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  • Berlin: Primul magazin de jucării Labubu din Germania își deschide porțile pentru fani

    Berlin: Primul magazin de jucării Labubu din Germania își deschide porțile pentru fani

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    Berlin: Primul magazin de jucării Labubu din Germania își deschide porțile pentru fani

    Roshni Majumdar | Marie Sina25/07/202525 iulie 2025

    Nebunia Labubu și-a găsit o nouă casă, deoarece sute de oameni au stat la coadă pentru a

    Păpușa stranie de pluș care a cuprins internetul părea să fie acasă, în timp ce Pop Mart din China și-a deschis primul magazin în Berlin, un oraș cunoscut pentru stilul său energic și îndrăzneț.

    Oamenii au călătorit din toată țara pentru a pune mâna pe păpușa Labubu originalăImagine: Tobias Schwarz/AFP

    Sute de oameni au așteptat la coadă, inclusiv cu scaune de camping, una dintre ei lucrând chiar la computer, potrivit reporterului de afaceri al DW, Marie Sina.

    „Voi aștepta până voi primi una”, a spus o persoană care aștepta la coadă și care a vorbit cu Sina. Avea acasă o versiune contrafăcută a jucăriei, Lafufu, și își dorea o păpușă originală.

    Lafufus a câștigat popularitate din cauza lipsei de jucării originale. Luna trecută, China a avertizat că jucăriile Lafufu contrafăcute ar putea reprezenta un pericol de sufocare pentru copii.

    Care este popularitatea cu Labubus?

    Un motiv important pentru popularitatea acestor mici jucării monstruoase este că sunt ambalate în cutii, iar oamenii care le cumpără află despre caracterul lor doar atunci când deschid cutiile.

    Elementul surpriză adaugă mister și creează și mai multă popularitate, iar oamenii sunt dispuși să cheltuiască mai mulți bani pentru a obține păpușa pe care o doresc.

    Până acum, există peste 2,4 milioane de postări #Labubu pe TikTok și numărul este în creștere. Chiar și Brad Pitt și distribuția filmului „F1 The Movie” au filmat o postare pe TikTok în care desfăceau cutiile.

    Sina de la DW spune că mulți dintre oamenii care așteptau la coadă la Berlin astăzi erau influenceri și jurnaliști, iar la deschidere erau prezenți și membri ai Generației Z și ai milenialilor.

    Jucăriile Labubu își propun să cucerească Germania

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    Cum a ajuns Labubu atât de mare?

    Labubu, de artistul și ilustratorul Kasing Lung, a apărut pentru prima dată acum un deceniu în trei cărți ilustrate inspirate de mitologia nordică, în 2015.

    În 2019, Lung a încheiat un acord cu Pop Mart, compania cu sediul la Beijing care oferă servicii de catering cunoscătorilor de jucării, pentru a vinde figurine Labubu.

    În 2023, Pop Mart a început să vândă jucării de pluș pe brelocuri, iar fenomenul a explodat în străinătate.

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    Cântăreața de K-pop Lisa de la Blackpink a vorbit despre pasiunea ei pentru jucării pe Instagram, unde are peste 100 de milioane de urmăritori, alimentând hype-ul.

    Celebrități precum Rihanna și Dua Lipa au fost văzute cu jucăriile atașate la gențile lor.

    Câți bani a câștigat Labubus?

    Veniturile Pop Mart s-au mai mult decât dublat în 2024, ajungând la 13,04 miliarde de yuani (1.200% în 2024, aproape 22% din veniturile sale totale, conform raportului anual al companiei.

    Producătorul chinez de jucării a declarat la începutul acestei luni că se așteaptă la cel puțin un Profit de 350% și o creștere de aproximativ 200% a veniturilor în primele șase luni ale anului.

    Chiar dacă marea majoritate a veniturilor Pop Mart provine din Asia, cererea globală pentru Labubus a transformat Pop Mart într-o companie, potrivit Bloomberg.

    Acest raport a fost scris cu ajutorul materialelor de la agenția de presă Associated News.

    Editat de: Wesley Dockery


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  • De la mit la ceață: Fântâni de-a lungul veacurilor

    De la mit la ceață: Fântâni de-a lungul veacurilor

    From ancient Minoan courts and Persian gardens to Roman aqueducts and modern plazas, fountains have been more than just ornamental — they’ve been sacred, social, symbolic, and of late, cooling-off spots in sweltering cities.

    From the practical to the divine

    With a history spanning almost five millennia, fountains first served practical needs.

    Around 2,000 BCE on Minoan Crete, water from springs was channeled through terracotta pipes into stepped basins at palaces like Knossos and Zakros. These weren’t just for washing — they were integrated into religious sites for purifying rituals.

    Picture of Minoan ruins — with stepped water basin — dated around 6 BCEImage: John Hios/akg-images/picture alliance

    In ancient Egypt, fountains often featured lion’s head spouts, a motif passed down through Greco-Roman and Islamic traditions.

