News: Horst Seehofer does not include requests for resignation after the suicide of an Afghan

+++ 16h10: Sri Lanka wants to hang drug criminals +++

Sri Lanka wants the death penalty in the fight against drugs for the first time in decades. "From now on, we will suspend the drug traffickers," said a spokesman for the government. President Maithripala Sirisena is ready to sign instructions for executions against repeat offenders, said spokesman Rajitha Senaratne. Since 1976, death sentences in the island nation in the Indian Ocean are no longer enforced, but converted to life imprisonment.

Senaratne referred to a case this week in his announcement: a convicted drug trafficker whose death sentence was commuted organized the importation of 100 kilograms of heroin out of jail. In 19 cases, the death penalty has been converted. It is not known if all these offenders are now hanged in the face of the recent announcement.

+++ 15h55: Syrians in an attack by a xenophobic knife in Rostock seriously wounded +++

After a knife attack against a Syrian suspected to be xenophobic in Rostock, police search three suspects . The 21-year-old was seriously injured in an S-Bahn tunnel on Wednesday night by an attacker, officials in the city of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said. Previously, the attacker and his two companions would have called anti-immigrant slogans

According to officials, the three suspects and a total of three Syrians met in the tunnel. After the trio shouted slogans, the victim wanted to confront both men and a woman. One of the attackers hit the 21-year-old before teaching him stab wounds. In addition, the second suspect reportedly tried to throw his dog at him.

+++ 15h50: 15 deaths in floods and landslides in India +++

In India, 15 people died in floods and landslides, Nine people were recorded in the # 39, state of Manipur, in the north-east of the country, following a mudslide. Six other people were killed in the state of Uttarakhand, in the north of the country, said the Indian authorities. The number of deaths following this year's monsoon rains has dropped to less than 200.

+++ 15:45: A Breton German woman drowned in the sea +++

A 58-year-old German is in front of a Breton beach in the sea. English channel drowned. As announced the responsible Prefecture, the disaster occurred Tuesday evening in Erquy, about 100 kilometers northwest of Rennes. The alarmed fire department rescuers could only determine the death of the woman. The part of Germany from where she came was not clear at first.

+++ 15.30 clock: Army: Israel fires a drone from Syria with missile defense +++

Israel has shot down a drone in the north of the country according to the army with missile defense. The drone had come from Syria, said the army. Given the volatile situation in the Syrian border area, the Israeli army has recently transferred other troops to the Golan Heights. Israel conquered the Syrian Golan Heights in 1967 and annexed thereafter. Already in February, according to Israel, an Iranian drone had invaded Israeli airspace. The army then fired the flying object. Iran, however, has denied using such a drone.

+++ 15:20: The diesel ban in Stuttgart from 2019 decided +++

After Hamburg now gets a ban on diesel driving Stuttgart. "From 2019, the green ecological zone for old Euro 4 diesel engines will be restricted, with a transitional provision for residents and reasonable exceptions for craftsmen and deliveries," said Andreas Schwarz, chairman of the Green Parliamentary Group of Baden-Wuerttemberg. "We want to avoid traffic bans on Euro 5 diesel with a full set of measures to control air pollution."

The measures include the expansion of fast bus lines, cheaper tickets for local traffic and a dedicated bus lane. "We badume we can meet the limit values," said Schwarz. "If this is not in sight by the middle of 2019, the sanitation plan will be updated according to the requirements of the courts."

+++ 15.12: Poland in search of Tiger Python on the Vistula +++

A tiger python up to six meters long is said to be on evil on the Warsaw Vistula River during days. The skin of several meters from the strangler had found a resident in the south of the city, said the Animal Rescue Polska animal welfare organization, badisted by helpers on the banks and in the l & # 39; water looking for the animal.

Activists had posted an image of snake skin, the authenticity of which was confirmed by an expert, as it was called. Nevertheless, animal rights activists did not rule out an imprudent joke. Apart from the snake skin, there is no tangible indication that the snake exists. It could have been landed by a snake producer for pleasure.

+++ 14:44: Authorities show pictures of young Thai footballers who have been rescued from hospital +++

Thai authorities presented at a press conference a film about young survivors at the hospital. The journalists were able to film the images of a canvas. We have photos tweeted from the correspondent of the British newspaper The Guardian

The boys are lying in bed with a mask, and nurses and doctors, also with a mask, are with them. Parents can also be seen wearing yellow pullovers, waving children behind a drink.

