Shamima Begum: 'We should live in Holland' says IS husband
The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 aged 15, has said he wants her to return to the Netherlands with him.
Yago Riedijk and Ms Begum married days after she arrived inside IS territory.
Speaking to the BBC, he admitted fighting for the group but says he now wants to return home with his wife and their newborn son.
Mr Riedijk, 27, is being held in a Kurdish detention centre in north-eastern Syria.
He faces a six-year jail term for joining a terror organisation if he returns to the Netherlands.
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize
Lt Christopher Hasson is the product of traditions in white supremacist circles, and experts say there are ‘thousands like him’In the early summer of 2017, US coast guard lieutenant Christopher Hasson had an idea. He had been trying to figure out an effective way of killing billions of people – “almost every last person on Earth” – but found himself coming up against the daunting logistics of such a task.
He suspected “a plague would be most successful”, but didn’t know how to get his hands on enough Spanish flu, botulism or anthrax. His idea, he wrote in a draft email from 2 June of that year, would be to “start with biological attacks followed by attack on food supply”. He acknowledged the plan needed more research.
Indian women’s rights campaigner says porn driving surge in underage girls being raped
Exclusive: Rukmini Rao says many young girls and women are not properly educated about the definition of consentMaya OppenheimWomen's Correspondent
An Indian women’s rights campaigner has said a surge in underage girls being raped can be attributed to the rise in men watching porn but condemned the decision to introduce the death penalty for such crimes.
Dr Rukmini Rao, who has campaigned for increased punishment for rape and the recognition of domestic violence, argued the growing popularity of porn was driving not just underage rape but also marital rape.
The 68-year-old argued there was a “very serious problem” with rape in the country – saying many young girls and women are not properly educated about the definition of consent.
Interview with EPP Lead Candidate Manfred Weber'Viktor Orbán Is Following the Wrong Political Path'
Manfred Weber, lead candidate for the conservative European People's Party in the upcoming European election, sees the right-wing populists as a significant threat as the campaign begins. But in Viktor Orbán, he has a populist firebrand in his own ranks.
Interview Conducted by Melanie Amann and Peter Müller
DER SPIEGEL: What does the concept of home mean to you?
Weber: Security. And the peace of mind that comes with completely understanding your surroundings because you've known them for so long. It is a feeling of certainty that you belong to that place. In an era of enormous change, this sense of home is particularly important to people.
DER SPIEGEL: As part of your effort to become the lead candidate for the center-right European People's Party (EPP) in the upcoming European Parliament elections, you made a film that shows you almost exclusively in your Bavarian hometown of Wildenberg -- going to church, speaking with senior citizens and playing guitar in a band. What message are you trying to send to voters from elsewhere in Europe, like Sicily or Warsaw?
Weber: The message is quite simple: Even EU politicians like myself know where our roots lie. We know the concerns people have and are proud of where we come from.
South Korea's plastic problem is a literal trash fire
Updated 0656 GMT (1456 HKT) March 3, 2019
Uiseong, a picturesque South Korean farming county, was a backwater until homegrown heroes the Garlic Girls became breakout stars and curling silver medalists at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
In recent months the spotlight has again fallen on Uiseong for a far less glorious reason: a smoldering mountain of garbage which highlights the trash crisis in the densely populated nation.
Among the rice paddies and beside the Nakdong River in the country's east, a horseshoe-shaped, 170,000-ton heap of trash is spontaneously combusting, spewing out plumes of smoke and the nose-scorching, chemical stench of burning plastic.
Japan to ban physical punishment of children by parents
The government and the ruling coalition plan to include a ban on corporal punishment of children by parents in law revisions following a series of recent child maltreatment cases in the name of discipline, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
The planned law revisions are also aimed at strengthening the authority of child welfare centers to ensure prompt separation of children from abusive parents. Foster parents and welfare workers will also be banned from physically punishing children as a means of discipline.
The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims to approve the revisions in mid-March and enact the revised legislation during the current Diet session, as it looks to strengthen the prevention of child abuse after the recent tragic death of children in alleged parental mistreatment.
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