    For instance, the Court of the Lions in the 14th‑century Moorish Alhambra palace in Granada Spain features a fountain consisting of 12 lion figures spouting water.

    Associated with strength and divine guardianship, lions symbolized protective power. Thus, a lion in mid-roar made an ideal candidate for visually striking spouts, especially at palaces or grand entryways.

    Lion heads have long been favored as fountain spouts as seen here at the Hathor Temple in EgyptImage: Steven Heap/Zoonar/picture alliance

    In traditional Islamic gardens, fountains and water features played a central role, reflecting the Quranic vision of Paradise and symbolized purity, life and divine beauty.

    Influenced by the Moors of the Nasrid dynasty (residents of the aforementioned Alhambra) and the Persians of the Sasanian empire, these gardens were designed to evoke spiritual bliss and harmony by integrating, among others, fountains into their layout. 

    Symbolism and service

    In Europe, the Renaissance and Baroque periods transformed fountains into vehicles of spectacle and political symbolism.

    Leading the pack are Rome’s famed fountains: Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona represents the four major rivers known during the Renaissance: the Nile (Africa), the Danube (Europe), the Ganges (Asia) and the Río de la Plata (Americas). Commissioned by Pope Innocent X and built in 1651, it symbolized the global reach of the Catholic Church and the Pope’s power. 

    Contributing to its fame, Rome’s Trevi Fountain starred in an iconic scene in Federico Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita’ (1960)Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/picture alliance

    Completed in 1762, the Trevi Fountain has since achieved pop icon status and is now an influencer magnet, partly due to the legend that a coin tossed into it would ensure a return to the Eternal City, likely influenced by the 1954 movie “Three Coins in the Fountain.”

    In Ottoman Istanbul, public “cesme” or fountains were donated by wealthy families as acts of charity. Often bearing poetic inscriptions, these fountains offered water freely in a hot climate and were meeting spots for the city’s residents.

    Modern spectacles

    Fast forward to the 20th and 21st centuries, and some fountains have even become iconic “performers.” California-based WET Design created two such examples. 

    The Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, opened in 1998, feature more than 1,000 fountains swaying to music and enhanced by light. The display spans more than 300 meters (around 1,000 feet) with water soaring as high as 138 meters. This audiovisual spectacle reportedly utilizes water from an onsite well and not city water systems.

    With 6,600 underwater lights that some claim can be seen from the International Space Station, the Dubai Fountain located on the Burj Khalifa Lake is reportedly the world’s largest performing fountain. Close to 275 meters wide and shooting water 150 meters high, its waters are choreographed to sway to Arabic classics or K-pop hits.

    Wasteful or wise?

    Critics have argued that fountains waste water, especially in drought-prone regions.

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    During drought conditions, some cities turn off their decorative fountains to preserve water resources, as was the case in Milan in 2022.

    Facing this problem, modern designs often use recirculated water and solar-powered pumps.

    Rome’s drinking water fountains, the nasoni, are a welcome public service in the cityImage: Li Jing/Xinhua/picture alliance

    Research has shown that fountains can have localized cooling effects — especially when they incorporate fine sprays or mist, which increase evaporative contact with air.

    According to the European Climate-Adapt initiative (2024), “water spray from a fountain has an even greater cooling effect due to the large contact surface between water and air, which stimulates evaporation.” Similarly, Urban Green-Blue Grids states that “fountains and misting installations cool the air and skin by means of evaporation.”

    Ancient currents, timeless purpose

    Thus as Europe — the fastest-warming continent, according to the World Meteorological Organization — wilts under punishing heatwaves, cities have been adapting their existing water features to meet modern needs.

    Some 100 traditional Wallace fountains currently function and still distribute potable water in ParisImage: Bernhard Kuh/Zoonar/picture alliance

    In Paris, the 19th-century Wallace fountains, scattered across the city and originally created for free drinking water, were retrofitted in 2021 with misting nozzles that spring into action during strong heat. Vienna has misting arches, interactive fountains and playful water zones for kids and adults looking to cool off. Berlin is expanding its network of touchless drinking fountains, combining hygiene and hydration.

    In 2022, archaeologists restored a Roman imperial period fountain in Turkey’s ancient city of Kibyra using over 150 original marble fragments. Turkiye Today reported in April 2025, that the fountain built in 23 CE, “has begun flowing again” making Kibyra the second Turkish ancient city “to feature a restored and functioning Roman fountain.”

    It has to be underscored though that fountains alone could not temper city temperatures; that would require a complete overhaul of how cities are planned.

    The 2,000-year-old Kibyra Fountain was restored in 2022Image: Bekir Bektas/Anadolu/picture alliance

    Yet the fact that urbanites are often drawn to fountains in their living spaces — whether to immerse themselves in the cool water or quench their thirst at those offering potable water — show that fountains aren’t just relics of gilded eras. Their soothing relevance may see a renaissance as we are set to face a hotter future.

