[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2019-10-12

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  1. English Videos
    1. "A Shakespearean Act of Betrayal": Trump Agrees to Let Turkey Invade Kurdish-Controlled Syrian Area
  2. English News and Articles
    1. Ukrainegate
    2. Paris Knife Attack
    3. Angry French farmers stage road blockades across the country
    4. Turkish Troops Begin Crossing Into Syria After U.S. Stands Aside
    5. EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier
    6. DEVELOPING - Iran Oil Tanker Is Hit by Missiles, State Media Report
  3. Translated News in English
    1. Clans increasingly infiltrate offices and job centers
    2. Ministry of Economy - Arms exports are headed for record
    3. 37,000 US soldiers - USA plan military exercise in Europe
    4. Truck Attack Lingen
    5. Minister of Transport under pressure - Scheuer admits further meetings with toll companies
    6. CDU, SPD and Greens visiting Turkish right-wing extremists
    7. Extinction Rebellion
    8. Unemployment: One in four takes over Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) after job loss
    9. Synagogue Attack Halle

I. English Videos

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-> "A Shakespearean Act of Betrayal": Trump Agrees to Let Turkey Invade Kurdish-Controlled Syrian Area

ref:
democracynow org

II. English News and Articles

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-> Report: Anti-Trump Whistleblower Concealed Contacts With House Democrats From Inspector General
The anti-Trump whistleblower whose allegations against President Donald Trump sent Congress into an impeachment frenzy concealed his interactions with House Democrats from the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) and failed to disclose them as required, Fox News reported on Friday.
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“I have previously disclosed (or am disclosing) the violations alleged here to (complete all that apply),” the form requires the complainant to attest. The form includes checkboxes for disclosures to other inspectors general, other agencies, the Department of Justice, the Government Accountability Office, the Office of Special Counsel, other executive branch departments, Congress and its respective committees, and media. It also includes a separate question asking the complainant to detail those previous disclosures to the ICIG.
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source: the federalist
-> WHITE HOUSE - Perry pressed Ukraine on corruption, energy company changes
The energy secretary's role in pushing the president's message in Kiev was more extensive than publicly known, people familiar with Perry's activities tell POLITICO.
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source: politico
-> Politics - Trump Orders Cut to National Security Staff After Whistle-Blower
President Donald Trump has ordered a substantial reduction in the staff of the National Security Council, according to five people familiar with the plans, as the White House confronts an impeachment inquiry touched off by a whistle-blower complaint related to the agency’s work.
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Two of the people familiar with the decision to shrink the NSC insisted it was largely rooted in both the transition to O’Brien’s leadership as well as Trump’s desire to increase efficiency at the agency, which grew under former President Barack Obama. About 310 people currently work at the NSC.
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Members of Congress have periodically sought to reduce the size of the NSC in recent years. Some lawmakers have threatened to make the national security adviser a Senate-confirmed position if the administration didn’t reduce the number of people working at the president’s foreign policy shop.
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source: bloomberg
-> POLITICS - Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’
One attorney said a second whistleblower has come foward with firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations
WASHINGTON—At least one additional whistleblower with firsthand knowledge of the circumstances around President Trump’s July call with his Ukrainian counterpart has come forward, according to lawyers representing both the individual and the CIA officer whose initial complaint helped spark an impeachment inquiry.
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source: wsj
-> PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION - Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire
Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.
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Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers, a Politico investigation found.
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source: politico
source: the blaze
ref:
Ukraine en , Ukraine de

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-> NEWS - Knife attack at Paris police headquarters, 5 dead
An police administrator armed with a knife has killed at least four officers inside police headquarters in central Paris. The attacker, reportedly a longtime civilian staff member, was shot and killed.
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source: dw
source: the telegraph
source: usa today
source: bbc
-> French interior minister under pressure after Paris knife attack
Opposition politicians criticize Christophe Castaner’s handling of investigation.
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source: politico
source: wapo orf at tagesschau de
-> Paris knife attacker's colleagues spotted 'signs of radicalisation' in 2015, internal report says
An internal report on the man who killed four police colleagues in Paris last week says the 45-year-old computer expert, who was hearing disabled and had converted to Islam, showed signs of radicalising in 2015 but “no problem” since.
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source: france24

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-> Angry French farmers stage road blockades across the country
French farmers are staging a blockade of the country's major roads in a protest over the 'disregard' of their profession.
The farming unions FNSEA and JA gave called on their members to stage road blockades on major routes around the country on Tuesday, October 8th.
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source: the local

