Deutsche Welle
September 2026
France: Hundreds arrested as student protests escalate
We observed that, in certain places, there were individuals acting as agitators — people who, moreover, moved from one school to another to stir up high school and other students and incite them to commit acts of violence,
Hands off our youth!"
There are cockroaches and rats everywhere in the school,
France, Spain welcome idea of UK rejoining EU
UK PM Andy Burnham has not ruled out rejoining the bloc
If the British want to come back and if the prime minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news both for his country and for Europeans,
The UK is a close and valued partner of the European Union. It is for the UK government to set out how it wishes to develop its relationship with the EU going forward."
We could stay as we are. That’s definitely an option, if people think this is the right place to stay. We could look at what George Osborne has said about a customs union, we could look at what the Liberal Democrats said at their conference about the single market or we could go all the way.”
You cannot choose between the freedoms of the union and decide to take what suits us and not the rest,
Are the Houthis winning against Saudi Arabia?
It's unclear how the Saudis can defuse the threat presented by the Houthis in next-door Yemen or who they can turn to for help
The escalation in Yemen is drawing the Saudis deeper into the regional war, a war that Saudi Arabia actually wanted to prevent,
The Houthis are well-established in Yemen and can withstand considerable blows,
The fact that France has now announced it will provide concrete military assistance has been received very positively in Riyadh,
The US military is reportedly facing serious challenges, including shortages of some sophisticated interceptors,
Yemen is completely economically dependent on Saudi Arabia, both as a source of humanitarian aid and as a labor market for Yemeni migrant workers,
Germany debates alleged antisemitism in the Left Party
The Central Council of Jews in Germany thinks the Left Party is dangerous
I will strengthen Berlin's diverse Jewish community and combat antisemitism. And Palestinian and Muslim people must also feel seen and safe,
And in doing so,... it must be absolutely clear that there must never be any calls for violence, and that statements that frighten Jewish people must never be made from our platforms."
Reiche is using taxpayer money to spread propaganda against the Left Party on the Economy Ministry's official channel,
Antisemitism is real — we know that,
We are writing this letter because, over the past few weeks, we have heard the same claim time and again: that the Left is dangerous for Jews, and that a coalition involving the party poses a danger to our safety. We reject this claim not because we downplay concerns about our safety, but because we actually take them seriously."
The constant accusations of antisemitism against the Left are not only cynical political weaponization, but they also conflate nearly any criticism of Israel with antisemitism."
African leaders herald $16B Dangote oil refinery in Kenya
For too long, our continent has actually been rich in resources but poor in value creation and addition. We have exported crude oil and imported refined products,
Such practice only leads to us exporting our jobs and opportunities that should remain on the continent and lead us into importing poverty into our nations. Africa cannot build lasting prospertiy by exporting what it has and importing what it needs,
Iran's nuclear program remains shrouded in mystery as the regime debates ditching non-proliferation
If the world's nuclear watchdog cannot observe enriched uranium, no intelligence agency can honestly claim to know whether Iran has made the final decision to build a bomb,
The only long-term path to achieving peace and security in the Middle East,
The campaign entombed its nuclear facilities and decapitated its key weapons scientists, along with at least five tiers of Iran's top military and security establishment,
In February 2026 Tehran faced an existential war."
I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon."
Those who claim with absolute certainty that 'they have made their decision' are either bluffing or mostly advancing their own political agendas: hardliners in Iran on one side, and hardliners in Israel and the United States on the other,
However, those opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons in Tehran are now far weaker, and given Mojtaba Khamenei's silence in reiterating his father's fatwa, this observation carries significant weight,
The lawyer of Junaid Hafeez, a Fullbright scholar imprisoned for 13 years in a Pakistani jail, tells DW he is hopeful for his release
Lahore High Court judges have generally been reluctant to hear blasphemy appeals. This time, Justice Sadiq Mahmud Khurram is on the bench. Let's see how he approaches the case. In my experience, there is prejudice against the accused at every stage,
We hope that Hafeez's remaining life will not be wasted in the prison on the death row ands case will be finally concluded and he will be acquitted,
If his appeal is rejected, Junaid's mother will not survive it. His father can barely walk. The whole family has been destroyed. If released, I believe Junaid will become an internationally recognized intellectual, lecturing at leading universities,
We wish that one night we could go to sleep and wake up to find our son free and back home,
There is international pressure on Pakistan to change these laws. If Hafeez is acquitted, it would raise serious questions about the justice system,
Human rights groups have documented threats against judges, lawyers, and prosecutors in blasphemy cases. Concerns over their safety can affect both the pace of proceedings and judicial independence,
I still remember the pain we have endured over all these years since my son was falsely accused. Thirteen years have taken so much from our family, but we have never stopped hoping that one day Junaid will walk free,
Acquittals or even procedural decisions can trigger threats and public backlash, contributing to delays and caution in handling such cases,
He is an intellectual. His health is fine, but he is frustrated inside the jail,
I want to see my son free and back home. We are fighting a very difficult battle,
Manchester City Premier League charges: What do they mean?