    Edited by: Elizabeth Grenier

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  • Ce s-a schimbat în Niger la doi ani de la lovitura de stat?

    Ce s-a schimbat în Niger la doi ani de la lovitura de stat?

    The coup was led by the head of the presidential guard, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, with support from elements of the nation’s armed forces. 

    When he took power two years ago, Tchiani justified the coup by citing growing insecurity, harsh economic conditions, and what he described as excessive influence from Western powers, particularly the country’s former colonial ruler, France. 

    Niger has experienced multiple military takeovers in the past, but this time was different: Many citizens took to the streets to show their support for the military leaders.  

    General Abdourahamane Tiani took over in a military coup in 2023Image: Boureima Hama/AFP

    But in the two years that followed, some analysts say little has changed for the better. “In some cases, the situation has worsened,” Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, executive director of the West African Center for Counter Extremism, told DW.  

    With the events of July 26, Niger joined the ranks of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso, which were already under military rule. In early 2024, Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS. The move marked a major shift in the region, deepening the divide between the military-led governments and the bloc pushing for a return to civilian rule.

    Job losses in the non-profit sector 

    Niger’s current leadership has forced many nongovernmental organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — which had been assisting more than 2 million people affected by armed conflict — to shut down operations. 

    For some Nigeriens, especially those who lost their jobs following the leadership change, life has become more difficult. 

    Some Analysts believe conditions that led to the military coup remain unchangedImage: Boureima Hama/AFP

    “Right now, I’m suffering. It’s been a year since we stopped,” said Souley, 35, who lost his job as a nutrition researcher at a local NGO after the coup, in an interview with DW. 

    Mahamane, 32, also lost his position as an assistant coordinator at an NGO based in Tillabéri. “Right after the coup, funds weren’t coming in regularly, and our activities were delayed,” he said. “Finally, they decided to stop funding altogether.” 

    “There is a very constricted space for civil society or NGO work, so there are a lot of job losses in that space,” said Muqthar from the West African Center for Counter Extremism. 

    Niger already struggles with high levels of youth unemployment. In 2023, the International Labour Organization estimated that about 23% of Nigeriens between the ages of 15 and 29 were unemployed — one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Africa. 

    Niger struggles with high levels of youth unemploymentImage: Boureima Hama/AFP

    Human rights abuses continue 

    Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have accused the junta of cracking down on freedom of the press and expression in the media and civil society.

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    Ilaria Allegrozzi, seniorSahel researcher at Human Rights Watch, said freedom of expression has been deteriorating in the country since the military leaders took charge. “Since the coup d’état two years ago, authorities have shown a high level of intolerance. They have cracked down on the opposition, the media and civil society, and they are clearly rejecting any transition back to civilian democratic rule,” Allegrozzi told DW.

    “They have arbitrarily detained former President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife for two years. They have also arbitrarily arrested and detained dozens of other officials from the ousted government — people close to the former president, including ministers. And they have failed to grant them due process and fair trial rights,” she added.

    Are the African Union and ECOWAS losing relevance?

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    In its 2025 State of the World’s Human Rights report, Amnesty International wrote that Nigerhas routinely violated “human rights to information and freedom of expression.”
    Although about 50 detainees were released from prison in April, the organization pointed out that “several others still languish behind bars on politically motivated charges.”

    In January 2024, the Press House (Maison de la Presse) — an umbrella group of 32 media organizations — was suspended and replaced by an ad hoc committee headed by the secretary-general of the Ministry of the Interior, according to According to Amnesty International.

    Is a return to civilian rule still possible?

    In March, the leader of Niger’smilitary government, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in for a five-year term under a new charter that replaced the country’s constitution. For many, it signaled that a return to civilian democratic rule is unlikely to happen anytime soon.

    “In the beginning, we were talking about three years; now we are talking about five years. It’s an indication that this regime is seeking to stay much longer than expected. And it is my estimation that they are probably going to stay much longer than even five years,” Muqthar told DW.

    Efforts by ECOWAS to help Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali transition back to civilian rule have so far failed.

    This article was edited by Sarah Hucal.

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  • India: Au mușamalizat oficialii templului o crimă în masă?

    India: Au mușamalizat oficialii templului o crimă în masă?

    Pe 3 iulie, fostul lucrător la salubritate a dat o declarație poliției.

    „Depun această plângere cu inima extrem de grea și pentru a mă recupera după un sentiment de vinovăție insurmontabil… Nu mai pot suporta povara amintirilor crimelor la care am fost martor, amenințările continue cu moartea de a îngropa cadavrele pe care le-am primit și durerea bătăilor – că dacă nu îngropam acele cadavre, voi fi îngropat alături de ele”, se arată în declarație.

