In villages, towns and cities across Europe, remembrance ceremonies will be held Sunday to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month -- one hundred years since the armistice brought an end to the fighting in World War I. But in Germany, there will be no grand commemorations of the events of 1918. As Henry Ridgwell reports, many Germans focus instead on the lessons learned from the world wars, as their country has emerged as a key power at the heart of Europe.
Over 116,000 Americans died in the First World War
Sunday, November 11th marks the centenary of the signing of the armistice in World War I, when the guns fell silent across the Western front, marking the end of a conflict that had killed around 40 million people. The U.S. entered the war in 1917 after declaring war on Germany, and by the following year its contributions were vital in tipping the conflict in the Allies’ favor. The intervention marked the beginning of America’s deep involvement in European security. Henry Ridgwell reports.
More than 100,000 people who were dismissed from their jobs in the wake of the failed coup in Turkey in 2016 are still awaiting justice – and their lives have been shattered, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says in most cases the government has failed to present any evidence justifying the mass purge of public workers. Dozens of journalists and human rights workers have also been arrested since the failed coup attempt. More from Henry Ridgwell.
Activists accuse Turkey of double standards with its demands for justice for the killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi
Turkey is continuing to heap pressure on Saudi Arabia over the killing earlier this month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, as further details of the alleged murder continue to emerge. Analysts say the slow drip of information is part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strategy to inflict maximum damage on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman – and to disrupt Western backing for Riyadh, as Henry Ridgwell reports from London.
Ceuta and Melilla have seen several mass breaches of border fences
Spain has overtaken Italy as the No. 1 destination for migrants heading to Europe. The Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla sit on the northern tip of Morocco and have attracted migrants for centuries. There has been a sharp uptick in those trying to breach the border fences, while several thousand migrants sleep on the Moroccan side of the border waiting to cross. Henry Ridgwell reports from Ceuta on the dilemma facing Spanish authorities as pressure builds on the furthest frontiers of Europe.
Report from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says social media fueled 'politicized' response to vaccine scare
The ability to fight any future outbreaks of disease could be at risk, following a huge loss of public confidence in vaccines in the Philippines. That's according to a new report from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The drop in trust could also affect the rollout of future vaccination programs, and researchers say the case of the Philippines holds lessons for other countries trying to tackle deadly diseases, as Henry Ridgwell reports.
Trade in endangered wildlife, such as elephant tusks, rhino horns and tiger bones, is worth an estimated $17 billion a year
The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged to work together to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and treat it as a serious crime following a conference in London. Trade in endangered wildlife, such as elephant tusks, rhino horns and tiger bones, is worth an estimated $17 billion a year, and it's pushing hundreds of species to the brink of extinction. Henry Ridgwell reports from the conference.
Climbers hope to present positive image of the condition
Six African women with albinism, a condition that affects the pigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes, set out to climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this month. Their goal was to raise the visibility of people living with the condition and challenge widely held stereotypes about them. The climbers, from across Africa, have all suffered abuse and discrimination, and in one case horrific violence, because of their albinism. Henry Ridgwell reports.
Close to 400-thousand people have been killed in the civil war in South Sudan, half through violence – making the conflict among the worst the world has seen in recent years, according to a new analysis by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The researchers hope the new analysis, which far surpasses earlier death toll estimates, will reveal the terrible human cost of the war and give a renewed impetus to peace talks and humanitarian funding. Henry Ridgwell reports.
New analysis suggests 400,000 excess deaths as result of conflict
Turkey’s president has demanded that Saudi Arabia offer proof that a prominent exiled critic is still alive, amid claims that he was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Jamal Khashoggi was visiting the Istanbul consulate to finalize his marriage to a Turkish national, ahead of taking up a job as columnist at The Washington Post newspaper, but has not been seen since. As Henry Ridgwell reports, his disappearance risks triggering a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Polls put Greens in second place in Bavaria elections, a development Europe's left-leaning politicians are watching carefully as they try to stem a far-right surge
The rise of the far-right in Germany has been well documented in the global media. But in the southern state of Bavaria, its popularity is being eclipsed by the opposite end of the spectrum. More from Henry Ridgwell in London.
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