Broadcaster ZDF targets international sales and will dub eight-part series for domestic audienceIt topped Germany’s list of bestselling novels for eight months, and to great local excitement Frank Schätzing’s science-fiction page-turner Der Schwarm is …
The Home Office is failing refugees. I’ve seen it from the inside | Anonymous
I made decisions on asylum claims. The pressures on staff led to many poor judgments and mistakes“Do you want to see it?” Before I could say, “That isn’t needed,” the man lifted his shirt, showing me an ugly scar from what he claimed was an AK-47 bulle…
Manila’s newly homeless tell of survival in lockdown – photo essay
As Covid hit, thousands of Filipinos were left trapped in the capital without work. Many ended up on the street and are still waiting to rebuild their livesLike so many others before her, Michelle Sicat, a 28-year-old single mother from the province of…
‘Total loss of confidence’: Franco-British relations plumb new depths
Analysis: insiders say French belief that No 10 cannot be trusted has intensified amid Brexit, Covid, migration and AukusThe British embassy in Paris held a splendid James Bond soiree this week, guests in black tie and evening dress sipping Bollinger a…
‘It was a nice break from everything’: two men rescued after 29 days lost at sea
Surviving on oranges they’d packed, coconuts from the sea and rainwater they collected, they floated about 400km in the Solomon Sea before being rescuedTwo men from Solomon Islands who spent 29 days lost at sea after their GPS tracker stopped working h…
‘We have failed Yemen’: UN human rights council ends war crime probe
Defeat for western states as Bahrain, Russia and other nations push through vote to shut down investigationsBahrain, Russia and other members of the UN human rights council have pushed through a vote to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in…
‘English football will sell itself to anyone’: human rights groups on Saudi-Newcastle deal
Condemnation of £300m takeover led by group founded by murdered journalist Jamal KhashoggiNewcastle United has sold its name and reputation to a brutal government run by a brutal ruler, the organisation founded by the murdered journalist Jamal Khashogg…
What does the Irish tax deal mean for multinationals?
Tech titans came to Ireland for its tax lures – but may now stay despite Dublin’s agreement to raise its ratesIreland ends 12.5% tax rate in OECD global pactIreland has dropped its low-tax policy after months of wrangling over the fine print of an Orga…
Move over, Matthew and Beto: is Texas ready for a Latina governor?
As Greg Abbott prepares to run for re-election, political buzz has McConaughey and O’Rourke as challengers. But how about Congresswoman Veronica Escobar to rally behind?One of my favorite tales from the vault of family lore involves a woman named Ignac…
Fast track to disaster? Brazil’s Grain Train plan raises fears for Amazon
Bolsonaro’s government plans to build a 1,00km railway to export soya beans despite warnings of a ‘catastrophe’ for indigenous people and the environmentThe Final Countdown blared from speakers and the crowd broke into applause as one of Jair Bolsonaro…