    Bărbatul, care aparține comunității Dalit – un grup marginalizat istoric, din cel mai scăzut nivel al ierarhiei seculare a castelor discriminatorii din India – a declarat că a lucrat la templul Dharmasthala între 1995 și 2014.

    El a spus că a lucrat lângă râul Nethravathi, care curge aproape de templul Dharmasthala, până când lucrurile au luat o întorsătură sumbră.

    În plângerea sa, a cărei copie a fost văzută de DW, bărbatul a spus că a început să „observe apariția cadavrelor” lângă râu.

    „Printre acestea, cadavrele femeilor erau mai numeroase”, se arată în raport.

    Nu a fost imediat clarificat cum au ajuns cadavrele acolo unde le-a găsit bărbatul.

    „Forțați să se debaraseze de sute de cadavre”

    Inițial, bărbatul a crezut că cadavrele erau rezultatul tragic al sinuciderii și al înecului. Totuși, și-a dat seama curând că se înșela.

    „Multe cadavre de femei au fost găsite fără haine sau lenjerie intimă”, a spus el în declarația sa.

    „Unele cadavre prezentau semne clare de agresiune sexuală și violență – răni sau urme de strangulare care indicau violență erau vizibile pe acele cadavre.”

    Ministrul șef al Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, spune că guvernul său nu va ceda niciunui fel de presiune în ancheta cazului. Imagine: IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP

    Denunțătorul a spus că a fost forțat să se debaraseze de sute de cadavre, multe dintre ele părând a fi fete minore.

    El a descris un incident deosebit de tulburător care a implicat o adolescentă, incident care i-a rămas întipărit în memorie.

    „Purta un tricou de uniformă școlară. Cu toate acestea, fusta și lenjeria intimă îi lipseau. Corpul ei prezenta semne clare de agresiune sexuală”, conform plângerii sale. „Erau urme de strangulare pe gâtul ei. M-au instruit să sap o groapă și să o îngrop împreună cu ghiozdanul ei de școală.”

    Bărbatul a scris și despre crimele „extrem de crude” care au avut loc în orașul din apropierea templului.

    „Bărbații săraci și lipsiți de resurse care veneau să cerșească în zona Dharmasthala erau uciși sistematic… Erau legați de scaune în camere și sufocați din spate cu prosoape. Aceste crime aveau loc în prezența mea”, a susținut el.

    De ce a ieșit acum în față fostul angajat al templului?

    Fără a identifica pe nimeni, reclamantul a susținut că supraveghetorii templului său nu au raportat cazurile autorităților. În schimb, el a susținut că l-au bătut și l-au forțat „să se debaraseze în secret de aceste cadavre”.

    El a susținut că superiorul său l-a amenințat spunând: „Te vom tăia în bucăți; corpul tău va fi, de asemenea, îngropat la fel ca celelalte cadavre. Îi vom sacrifica pe toți membrii familiei tale”.

    Bărbatul a descris cum a evadat din Dharmasthala în 2014, după ce o minoră din familia sa ar fi fost hărțuită sexual de o persoană despre care se crede că are legătură cu superiorii templului.

    El a spus că dorește ca autorii crimelor să fie trași la răspundere, adăugând că va ajuta la exhumarea cadavrelor victimelor, astfel încât acestea să poată primi „respectul cuvenit și ritualurile funerare”.

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    Autoritățile încep ancheta privind crimele în masă

    Pe 22 iulie, guvernul din Karnataka a format o Echipă Specială de Investigații (SIT) pentru a investiga crimele în masă și acuzațiile împotriva autorităților templului.

    Acest lucru s-a întâmplat după ce S. Balan, un avocat senior și activist pentru drepturile omului, a condus o delegație de avocați pentru a se întâlni cu ministrul șef al statului Karnataka, Siddaramaiah.„Va exista o intervenție judiciară, dar totul depinde de protestele publice”, a spus Balan.

    Noile dezvăluiri i-au determinat pe membrii familiilor fetelor din Dharmasthala care au dispărut sau au murit în circumstanțe misterioase să solicite redeschiderea cazurilor nerezolvate – unele dintre ele datând din anii 1980.

    Familia unei fete de 17 ani care ar fi fost violată și ucisă în 2012 a cerut guvernului să investigheze cazul fiicei lor în cadrul SIT.

    Femeile dalit indiene, fetele vizate de violatorii din caste superioare

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    Sujatha Bhat, o Fostul stenograf al Biroului Central de Investigații, a cărui fiică a dispărut în mod misterios în 2003, a depus o nouă plângere la poliție.

    „Există cel puțin 367 de astfel de cazuri de persoane dispărute sau decedate în Dharmasthala”, a declarat Balan.

    Un purtător de cuvânt al Dharmasthala, K. Parshwanath Jain, a declarat că administrația templului susține o „anchetă corectă și transparentă”.

