Police hunt killer after Solingen stabbings
Police say a knife-wielding man has killed three people and injured at least eight at a festival in Germany's Solingen. One person has been detained, though it was not clear if this was the attacker. DW has the latest.
What you need to know
- Police say they are have arrested a potential suspect after the attacks on Friday evening
Authorities say terrorism link 'cannot be ruled out'
German authorities have yet to determine the motive for the Solingen attack, but also "cannot rule out" terrorism, according to the the prosecutor general investigating the case, Markus Caspers.
Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, Caspers added that authorities were investigating three counts of murder and eight counts of severe bodily harm.
“Based on the overall circumstances, we assume that the initial suspicion of a terrorist-motivated act cannot be ruled out,” he said.
Philippines accuses Beijing of ‘dangerously’ firing flares near its aircraft in South China Sea
Manila alleges ‘harassment’ in past week, including deploying flares just 15 metres away from its aircraft in latest confrontation on strategic waterway
Sat 24 Aug 2024 07.35 BST
The Philippine government accused China on Saturday of firing flares just metres away from one of its aircraft as it flew patrols over the South China Sea in the past week.
A Chinese fighter jet “engaged in irresponsible and dangerous manoeuvres” on 19 August as the plane from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) made a “maritime domain awareness flight” near Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said.
Food aid heads for Sudan’s Darfur region after six-month closure, says UN and US
Talks in Switzerland to secure a ceasefire deal between Sudan’s two warring parties failed this week after the Sudanese military did not send a delegation. But international negotiators succeeded in getting access for humanitarian aid to the country’s conflict and famine-stricken Darfur region, enabling food trucks to make their way to the Zamzam and other camps for displaced people, the UN and US said Friday.
Food aid is on the way to an area of Sudan facing famine amid the northeast African country's grinding conflict, a group of countries and the United Nations said in a joint statement Friday.
The statement came at the conclusion of more than a week of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, aimed at calming the conflict, but that failed to bring together the two warring sides. The talks were convened as the country's humanitarian crisis worsens.
Strong typhoon forecast to approach Japan on Tuesday
A strong typhoon is forecast to approach western and eastern Japan from Tuesday through Wednesday, with shinkansen bullet train operators warning of potential suspensions of services in many areas as a precautionary measure.
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to move north toward the Japanese Pacific coast while strengthening in force due to high sea temperatures, although its path is still hard to predict, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
As of 9 a.m. Saturday, the typhoon was located around the Ogasawara Islands, south of Tokyo, on Saturday, moving northward at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.
U.S. debates support for Ukraine’s surprise offensive into Russia
As Kyiv’s forces expand operations in the Kursk region, the Biden administration remains unsure of their objectives and worried about escalation with Moscow.
Caught unaware by Ukraine’s surprise military incursion into Russia early this month, the Biden administration is still debating whether to help Kyiv’s forces hold and perhaps even expand the sliver of territory they now occupy in Russia’s Kursk region.
The Pentagon has asked the Ukrainians what they need to make their gambit successful, U.S. officials said, but no decisions have been made to materially support the effort.
Viral US TikToker's mission to prove British food isn't bland after all
Jack Grey
A TikTok star from a small city in Tennessee has made it his mission to show the world British food is not all that bad.
Food reviewer Kalani Smith, who goes by Kalani Ghost Hunter (KGH) online, racks up millions of views posting his reviews on social media - from Welsh cakes to Greggs.
After initially building up a following investigating the paranormal, a pivot to reviewing British culinary staples has seen Mr Smith's follower count balloon to more than three million on TikTok alone.
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