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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/74718297_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B9yR Germany’s demand for new housing remains high and a boost to the building sector is urgently neededImage: Joko/picture alliance Business associations from the construction and real estate sectors, as well as academics, are warning the German government of a worsening crisis in the housing market, as building costs spiral out of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76131633_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B6ET Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visited Israel in late February, just days before Israel launched its strikes on IranImage: Ilia Yefimovich/AFP Over the past two weeks, internet watchdogs in India have reported dozens of removals of posts on social media that were critical of the government’s failure to condemn the US-Israeli strikes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76507462_6.jpg”] Boycotts, bans and no-shows: Notable World Cup absentees Iran have qualified for the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, but their participation is in doubt. This would not be the first time a nation has missed the event — for varied reasons. Image: Deccio Serrano/NurPhoto/picture alliance Uruguay 1930: Europeans…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76539796_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B9QJ Diesel and petrol or gasoline prices have risen markedly in the past month amid the war in Iran and the wider Gulf regionImage: Rene Traut/Rene Traut Fotografie/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know The lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, has approved a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/68789461_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B9BS Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands are backing the proposals, but France and Spain have questioned their effectivenessImage: OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA European lawmakers on Thursday gave the green light to controversial proposals to deport illegal migrants to so-called “return hubs” outside the European Union, as pressure grows to tighten up immigration rules.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76510105_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B13J Most matches at World Cup 2026 are in the USA, with some in Mexico and CanadaImage: Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire/IMAGO Like so many Brazilians, Thiago Pessao was captured by the World Cup as a child. By the time the tournament came to his homeland in 2014, it was a full-blown obsession. He…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76536105_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B8Y4 The rescue team managed to recover the bus from the river after six to seven hours of repeated effortsImage: Rubel Karmaker/ZUMA/picture alliance At least 24 people were killed in Bangladesh after a bus carrying dozens plunged into a major river, authorities said on Thursday. The accident took place when the bus…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76536466_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B8M8 Much of the international community is eager to end the war and reopen the Strait of HormuzImage: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Russia reportedly is sending drone shipments to Iran, according to the Financial Times German Defense Minister Pistorius…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76535361_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B8Lh ​The Australian Home Affairs Department said the measure ​was ​to protect ​the integrity of ‌its immigration ​system [FILE: March 11, 2026]Image: Lukas Coch/AAP/AP Photo/picture alliance  Australia has temporarily banned visitors from Iran from entering the country as of Thursday, March 26. The Australian government says that the Iran war “has increased the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/67505393_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5B8IO At least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas during the transatlantic slave tradeImage: akg-images/picture-alliance The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the “gravest crime against humanity.” 123 countries voted in favor of the resolution, which was championed by Ghana…