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Manchester City Premier League charges: What do they mean?

3Oct

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Manchester City Premier League charges: What do they mean?

Manchester City has won the English Premier League eight times over the last 14 years. Whether those titles will remain is one of a plethora of issues at stake after England's top division charged one of its most high-profile clubs with more than 100 breaches of its financial regulations. On Tuesday, the Premier League announced that an independent commission had found City had drawn up "sham contracts" as well as "relying on sham agreements to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs." These contracts, dubious sponsorships and a number of other methods were, according to the commission's report, used to inflate the club's revenue to the tune of about £900 million (€1.05 billion) over the period between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. The case has been ongoing for e...

German Unity Day: Steinmeier laments ‘bitter setbacks’

3Oct

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German Unity Day: Steinmeier laments ‘bitter setbacks’

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that Germany's democracy is once again being challenged. The 70-year-old used his final German Unity Day speech as president to reflect on more than three decades of political change. "I thought everyone had learned the lesson from history, and now I see supporters of right-wing extremism seeking to erase the memory of the victims of the Holocaust," Steinmeier said at the official ceremony in Bremen. "I believed our democracy was secure and now have to experience it being challenged anew." Steinmeier, whose second and final term as president ends in March, said his expectations after the changes that began in 1989 had been greater than what ultimately became reality. Those expectations had included greater progress for liberal democr...

Germany news: Reform row raises fears for Merz’s coalition

2Oct

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Germany news: Reform row raises fears for Merz’s coalition

The demonstration and concert at the Brandenburg Gate attracted several thousand peopleon Friday eveningImage: Volodymyr Sindieiev/picture allianceHundreds of people have gathered at Berlin's central Brandenburg Gate for a demonstration and concert opposing the possibility of a return to military service, and German plans to increase defense spending. Gathered under the motto "unwzingbar," which you might translate as "incoercable" or perhaps even "unconscriptable," the crowd chanted slogans like "military service, never again," and "the rich want war, the poor want a future." Police estimated that around 2,000 people were attendingImage: Sven Kaeuler/dpa/picture alliance Police estimated turnout early on Friday evening at about 2,000, albeit with a program that was set to continue fo...

‘NAZA’ documentary: IDF responds to allegations

2Oct

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‘NAZA’ documentary: IDF responds to allegations

When it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in mid-September, "NAZA" received a 25-minute-long standing ovation and the Special Jury Prize. But in Israel, the documentary has fueled heated debate. Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar described the work of filmmakers Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham "treason against the state" and urged that their citizenship be revoked. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also sharply criticized the documentary. Now the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has also rejected the film's allegations about its conduct during the war in Gaza. In a multi-page document, the military accuses the filmmakers of presenting a "distorted, misleading and disingenuous picture." The film, it says, is based on "substantial factual errors" resulting from "manipulativ...

Amelia Earhart mystery: Is this Pacific island the key?

2Oct

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Amelia Earhart mystery: Is this Pacific island the key?

Amelia Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the globe at the equator ended in mystery when she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937. With the 90th anniversary of her disappearance on the horizon, a new expedition is setting out to finally determine what happened over the vast Pacific. This expedition has what it believes is crucial new evidence. The team from Purdue University in Indiana and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) is scheduled to depart for the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro on Saturday to determine if an anomaly in the island's lagoon is Earhart's missing plane. Part of the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati, Nikumaroro has long been considered the place where Earhart and Noonan died. The pai...

2Oct

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Amelia Earhart mystery: Is this Pacific island the key?

Amelia Earhart's attempt to become the first woman to fly around the globe at the equator ended in mystery when she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937. With the 90th anniversary of her disappearance on the horizon, a new expedition is setting out to finally determine what happened over the vast Pacific. This expedition has what it believes is crucial new evidence. The team from Purdue University in Indiana and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) is scheduled to depart for the uninhabited island of Nikumaroro on Saturday to determine if an anomaly in the island's lagoon is Earhart's missing plane. Part of the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati, Nikumaroro has long been considered the place where Earhart and Noonan died. The pai...

South Park satirist pushes for justice in Cornell rape case

30Sep

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South Park satirist pushes for justice in Cornell rape case

Toby Morton, who wrote several episodes of the animated comedy series South Park, launched a website seeking accountability in connection with an alleged 2024 sexual assault case involving seven fraternity members at Cornell University in the US. The site names seven men accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly unconscious after being given drugs and alcohol at a Cornell fraternity house, and collects personal data and photos of the members involved. "I've received messages reminding me I'm not a journalist, I'm 'just a satirist,'" Morton wrote in a September 27 Instagram post regarding the creation of his website TheCornell7.org. "This is true, but it makes me more dangerous," he added, saying he has "nobody to tell me I've gone too far." The case has recentl...

Eurovision wants a bigger stage. Can it escape politics?

30Sep

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Eurovision wants a bigger stage. Can it escape politics?

"Bringing the world together through music has always been an incredibly powerful idea and has stood the test of time for 70 years," Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green told DW on the sidelines of the event's annual European Broadcasting Union (EBU) workshop held in mid-September. "And I think the more difficult the world gets around us, the more important these shows of unity, these shows of togetherness become." While Green is intent on promoting the unity of the international music contest that celebrated its 70th anniversary in May, the 2026 event was also infamously marked by unprecedented backlash. Political boycotts over Israel's inclusion amid the war in Gaza led to a significant low point in participation and viewership, dropping from 166 million viewers in 2025 down t...

30Sep

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Eurovision wants a bigger stage. Can it escape politics?

"Bringing the world together through music has always been an incredibly powerful idea and has stood the test of time for 70 years," Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green told DW on the sidelines of the event's annual European Broadcasting Union (EBU) workshop held in mid-September. "And I think the more difficult the world gets around us, the more important these shows of unity, these shows of togetherness become." While Green is intent on promoting the unity of the international music contest that celebrated its 70th anniversary in May, the 2026 event was also infamously marked by unprecedented backlash. Political boycotts over Israel's inclusion amid the war in Gaza led to a significant low point in participation and viewership, dropping from 166 million viewers in 2025 down t...

Munich Oktoberfest: Staff call for more respect

30Sep

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Munich Oktoberfest: Staff call for more respect

"The first week went by peacefully," Oktoberfest Director Christian Scharpf said at the festival's half-way point. Munich's Deputy Mayor Verena Dietl praised the "good, harmonious atmosphere." The city's police force also delivered a positive report half-way through the event in Munich. But if you take a closer look, all is not peachy at the Wiesn. Service personnel are among those painting a very different picture. And they're the ones at the heart of the action. The situations they encounter often go unreported and don't appear in the statistics, but sometimes, a line is crossed, with racist, discriminatory comments, for example. In response, a group of service staff have launched an initiative calling for "mutual respect at the Wiesn." In a video posted on Instagram and TikTok, sta...