France on Thursday registered a record of almost 10,000 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours ahead of a key meeting to decide whether to toughen the country’s coronavirus measures.
Israel’s ‘shorts rebellion’: Schoolgirls’ protest reveals deeply divided society
At the beginning of the summer, a group of female Israeli teenagers fought for the right to come to school wearing shorts. This seemingly minor battle in fact reveals a deep divide within Israeli society between secular...
Despite pandemic, Italian island of Lampedusa faces influx of migrants
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s back to business as usual for human traffickers in Africa. The number of overcrowded migrant boats making the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean continues to grow. For many...
After Moria: EU announces changes in asylum policy | DW News
Germany is expected to take in 100 to 150 unaccompanied minors,after a fire left thousands homeless at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island Lesbos, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Friday in Berlin...
Deadly wildfires rage up and down US West Coast – BBC News
Western US states are battling nearly 100 wildfires that have caused at least seven deaths, displaced thousands and destroyed whole towns. California, Washington state and Oregon have been the hardest hit by the blazes...
One on One Express with Yasser Louati, Human Rights Activist
Francis Collings sits down with human rights activist Yasser Louati to discuss the Charlie Hebdo trial and what has changed in five years since the attack.
Turkey’s first tech fest ‘Teknofest’
Rockets have launched and electric cars tested at this year’s Teknofest. Turkey’s annual space and technology fair will end with a major event later this month in Gaziantep. But this time organisers have to also deal...