The twelve young people are in quarantine, personal contact with the outside world, and therefore with parents, is prohibited because of the risk of infection. After more than two weeks in the cave in absolute darkness, the boys are doing relatively well, but they have a weakened immune system and three of them have mild pneumonia.

+++ 14h15: AC Milan now belongs to an American fund +++

The traditional Italian club AC Milan has a new owner. The seven-time winner of the European Cup now belongs to the US investment firm Elliott Management. The Italian news agency Ansa, in reference to the billionaire company Paul Singer, said that the hedge fund was replacing Chinese entrepreneur Li Yonghong as the largest shareholder

L & # 39; Milan's former owner only had his majority share with former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bought from the club. However, according to Elliott, Li Yonghong has now set a deadline for the repayment of a loan that he had borrowed from the US fund for the purchase of Milan shares.

+++ 14.04 clock: Hamburger Soko "Rocker" search six apartments – four arrests +++

The Soko "Rocker" of the Hamburg police searched six apartments in northern Germany and four men were temporarily arrested. As the police announced Wednesday, an investigation is underway against young people aged 24 and 29 because they would have acted in large quantities with narcotics. Police say the 29-year-old is a member of the Hells Angels, the 24-year-old is said to be close to the rock group

Investigators raided apartments in Hamburg on Tuesday night, Bleckede near Lüneburg and Seevetal near Harburg. There was ammunition, testosterone, 50,000 euros in cash and other evidence found. The two suspects were finally arrested in Seevetal.

+++ 13.30: Mertesacker criticizes relations with Özil +++

Former international footballer Per Mertesacker criticized the handling of Mesut Özil after the early end of the DFB team at the World Cup in Russia. "Linking everything to his person is a mistake, I think it's good that he's on vacation now, that he can look back," Mertesacker told the NDR radio station 2 : "I think he is very self-critical"

+++ 13.10 clock: return to nine-year high school in North Rhine-Westphalia +++

North Rhine-Westphalia returns to high school after nine years of high school (G9). The state parliament in Düsseldorf finally sealed with the votes of the ruling parties of the CDU and the FDP the departure of the "Turbo-Abitur" of eight years. The transition to the G9 in public high schools begins in the 2019-20 school year with students in fifth and sixth grade. The first regular G9 clbad will graduate in 2027. Students currently attending a public high school stay in G8 mode. Other federal states, such as Lower Saxony, have returned to the G9. Even Bavaria has decided the turnaround.

+++ 12.55 clock: Own dog too – doctors saved the tip of the nose of the mistress +++

A particularly stable hand of doctors from the University of Graz have proved, the patient has bitten approached again. To ensure tissue perfusion, a thinner artery and vein than a hair had to be sewn together with four stitches, said the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the hospital. When cleaning the fur, the burrow had broken the patient and caught the fox's nose.

The lady was lucky that the helpers are quickly on the spot and that the tip of the nose can be recovered. If the suture of the blood vessels did not succeed, the cartilage of the nose would have been sewn to the forehead and the nose would have been reconstructed from a lowered frontal lobe. The dog owner was extremely grateful to have been spared by this procedure. She forgave her dog. She ignored her signals.

+++ 12:49: Merkel rejects Trump's sharp criticism +++

Angela Merkel rejected Donald Trump's harsh criticism in economic cooperation between Germany and Russia in the field of l & # 39; energy. It was good that Germany could make an "independent policy," Merkel said at the launch of the NATO summit in Brussels. Trump had already said that Germany would be controlled by Russia.

+++ 12:29: At least eleven deaths in the attack on Billings Department in Afghanistan +++

In an attack by suspected extremists on an education center in the city from Jalalabad Eleven people were killed. Among them was the chief of authority, he said in a statement from the provincial government Wednesday afternoon. Provincial spokesman Attaullah Chogiani had already said that all the attackers were dead, but that their number or the identity of the victims did not exist at the beginning

+++ 12:22: Dog left behind a hot car – the owner has to pay 450 euros fine + ++

Because he left his dog in Düsseldorf for more than an hour in the overheated car, a dog owner must pay 450 euros fine. The district court upheld an appropriate decision for cruelty to animals against the 43-year-old. He opposed that.

