been disqualified from running in Hong Kong's district council elections.
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