    „Recent a fost înregistrat un caz la secția de poliție din Dharmasthala, în care se susține că au fost îngropate mai multe cadavre, ceea ce a stârnit dezbateri pe scară largă, speculații și confuzie la nivel național”, a spus el într-un comunicat.

    Pentru a oferi dovezi pentru afirmațiile sale, fostul angajat a declarat că a exhumat recent rămășițe scheletice dintr-unul dintre locurile de înmormântare și a prezentat fotografii autorităților.

    Ojaswi Gowda, avocatul care îl reprezintă pe reclamant, a declarat pentru DW că „poliția din Dharmasthala ar fi putut vizita locul unde reclamantul a susținut că a îngropat corpuri, dar nici măcar nu a reușit să facă acest lucru.”

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  • Thailanda a declarat legea marțială în opt districte din apropierea graniței cu Cambodgia
  • Consiliul de Securitate al ONU urmează să organizeze o reuniune de urgență pe această temă
  • Zeci de mii de oameni au căutat refugiu, în timp ce luptele la frontieră au intrat în a doua zi, sporind temerile privind un conflict prelungit

Iată cele mai recente știri despre criza Thailanda-Cambodgia, vineri, 25 iulie, și sâmbătă, 26 iulie:

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Thailanda declară că va lua în considerare propunerea malaeziană de încetare a focului

Ministerul de Externe al Thailandei a declarat vineri că este de acord în principiu cu o propunere malaeziană de încetare a focului și va lua în considerare „dar că un armistițiu trebuie să se bazeze pe „condiții adecvate la fața locului”.

„Trebuie afirmat că, pe parcursul zilei, forțele cambodgiene și-au continuat atacurile fără discriminare asupra teritoriului thailandez”, a declarat Ministerul thailandez de Externe pe X. „Acțiunile Cambodgiei demonstrează o lipsă de bună-credință și continuă să pună în pericol civilii.”

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Thailanda analizează propunerea malaeziană de armistițiu cu Cambodgia

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URMĂRIȚI: Thailanda și Cambodgia se învinovățesc reciproc pentru conflictul de frontieră

Prim-ministrul interimar al Thailandei spune că ciocnirile cu Cambodgia, care au dezrădăcinat peste 100.000 de oameni, s-ar putea transforma într-un război. Ambele părți se învinovățesc reciproc pentru inițierea violențelor. Georg Matthes de la DW are detalii despre zona de frontieră.

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  • Germania a fost îndemnată să anuleze demersul privind expulzarea familiei yazidite în Irak

    Germania a fost îndemnată să anuleze demersul privind expulzarea familiei yazidite în Irak

    Yazidiții sunt o minoritate religioasă care a suferit genocidul din partea grupării militante „Statul Islamic” (IS) în Irak în 2014, ceea ce face ca astfel de deportări să fie deosebit de controversate.

    Ce știm despre acest caz?

    Familia, care include patru copii minori, a fost deportată marți, chiar dacă o instanță le-a ridicat obligația de a părăsi țara în aceeași zi.

    Marți, 43 de persoane au fost deportate în Irak cu un zbor charter de la Leipzig la Bagdad. Cu toate acestea, contrar afirmațiilor inițiale ale autorităților statelor federale participante, avionul nu era plin doar de bărbați celibatari care erau obligați să părăsească țara, dintre care unii comiseseră infracțiuni în trecut. La bord se afla și familia yazidită.

    Avocatul familiei depusese un apel de urgență la Curtea Administrativă din Potsdam înainte de zbor. Instanța a decis în favoarea lor, dar familia era deja în drum spre Bagdad până atunci.

    „Având în vedere lanțul de circumstanțe, soarta specifică a familiei și imperativul de a restabili conformitatea legală, am instruit autoritățile relevante din Brandenburg să colaboreze cu oficialii federali pentru a aduce înapoi familia – cu condiția ca decizia instanței în favoarea lor să rămână valabilă”, a spus Wilke. El a subliniat că guvernul federal trebuie să elibereze documentele de călătorie necesare și să recunoască hotărârea instanței.

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    Wilke a spus că incidentul l-a emoționat personal. „Decizia scrisă a instanței, care a suspendat retroactiv deportarea, nu a fost disponibilă decât după ce au aterizat la Bagdad”, a remarcat el. „În acel moment, autoritățile implicate nu au mai avut capacitatea de a interveni.”

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    Familia yazidi, care locuia în Lychen, în regiunea Uckermark din Brandenburg, a intentat un proces în 2023 împotriva respingerii cererii lor de protecție internațională și a ordinului de deportare. Oficiul Federal pentru Migrație și Refugiați a respins cererea de azil a familiei.

    De ce este deportarea yazidiților atât de controversată?

    Politicienii din partea social-democraților de centru-stânga, a ecologiștilor Verzi și a Partidului socialist Stânga au cerut întoarcerea familiei.

    În 2023, Bundestagul german a recunoscut oficial crimele comise de ISIS împotriva yazidiților în 2014 drept genocid.

