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The topic of the day: North Syria under pressure
Turkey is moving to northern Syria, the Kurds are calling on the Assad regime and IS militants are fleeing the prisons. This is the situation to the east of the Euphrates, seven days after US President Donald Trump withdrew American support from the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG.
Acting of the US president triggered a chain reaction. Five days ago, Turkey began its offensive on Kurdish areas in northern Syria. The Syrian-Kurdish self-government has already collapsed. In a statement, the Kurds asked Bashar al-Assad's regime to regain control. The deal was apparently brokered by Russia. The government in Damascus is said to have sent first troops to the Syrian-Turkish border. Turkey reacted militarily.
In the first days of the Turkish offensive several civilians were targeted. On Saturday, the Kurdish politician Havrin Khalaf died, Kurdish media called her death an execution on the street. On Sunday, at least ten people were killed in an air raid on a convoy of civilians and foreign journalists. In total, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has at least 52 civilian deaths.
The EU is largely powerless over the events. Member States of the European Union have again called on Turkey to immediately stop the offensive. But for the time being, the EU does not want to impose a general arms embargo on Turkey. A statement merely refers to the decisions of countries such as Germany and France to stop authorizing arms exports from now on. Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn fears that the NATO states could be involved in a war. Such an "alliance case", which occurs when a NATO country (such as Turkey) is attacked, but is considered highly unlikely.
The number of the day: three hours
The inner clock affects how we sleep, lose weight, live healthier lives. For example, our brain works best three hours after we get up, chronobiologist Satchin Panda explains in an interview. He also tells us how best to plan our day.
News: What you need to know today
- Queen Elizabeth II has read the government program of Prime Minister Boris Johnson: The EU exit on 31 October is referred to as a "priority". She opened the British parliament.
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Solemn reopening of the British Parliament: The Queen is the focus of the ceremony
- Spain renews international arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont: In July Spain withdrew an international arrest warrant for the Catalan separatist leader.
- Nobel Prize for economics goes to three poverty researchers: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer wanted to know what action against poverty.
- In Hungary's local elections, the opposition also won in Budapest: Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party suffered the first major defeat after a decade.
Opinion: The most discussed comments
His Royal Highness has not enough: Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia would like to have art treasures from the German state and a right of residence for his clan in the castle Cecilienhof. Even the request is an insult to the Republic, commented Stefan Kuzmany.
"I would like Horst Seehofer to check my mobile phone": Since he downloaded the latest software update , Harald Schmidt's mobile can do a great job . So does Google always know where it is? Click here for the video.
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Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
The strange relationship of the Greens to homeopathy: The ecology disputes about the so-called alternative medicine. Are the Greens ready to move away from identity-creating positions that are scientifically questionable?
Winners and losers of the trade war: In the US, many companies suffer from reciprocal punitive tariffs with China. But there are also winners - and those who say the president is finally doing the right thing.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
What you could do: Tonight the German Book Prize will be awarded. Time for you to take a look at the shortlist. As well as the "origin" of Saša Stanišic, there is also the new Eifel novel by Norbert Scheuer. "Winter bees" tells of two brothers during the Nazi era. My colleague Volker Weidermann finds an "insistent social novel". Just read it in.
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Norbert Scheuer
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