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Daily Bulletin 19.08.2017 | 18:30 UTC
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Spain detains German author Dogan Akhanli on Turkish warrant
Cologne-based author Dogan Akhanli has been detained in Spain after Turkey issued an Interpol arrest warrant. The charges remain unclear. German officials have decried the move as politically motivated.
Barcelona attacks: Police in cross-border hunt for suspect
Police are still searching for a key suspect behind terror attacks in Catalonia that killed 14 people and injured scores. Investigators say a terror cell had planned a larger attack involving homemade bombs.
Finland police investigating stabbing spree as terrorism
Police have identified the knife-wielding attacker who killed two people as an 18-year-old Moroccan. The terrorism investigation comes as Europe is on high alert following twin attacks in Spain.
Trumps to skip Kennedy Center arts awards
The White House released a stement saying the first couple didn't want to pose a political distraction to the event. Trump infuriated many in the entertainment world when he announced plans to slash funding for the arts.
Germany
Neo-Nazi marchers in Berlin matched by counter-protestors
Hundreds of far-right extremists were met by hundreds of anti-Nazi demonstrators at a planned rally in Berlin. The group of neo-Nazis hoped to mark the death of Hilter's deputy Rudolf Hess.
Train crash in India's Uttar Pradesh leaves 10 dead
India's woefully underfunded railway system is a death trap, with 15,000 people killed every year. In one of the worst accident of the past year 146 people died in a train derailment.
Germany
German police raid leftist for posting Kurdish YPG flag
Police in Munich have raided the home of a left-wing activist who posted the flag of Kurdish militia YPG to Facebook. The YPG has helped German intelligence and receives arms from the US military in Syria.
Sports
Bundesliga Live: Schalke host RB Leipzig after BVB win
Borussia Dortmund travel to Wolfsburg, Julian Nagelsmann's Hoffenheim host Werder Bremen and later, Schalke host RB Leipzig. Live updates from Bundesliga Matchday 1.
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