    Mulți yazidiți care au fugit de atrocitățile ISIS încă nu se mai pot întoarce acasă, deoarece satele lor din Sinjar rămân distruse sau fără lege. Unii luptători și simpatizanți ai ISIS rămân activi în anumite părți ale Irakului, în special în zonele rurale sau instabile.

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  • Germania, Marea Britanie și Franța spun că criza umanitară din Gaza trebuie să se încheie

    Germania, Marea Britanie și Franța spun că criza umanitară din Gaza trebuie să se încheie

    The countries’ leaders called the situation a “humanitarian catastrophe” and demanded an immediate ceasefire.

    The three said they “stand ready to take further action” to support peace efforts — though they did not specify what steps they might take.

    The coordinated statement came after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will recognize a Palestinian state. 

    This blog is a roundup of developments in Israel, Gaza and the wider Middle East on Friday, July 25.

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    Germany, France, UK leaders press Israel on aid

    Leaders of Britain, France and Germany have called on Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

    The joint appeal comes after French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to recognize a Palestinian state and followed a call between Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

    In it, they demanded an immediate ceasefire and warned that “withholding essential humanitarian assistance” is unacceptable — though the statement broke no new diplomatic ground.

    The three leaders said they are ready to take further action to support both a ceasefire and a political process toward lasting security and peace in the region, but did not specify what steps they might take.

    Macron’s announcement has revealed divisions among the European trio — known as the E3 — over how to address the humanitarian crisis and bring the Israel-Hamas war to an end.

    While all three countries support a Palestinian state in principle, Germany has said it has no immediate plans to follow France’s lead. Macron intends to formalize the recognition at the UN General Assembly in September.

    Britain also has not joined the move. On Friday, 221 members of the UK Parliament signed a letter urging recognition.

    Germany reluctant to toughen stance toward Israel on Gaza

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    Trump dismisses France’s intention to recognize Palestine as a state

    US President Donald Trump has dismissed the decision by France’s Emmanuel Macron to recognize a Palestinian state as pointless.

    “What he says doesn’t matter,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “He’s a very good guy, I like him, but that statement doesn’t carry weight.” Trump told reporters

    Trump’s response came after the French president’s announcement yesterday that his country planned to formally recognize the State of Palestine in September at the UN General Assembly. 

    https://p.dw.com/p/4y391Skip next section Israeli to allow foreign aid drops over Gaza, reports say07/25/2025July 25, 2025

    Israeli to allow foreign aid drops over Gaza, reports say

    Israel will once again allow foreign aid to drop over Gaza, sources told media outlets on Friday, as pressure on Israel mounts to end the hunger crisis in the besieged enclave.

    “Humanitarian aid air drops on the Gaza Strip will resume in the upcoming days. They will be managed by the UAE and Jordan,” an unnamed Israeli official told the French AFP news agency.

    The Israeli army radio also reported the news, with an unnamed military official suggesting air drops could start as early as Friday.

    https://p.dw.com/p/4y2xbSkip next section Why has France decided to recognize Palestine as a state now? 07/25/2025July 25, 2025

    Why has France decided to recognize Palestine as a state now?

    Anchal Vohra in Brussels

    DW spoke to several regional experts to find out why France is now moving to recognize Palestinian statehood.

    France has traditionally played a diplomatic role in the Middle East. But as Donald Trump has increasingly sidelined Europe, France has been pushing for Europe to take a more independent position from the US on the international stage. 

    As well as the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, calls from some members of the Israeli Knesset to annex the West Bank have also increased the pressure.  

    Michael Stephens, a Senior Associate Fellow at the UK-based RUSI think tank, told DW there was concern that if a Palestinian state isn’t recognized now, “there may not be a Palestine left to recognize.” 

    France, along with Saudi Arabia, had been planning to co-host a UN conference on the two-state solution, hoping to encourage European states to recognize Palestine, and for some Arab states to normalize relations with Israel.

    The conference is now set to start on Monday after strikes by Israel and the US forced it to be rescheduled.

    Hugh Lovatt, a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told DW that French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments are intended to build momentum for more European countries to recognize Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly in September.

    “What the French are doing is they are giving other countries effectively two months to also come on board,” Lovatt said. 

    Quentin de Pimodan, international adviser at Greece-based Research Institute for Europeans and American Studies, said Macron is aiming to present a “common front” for a political solution ahead of the UN assembly.

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    Gaza ceasefire negotiations to resume next week, reports say

    Hamas and Egyptian sources suggested on Friday that negotiations on a ceasefire in Gaza would resume next week, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet again accused Hamas of being the “obstacle” to a hostage release deal.

    “Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff got it right. Hamas is the obstacle to a hostage release deal,” Netanyahu said in a statement on X, adding that Israel and the US were “now considering alternative options to bring our hostages home, end Hamas’s terror rule, and secure lasting peace for Israel and our region.”

