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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/66674910_6.jpg”] Invisible fungi in Swiss streams have hidden superpowers https://p.dw.com/p/59VJO Researchers in Switzerland search streams for aquatic fungi — tiny, overlooked organisms essential for breaking down leaves, feeding insects and keeping freshwater ecosystems healthy. The work might lead to surprising applications: One called Clavariopsis aquatica produces a compound that has antibiotic properties. With…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76203003_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59jlH The relationship between Iran and Iraq is more than political or financial; some Shiites in Iraq saw Khamenei as their spiritual leader, tooImage: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images As the Iran war spreads, old sectarian rivalries of the kind that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war two decades ago seem to be…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76210332_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59kwE Israeli strikes hit a number of cities in Lebanon including Beirut, Aramoun and SaadiyatImage: AFP/Getty Images Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know NATO air defenses destroy Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey, Ankara says The incident marks the first time a NATO member’s territory has…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76126579_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59kyv The shootout began when the coast guard’s vessel approached the speedboat to demand identificationImage: Adalberto Roque/AFP Prosecutors in Cuba on Tuesday charged six Cuban nationals with “crimes of terrorism” and accused them of entering Cuba with a US-flagged boat packed with weapons to stir unrest in the country. Their boat was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/74763402_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59ktA Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is refusing study visas from four nationsImage: Abdullah Bailey/Avalon.red/IMAGO Britain has announced that will stop issuing student visas to people from Afghanistan, ​Cameroon, Myanmarand Sudan. It will also suspend skilled work visas ​to people from Afghanistan. “An ’emergency brake’ on visas ‌has been ‌imposed for ​the first time on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76205644_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59kc2 Colin Gray, who took the stand in his own defense, said he never imagined his son would carry out a shootingImage: Abbey Cutrer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Photo/picture alliance The father of a boy charged with shooting dead four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia was found guilty of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76202806_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59ja1 French President Macron staged his highly-anticipated nuclear speech at a military base, where he arrived flanked by nuclear-capable Rafale jetsImage: Eliot Blondet/SIPA/picture alliance Emmanuel Macron arrived to the highly-secretive nuclear submarine base where he would give his speech in a manner perfectly choreographed for the weighty remarks he was about to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76192644_6.jpg”] Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon https://p.dw.com/p/59jsq A wave of US‑Israeli strikes has hit Iranian command centers, prompting Tehran to launch drones and missiles across the region. Hezbollah has now joined in, escalating the conflict as Israel expands attacks in Lebanon and launches a ground incursion. With civilians fleeing and fronts…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76176917_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59jBF In the current war, the US and Israel have been launching airstrikes at Iran since SaturdayImage: Kulani Lakanaria/U.S. Navy/Planet Pix/ZUMA/picture alliance At the beginning of the current war with Iran, US President Donald Trump was clear about the goals: Tehran should no longer pose a nuclear or conventional military threat, and the weakened mullah…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76176917_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/59jBF In the current war, the US and Israel have been launching airstrikes at Iran since SaturdayImage: Kulani Lakanaria/U.S. Navy/Planet Pix/ZUMA/picture alliance At the beginning of the current war with Iran, US President Donald Trump was clear about the goals: Tehran should no longer pose a nuclear or conventional military threat, and the weakened mullah…