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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76429703_6.jpg”] Spain’s first female astronaut: Sara Garcia Alonso https://p.dw.com/p/5BB8B To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video [analyse_source url=”https://www.dw.com/en/spains-first-female-astronaut-sara-garcia-alonso/video-76546079″]

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76591077_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BLSj Although the number of countries carrying out execution is decreasing, the actual number of executions remains at a high levelImage: Azhar Shallal/AFP There is controversy in Israel over the proposed introduction of the capital punishment law targeting Palestinians convicted of fatal terrorist attacks.Although the death penalty already exists in Israel, it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76589529_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BMBf Syrian minority community groups in Germany called on Berlin to ax Sharaa’s planned visitImage: Nadja Wohlleben/REUTERS Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Syria’s interim president is visiting Germany, where talks are expected to focus on refugees and reconstruction Germany’s Kurdish community accuses Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa of human rights abuses…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/69929380_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BMB2 Min Aung Hlaing has been head of the military junta since 2021 [File: March 2023]Image: Aung Shine Oo/AP/dpa/picture alliance Myanmar‘s junta strongman Min Aung Hlaing took a step closer to becoming the country’s civilian president on Monday after lawmakers nominated him for a three-way runoff largely seen as a formality. The 69-year-old…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76587557_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BM99 Cheng Li-wun has publicly insisted on meeting President Xi Jinping in a move that has garnered flak from both inside and outside of her party for being too pro-ChinaImage: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party is set to visit China in April after accepting an invite from Chinese President…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76586445_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BM1W The museum, founded in 1977, also houses works by Goya, Dürer, and MonetImage: Procip/robertharding/picture alliance Thieves have made off with several paintings worth millions of euros from the Magnani Rocca Foundation museum in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police confirmed on Sunday. The heist took place…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76578668_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BLum The four-day summit ended without any significant agreementsImage: Ahmet Emin Donmez/Anadolu/picture alliance Talks between trade representatives and high-level officials from some 166 countries ended with no major deals signed early Monday. The World Trade Organization (WTO) had been meeting in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde for four tense days of negotiations,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76587279_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BLqF More than 450 police officers had been involved in the hunting for Freeman ​since August [FILE: August 29, 2025]Image: William West/AFP A man believed to have gunned down two police officers in a remote town in Australia’s Victoria state was shot dead by police on Monday. Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76585195_6.jpg”] Pope Leo condemns use of religion to justify Iran war https://p.dw.com/p/5BLbg Pope Leo delivers an unusually forceful Palm Sunday message, condemning the use of faith to justify the Iran war. He says God rejects the prayers of those who wage it. His remarks counter leaders invoking religion to support military action, including…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76505545_6.jpg”] Has the Iran war harmed nuclear non-proliferation efforts? https://p.dw.com/p/5BHxt One of the reasons US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited for attacking Iran was destroying their ability to possess a nuclear weapon. But have they achieved that goal?  Together with Dr. Farzan Sabet of the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute we look at how close…