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  • Fact check: Fake satellite images distort Iran conflict

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76565332_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BGlw This is not a real satellite image of the Persian GulfImage: X Social media users have grown better at spotting obvious signs of AI doctoring in celebrity photos or glitchy cityscapes. But in the US‑Israel war with Iran, a new type of deception has entered the spotlight: fake satellite imagery.  “For…

  • How war in the Middle East is affecting Moldovan farmers

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76567982_6.jpg”] How war in the Middle East is affecting Moldovan farmers https://p.dw.com/p/5BGpb Less than a month after the start of the war in Iran, fuel prices have risen sharply in the Republic of Moldova.  Petrol has gone up by around 6 Moldovan Lei [€0.30 or $0.35] per liter, while diesel has gone up…

  • How Iran war impacts support for Trump and US Republicans

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76556283_6.jpg”] How Iran war impacts support for Trump and US Republicans https://p.dw.com/p/5BEVj At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, DW explored how the US war against Iran is dividing conservatives. While many core MAGA supporters still back Donald Trump, some influential right‑wing voices openly criticize the conflict and rising fuel prices. Interviews with…

  • Minneapolis: Clashes over fatal shooting at ICE protest

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73229184_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BFxh Some 50,000 TSA agents were forced to work without pay for over a month because of the funding fightImage: Alan Diaz/AP/picture alliance The US Senate on Friday passed legislation that will unlock funds to pay tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers who were forced to go five weeks…

  • If you think fast fashion is bad, check out SHEIN

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/71731637_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BEmq Chinese discount platforms send some 400,000 packages to German customers each day, overwhelming customs authoritiesImage: CHROMORANGE/picture alliance The EU Parliament and the European Council on Thursday voted to introduce handling fees for small packages arriving from outside the bloc starting on November 1, at the latest. The blanket fee, which the…

  • Kurds in northeastern Syria fear end of autonomy

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/68773346_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BEGP Merz said there was a chance Germany’s coal-fired power plants could be needed longer than plannedImage: Christoph Hardt/Panama Pictures/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Chancellor Merz questions plans to abandon coal amid energy crisis Deutsche Bahn records a €2.3 billion loss in…

  • US court suspends Pentagon sanctions against Anthropic

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76110928_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BDnO Before the dispute, Anthropic was the only AI firm cleared for confidential military useImage: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP Artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on Thursday, won temporary legal relief in its dispute with the US Pentagon over military applications of its AI models. A San Francisco judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the…

  • Rescuers in Germany race to save beached whale

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76556138_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BDn3 The fate of the humpback whale drew dayslong media coverage in GermanyImage: Ulrich Perrey/dpa/picture alliance Rescuers managed to free a humpback whale that had been stuck on a sand bank on Germany’s Baltic coast on Friday. The whale had been stranded for several days on the Timmendorfer Strand, with numerous rescue…

  • US sends 15-point ceasefire proposal to Iran via Pakistan

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76555545_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BDad Trump told a cabinet meeting Iran had allowed 10 oil tankers passage through the Strait of Hormuz to show it was serious about talksImage: Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know The UN has called on the US to conclude its investigation into…

  • US sanctions, silent allies: Where have Cuba’s friends gone?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76555497_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BDab The two sailboats departed from Mexico last week but have yet to arrive in Havana as scheduledImage: Paola Chiomante/REUTERS The Mexican Navy activated search and rescue efforts in the Caribbean on Thursday, in hopes to locate two missing sailboats which were carrying humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba. The boats left Isla…