    Both Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump recalled their negotiating teams from Qatar, where talks were being held earlier this week.

    Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Hamas’ latest response to the negotiations showed a “lack of desire” for a truce.

    Meanwhile, Hamas official Bassem Naim was cited by the Associated Press news agency as saying on Friday he was told an Israeli delegation would depart for talks early next week.

    An-unnamed Egyptian source also told the state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV that talks will resume next week. Egypt and Qatar have been mediating a ceasefire throughout the 22-month war.

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    France’s top court annuls arrest warrant against Syria’s Assad

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    France’s highest court on Friday annulled a French arrest warrant, issued before his ouster, against Syria’s ex-president Bashar Assad over deadly 2013 chemical attacks.

    The Court of Cassation ruled there were no exceptions to presidential immunity, even for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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    However, presiding judge, Christophe Soulard, added that, as Assad was now no longer president after he was toppled in December, “new arrest warrants can have been, or can be, issued against him” and as such the investigation into the case could continue.

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    Iran held ‘frank, detailed’ nuclear talks with E3 bloc, diplomat says

    Iran has held “frank and detailed” nuclear talks with Germany, France and Britain on last month’s war with Israel, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Friday.

    In a post on X, Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in the talks, Tehran criticized the three countries’ stances regarding the Israel-Iran war, which erupted when Israel struck nuclear and military infrastructure in Iran and killed much of its military brass, sparking strikes on Israel from Iran.

    Friday’s talks also discussed the prospect of lifting the sanctions on Iran, as well as the snapback mechanism,  which allows the swift reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran under the 2015 nuclear agreement if it violates its nuclear commitments.

    “It was agreed that consultations on this matter will continue,” Gharibabadi said.

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    IAEA ‘encouraged’ by Iran’s permission for inspection visit

    The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has expressed optimism regarding Iran’s decision to allow its inspectors to visit the country.

    International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said a visit to Iran could take place “within weeks,” adding that it could pave the way for UN inspectors’ return to the country.

    “If we do not return soon, there would be a serious problem, because this is an international obligation of Iran,” Grossi told reporters during a visit to Singapore. “I am encouraged by what I have been hearing from Tehran in the sense that they want to re-engage with us.”

    Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi had announced Tehran’s decision earlier this week. The UN delegation will not have access to nuclear sites in the country, Gharibabadi said, adding the visit’s aim would be to reestablish relations between the IAEA and the country.

    Iran had suspended its cooperation with the UN agency earlier this year, blaming the IAEA in part for Israeli and US attacks on its nuclear facilities in June.

    The nuclear watchdog had issued a resolution saying Tehran was in violation of its non-proliferation obligations, one day before Israel launched its strikes.

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    France defends decision to recognize Palestinian statehood

    After condemnation from the US and Israel, France has defended its decision to recognize Palestinian statehood in September, refuting the argument that it would help the militant group Hamas.

    “Hamas has always rejected the two-state solution,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on X. “By recognizing Palestine, France is going against that terrorist organization.”

    France was “backing the side of peace against the side of war,” Barrot argued.

    US and Israeli officials argued that France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood would benefit Hamas, which has welcomed the French plans.

    https://p.dw.com/p/4y1VISkip next section Who could follow France in recognizing Palestinian statehood?07/25/2025July 25, 2025

    Who could follow France in recognizing Palestinian statehood?

    Anchal Vohra in Brussels

    DW spoke with Hugh Lovatt, a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), about the prospects of other European countries following in France’s footsteps to recognize Palestinian statehood.

    Lovatt suggested that Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and maybe Portugal could be the next European countries to recognize Palestine as an independent state.

    Germany, as one of the staunchest supporters of Israel in the EU, is unlikely to change its position, he added.

    “Well, never say never, but I think the Germans have made it very clear that they will be amongst the last to recognize the State of Palestine,” he told DW.

    “The German position is they will do so as the outcome of a two-state solution.  That is a very distant prospect and I don’t imagine the French move changing that calculation.”

    So far, over a dozen European states recognize Palestine as an independent state, including, most recently, Spain, Ireland and Norway.

    Lovatt said the most significant nation would be the UK. He said if France could


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  • Rusia va lua măsuri drastice împotriva a ceea ce consideră a fi conținut „extremist”

    Rusia va lua măsuri drastice împotriva a ceea ce consideră a fi conținut „extremist”

    After Russia’s lower house, the State Duma, endorsed the law on July 22, a small group of people protested outside Russia’s parliament, for the first time in a long while. One of the signs read “For a Russia without censorship. Orwell wrote a dystopia, not a manual.” Police quickly detained the man holding it.

    The protester’s poster reads ‘For a Russia without censorship. Orwell wrote a dystopia, not a manual’Image: Yulia Morozova/REUTERS

    The classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, published in 1949, is widely interpreted as a warning against totalitarian rule, inspired by the government oppression the author observed in Nazism and Stalinism. 