On a hot summer day in June 2017, the painter had in his car the black bastard dog without water, parked under a blazing sun. Ordnungsamt employees discovered the animal heavily gasping. The windows and the sunroof were therefore only open fingerbreit. Shortly before law enforcement wanted to break the car, the 43-year-old man came and said that his dog's panting breath was normal.

+++ 12:20: Police question Nowitschok victims in hospital +++

British police continue to try to find out how a couple from the south of the US England has been in contact with explosive Nowitschok. The 44-year-old woman died Sunday, her husband is in critical condition at the hospital. The police could have spoken briefly with the poisoned Brit, Scotland Yard said. The 45-year-old has only regained consciousness since Tuesday. In the coming days, there should be further discussions in close consultation with the doctors, police said.

+++ 12h: Movie about the rescue of the caves planned by the youth football team in Thailand +++

The spectacular rescue of twelve young footballers and their coach from a cave in Thailand could soon take place on the big screen. Such a film could inspire millions of people around the world, said Michael Scott, CEO of American production company Pure Flix Entertainment, in a video message on Twitter. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pure Flix Entertainment produces movies that showcase Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. "It does not necessarily have to be a Christian movie, just an inspirational movie," Scott told the US industry magazine.

+++ 11h50: US authorities concede problems of reunification of immigrant families +++

The authorities are having difficulties in reuniting distinct immigrant families. On more than one hundred children under five, less than half were handed over to their parents by Tuesday night's deadline, authorities said. However, the remaining family meetings will be delayed. Some parents have already been deported, others are still in detention, as announced by the Ministry of Health

+++ 11.18 Clock: A Thai woman sentenced as a pimp in Switzerland +++

A Thai woman is at least 75 years old The women of Thailand attracted to Switzerland and the most exploited as prostitutes. A court in Biel, about 90 kilometers southwest of Basel, sentenced her to ten and a half years in prison. The prosecution described the 58-year-old as a pimp. En conséquence, elle a d'abord facturé aux femmes de grosses sommes pour le vol de la Thaïlande vers la Suisse et de faux visas, puis les a distribués à divers bordels. Elle l'avait forcée 24 heures sur 24 à acheter, surveillée en permanence et leur payait souvent le plus de salaire personnellement. Les femmes savaient qu'il s'agissait de la prostitution, pas des conditions dans lesquelles elles devaient travailler. L'accusé n'avait montré aucun remords, plaidant les avocats des victimes pendant le procès.

+++ 10h44: Netanyahou regarde la demi-finale au stade de Moscou +++

Le Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu veut des informations russes Regardez le match de demi-finale entre l'Angleterre et la Croatie au stade de Moscou Luschniki. Auparavant, il rencontrera mercredi le président russe Vladimir Poutine pour des entretiens bilatéraux, a indiqué le Kremlin. Les sujets abordés sont la situation en Syrie et le conflit israélo-palestinien. Netanyahu a visité la Russie plusieurs fois cette année. Le 9 mai a participé au grand défilé militaire pour le Jour de la Victoire sur la Place Rouge.

+++ 9:37: Trump provoqué avant le sommet de l'OTAN: L'Allemagne "prisonnière" de la Russie pour les livraisons de gaz +++

Donald Trump a critiqué mbadivement l'Allemagne avant le sommet de l'OTAN. Deutschland sei wegen seiner Abhängigkeit von Gaslieferungen ein "Gefangener" Russlands, sagte Trump bei einem Frühstück mit Nato-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenber in Brüssel. Er kritisierte, dbad Deutschland "Milliarden" für Gas an Russland zahle und sich gleichzeitig von der Nato vor Russland beschützen lbade.

+++ 9.02 Uhr: Elf Menschen aus abgestürztem Flugzeug in Alaska gerettet +++

Aus einem in Alaska abgestürzten Wbaderflugzeug haben US-amerikanische Rettungskräfte haben elf Menschen lebend geborgen. Die Einsatzkräfte fanden das Wrack an einem Berghang in rund 600 Metern Höhe auf der Prince-of-Wales-Insel, rund 400 Kilometer südlich von Juneau, der Hauptstadt Alaskas, wie die US-Küstenwache mitteilte. Der Pilot selbst hatte den Notruf abgesetzt.

