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German government bans weapons exports to Turkey

The German government is halting arms exports to Turkey. Berlin said the ban would apply where there was a suspicion that weapons could be used in its operation against Kurds in northern Syria.
Support falls for Germany’s far-right AfD after Halle attack
A new poll has found waning support for the AfD in the aftermath of a deadly far-right shooting in the city of Halle. The AfD has been criticized across the political spectrum for its incendiary rhetoric.
Turkey’s Syria offensive ‘invasion’ of Arab land: Arab League secretary general
US Homeland Security Secretary quits after five months
Under the bus

US President Donald Trump says Kevin McAleenan is out as the acting secretary of the department responsible for immigration enforcement and says he will be announcing a replacement in the next week.
U.S. troops in Syria came under fire from Turkish positions: Pentagon
Uganda introduces ‘Kill the Gays’ bill
sick and with help from US evangelicals.

Ugandan lawmakers have re-introduced a bill that could impose the death penalty for gay sex acts. The proposed bill will also criminalize the “promotion and recruitment” of homosexuality.
Kevin McAleenan Is Out as Acting Homeland Security Secretary
Trump would even throw his wife and children under the bus! Mr. McAleenan oversaw a border security agency that grappled with the most crossings at the southwestern border in more than a decade, prompting the ire of the president.
‘I’m A Cop. I’m Not A Human:’ New Lawsuit Shows How A Routine Noise Complaint Spiraled Into Violence

A new lawsuit provides an instructive glimpse into the department’s practice of community policing, revealing how dozens of officers helped escalate a routine noise complaint into a violent takedown and alleged cover-up. [ more › ]
Revealed: Google made large contributions to climate change deniers
Do no evil – being revised

Firm’s public calls for climate action contrast with backing for conservative thinktanks
Google has made “substantial” contributions to some of the most notorious climate deniers in Washington despite its insistence that it supports political action on the climate crisis.
Among hundreds of groups the company has listed on its website as beneficiaries of its political giving are more than a dozen organisations that have campaigned against climate legislation, questioned the need for action, or actively sought to roll back Obama-era environmental protections.
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