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-> Turkey all set for safe zone operation: Defense Ministry
Turkey is ready for a possible military operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria to establish a safe zone, the country's Defense Ministry said on Oct. 8.
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source: hurriyet
-> Turkish parliament approves motion on Iraq, Syria
The Turkish parliament on Oct. 8 ratified a motion, extending the state’s authority, to launch cross-border military operations in northern Iraq and Syria for another year.
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source: hurriyet
-> Politics - Turkish Troops Begin Crossing Into Syria After U.S. Stands Aside
The first Turkish troops have crossed into northeastern Syria in preparation for a full-scale offensive to force back Kurdish militants controlling the border area, a Turkish official said, days after President Donald Trump said the U.S. wouldn’t stand in the way.
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source: bloomberg
source: orf at
-> Syria - US warns Turkey of red lines as Syria offensive death toll mounts
Senior US official says invasion endangers allies in fight against terror as Turkish president hits back at critics of operation
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source: the guardian

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-> EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier
Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an 'information warfare' unit which has worked on 'behavioural change' projects in the region
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The 77th Brigade uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, as well as podcasts, data analysis and audience research to wage what the head of the UK military, General Nick Carter, describes as “information warfare”.
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source: middle east eye

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-> DEVELOPING - Iran Oil Tanker Is Hit by Missiles, State Media Report
The ship suffered damage after it was struck, according to Iranian news outlets. The episode took place amid high tensions in the region.
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source: ny times
source: bbc
source: tass

III. Translated News in English

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-> Clans increasingly infiltrate offices and job centers
The Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Minister of the Interior presented the statistics on organized crime. Family clans were included for the first time. An instrument seems to be particularly effective in combating it.
Criminal Kurdish-Lebanese gangs are increasingly attempting to influence public administration, complains the Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter in North Rhine-Westphalia. One method is kickbacks.
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source: welt translate
source: welt

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-> Ministry of Economy - Arms exports are headed for record
Arms exports from Germany rose rapidly by the end of September compared to the same period of the previous year. Maybe 2019 will even be a new record year. The two largest buyers are Hungary and Egypt.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau

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-> 37,000 US soldiers - USA plan military exercise in Europe
In 2020, the United States sends as many soldiers to Europe for a military exercise as it has in decades - and Germany is a hub. It also checks how resilient the German infrastructure is.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau

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-> Stolen truck in Limburg - Police investigate after attempting to run amok for attempted killing
A man stole a truck in Limburg, driving onto several vehicles in the city center. Several people were injured. The investigators do not go to hr information from a terrorist background.
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source: hessenschau translate
source: hessenschau
source: zeit
source: spiegel
-> Limburg - Authorities classify truck incident as a terrorist attack
In Limburg, a man rammed several cars and injured nine people on a stolen truck on Monday night. The deed is classified as a terrorist act, BILD learned from security circles.
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source: bz translate
source: bz
source: focus

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-> Minister of Transport under pressure - Scheuer admits further meetings with toll companies
News on the toll of the Federal Minister of Transport: As can be seen from a letter, there were five further meetings with representatives of the operating companies, about which the Bundestag was not informed.
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source: spiegel translate
source: spiegel
source: sz
source: tagesspiegel
source: zeit
ref:
[Economics] How the German highway-grid is privatized

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-> CDU, SPD and Greens visiting Turkish right-wing extremists
Politicians from several parties have visited a mosque whose bearers are Turkish right-wing extremists. This meeting reveals the dilemma faced by many politicians in engaging in dialogue with major Muslim communities.
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source: welt translate
source: welt

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-> Extinction rebellion protest - Hundreds of climate activists arrested
Extinction Rebellion's climate activists have demonstrated in several European cities and blocked roads. Hundreds were arrested in London. Premier Johnson verbally shared.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
source: spiegel
source: zeit
-> Garbage at Potsdamer Platz - Does this look like an environmentally friendly climate demo?
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On BZ-request Sebastian Harnisch, spokesman for the BSR, said on Tuesday: "The BSR has been requested by the police for the cleaning of the Potsdamer Platz. In the course of the cleaning there, we collected about 11.5 cubic meters of garbage. These were mainly bulky waste (eg mattresses and chairs) and garbage bags that were filled with packaging waste, among other things. "
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source: bz translate
source: bz

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-> Unemployment: One in four takes over Hartz IV (minimum welfare subsidy) after job loss
The unemployment insurance is to catch unemployed after losing their job and pay - at least temporarily - a portion of the previous salary. But not all former employees are entitled to the insurance benefit. The statistics of the Federal Employment Agency shows: in every fourth case, unemployed persons receive Hartz IV benefits immediately.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt
ref:
[Economics] Is the German Economy great

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-> After the attack in Halle - What is known about the crime and the perpetrator
In Halle (Saale), a German shot dead two people. Security circles now assume that he acted alone.
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source: tagesspiegel translate
source: tagesspiegel
source: zeit
source: zeit
source: zeit
source: zeit
source: zeit
source: zeit
-> After attack - Halle assassin admits deed and right-wing extremist motive
The shooter of Halle has stood the test and also confirmed a right-wing extremist, anti-Semitic motive.
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source: bz translate
source: bz
source: spiegel
source: faz
source: tagesschau
source: sz
ref:
[Commentary] Walter #Lübcke - In Germany Terrorism has no Religion but one Party

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