Since being bought by the UAE in 2008, Manchester City have become one of the world's most successful football clubs
Munich Oktoberfest: Staff call for more respect
Servers at Munich's iconic Oktoberfest call for more respect
For years, we've been observing how it's suddenly acceptable to say certain things again, and that there's less of an outcry."
The first week went by peacefully,
Bosnia elections: Polls overshadowed by exhaustion, exodus and geopolitics as ethnic politics eclipse real problems
Bosnia goes to the polls on October 4 to elect several parliaments and presidents
The Bosnian triangle, dominated by three ethnic principles, is disastrous for all of Bosnia's citizens. But if you don't vote along those lines, you get branded a traitor to your own people. Which is disastrous for the country's progress,
Many citizens will keep voting for parties that represent their own people, because political elites constantly manufacture a sense of threat and fear, turning elections into a referendum on national survival,
Unfortunately, out of a decades-old habit, ethnic tensions keep rallying citizens around ideological and identity issues. Corruption, poverty and demographic collapse have all been absorbed into political identities,
Nothing has changed in 30 years."
Flydubai pilot investigated over possible attempt to crash Tel Aviv-bound flight
The aircraft has landed safely in Tabuk Airport and all passengers are safe and accounted for,
Is US President Donald Trump right to rename AI as 'Super Intelligence'?
Knowing the political orientation of most people in the [AI] field, they're more likely to have the opposite reaction, which is: 'To hell with you. We're going to call it artificial intelligence even more than before,
The [US] labs have every interest in calling it super, hyper, superior and whatnot intelligence, because it’s playing up their capabilities. It’s like just marketing,
Most AI is not superintelligence — it's just different intelligence,
Eurovision seeks to expand brand despite frictions
We are so happy that the Canadians chose to join our family,
The important thing is that we already have a hall, and the stage design is being developed based on that,
We're always investigating new areas of the world that we can take the show to,
This is the biggest global music event. So it's an opportunity to put our artists on this global stage,
I'm glad that people in Bulgaria are actually so passionate about Eurovision,
We're learning about what this takes, but we're going to put our best foot forward and really show the world what Canada can do,
Bringing the world together through music has always been an incredibly powerful idea and has stood the test of time for 70 years,
We are in the midst of frantic preparations,
Eurovision remains marred by geopolitics: Ireland will boycott again because of Israel's participation. Still, the song contest is expanding
South Korea: Lost shark draws over half a million visitors
It's also named the stranded predator an honorary ambassador to the city
Eiffel Tower chief Patrick Branco Ruivo to step down after female staff excluded during Hindu group's visit
The religious practices of our monks were explained to the Eiffel Tower’s management in advance. These are personal spiritual commitments, which our monks observe without seeking to impose them on others. They do not require women to be excluded from the places they visit,
India news: Key opposition leaders meet to discuss poll body row
Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of India's main opposition Congress party, called for the roll back of the SIR, a hotly debated exercise to verify hundreds of millions of Indian voters, that began last year
It is shocking that as many as 13.3 Crore (133 million) voters have blatantly been removed from voter list. Their power to take part in a DEMOCRACY has been snatched. It is ordinary voters who should be deciding who comes to power rather than those who are in power,
Germany news: Coalition vows care system reform deal
Germany news: Cabinet approves care reform bill
Germany news: Volkswagen ends collective wage agreements
In an effort to cut costs, automaker Volkswagen terminated most of its collective wage agreements in Germany
This is a foul blow against the workforce and once again a shameless attempt to reach into employees' pockets,
El Nino is a 'postcard from the future' — and could cause 451,000 excess heat deaths
Putting the two together lets us estimate the human cost of this event while there's still time to do something about it, rather than counting the deaths after the fact,
For the average person, that's roughly the warming climate change is projected to bring about 20 years from now, arriving all at once,
This El Nino gives us a look at future weather in the 2040s,
We expect the final number to be meaningfully higher than what we are currently reporting here,
Heat headlines usually focus on Europe and North America,
It is like throwing a stone into a lake,
Most heat deaths never show up in official statistics as heat deaths,
US troops exit Iraq after more than a decade
'Alternative Nobel' honors women's rights activists, AI researcher
The Sweden-based prize has been dubbed an "alternative Nobel."
Haider has secured justice for thousands targeted or ignored by those in power, specifically ethnic, gender and religious minorities, as well as refugees,
Hungary's reckoning with Orban's corrupt system picks up speed with high-profile arrests
How many hundreds of thousands of phones would you have to throw into the Danube to come close to the trillions allegedly stolen by the Fidesz-KDNP mafia?"