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Thousands form candlelit chain against xenophobia through Berlin
A line of people holding candles and lamps wound through the streets of Berlin in a demonstration against xenophobia. The event came the same day as a race-hate attack in Cologne.
Stabbing victim Reker set to win absolute majority in Cologne mayoral race
Henriette Reker, victim of a racist attack on the campaign trail, is expected to be elected the first female mayor of Cologne. Initial vote counts gave Reker an overwhelming victory over rival Jochen Ott.
Mieso Journal: Ethiopia, a Nation of Farmers, Strains Under Severe Drought
Latest incident of Saudi Arabia friendly fire leaves 30 dead in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition jets have killed 30 fighters and injured 40 more in a mistaken attack on a military camp in Yemen. It is the latest in a series of friendly fire incidents.
Pope sends letter of support to ‘Tarzan’ and squatters of Rome
Pope Francis responded with a pledge of ‘warm encouragement’ for occupation of buildings next to papal summer residence
At one end of the correspondence: His Holiness, Pontiff Francis I, Vicar of Christ, Pope of Rome. At the other: Andrea Alzetta, an insurgent agitator from a movement that squats in empty properties – known as “Tarzan” in Italian revolutionary circles.
In an exchange of letters that could only belong to the transformed papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Alzetta addresses the pontiff as “my dearest Pope Francis”. His holiness replies with a pledge of “warm encouragement” for the latter’s occupation of scenic buildings and grounds right next door to his papal summer residence
German mayoral candidate stabbed in attack linked to migrants policy
Chancellor Merkel condemns attack on Henriette Reker, said to be in stable condition with neck wounds, on eve of Cologne election
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has expressed shock over the stabbing of a political ally, in an attack police said was linked to the migrant crisis.
Henriette Reker, an independent close to Merkel’s ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), suffered serious wounds to the neck in the attack in the western city of Cologne, which is to elect its mayor on Sunday, on Saturday morning.
VW made several defeat devices to cheat emissions tests: sources
Doctors, teachers, the police – public servants are demoralised | Will Hutton
It’s practically impossible now to defend the state without being labelled left wing. It wasn’t always so
The talented young doctor, part of the brilliant cancer team that has been treating my wife for the last 22 months, is resigning and going to the US. His decision is partly informed by the opportunity to do well-funded frontier research and partly by his conviction that the government is hellbent on dismantling the NHS and has zero interest in the wellbeing and careers of those who work in it.
To toil in the present-day NHS is thankless. There have always been trade-offs in health provision; resources are not limitless and priorities have to be set. The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is in a quandary. He rightly wants a 24/7 NHS and too much weekend provision on current terms is substandard. Yet boxed in by too tight spending limits, he can only achieve his objective by not offering a premium for junior doctors working on Saturdays. Whatever its merits, a workforce whose morale is already low sees it as yet more evidence that professionals’ views don’t count. Morale takes a further downward lurch.
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