Second Chinese city under coronavirus lockdown
By David Molloy, Tom Spender and Roland Hughes
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Obviously, the coronavirus is a massive topic right now - and Manya is sharing some of the more unusual items doing the rounds on the Weibo social platform
UN's top court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide
Momentous pronouncement at Hague rejects Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country’s military
Myanmar has been ordered by the United Nations’ highest court to prevent genocidal violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority and preserve any evidence of past crimes.
In a momentous and unanimous decision, the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague imposed emergency “provisional measures” on the country – intervening in its domestic affairs by instructing the government of Aung San Suu Kyi to respect the requirements of the 1948 genocide convention.
Declaring that there was prima facie evidence of breaches of the convention, the court warned that the estimated 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Myanmar were “extremely vulnerable” to attacks by the military.
Declaring that there was prima facie evidence of breaches of the convention, the court warned that the estimated 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Myanmar were “extremely vulnerable” to attacks by the military.
‘Marry-your-rapist’ bill to be introduced by lawmakers in Turkey
Critics argue legislation legitimises child marriage and statutory rapeMaya OppenheimWomen's Correspondent
A law which would allow men accused of having sex with girls who are under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims is set to be introduced to parliament in Turkey.
The controversial so-called “marry-your-rapist” bill, which lawmakers are planning to introduce to Turkish parliament at the end of January, has sparked fury among women’s rights campaigners in the country.
Critics argue the legislation, which the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is urging the government to axe, not only legitimises child marriage and statutory rape but also paves the way for child abuse and sexual exploitation.
Raids in 6 states as Germany bans 'Combat 18' neo-Nazi group
Authorities banned a neo-Nazi group that saw itself as "Adolf Hitler's task force" and had links to the murder of a German politician. Police also conducted raids against the group in six states.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer banned a right-wing extremist group on Thursday that referred to itself as "Adolf Hitler's task force."
The German branch of Combat 18 "is a neo-Nazi, racist and xenophobic association whose purpose is similar to that of national socialism," the ministry said in a statement announcing the ban.
'The Last Ones': Listening to survivors of the concentration camps
FRANCE 24 commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with "The Last Ones", a series of portraits of the camp's last survivors by documentary film-maker Sophie Nahum.
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. From the 22th to the 26th of January, FRANCE 24 will be airing survivors' stories in Nahum's series "The Last Ones". Those who returned from the death camps recount their experiences there and their life afterwards - between the pain that is impossible to forget, the guilt of surviving and the need to remember the past.
"The Last Ones" presents five 8-minute portraits that provide a comprehensive picture of the horrors of deportation and its destination of Auschwitz.
Three Americans dead after firefighting water bomber crashes in rural Australia
Updated 1024 GMT (1824 HKT) January 23, 2020
Three American crew members have died in Australia after an air tanker crashed in the state of New South Wales, where fires continue to burn out of control.
The water-bombing tanker had been chartered by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS), state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said in a news conference on Thursday. It was called in to fight a bushfire near the town of Cooma, in the state's southeast.
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council told CNN the casualties were American. The crew members belonged to Coulson Aviation, an aerial firefighting company that owned the aircraft contracted to the NSW RFS.
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