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The theme of the day: Fatal teenage love and a double murder
The German Jens Söring sits since 1986 in a US prison, because he is convicted for the murder of his girlfriend's parents - now he should be deported to his homeland. This was decided by a Virginia state court on the night of Tuesday. Governor Northam refused a full pardon.
Söring admitted in 1985 that he had killed Derek and Nancy Haysom. He later revoked and declared that he had only confessed to his girlfriend Elizabeth from the death penalty. The then 18-year-old was assumed to enjoy immunity as the son of a German diplomat. (Read an interview with Soering here).
Now the 53-year-old is to be handed over to the immigration police, deported and given a re-entry ban.
Söring's total of 14 applications for release have so far always been rejected. Elizabeth Haysom, the ex-girlfriend, pleaded guilty to the crime after the crime, but always asserted that her friend Jens had been the killer. The native Canadian - sentenced to 90 years imprisonment - is now also to be released from prison and deported to her home country.
The number of the day: 55.3 gigatons
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Audi A8 sedan (up to 36.5 kilos of CO2 per 100 kilometers) at the Africa Summit in Berlin
So much carbon dioxide (CO2) produced humanity in 2018, an all-time record!
So it's up, at least when it comes to emissions of climate-damaging exhaust gases. 55.3 gigatons of CO2, which is three percent more than in 2017, is shown by the Uno's "Emissions Gap Report".
But the hot summer is over. When it comes to climate protection activists, it is rather the anti-Semitism of the British Extinction rebellion founder Roger Hallam the speech. Or that "Fridays for Future" wants to raise money for the rental of the Berlin Olympic Stadium in June 2020. That the Earth is actually getting hotter, that the sea level is rising - that the CO2-Rauspusten is more instead of less - seems less important again.
News: What you need to know today
- Audi fires management and cuts jobs: the Ingolstadt-based carmaker will reduce 9500 jobs by 2025, which is just under a tenth of the existing workforce.
- Dreyer for Scholz? In the SPIEGEL interview, the SPD interim chairperson explains what outcome she expects from the membership vote - and why she is for GroKo.
- Green vault theft: Now it is known what was stolen everything, the burglary in Dresden's treasury. You can see the most famous pieces here.
- Trump Impeachment hearings: "Presidents are not kings," a judge said, forcing Trump's ex-advisor Don McGahn to testify - despite the president's ban.
- Attack on Blue Helmets: In the city of Beni in eastern Congo, angry people stormed a UN post following an attack by Islamists and in the midst of the Ebola crisis.
- Record penalty for football fireworks: Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli are to pay a total of 430,000 euros for the burning of pyrotechnics at the city derby (2: 0 for Pauli).
- German American friendship? No more. The Americans are still thrilled by the Germans. Only one third of the Germans see the other way around.
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
Are women too lazy or too cowardly for more salary? When talking about the gender pay gap, this usually ends with good suggestions as to what women can do differently. Columnist Margarethe Stokowski finds that men should change things - and not be such a Luschis.
THE MIRROR
Why I eat more chocolate now: Fanny Ardant is one of Harald Schmidt's favorite actresses, and she is now sweetening his afternoons. The video.
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
Ethnological Museum / SMB / Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Photographer: Jürgen Liepe
Commemorative head of Idia, who is said to have hunted a hostile army over the Niger (16th century)
Stolen from Nigeria , taken away to Europe: The Benin bronzes are the historiography of an African kingdom in ornate sculptures. Why are you in Berlin and London?
"All fairy tales": Pharmacologist Christian Steffen explains why there are so many preparations on the market that do not work - and what patients can do to avoid falling for them.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
Baaaaaaaaayern! The FCB is already safe in the Champions League in the playoffs. But that's exactly why the appearance under her interim coach will be exciting when the Flick-Elf travels to Red Star Belgrade. Do the Bavarians jump up when they do not have to? Live in the paid stream - or here in the live ticker.
I wish you a nice finishing time.
warmly
Christoph Titz from the Daily Team
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