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Churchillian it wasn’t – this was surrender He’ll fight them on the seas and oceans, he’ll fight them on the beaches… Ron DeSantis just won’t fight them in New Hampshire. The Florida governor is fond of quoting Winston Churchill in a set-piece speech and he did it again in the social media address that announced the suspension of his campaign. Two days before the New Hampshire primary, Churchillian it wasn’t – this was surrender. And yet, there was a time when he was the Republican hot ticket, Donald Trump’s biggest danger. Like others before him, and around him, DeSantis couldn’t…

Protest is in the air in Germany at the moment, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets across the country on Saturday to demonstrate against alleged far-right plans for mass deportation of migrants. This came after farmers took their turn earlier in the week. For the country’s top football league, it’s not an unusual state of affairs, with Bundesliga fans renowned for their willingness to make their voices heard. The primary cause for concern this season has been last month’s approval of a plan to sell off some of the league’s TV rights in order to raise an injection…

After two days of mass protests, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of German cities on Sunday to demonstrate against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its anti-immigration agenda. From Friday through the weekend, demonstrations were called in about 100 locations across Germany. On Sunday, rallies were held in major cities such as Cologne, Munich and Berlin. Several other German cities, including Cottbus, Dresden and Chemnitz in the east, also planned to hold demonstrations. Police in Munich said that some 80,000 people participated in the march, while organizers put the figure at 200,000. The march had…

On call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Early mornings, long hours. No spontaneous vacations. Constant worry about weather, a lack of workers, foreign competition, succession planning and all of the living things in your care. And now a new government plan to phase out tax relief on agricultural diesel, a subsidy that has been in place for more than 70 years. This is the life of many small-scale farmers in Germany. So maybe it is no wonder that since 2020, the country has lost around 7,800 farms. That corresponds to an average of 2,600 businesses closing shop each…

After two days of mass protests, tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of German cities on Sunday to demonstrate against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its anti-immigration agenda. From Friday through the weekend, demonstrations were called in about 100 locations across Germany. On Sunday, rallies will be held in major cities such as Cologne, Munich and Berlin. Several other German cities, including Cottbus, Dresden and Chemnitz in the east, are also expected to hold protests. Police in Munich are expecting up to 25,000 participants. Organizers of a rally in Cologne put…

Pregnant women are having C-sections without anaesthetic while others are forced to use scraps of tents in place of period products, aid workers say.Babies are being “delivered into hell”, without their mothers having any anaesthetic, according to UNICEF communications specialist Tess Ingram. With more than 1.9 million Gazans displaced since 7 October, a tent “city” of almost two square miles has been set up in Rafah, south of the strip.No food or medical supplies are allowed to enter the territory, including sanitary towels, tampons and contraceptive pills that could stop or delay periods.Middle East crisis latest Riham Jafari, an ActionAid…

Google, Meta and other tech giants are making it more difficult to access independent media content in Belarus, exiled journalists have told the European Commission. By complying with restrictions imposed by Minsk,these companies have “become tools for a totalitarian and authoritarian regime to put pressure on civil society instead of helping to promote independent media,” the exiled journalist Natalia Belikova told the Financial Times in January. “It is becoming increasingly clear that technology companies have enormous power — perhaps in some cases even more than those in political power,” Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya told DW in January on the sidelines of…

A Russian hacking group gained access to Microsoft’s corporate email system and accessed the accounts of senior executives, the company said Friday evening. Microsoft believes the Russian state-sponsored group Midnight Blizzard, also known as Nobelium, was responsible for the hack. “To date, there is no evidence that the threat actor had any access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems. We will notify customers if any action is required,” Microsoft Security Response Center said in a blog post on Friday.What is cyber warfare?To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that…

Despite opposition within Germany’s three-party governing coalition, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach still hopes to legalize cannabis by submitting a bill to parliament next month. “I am continuing to assume that the Cannabis Act will be passed by the Bundestag in the week between February 19 and 23 and will go into force from April 1,” Lauterbach told the Sunday edition of Die Welt daily newspaper, adding that talks on the legislation were going well. What the law will allow The coalition, which consists of the Social Democrats, including Lauterbach and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Greens and the pro-business liberals of the…

Two UK warships have collided off the coast of Bahrain, the Royal Navy has said.Social media footage appears to show HMS Chiddingfold reversing into HMS Bangor in the Gulf, sparking an official investigation. No one on board either vessel was injured, but “some damage was sustained”, the navy said.Rear Admiral Edward Ahlgren added: “Why this happened is still to be established.”We train our people to the highest standards and rigorously enforce machinery safety standards, but unfortunately incidents of this nature can still happen. “I assure you that a full and thorough investigation is already under way and any changes in…