    Another protester was Boris Nadezhdin, who had been expected to be the only liberal candidate in the 2024 presidential election. At the time, the electoral commission refused to register his candidacy.

    “The first stage was banning websites. Now they’re banning people from searching the internet. This is already close to thoughtcrime,” Nadezhdin told DW, alluding to Orwell’s same novel, and its central theme of citizens being punished for thinking differently than the state.

    Boris Nadezhdin was barred from running for president in 2024Image: Yulia Morozova/REUTERS

    What is ‘extremist’ content in Russia?

    The new legislation stands out even among the dozens of censorship laws the State Duma has passed before and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to the bill, simply searching for so-called “extremist materials” online will now be considered an administrative offense, punishable with a fine of up to the equivalent of €55 (Previously, punishment required some form of engagement with banned material, such as posting a critical comment on social media.

    What counts as extremist materials is defined by a list maintained by Russia’s Justice Ministry. It currently contains over 5,000 entries. Officials and lawmakers claim the law targets those who systematically seek banned content, not average citizens casually browsing, but have not offered clarification over what constitutes systematic searches.

    The registry features flyers, pamphlets, books, newspapers, films, video clips, works of visual art, and songs. In theory, it is meant to include content that incites interethnic hatred, as well as writings by leaders of Germany’s National Socialist Workers’ Party and Italy’s fascist party.

    In reality, the list also includes works criticizing the government, or speaking out against authorities. One of them is the 2002 book by Russian defector and former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Alexander Litvinenko. Titled Lubyanka Criminal Group, this nonfiction work details how Russian security services allegedly staged the bombing of residential buildings in Moscow in 1999 and other terror acts in an effort to help Putin rise to power. 

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    The blacklist also includes materials from the religious movement Jehovah’s Witnesses, which Russia designated as extremist in 2017.

    In 2023, journalists from the independent Russia news outlet 7×7 reported that the list of “extremist” materials has been growing by hundreds of new entries every year. Between 2011 and 2022, nearly 15,500 administrative cases were opened for the distribution of “extremist” content. That’s an average of 1,300 cases per year, most of which resulted in fines of up to about €50. 

    The growing number of ‘extremists’ in Russia

    The law has sparked widespread public outcry, with even ordinarily pro-Kremlin figures posting critical messages on social media. Margarita Simonyan, for example, editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, complained that the new law would prevent her from investigating and “shaming” extremist organizations.

    Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, authorities have added dozens of prominent Russians and organizations critical of the war to its list of banned extremists and terrorists. Among them are writers, musicians, journalists, and popular bloggers, including, for example, the writer Boris Akunin, or TV host Alexander Nevzorov.

    State Duma deputy head Sergei Boyarsky, from the conservative ruling United Russia party, sought to reassure citizens, claiming that using Meta’s social networks, or searching for materials created by people declared extremists would not be punished. According to him, fines would only apply to searches for content officially classified as extremist.

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    In reality, it’s hard to predict how Russian police will enforce the new law. “Everything will depend on the particular person in uniform who’s been given the power to interpret your guilt,” Dmitry Zair-Bek, head of the human rights legal project Pervy Otdel, told DW.

    According to him, it’s likely that, as is already happening, Russians’ phones will increasingly be checked during border inspections.

    Belarus scenario

    Alexander Lukashenko has been Belarus’ authoritarian ruler since 1994Image: Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant Photo Agency/Sipa USA/picture alliance

    “Censorship in Belarus exists in physical space. Police are asking to check citizens’ phones on trains and in student dormitories. Refusing is nearly impossible,” Dmitriy Navosha, a co-founder of the international online sports publisher Tribuna.com told DW. Access to his website is not restricted in Belarus, but the site was labeled as extremist after Navosha repeatedly spoke out against Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko and the security forces’ violent crackdown on protesters in 2020.

    As a result of the extremism label, visitors to the online sports site risk punishment simply for viewing its content. 

    At least 10,000 political prisoners

    Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has severely tightened restrictions on free speech, such as banning the spreading of what it deemed “false information” about the war, and tightening “foreign agent” designations for outlets and organizations considered to be politically active with the help of foreign funding.

    In the spring, the governmental anti-corruption agency, the Russian Investigative Committee, reported that 605 cases had been opened under two new articles of the Criminal Code since 2022 — one for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, and another for “discrediting” the armed forces. 

    Under these laws, Russian citizens have been fined or imprisoned for calling Russia’s actions in Ukraine a war, rather than a “special military operation,” as well as for posting on social media about events such as the killing of civilians by Russian soldiers in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

    At the end of 2024, the human rights organization Memorial reported that at least 10,000 political prisoners were being held in detention across Russia. When Russian President Vladimir Putin signs this new law, the number of people being punished for exercising free speech could rise significantly.

    Edited by: M. Sass

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