[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2019-03-31

1. English Videos
2. English News and Articles
3. Other News in English

I. English Videos

Russiagate in 3 minutes


The Mueller Report: President Trump & Russia Collusion | Attorney General William Barr’s Letter


Russiagate Fizzles Out As Mueller Ends Investigation


RussiaGate Skeptics Do Victory Lap w/Aaron Maté


Rachel Maddow Reacts To Collapse Of Russiagate


CNN Looks Humiliated On Russiagate While Backpedaling


Italy Snubs Allies, Joins China's Belt and Road | Xi Jinping's Plan for Politics, Trade and Economy

ref:
5 African Nations Most in Debt to China | China Uncensored , New Chinese Rail Line Buries Kenya in Debt | China Uncensored , 5 Countries That Have Fallen into China's Debt Trap

II. English News and Articles

A “Perfect Coup’’ Is Unfolding In Algeria
The ongoing unrest in one of North Africa’s largest oil and gas producers Algeria is reaching boiling point.
After weeks of protests from the opposition, aimed at blocking the possible re-election of long-time president Bouteflika, there still doesn’t seem to be a resolution within reach. Even after the sudden withdrawal by Bouteflika from new elections, demonstrations continued.
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source: the oilprice





Erdogan vows to convert Hagia Sophia into mosque in riposte to Trump
Turkish president pitches plan for Istanbul landmark in bid to shore up conservative support in Sunday's elections
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source: middle east eye





Security - Someone's spreading an MBR-trashing copy of the Christchurch killer's 'manifesto' – and we're OK with this, maybe?
Nah, of course we're not in favor of vigilante malware knackering people's PCs
Hacktivists are spreading booby-trapped copies of the New Zealand mass shooter's Islamophobic rantings, in what is being described as an online "vigilante" operation.
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source: the register





U.S. President Donald Trump Tells Russia To 'Get Out' Of Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Russia to withdraw its troops from Venezuela and warned that "all options" were open to achieve that.
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source: radio free europe/radio liberty
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Venezuela en , Venezuela de





Rescued migrants hijack merchant ship off Libya
ROME (Reuters) - Migrants have hijacked a merchant ship which rescued them off the coast of Libya and it is now heading towards Malta, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Maltese authorities said on Wednesday.
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source: reuters
source: the guardian
source: voa
source: dw

Malta Armed Forces Seize Tanker Hijacked by Rescued Migrants
A Maltese special operations team Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants it rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, Malta’s armed forces said.
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source: voa

Updated: Captain feared death in migrant hijack at sea
African migrants who hijacked an oil tanker after it rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea seized metal objects and began smashing the ship and threatening crew members after they realized they were being returned to Libya, the ship's captain said Friday.
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source: independent.com.mt
ref:
people trafficking





Brunei - Brunei brings in death by stoning as punishment for gay sex
From 3 April, people in the tiny south-east Asian kingdom will be subject to a draconian new penal code based on sharia law
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source: the guardian
source: independent
source: washinton post
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[Commentary] The campaign against Islam- and migration-criticism can strengthen anti-Islam- and anti-foreigner-hatred , [Kommentar] Die Kampagne gegen Islam- und Migrationskritik kann Islam- und Fremdenhass stärken





EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next?
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety.
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source: cgr





Regarding Article 13, Europe's "anti-meme" law...
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Enter /u/article_13_bot, I am really really sorry to do this to le redditeurs and das shitposters but I don't understand why we can't get a straight answer on this topic from anyone. Hopefully, this will expedite the delivery of promises made to us to find out more info and "keep us posted". ALL EU BASED r/dankmemes USERS WILL BE BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
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source: reddit

III. Other News in English

public - Pressure on parliamentarians: EU parliament should quickly expand upload filters to terrorist content
Only this week, the European Parliament has decided to use upload filters against copyright infringements on the Internet. Now another bill is coming up that wants to filter out terrorist content this time. The EU Commission does not show itself squeamish and resorted to subversive methods.
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source: netzpolitik translate
source: netzpolitik





Captured IS fighters - Iraq wants to condemn German IS members
About 800 IS members from Europe are currently believed to be trapped in Syria, including at least 56 Germans. Iraq wants to take over ZDF information and condemn it.
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Europe and especially Germany with its way of life are unable to deal with this.
Hussein Al-Honanien, Government Adviser in Baghdad
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source: zdf translate
source: zdf
ref:
Terror en





Student protest against AfD appearance - Briskly Youth
Students protested in Bremen-Walle against the appearance of the AfD politician Alexander Tassis. In the end, they are praised by the principal.
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source: taz translate
source: taz
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That must be the liberal democracy everyone is praising.





6.72 million people live on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) benefits
There were around 2.4 million unemployed in January 2019. But at just under 6.72 million, almost three times as many people in Germany were living on unemployment benefits or Hartz IV benefits, including almost two million children and adolescents. Because only a part of those who need state support, is also considered unemployed in the sense of statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt

What the official number of unemployed keeps silent: 3.23 million people without work
In March, the Federal Employment Agency reports around 2.3 million unemployed. However, the total number of people without work does not reflect the official figure. For almost 931,000 de facto unemployed are not included in the unemployment, but in the separate underemployment statistics.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt





United States Of Europe [Gibraltar to Spitsbergen, Cayenne to Crimea] | NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE - ZDFneo


IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Jan Böhmermann (comedian) calls United States of Europe
In a satirical video, Jahn Böhmermann calls for the merger of all European states and calls the new unit "U.S.E. United States of Europe ". The Internet is already discussing violently - and politicians are also responding promptly.
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source: faz translate
source: faz

Hitler's dream of a united Europe under German rule
Europe in autumn 1941: in the East, the German Wehrmacht is approaching Moscow; in the north, Scandinavia is occupied with the exception of neutral Sweden; in the south, the power of Berlin extends to Athens, but a smaller contingent of the Wehrmacht under Erwin Rommel had to stop his rapid advance in front of the desert town of Al Alamein. And in the west? Since the presence of German uniforms in the cafes of Paris shows only too clearly who the new master is in the country.
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source: deutschlandfunk translate
source: deutschlandfunk
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The idea of internationalism and transnational solidarity was successfully co-opted and reinterpreted as economic globalization.





Small request - Statistics of the Federal Criminal Police Office and the 16 Land Criminal Police Offices on offenses of persons with a migration background, asylum seekers, persons in the status of a rejected asylum application, broken down by country of origin from 2013 onwards
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source: bundestag
source: bundestag pdf