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The topic of the day: Illegal expulsion from the EU?
The allegations have been around for some time, now the SPIEGEL has been leaked videos that evidently document a pushback of refugees from Greece to Turkey.
Pushback is about crossing borders against their will and without due process, even though they have sought protection in the country, which then forcibly returns them. The Geneva Refugee Convention prohibits that, European law as well.
Satellite photograph of the border region at the Evros
The research collective Forensic Architecture from Goldsmiths University in London has analyzed the total of eleven video clips for SPIEGEL. The authenticity of such videos is never completely verifiable. There are many indications, however, that the video material is authentic. In it, masked men transporting refugees across the EU border on a dinghy back to Turkey are crossing the Evros River.
What this means for the EU refugee policy explains my colleague Steffen Lüdke, who has researched the current history together with two colleagues, in the video.
The number of the day: 650
The UK has so many constituencies and the polling stations are open until 10pm local time (11pm CET). But, attention! Nevertheless, the majority is not necessarily 326 mandates. The Sinn Fein delegates from Northern Ireland, from whom this time again a handful could move into parliament, leave their seats traditionally empty. So also depends on the Northern Ireland result, as an absolute majority for Boris Johnson could look like. Everything you need to know about the British election here in the video.
News: What you need to know today
- Fear of Russian gas: The US wants to punish companies involved in the German-Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2 with sanctions.
- Anti-Semitic attack in Chemnitz: The police searched the home of a man in Stade (Lower Saxony), whose DNA was found after the riots in August 2018. They found balaclavas.
- Warning strike! Today, in almost 70 Kaufhof stores and 16 Karstadt stores, nothing works - and this in the Christmas business. The employees want collective agreements.
- Murder in the Small Tiergarten: The Federal Prosecutor's Office considers it possible that the murder of a Georgian was commissioned by the Putin government. Out of anger, Russia now expels two German diplomats.
- Return of master compulsion: Who wants to start a craft business, must be master again from 1 January. Affected are twelve trades.
- Zero stands: The European Central Bank keeps the key interest rate for the euro area unchanged at zero percent.
- Football on TV: From 2021 Sky will no longer show Champions League. Amazon and Dazn share the transmission, the ZDF shows the finals until 2024.
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
Where was the suffocation? Columnist Ferda Ataman suddenly feels like an old, white man, she has doubts about the zeitgeist. The desire for alcohol seems to be lost to the Germans, the drunkards and donkeys.
THE MIRROR
Harald "Schnief-never" Schmidt
Men flu? We have something against it! Harald Schmidt says cold viruses lurk everywhere. Here are three tips on how to protect yourself. The video.
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
Computer knowledge inadequate: Even for the German Armed Forces IT will become crucial to the future of the war, but the troops lack crucial skills.
DPA
Even the falling stock market price can be a friend
Fear of stocks? The finance professor Michael Grote explains to my SPIEGEL colleague Tim Bartz why many have too much respect for this form of investment.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
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Danny da Costa and colleagues training before the European Cup game
Fraaaaaankfurt! In the Europa League Vitória Guimaraes from Portugal is guest in the arena of Eintracht. Here in the live ticker (18:55 clock), via paid provider Dazn! or in the Frankfurt pub of your confidence.
I wish you a nice finishing time.
warmly
Christoph Titz from the Daily Team
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