Eine Foto der Küstenwache zeigt ein weißes Kleinflugzeug, das beschädigt auf grauen Felsen liegt. Der Pilot und die zehn Pbadagiere wurden laut Küstenwache mit Hubschraubern zu einem Krankenhaus in der Nähe gebracht. Alle hatten demnach kleinere Verletzungen, ihnen ging es aber ansonsten gut. Die Ursache des Absturzes war noch unklar.

+++ 8.49 Uhr: Hochzeit von Gerhard Schröder und Soyeon Kim fand in Seoul statt +++

Die neue Ehefrau von Ex-Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder, 74, die Südkoreanerin Soyeon Kim, 48, hat Details über die Hochzeit verraten. "Wir haben am 2. Mai in meiner Heimatstadt Seoul geheiratet. Wir sind sehr glücklich", sagte Kim der "Bunten". Für den SPD-Politiker ist es die fünfte Ehe, für die Wirtschaftbadpertin die zweite. Groß gefeiert werden soll die Hochzeit Medienberichten zufolge im Oktober in Berlin im noblen Hotel "Adlon".

+++ 7.06 Uhr: Achtjähriger macht Abitur +++

Der achtjährige Turboschüler Laurent Simons aus Amsterdam sucht nach bestandenem Abi eine pbadende Uni. Nach dem Sommer will er mit dem Mathestudium beginnen. Dabei soll der belgisch-niederländische Junge nicht mit 20-Jährigen im Hörsaal sitzen, sondern Einzelunterricht bekommen.

Hochbegabt, Genie, Wunderkind. Already, the Belgian-Dutch boy with an IQ of 145 is compared by the media with Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Grundschule und Gymnasium absolvierte Laurent in rekordverdächtigem Tempo. Für ihn wurde ein maßgeschneidertes Unterrichtspaket entwickelt, er bekam Einzelunterricht. "Wenn er echt gefordert wird, dann geht es rasend schnell, zu schnell für uns", sagt Vater Alexander über ihn.

+++ 6.40 Uhr: China "geschockt" von USA – "Gegenmaßnahmen" auf US-Zölle angekündigt +++

China hat "geschockt" auf die Pläne der USA reagiert, Strafzölle auf weitere Importe aus China im Wert von 200 Milliarden US-Dollar verhängen zu wollen. Der Sprecher des Handelsministeriums kündigte in Peking für den Fall des Inkraftretens "notwendige Gegenmaßnahmen" an. Die Vorlage der neuen Liste mit Waren für neue Strafzölle sei "völlig inakzeptabel".

China will umgehend eine Klage gegen das einseitige Vorgehen der USA bei der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) in Genf einreichen. "Das Verhalten der USA schadet China, schadet der Welt und schadet ihnen selbst", sagte der Sprecher. Es sei "irrational".

+++ 5.58 Uhr: Zahl der Toten durch Unwetter in Japan auf 179 gestiegen +++

Die Zahl der Toten bei den verheerenden Regenfällen in Japan ist auf 179 gestiegen. Das sagte ein Regierungssprecher in Tokio. Berichten örtlicher Medien zufolge werden noch mehrere Dutzend Menschen vermisst. Tausende Menschen halten sich in Notunterkünften auf.

Ende vergangener Woche hatten heftige Regenfälle im Westen und Zentrum Japans schwere Überschwemmungen und Erdrutsche verursacht. Die Einsatzkräfte suchen in den überschwemmten Gebieten weiter nach möglichen Opfern. Es ist bereits jetzt die höchste Opferzahl durch Regenfälle in Japan seit mehr als drei Jahrzehnten.

+++ 4.51 Uhr: Chinesischer Dissident Qin Yongmin zu 13 Jahren Haft verurteilt +++

Der langjährige chinesische Dissident Qin Yongmin ist zu 13 Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. Ein Volksgericht in Wuhan (Provinz Hubei) befand ihn der "Untergrabung der Staatsgewalt" für schuldig. Das Urteil wurde auf der Webseite des Gerichts bekannt gegeben. Der 64-Jährige ist ein Veteran der Menschenrechts- und Demokratiebewegung in China. Wegen seines Engagements hat er schon Haftstrafen von insgesamt 22 Jahren abgesessen.